ROH World Championship

On this page, you find the full Title History for the ROH World Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.

The ROH World Championship is a World Title contested in Ring of Honor, by men wrestlers.

The championship was first established on June 22, 2002, and the inaugural champion was Low Ki.

The current champion is Bandido, who won the title at AEW Dynasty 2025 on April 6, 2025, and has been reigning for 403 days.

ROH World Championship: Title History

ROH World Championship: Title Reigns

N.	Champion	Reign
42	Bandido 2 April 6, 2025 Philadelphia, PA \| AEW Dynasty 2025	403+ days
41	Chris Jericho 2 October 23, 2024 Salt Lake City, UT \| AEW Dynamite	165 days
40	Mark Briscoe 1 April 5, 2024 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Supercard of Honor	201 days
39	Eddie Kingston 1 September 20, 2023 Flushing, NY \| AEW Grand Slam (2023) This was a title vs. title match, also for Kingston's NJPW Strong Openweight Championship. Together with the AEW Continental Championship and the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship, the three titles are collectively known as Continental Crown Championship (triple crown). Kingston loses the the AEW Continental Title on March 20, 2024 Dynamite, separating it from Kingston's other titles (ROH World Title and the NJPW Strong Openweight Title), thus dissolving the Triple Crown.	198 days
38	Claudio Castagnoli 2 December 10, 2022 Arlington, TX \| ROH Final Battle 2022	284 days
37	Chris Jericho 1 September 21, 2022 Flushing, NY \| AEW Grand Slam (2022)	80 days
36	Claudio Castagnoli 1 July 23, 2022 Lowell, MA \| ROH Death Before Dishonor (2022)	60 days
35	Jonathan Gresham 1 December 11, 2021 Baltimore, MD \| ROH Final Battle 2021 Defeated Jay Lethal for the vacant title. Former champion Bandido still had the ROH World Championship title belt, while Gresham won the Original ROH World Championship title belt; Gresham defeated Bandido at Supercard of Honor XV to determine the Undisputed ROH World Champion.	224 days
	Vacant December 10, 2021 The title was vacated after Bandido tested positive for COVID-19.	1 day
34	Bandido 1 July 11, 2021 Baltimore, MD \| ROH Best in the World 2021	152 days
33	Rush 2 February 29, 2020 St. Charles, MO \| ROH Gateway to Honor	498 days
32	PCO 1 December 13, 2019 Baltimore, MD \| ROH Final Battle 2019	78 days
31	Rush 1 September 27, 2019 Sunrise Manor, NV \| ROH Death Before Dishonor XVII	77 days
30	Matt Taven 1 April 6, 2019 New York City, NY \| ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard	174 days
29	Jay Lethal 2 July 23, 2018 Fairfax, VA \| ROH Wrestling	257 days
28	Dalton Castle 1 December 15, 2017 New York City, NY \| ROH Final Battle 2017	220 days
27	Cody 1 June 23, 2017 Lowell, MA \| ROH Best in the World 2017	175 days
26	Christopher Daniels 1 March 10, 2017 Sunrise Manor, NV \| ROH 15th Anniversary Show	105 days
25	Adam Cole 3 January 4, 2017 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11	65 days
24	Kyle O'Reilly 1 December 2, 2016 New York City, NY \| ROH Final Battle 2016	33 days
23	Adam Cole 2 August 19, 2016 Sunrise Manor, NV \| ROH Death Before Dishonor XIV	105 days
22	Jay Lethal 1 June 19, 2015 New York City, NY \| ROH Best in the World 2015	427 days
21	Jay Briscoe 2 September 6, 2014 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| ROH All Star Extravaganza VI	286 days
20	Michael Elgin 1 June 22, 2014 Nashville, TN \| ROH Best in the World 2014	76 days
19	Adam Cole 1 September 20, 2013 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Death Before Dishonor XI Defeated Michael Elgin in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	275 days
	Vacant July 3, 2013 The title was vacated after Briscoe suffered a storyline injury at the June 23 TV tapings and would not be able to compete for the foreseeable future.	79 days
18	Jay Briscoe 1 April 5, 2013 New York City, NY \| ROH Supercard of Honor VII	89 days
17	Kevin Steen 1 May 12, 2012 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| ROH Border Wars 2012	328 days
16	Davey Richards 1 June 26, 2011 New York City, NY \| ROH Best in the World 2011	321 days
15	Eddie Edwards 1 March 19, 2011 New York City, NY \| ROH Manhattan Mayhem IV	99 days
14	Roderick Strong 1 September 11, 2010 New York City, NY \| ROH Glory by Honor IX	189 days
13	Tyler Black 1 February 13, 2010 New York City, NY \| ROH 8th Anniversary Show	210 days
12	Austin Aries 2 June 13, 2009 New York City, NY \| ROH Manhattan Mayhem III	245 days
11	Jerry Lynn 1 April 3, 2009 Houston, TX \| ROH Supercard of Honor IV	71 days
10	Nigel McGuinness 1 October 6, 2007 Edison, NJ \| ROH Undeniable	545 days
9	Takeshi Morishima 1 February 17, 2007 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Fifth Year Anniversary Festival	231 days
8	Homicide 1 December 23, 2006 New York City, NY \| ROH Final Battle 2006	56 days
7	Bryan Danielson 1 September 17, 2005 Lake Grove, NY \| ROH Glory by Honor IV Danielson unified the ROH Pure Title into the ROH World Title on August 12, 2006.	462 days
6	Jamie Noble 1 August 12, 2005 Dayton, OH \| ROH Redemption	36 days
5	CM Punk 1 June 18, 2005 Morristown, NJ \| ROH Death Before Dishonor III	55 days
4	Austin Aries 1 December 26, 2004 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Final Battle 2004	174 days
3	Samoa Joe 1 March 22, 2003 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Night of Champions On May 17, 2003, the ROH Championship was renamed to ROH World Championship.	645 days
2	Xavier 1 September 21, 2002 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Unscripted	182 days
1	Low Ki 1 July 27, 2002 Philadelphia, PA \| ROH Crowning a Champion Defeated Christopher Daniels, Spanky and Doug Williams in a 4-way 60-minute Iron Man tournament finals to become the inaugural champion.	56 days

