ROH World Championship

Years Active 2002 — Present

Promotion ROH

Brand N/A

Total Reigns 42

Total Champions 33

Longest Reign Samoa Joe (645 days)

Current Champion

Bandido

518 days as the ROH World Champion

Won title by defeating Chris Jericho at AEW Dynasty on April 6, 2025.

Most Reigns

Longest Reigns

Samoa Joe (645 days)
Nigel McGuinness (545 days)
Bandido (517 days)

Championship Name History

ROH Championship 2002 – 2003

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ROH World Championship 2002 – Present

ROH World Championship Complete Reign History

= Reign Distinction = Includes Reign Notes

# Click to sort	Wrestler Click to sort	Date Won Click to sort	Opponent(s) Click to sort	Event Click to sort	Match Type Click to sort	Partner(s) Click to sort
42	Bandido	Apr 6, 2025	Chris Jericho	AEW Dynasty	Title vs. Mask Match	517*
41	Chris Jericho	Oct 23, 2024	Mark Briscoe	AEW Dynamite	Five-Way Ladder Match	165
40	Mark Briscoe	Apr 5, 2024	Eddie Kingston	Supercard of Honor 2024	Singles Match	201
39	Eddie Kingston	Sep 20, 2023	Claudio Castagnoli	AEW Grand Slam 2023	Winner Takes All Match	198
38	Claudio Castagnoli	Dec 10, 2022	Chris Jericho	Final Battle 2022	Singles Match	284
37	Chris Jericho	Sep 21, 2022	Claudio Castagnoli	AEW Grand Slam 2022	Singles Match	80
36	Claudio Castagnoli	Jul 23, 2022		Death Before Dishonor 2022	Singles Match	60
35	Jonathan Gresham	Dec 11, 2021	Jay Lethal	Final Battle 2021	Vacant Title Match	224
—	Title Vacated from December 10, 2021 to December 11, 2021 (1 day)
34	Bandido	Jul 11, 2021	RUSH	Best in the World 2021	Singles Match	152
33	RUSH	Feb 29, 2020	PCO & Mark Haskins	Gateway to Honor 2020	Three-Way Match	498
32	PCO	Dec 13, 2019	RUSH	Final Battle 2019	No Disqualification Match	78
31	RUSH	Sep 27, 2019	Matt Taven	Death Before Dishonor XVII	Singles Match	77
30	Matt Taven	Apr 6, 2019	Jay Lethal & Marty Scurll	NJPW G1 Supercard	Ladder Match	174
29	Jay Lethal	Jun 30, 2018	Cody, Dalton Castle, and Matt Taven	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Four-Way Match	280
28	Jay Lethal	Jun 30, 2018	Dalton Castle, Cody Rhodes, and Matt Taven	Ring of Honor Wrestling		280
27	Dalton Castle	Dec 15, 2017	Cody	Final Battle 2017	Singles Match	197
26	Cody	Jun 23, 2017	Christopher Daniels	Best in the World 2017	Singles Match	175
25	Christopher Daniels	Mar 10, 2017	Adam Cole	ROH 15th Anniversary Show	Singles Match	105
24	Adam Cole	Jan 4, 2017	Kyle O'Reilly	Wrestle Kingdom 11	Singles Match	65
23	Kyle O'Reilly	Dec 2, 2016	Adam Cole	Final Battle 2016	No Disqualification Match	33
22	Adam Cole	Aug 19, 2016	Jay Lethal	Death Before Dishonor XIV	Singles Match	105
21	Jay Lethal	Jun 19, 2015	Jay Briscoe	Best in the World 2015	Winner Takes All Match	427
20	Jay Briscoe	Sep 6, 2014	Michael Elgin	All Star Extravaganza VI	Singles Match	286
19	Michael Elgin	Jun 22, 2014	Adam Cole	Best in the World 2014	Singles Match	76
18	Adam Cole	Sep 20, 2013	Michael Elgin	Death Before Dishonor XI	Tournament Final Match	275
—	Title Vacated from July 3, 2013 to September 20, 2013 (79 days)
17	Kevin Steen	May 12, 2012	Davey Richards	Border Wars 2012	Singles Match	417
16	Davey Richards	Jun 26, 2011	Eddie Edwards	Best in the World 2011	Singles Match	321
15	Eddie Edwards	Mar 19, 2011	Roderick Strong	Manhattan Mayhem IV	Singles Match	99
14	Roderick Strong	Sep 11, 2010	Tyler Black	Glory By Honor IX	No Disqualification Match	189
13	Tyler Black	Feb 13, 2010	Austin Aries	ROH 8th Anniversary Show	Singles Match	210
12	Austin Aries	Jun 13, 2009	Tyler Black & Jerry Lynn	Manhattan Mayhem III	Elimination Match	245
11	Jerry Lynn	Apr 3, 2009	Nigel McGuinness	Supercard of Honor IV	Singles Match	71
10	Nigel McGuinness	Oct 6, 2007	Takeshi Morishima	Undeniable 2007	Singles Match	545
9	Takeshi Morishima	Feb 17, 2007	Homicide	The Fifth Year Festival: Philadelphia 2007	Singles Match	231
8	Homicide	Dec 23, 2006	Bryan Danielson	Final Battle 2006	Singles Match	56
7	Bryan Danielson	Sep 17, 2005	James Gibson	Glory by Honor IV	Singles Match	462
6	James Gibson	Aug 12, 2005	CM Punk, Christopher Daniels, and Samoa Joe	Redemption 2005	Four-Way Elimination Match	36
5	CM Punk	Jun 18, 2005	Austin Aries	Death Before Dishonor III	Singles Match	55
4	Austin Aries	Dec 26, 2004	Samoa Joe	Final Battle 2004	Singles Match	174
Championship renamed to ROH World Championship on May 17, 2003
3	Samoa Joe	Mar 22, 2003	Xavier	Night of Champions 2003	Singles Match	645
2	Xavier	Sep 21, 2002	Low Ki	Unscripted 2002	Singles Match	182
1	Low Ki	Jul 27, 2002	Spanky, Christopher Daniels, and Doug Williams	Crowning a Champion 2002	Iron Man Match	56

