NXT Championship (Wrestling Era)

The NXT Championship is the top Championship for the NXT brand. The current NXT Champion is Adam Cole, who defeated Johnny Gargano in a Hell in a Cell match at NXT TakeOver: Chicago III.
=== History ===
The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012 edition of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with Seth Rollins defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals.
=== NXT Championship Tournament ===
Following NXT Champion Bobby Roode, and NXT Women's Champion Asuka's call-ups to the main roster, NXT General Manager William Regal made two tournaments for both the NXT Championship, and the NXT Women's Championship. 8 men were split up into 2 teams, and earned points by winning matches. The man with the most points at the end of the tournament went on to face Bobby Roode at NXT TakeOver: Las Vegas. Johnny Gargano finished with the most points (7), and went on to beat Roode for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Las Vegas.
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