List of ROH World Champions
Reigns

List of ROH World Champions

Section Title: Reigns
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No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses

1	Low Ki	July 27, 2002	Crowning a Champion	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	56	1	Defeated Christopher Daniels, Spanky and Doug Williams in a four-way 60-minute Iron Man match to become the inaugural champion.

2	Xavier	September 21, 2002	Unscripted	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	182	4

3	Samoa Joe	March 22, 2003	Night of Champions	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	645	29	After Joe defeated The Zebra Kid on May 17, 2003 in London, England, the ROH Championship was renamed the ROH World Championship.

4	Austin Aries	December 26, 2004	Final Battle 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	174	16

5	CM Punk	June 18, 2005	Death Before Dishonor III	Morristown, New Jersey	1	55	4

6	James Gibson	August 12, 2005	Redemption	Dayton, Ohio	1	36	4	This was a four-way elimination match also involving Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe.

7	Bryan Danielson	September 17, 2005	Glory by Honor IV	Lake Grove, New York	1	462	38	Danielson unified the title with the ROH Pure Championship on August 12, 2006 by defeating Nigel McGuinness in Liverpool, England.

8	Homicide	December 23, 2006	Final Battle 2006	New York, New York	1	56	3

9	Takeshi Morishima	February 17, 2007	Fifth Year Festival: Philly	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	231	20

10	Nigel McGuinness	October 6, 2007	Undeniable	Edison, New Jersey	1	545	38

11	Jerry Lynn	April 3, 2009	Supercard of Honor IV	Houston, Texas	1	71	6

12	Austin Aries	June 13, 2009	Manhattan Mayhem III	New York, New York	2	245	13	This was a three-way elimination match also involving Tyler Black.

13	Tyler Black	February 13, 2010	8th Anniversary Show	New York, New York	1	210	7

14	Roderick Strong	September 11, 2010	Glory By Honor IX	New York, New York	1	189	5	This was a no disqualification match with Terry Funk as the ringside enforcer.

15	Eddie Edwards	March 19, 2011	Manhattan Mayhem IV	New York, New York	1	99	3	Became the first ROH Triple Crown Champion.

16	Davey Richards	June 26, 2011	Best in the World 2011	New York, New York	1	321	10

17	Kevin Steen	May 12, 2012	Border Wars	Toronto, Ontario	1	328	18

18	Jay Briscoe	April 5, 2013	Supercard of Honor VII	New York, New York	1	89	6

—	Vacated	July 3, 2013	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated by ROH Match Maker Nigel McGuinness after Briscoe suffered a storyline injury at the June 23 television tapings and would not be able to compete for the foreseeable future.

19	Adam Cole	September 20, 2013	Death Before Dishonor XI	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	275	13	Defeated Michael Elgin in a tournament final.

20	Michael Elgin	June 22, 2014	Best in the World 2014	Nashville, Tennessee	1	76	7

21	Jay Briscoe	September 6, 2014	All Star Extravaganza VI	Toronto, Ontario	2	286	12

22	Jay Lethal	June 19, 2015	Best in the World '15	New York, New York	1	427	28	This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Lethal's ROH World Television Championship.

23	Adam Cole	August 19, 2016	Death Before Dishonor XIV	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	105	6

24	Kyle O'Reilly	December 2, 2016	Final Battle	New York, New York	1	33	0	This was a no disqualification match.

25	Adam Cole	January 4, 2017	Wrestle Kingdom 11	Tokyo, Japan	3	65	3	This was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event.

26	Christopher Daniels	March 10, 2017	15th Anniversary Show	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	105	8

27	Cody	June 23, 2017	Best in the World	Lowell, Massachusetts	1	175	16

28	Dalton Castle	December 15, 2017	Final Battle	New York City, New York	1	197	7

29	Jay Lethal	June 30, 2018	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Fairfax, Virginia	2	280	13	This was a four-way match also involving Matt Taven and Cody. Aired July 23, 2018 on tape delay.

30	Matt Taven	April 6, 2019	G1 Supercard	New York, New York	1	24+	1	This was a three-way ladder match also involving Marty Scurll.

Sentence(s)

Michael Elgin is a one-time ROH World Champion.

final_sentence: Michael Elgin is a one-time ROH World Champion.