ROH World Championship Historical Reign Leaders

#	Champion	Reigns	Total Days Held	Longest Reign (Days)	Avg. Reign (Days)	% of Career Title Held
1	Jay Lethal	3	987	427	329	10.5%
1	Adam Cole	3	445	275	148	6.5%
3	Bandido	2	669	517	335	11.7%
3	RUSH	2	575	498	288	8%
3	Austin Aries	2	419	245	210	4.3%
3	Claudio Castagnoli	2	344	284	172	3.5%
3	Chris Jericho	2	245	165	123	1.8%
8	Samoa Joe	1	645	645	645	6.6%
8	Nigel McGuinness	1	545	545	545	5.4%
8	Bryan Danielson	1	462	462	462	4.6%
8	Kevin Steen	1	417	417	417	4.3%
8	Davey Richards	1	321	321	321	4.4%
8	Jay Briscoe	1	286	286	286	3.3%
8	Takeshi Morishima	1	231	231	231	3.5%
8	Jonathan Gresham	1	224	224	224	2.8%
8	Tyler Black	1	210	210	210	2.5%
8	Mark Briscoe	1	201	201	201	2.1%
8	Eddie Kingston	1	198	198	198	2.2%
8	Dalton Castle	1	197	197	197	3.1%
8	Roderick Strong	1	189	189	189	1.9%
8	Xavier	1	182	182	182	3.3%
8	Cody	1	175	175	175	2.3%
8	Matt Taven	1	174	174	174	2.6%
8	Christopher Daniels	1	105	105	105	1.3%
8	Eddie Edwards	1	99	99	99	1.1%
8	PCO	1	78	78	78	0.54%
8	Michael Elgin	1	76	76	76	0.88%
8	Jerry Lynn	1	71	71	71	0.78%
8	Homicide	1	56	56	56	0.46%
8	Low Ki	1	56	56	56	0.53%
8	CM Punk	1	55	55	55	0.54%
8	James Gibson	1	36	36	36	0.35%
8	Kyle O'Reilly	1	33	33	33	0.42%

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