Perhaps as surprising as the number of Black men who have won the North American Championship is the number of white men who have won it. The nine non-Black Champions include the Mexican Dragon Lee and Dominik Mysterio, the Puerto Rican Damian Priest, and the Samoan Bronson Reed and Solo Sikoa, meaning only four of the 18 champions (22.2%) have been white, while 14 (77.8%) have been BIPOC. Those 14 men have thus far held the North American title for 1,539 out of 2,042 days (75.4%).

That number actually means BIPOC titleholders haven’t quite gotten their representative share of days as champion — we joked about Powerhouse Hobbs earlier, but five of the 17 North American Champions that preceded Oba Femi have reigns of 42 days or fewer, all of them BIPOC:

• Bronson Reed (42 days)
• Dragon Lee (31 days)
• Leon Ruff (25 days)
• Solo Sikoa (7 days)
• Trick Williams (3 days)

Still, a 75.4% share remains both massive and unprecedented in mainstream American wrestling. Even the famously diverse “NXT” Women’s Championship has only had 10 of 17 BIPOC champions (58.8%) who held the gold for 2,331 of 3,710 days (62.8%). However you feel about WWE, “NXT,” Oba Femi, or the North American championship, the numbers don’t lie: It’s the most diverse title in the game.