page_title: List of ROH World Champions
section_title: Combined reigns
hierarchical_section_title: List of ROH World Champions / Combined reigns
caption_attribution_description: ROH World Champion Adam Cole at the ROH television tapings in Nashville in January 2014. Cropped from original and auto-contrast applied.
context_page_description: The ROH World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned by the Ring of Honor promotion. The championship was created and debuted on July 27, 2002, at ROH's Crowning a Champion event. Originally called the ROH Championship, the title was renamed to the ROH World Championship in May 2003 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first time—earlier that month, then-champion Samoa Joe had defeated The Zebra Kid in London, England at the Frontiers of Honor event co-promoted with the FWA. On August 12, 2006, the ROH World Championship was unified with the ROH Pure Championship after then-champion Bryan Danielson defeated ROH Pure Champion Nigel McGuinness in Liverpool, England. The Pure Championship was deactivated after this match.
  ROH World Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroes. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name.
context_section_description: As of August 17, 2020.
caption: Record three-time ROH World Champion Adam Cole
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