| No. | Won By | Won From | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | AJ Styles | CM Punk* | Braintree, MA | 2/14/04 |
| 2. | Doug Williams | Alex Shelley** | Elizabeth, NJ | 7/17/04 |
| 3. | John Walters | Doug Williams | Braintree, MA | 8/28/04 |
| 4. | Jay Lethal | John Walters | Philadelphia, PA | 3/5/05 |
| 5. | Samoa Joe | Jay Lethal | New York, NY | 5/7/05 |
| 6. | Nigel McGuinness | Samoa Joe | Buffalo, NY | 8/27/05 |
| 7. | Bryan Danielson*** | Nigel McGuinness | Liverpool, England | 8/12/06 |
| 8. | Jonathan Gresham | Tracy Williams**** | Baltimore, MD | 8/23/20 |
| 9. | Josh Woods | Jonathan Gresham | Philadelphia, PA | 9/12/21 |
| 10. | Wheeler Yuta | Josh Woods | Garland, TX | 4/1/22 |
*This was the final of a one-night tournament.
**Styles left ROH and vacated the title. A special tournament was conceived and this was the final match, after both men won four-way matches earlier.
***This was a Unification Match with the ROH World Title.
****The title was revived fourteen years later. This was the finals of a tournament to crown the new champion.
Title Defenses:
1. AJ Styles
---pinned CM Punk, At Our Best: 3/13/04
2. Doug Williams
---pinned Alex Shelley, Death Before Dishonor II- Part One: 7/23/04
---submission victory over Austin Aries, Death Before Dishonor II- Part Two: 7/24/04
3. John Walters
---submission victory over Nigel McGuinness, Glory by Honor III: 9/11/04
---beat Homicide by DQ, Weekend of Thunder- Night Two: 11/6/04
---beat Jimmy Rave by CO, All Star Extravaganza II: 12/4/04
---submission victory over Jimmy Rave, Final Battle 2004: 12/26/04
---pinned Jay Lethal, Third Anniversary Show- Part One: 2/19/05
4. Jay Lethal
---submission victory over Spanky, Stalemate: 4/16/05
5. Samoa Joe
---submission victory over James Gibson, New Frontiers: 6/4/05
---pinned Nigel McGuinness, The Future is Now: 6/12/05
---pinned Austin Aries, Escape from New York: 7/9/05
---pinned Jimmy Rave, Fate of an Angel: 7/16/05
---submission victory over Christopher Daniels, Night of Grudges II: 8/20/05
6. Nigel McGuinness
---pinned Roderick Strong, Glory by Honor IV: 9/17/05
---pinned BJ Whitmer, Survival of the Fittest II: 9/24/05
---pinned Jay Lethal, Joe vs. Kobashi: 10/1/05
---pinned Samoa Joe, Buffalo Stampede: 10/15/05
---beat Claudio Castagnoli by DQ, Showdown in Motown: 11/4/05
---beat Claudio Castagnoli by DQ, Final Battle 2005: 12/17/05
---submission victory over Tony Mamaluke, Hell Freezes Over: 1/14/06
---submission victory over Austin Aries, Unscripted II: 2/11/06
---pinned Claudio Castagnoli, Best in the World: 3/25/06
---beat Christopher Daniels by CO, Weekend of Champions- Night One: 4/28/06
---beat Bryan Danielson by CO, Weekend of Champions- Night Two: 4/29/06
---pinned Jay Lethal, Ring of Homicide: 5/13/06
---pinned Conrad Kennedy III, Throwdown: 6/23/06
---beat Homicide by CO, Chi-Town Struggle: 6/24/06
---beat Roderick Strong by CO, Death Before Dishonor IV: 7/15/06
---beat Colt Cabana by CO, War of the Wire II: 7/28/06
---submitted Delirious, Time to Man Up: 8/4/06
7. Bryan Danielson
---N/A