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The current ROH World Champion, Eddie Edwards

The ROH World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned and copyrighted by Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on July 17, 2002 at ROH's Crowning a Champion event. Originally called the ROH Championship, the title was renamed to the ROH World Championship in May 2003 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first time—earlier that month, then-champion Samoa Joe had defeated The Zebra Kid in London, England.[1] On August 12, 2006, the ROH World Championship was unified with the ROH Pure Championship after then-champion Bryan Danielson defeated ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness in Liverpool, England.[1] The Pure Championship was deactivated after this match.

ROH World Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroes. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. Reigns that were won on pay-per-view events aired on tape delay up to weeks or months apart. Reigns that were won at live events were released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Low Ki, whom ROH recognized to have become the champion after defeating Christopher Daniels, Spanky, and Doug Williams in a Four Way 60-minute Iron Man match on July 27, 2002 at ROH's Crowning a Champion event. As of November 2024, Austin Aries holds the record for most reigns, with two.[1] As of November 2024, Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness have the most defenses, with 38; Low Ki has the least, with 1. At 645 days, Samoa Joe's reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Eddie Edwards, who is in his first reign as champion.[1] Overall, there have been 15 reigns among 14 wrestlers.[1]

Title history

Names

Name Years
ROH Championship 2002 – May 2003
ROH World Championship May 2003 – present

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held 		Location Successful defenses Event Notes
1 Low Ki 1 July 27, 2002 56 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 Crowning a Champion [1] Low Ki defeated Christopher Daniels, Spanky, and Doug Williams in a Four Way 60 minute Iron Man match to become the inaugural champion.
2 Xavier 1 September 21, 2002 182 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 Unscripted [2]
3 Samoa Joe 1 March 22, 2003 645 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 29 Night of Champions [3] After Joe defeated The Zebra Kid on May 17, 2003, in London, England, the ROH Championship was renamed the ROH World Championship.[2]
4 Austin Aries 1 December 26, 2004 174 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16 Final Battle 2004 [4]
5 CM Punk 1 June 18, 2005 55 Morristown, New Jersey 4 Death Before Dishonor III [5]
6 James Gibson 1 August 12, 2005 36 Dayton, Ohio 4 Redemption [6] A Four Way Match also involving Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe.
7 Bryan Danielson 1 September 17, 2005 462 Lake Grove, New York 38 Glory by Honor IV [7] Danielson unified the title with the ROH Pure Championship on August 12, 2006 by defeating Nigel McGuinness in Liverpool, England.[3][4]
8 Homicide 1 December 23, 2006 56 Manhattan, New York 3 Final Battle 2006 [8] [5]
9 Takeshi Morishima 1 February 17, 2007 231 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 20 Fifth Year Festival: Philly [9] [6]
10 Nigel McGuinness 1 October 6, 2007 545 Edison, New Jersey 38 Undeniable [10] [7]
11 Jerry Lynn 1 April 3, 2009 71 Houston, Texas 6 Supercard of Honor IV [11] [8]
12 Austin Aries 2 June 13, 2009 245 Manhattan, New York 13 Manhattan Mayhem III [12] This was a three way elimination match also involving Tyler Black. [9]
13 Tyler Black 1 February 13, 2010 210 Manhattan, New York 7 Eighth Anniversary Show [13] [10]
14 Roderick Strong 1 September 11, 2010 189 Manhattan, New York 5 Glory By Honor IX [14] This was a No Disqualification match with Terry Funk as the ringside enforcer.[11][12]
15 Eddie Edwards 1 March 19, 2011 4,982+ Manhattan, New York 3 Manhattan Mayhem IV[15] [13]

List of combined reigns

† Indicates the current champion
Rank [16] Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days Combined Defenses
1 Samoa Joe 1 645 29
2 Nigel McGuinness 1 545 38
3 Bryan Danielson 1 462 38
4 Austin Aries 2 419 29
5 Takeshi Morishima 1 231 20
6 Tyler Black 1 210 7
7 Roderick Strong 1 189 5
8 Xavier 1 182 4
9 Eddie Edwards† 1 4982+ 3
10 Jerry Lynn 1 71 6
11 Homicide 1 56 3
12 Low Ki 1 56 1
13 CM Punk 1 55 4
14 James Gibson 1 36 4

Notes

1.^ – This event was a live event that was later released on DVD.
2.^ – This event was a pay-per-view that later aired on tape delay.
3.^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact number mean they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General
  • "ROH World Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  • "ROH World Championship reign history". ROHWrestling.com. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  • "Past Ring of Honor results". ROHWrestling.com. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e "ROH World Championship history". ROHWrestling.com. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  2. ^ Power Slam Staff (August 2003). "We are the Champions (as of July 8)". Power Slam Magazine. Lancaster, Lancashire, England: SW Publishing LTD. p. 15. 109. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ Radican, Sean (2005-09-19). "ROH News: Bryan Danielson captures ROH World Title from James Gibson". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  4. ^ "ROH Pure Championship reign history". ROHWrestling.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  5. ^ Clevett, Jason (2006-12-24). "Homicide crowned ROH champion". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  6. ^ "ROH ペンシルバニア州フィラデルフィア大会" (in Japanese). noah.co.jp. 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  7. ^ "ROH ニュージャージー州エジソン大会" (in Japanese). noah.co.jp. 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  8. ^ Caldwell, James (2009-04-04). "ROH News: Story from Friday night's ROH Title match in Houston". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  9. ^ Caldwell, James (2009-06-13). "ROH News: Result from ROH Title match tonight in NYC - Tyler Black added to match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  10. ^ Marrero, Jose (2010-02-14). "2/13 ROH Results: New York, New York". Wrestleview.com. {{cite web}}: Text "accessdate-2010-09-12" ignored (help)
  11. ^ Martin, Adam (2010-09-11). "ROH Glory by Honor IX iPPV Results - 9/11/10". Wrestleview.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  12. ^ Caldwell, James (2010-09-11). "ROH News: PPV Results - Recently-released TNA wrestler returns to ROH after PPV main event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  13. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2011-03-19). "Surprise title change tonight". The Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

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