ROH World Championship: Names & Belt Designs

- ROH World ChampionshipApril 6, 2025
- ROH World ChampionshipApril 5, 2024April 6, 2025
- ROH World ChampionshipMarch 30, 2023April 5, 2024
- ROH World ChampionshipDecember 15, 2017April 1, 2022
- ROH World ChampionshipDecember 11, 2021March 30, 2023
- ROH World ChampionshipNovember 1, 2012December 14, 2017
- ROH World ChampionshipSeptember 11, 2010October 31, 2012
- ROH World ChampionshipJuly 24, 2004September 10, 2010
- ROH World ChampionshipJune 12, 2004July 23, 2004
- ROH World ChampionshipMay 17, 2003June 11, 2004
- ROH ChampionshipJune 22, 2002May 16, 2003

ROH World Championship: Statistics

Promotions History
Promotion from to
PromotionROH June 22, 2002 Present
Defended With
- AEW Continental Championship, Strong Openweight Championship - Continental Crown Championship (December 30, 2023 - March 20, 2024)

Promotion	from	to
PromotionROH	June 22, 2002	Present

Promotion Ring of Honor
TerritoryWorld Tier 2
DivisionPrimary
GenderMale
Date EstablishedJune 22, 2002

First ChampionLow Ki
Current ChampionBandido

Most Number of Reigns

Rank	Wrestler	Reigns
	Adam Cole	3
	Jay Lethal	2
	Rush	2
	Bandido	2
	Austin Aries	2
6	Jay Briscoe	2
7	Claudio Castagnoli	2
8	Chris Jericho	2

Most Combined Days

Rank	Wrestler	Days
	Jay Lethal	684
	Samoa Joe	645
	Rush	575
	Bandido	555+
	Nigel McGuinness	545

Longest Reigns

Wrestler	Reign	Days
Samoa Joe	March 22, 2003 - December 26, 2004	645
Nigel McGuinness	October 6, 2007 - April 3, 2009	545
Rush	February 29, 2020 - July 11, 2021	498
Bryan Danielson	September 17, 2005 - December 23, 2006	462
Jay Lethal	June 19, 2015 - August 19, 2016	427