ROH World Championship

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ROH World Championshipo
Details
Current
champion(s)
Nigel McGuinness
Date won October 6, 2007
Promotion Ring of Honor
Date created July 27, 2002
Other name(s) ROH Championship

The Ring of Honor (ROH) World Championship, originally named the "ROH Title", is the top title contested for the independent professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor.

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Low Ki defeated Spanky, Christopher Daniels and Doug Williams in a 60 minute Ironman match to become the first ROH Champion at Crowning a Champion on July 27, 2002.[1]

Samoa Joe had the longest title reign to date when he held the belt for 21 months and four days. During his reign, ROH held a cross-promotional show with Frontier Wrestling Alliance in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2003 called Frontiers of Honor[2]. At that show, Joe turned the title into the ROH World Championship when he defended it against The Zebra Kid. Since then the title has been defended in Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico and Japan.

On August 12, 2006, the ROH Pure Championship was unified with the ROH World Championship after ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness lost to ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson in Liverpool, England in a title unification match[3]. The match was contested under pure wrestling rules, with the stipulation that both championships could be lost by disqualification or count out.

The current champion is Nigel McGuinness, who is in his first reign. He defeated Takeshi Morishima for the title at Undeniable on October 6, 2007 in Edison, New Jersey.

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Successful defenses:
Low Ki 1 July 27, 2002 Philadelphia, PA Defeated Christopher Daniels, Spanky and Doug Williams in a four-way 60 minute Iron Man match to become the first ROH Champion at Crowning a Champion.[4][5] 1
Xavier 1 September 21, 2002 Philadelphia, PA Won the title at Unscripted.[4][5] 4
Samoa Joe 1 March 22, 2003 Philadelphia, PA Won the title at Night of Champions. Became the ROH World Championship on May 17, 2003 after Joe defeated The Zebra Kid at Frontiers of Honor in London, England.[4][5] 26
Austin Aries 1 December 26, 2004 Philadelphia, PA Won the title at Final Battle 2004.[4][5] 16
CM Punk 1 June 18, 2005 Morristown, NJ Won the title at Death Before Dishonor III.[4][5] 4
James Gibson 1 August 12, 2005 Dayton, OH Won the title in a four-way elimination match at Redemption, also featuring Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels.[5][6] 4
Bryan Danielson 1 September 17, 2005 Long Island, NY Won the title at Glory by Honor IV. Danielson unified the World title with the ROH Pure Championship on August 12, 2006 by defeating Nigel McGuinness in Liverpool, England.[4][5] 38
Homicide 1 December 23, 2006 Manhattan, NY Won the title at Final Battle 2006.[4][5] 3
Takeshi Morishima 1 February 17, 2007 Philadelphia, PA Won the title at Fifth Year Festival: Philly.[4][5] 20
Nigel McGuinness 1 October 6, 2007 Edison, NJ Won the title at Undeniable.[4] 2

Ring of Honor
Active championships
ROH World ChampionshipROH World Tag Team ChampionshipFIP World Heavyweight ChampionshipSHIMMER Championship
Inactive championship
ROH Pure Championship
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Full Impact ProSHIMMER Women Athletes
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