10 Best Booked WWE Champions Of 2020
5. Adam Cole (NXT Championship)
Keith Lee's ascension to NXT Champion was doubtlessly one of the biggest moments of 2020, and while Lee himself played the role of conquering hero to perfection there's no doubt his win wouldn't have felt so important had it been over anyone other than the incomparable Adam Cole, Bay-Bay!
We mentioned earlier that Adam Cole had a record-breaking run on top of the NXT mountain, and that record is worth noting as Cole spent a staggering 403 days as NXT Champion. WWE placed an extraordinary amount of faith in the young superstar and he duly rewarded them with a string of performances that made Pro Wrestling Illustrated regard him as the best wrestler of 2019 (much to the consternation of one Y2J).
Adam Cole fully deserved the honour of being NXT's longest reigning champion, then, but all title runs must come to end and WWE chose the perfect moment to close the book on Adam Cole's. Keith Lee's star was on the rise, and Adam Cole had realistically accomplished all he could with the belt. Part of booking a great champion is knowing when to have them lose, and WWE judged the moment perfectly at the Great American Bash.