WWE Wrestlemania: Triple H Reveals NXT North American Championship

One day before Wrestlemania 34, NXT Takeover: New Orleans will feature a six-way ladder match to determine the very first NXT North American Champion. The new title will become the fourth active championship in NXT--fifth if you include the WWE United Kingdom Championship.

Now, thanks to a tweet from Triple H, the championship belt has been revealed. In the accompanying video, he says, "There is a saying that there can only be one first ever." The only question is who that first ever will be. Competing in the match are Richochet, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Velveteen Dream, EC3, and Adam Cole. Those six names being loaded into a single match should tell you a lot about how packed with talent the NXT roster is at the moment.

Does the show need a North American Championship, though? Honestly, it depends on how the title is treated on NXT programming. With a single one-hour show airing weekly, five titles might seem like overkill. However, the NXT Championship is mostly defended on Takeover specials, while the UK title is not exclusive to the brand.

If positioned as a title regularly defended on NXT's weekly TV shows, it could provide a great boost for the series. Beyond that, with so much talent in NXT at this point, it gives another prize for the growing roster to go after.

The inaugural NXT North American Champion will be determined at NXT Takeover: New Orleans on April 7, the day before Wrestlemania 34. It will air live on the WWE Network.