List of PWG World Champions
Reigns

List of PWG World Champions

Section Title: Reigns
Table Section Text: None

No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses

1	Frankie Kazarian	August 30, 2003	Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage Two	Industry, California	1	176	4	Kazarian defeated Joey Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the first champion.

2	Adam Pearce	February 22, 2004	Taste the Radness	Santa Ana, California	1	139	3	This was a Chicago Street Fight.

3	Frankie Kazarian	July 10, 2004	The Reason for the Season	Los Angeles, California	2	126	3	This was a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match.

4	Super Dragon	November 13, 2004	Free Admission (Just Kidding)	Los Angeles, California	1	140	8

5	A.J. Styles	April 2, 2005	All Star Weekend – Night Two	Los Angeles, California	1	126	4

6	Kevin Steen	August 6, 2005	Zombies [Shouldn't Run]	Los Angeles, California	1	119	5

7	Joey Ryan	December 3, 2005	Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)	Los Angeles, California	1	406	19	The title was renamed from the "PWG Championship" to the "PWG World Championship" following PWG's European Vacation tour of England and Germany in February 2006.

8	Human Tornado	January 13, 2007	Based on a True Story	Reseda, California	1	42	3	This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.

9	El Generico	February 24, 2007	Holy Diver Down	Van Nuys, California	1	155	9

10	Bryan Danielson	July 29, 2007	Giant-Size Annual #4	Burbank, California	1	160	5

11	Low Ki	January 5, 2008	All Star Weekend 6 – Night One	Van Nuys, CA	1	32	1

—	Vacated	February 6, 2008	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated due to Low Ki suffering a knee injury while working in Japan.

12	Human Tornado	February 24, 2008	¡Dia de los Dangerous!	Reseda, California	2	133	1	Tornado defeated Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong in the finals of a 5-man tournament to become the champion.

13	Chris Hero	July 6, 2008	Life During Wartime	Reseda, California	1	425	10	This was a Guerrilla Warfare steel cage match.

14	Bryan Danielson	September 4, 2009	Guerre Sans Frontières	Reseda, California	2	<1	0

—	Vacated	September 4, 2009	Guerre Sans Frontières	Reseda, California	—	—	—	The title was vacated due to Danielson being unable to defend it after signing with WWE.

15	Kenny Omega	November 21, 2009	2009 Battle of Los Angeles – Night Two	Reseda, California	1	98	0	Defeated Roderick Strong in the finals of the 2009 Battle of Los Angeles to win the vacant title.

16	Davey Richards	February 27, 2010	As the Worm Turns	Reseda, California	1	198	2

—	Vacated	September 13, 2010	—	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated due to Richards being unable to defend it.

17	Claudio Castagnoli	October 9, 2010	The Curse of Guerrilla Island	Reseda, California	1	287	6	Castagnoli defeated Brandon Gatson, Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a four–way match to win the vacant title.

18	Kevin Steen	July 23, 2011	Eight	Reseda, California	2	91	1

19	El Generico	October 22, 2011	Steen Wolf	Reseda, California	2	147	0	This was a ladder match.

20	Kevin Steen	March 17, 2012	World's Finest	Reseda, California	3	259	4	This was a three-way match, also involving Eddie Edwards.

21	Adam Cole	December 1, 2012	Mystery Vortex	Reseda, California	1	538	7	This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.

22	Kyle O'Reilly	May 23, 2014	Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n Roll	Reseda, California	1	203	3	This was a Knockout or Submission Only match.

23	Roderick Strong	December 12, 2014	Black Cole Sun	Reseda, California	1	449	7	This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.

24	Zack Sabre Jr.	March 5, 2016	All Star Weekend 12 – Night Two	Reseda, California	1	489	5

25	Chuck Taylor	July 7, 2017	Pushin Forward Back	Reseda, California	1	106	0

26	Ricochet	October 21, 2017	All Star Weekend 13 – Night Two	Reseda, California	1	83	1

27	Chuck Taylor	January 12, 2018	Mystery Vortex V	Reseda, California	2	70	1	This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.

28	Keith Lee	March 23, 2018	Time Is a Flat Circle	Los Angeles, California	1	29	0

29	Walter	April 21, 2018	All Star Weekend 14 – Night Two	Reseda, California	1	181	2	This was a three-way match, also involving Jonah Rock.

30	Jeff Cobb	October 19, 2018	Smokey and the Bandido	Los Angeles, California	1	181+	2

Sentence(s)

Adam Cole's reign of 538 days is the longest in the PWG World Champions history.

final_sentence: Adam Cole's reign of 538 days is the longest in the PWG World Champions history.