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List of ROH World Champions

Listing of professional wrestling champions for the ROH World Championship

List of ROH World Champions
Summary

Listing of professional wrestling champions for the ROH World Championship

Bandido

The ROH World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on July 27, 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, at the Frontiers of Honor event co-promoted with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance. 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. The Pure Championship was deactivated after this match (though would be reactivated in 2020).

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-minuted Iron Man match on July 27, 2002, at ROH's Crowning a Champion event.

As of , there have been 42 reigns among 33 wrestlers with two vacancies. Adam Cole holds the record for most reigns, with three. Jay Lethal has the most defenses, with 41; Kyle O'Reilly has the least, with 0. At 645 days, Samoa Joe's reign is the longest in the title's history; Kyle O'Reilly's reign is the shortest at 33 days. Bandido is the current champion in his second reign. He defeated Chris Jericho in a Title vs. Mask match on April 6, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Dynasty.

Title history

Names

NameYears
ROH ChampionshipJune 22, 2002 – May 17, 2003
ROH World Championshiplast=Taylorfirst=Sancheztitle=JONATHAN GRESHAM CROWNED UNDISPUTED ROH WORLD CHAMPIONurl=https://wrestletalk.com/news/jonathan-gresham-undisputed-roh-world-champion/access-date=April 1, 2022website=Wrestletalk.comarchive-date=April 2, 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402030916/https://wrestletalk.com/news/jonathan-gresham-undisputed-roh-world-champion/url-status=live }}
April 1, 2022 – present
Undisputed ROH World ChampionshipApril 1, 2022

Reigns

Aired on tape delay on July 23, 2018. During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor. Grand Slam](aew-grand-slam-2022) Grand Slam](aew-grand-slam-2023) During this reign, the championship became part of the American Triple Crown Championship (also referred to as the Continental Crown), with Kingston defending the championship alongside the AEW Continental Championship and Strong Openweight Championship after winning the Continental Classic tournament at Worlds End. Kingston would lose the AEW Continental Championship to Kazuchika Okada on the March 20, 2024 episode of AEW Dynamite, thus dissolving the Triple Crown.

Combined reigns

As of , .

†
Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reignsCombined
days1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829313233
2707
1645
{{sortnameRushdab=wrestler}}2575
1545
1462
{{sortnameBandidodab=wrestler}} †2+
3445
2419
2375
2344
1328
1321
2245
1231
1224
1210
1201
1198
1197
1189
{{sortnameXavierdab=wrestler}}1182
{{sortnameCodyCody Rhodes}}1175
1174
1105
199
{{sortnamePCOPierre Carl Ouellet}}178
176
171
{{sortnameHomicidedab=wrestler}}156
156
155
136
133

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

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References

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