ROH World Championship
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| ROH World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Championship information | |
| Current champion(s) | |
| Won |
Manhattan Mayhem III |
| Promotion | |
| Introduced |
Crowning a Champion |
| Previous name(s) |
ROH Championship |
| Statistics | |
| First champion(s) | |
| Most reigns |
Austin Aries |
| Longest reign |
Samoa Joe |
| Shortest reign |
James Gibson |
| Oldest champion |
Nigel McGuinness |
| Youngest champion |
Low Ki |
| Heaviest champion(s) |
Takeshi Morishima |
| Lightest champion(s) |
Low Ki |
The Ring of Honor (ROH) World Championship, originally named the "ROH Title", is the top title contested for the professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor.
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[edit] History
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.
Samoa Joe had the longest title reign to date when he held the belt for 22 months. 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. 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. The match was contested under Pure Wrestling Rules, with the stipulation that both championships could be lost by disqualification or count out.
[edit] Current champion
Austin Aries is the current champion, in his record second reign, after defeating Jerry Lynn and Tyler Black in a three-way elimination match on June 13, 2009 at ROH's Manhattan Mayhem III event. Aries is the first wrestler to hold the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship twice.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Ki | 1 | July 27, 2002 | Philadelphia, PA | Crowning a Champion | Defeated Christopher Daniels, Doug Williams and Spanky in a Four-Way 60 minute Iron Man match to become the first ROH Champion. |
| Xavier | 1 | September 21, 2002 | Philadelphia, PA | Unscripted | n/a |
| Samoa Joe | 1 | March 22, 2003 | Philadelphia, PA | Night of the Champions | Became the ROH World Championship after Samoa Joe defended the title against Zebra Kid at Frontiers of Honor on May 17, 2003 in London, England. |
| Austin Aries | 1 | December 26, 2004 | Philadelphia, PA | Final Battle 2004 | n/a |
| CM Punk | 1 | June 18, 2005 | Morristown, NJ | Death before Dishonor III | n/a |
| James Gibson | 1 | August 12, 2005 | Dayton, OH | Redemption | Defeated CM Punk, Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels in a Four-Way Elimination match. |
| Bryan Danielson | 1 | September 17, 2005 | Lake Grove, NY | Glory by Honor IV | Danielson defeated Nigel McGuinness at Unified on August 12, 2006 to unify the ROH World Championship and ROH Pure Championship |
| Homicide | 1 | December 23, 2006 | Manhattan, NY | Final Battle 2006 | n/a |
| Takeshi Morishima | 1 | February 17, 2007 | Philadelphia, PA | Fifth Year Festival: Philly | n/a |
| Nigel McGuinness | 1 | October 6, 2007 | Edison, NJ | Undeniable | n/a |
| Jerry Lynn | 1 | April 3, 2009 | Houston, TX | n/a | |
| Austin Aries | 2 | June 13, 2009 | Manhatten, NY | Manhattan Mayhem III | Defeated Jerry Lynn and Tyler Black in a Three-Way Elimination match |
