Ring of Honor World Championship

*This was a four-man Iron Man match to determine the first champion.

*(2)This was a four-way elimination match.

*(3)This was a three-way elimination match.

*(4)Briscoe was stripped of the title after he was too injured to defend it. This was a tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(5)This was a four-way match.

*(6)This was a four-way ladder match.

*(7)This was a three-way match.

*(8)The title was vacated when Bandido was diagnosed with COVID-19. Lethal replaced him in his scheduled title match against Gresham.

Title Defenses:

1. Low Ki
---pinned AJ Styles, Honor Invades Boston: 8/24/02

2. Xavier
---pinned Jay Briscoe, All Star Extravaganza: 11/9/02
---pinned AJ Styles, Night of the Butcher: 12/7/02
---pinned Paul London, Final Battle 2002: 12/28/02
---pinned Paul London, One Year Anniversary Show: 2/8/03

3. Samoa Joe
---submitted Doug Williams, Retribution - Round Robin Challenge II: 4/26/03
---pinned The Zebra Kid, ROH/FWA Frontiers of Honor: 5/17/03
---pinned Homicide, Do or Die: 5/31/03
---pinned Dan Maff, Wrestlerave: 6/28/03
---submitted Paul London, Death Before Dishonor: 7/19/03
---submitted BJ Whitmer, Wrath of the Racket: 8/9/03
---pinned Christopher Daniels, Glory by Honor II: 9/20/03
---pinned Are$, GWA No Friends Behind the Border: 10/3/03
---pinned Jay Briscoe, The Tradition Continues: 10/16/03
---submitted AJ Styles, War of the Wire: 11/29/03
---submitted Mark Briscoe, Final Battle 2003: 12/27/03
---pinned Balls Mahoney, ROH/JAPW Collision Course: 1/9/04
---beat Dan Maff, BJ Whitmer and Low Ki in a Four Corner Survival Match, Second Anniversary Show: 2/14/04
---pinned Ahmed Chaer, GSW Fatal Friday II: 3/5/04
---beat Jay Briscoe in a Steel Cage Match, At Our Best: 3/13/04
---beat Homicide by DQ, Reborn - Stage One: 4/23/04
---submitted Matt Stryker, Reborn - Stage Two: 4/24/04
---pinned Homicide, Generation Next: 5/22/04
---time limit draw against CM Punk, World Title Classic: 6/12/04
---pinned Shinya Makabe, New Japan USA: 6/24/04
---submitted Homicide, Death Before Dishonor II - Part One: 7/23/04
---pinned Colt Cabana, Death Before Dishonor II - Part Two: 7/24/04
---pinned Trent Acid, Testing the Limit: 8/7/04
---pinned Doug Williams, Glory by Honor III: 9/11/04
---submitted Bryan Danielson, Midnight Express Reunion: 10/2/04
---submitted Rocky Romero, Gold: 10/15/04
---time limit draw against CM Punk, Joe vs. Punk II: 10/16/04
---pinned Chris Hero, IWC Accept No Limitations: 11/13/04
---submitted CM Punk, All Star Extravaganza II: 12/4/04

4. Austin Aries
---pinned Colt Cabana, It All Begins: 1/15/05
---pinned Kevin Steen, New Year's Madness 2: 1/22/05
---pinned Vordell Walker, FIP Dangerous Intentions: 2/12/05
---beat Colt Cabana in a Steel Cage Match, Third Anniversary Show - Part One: 2/19/05
---pinned Samoa Joe, Third Anniversary Show - Part Three: 2/26/05
---pinned Marc Roudin, Rings of Europe: 3/12/05
---beat Are$ and Steve Douglas in a Triple Threat Match, Rings of Europe: 3/13/05
---pinned Insane Dragon, FIP With Malice: 3/25/05
---pinned Roderick Strong, FIP Bring the Pain: 3/26/05
---pinned Homicide, Best of the American Super Juniors Tournament: 4/2/05
---double pin against James Gibson, Stalemate: 4/16/05
---pinned Alex Shelley, Manhattan Mayhem: 5/7/05
---pinned James Gibson, the Final Showdown: 5/13/05
---pinned Bryan Danielson, Nowhere to Run: 5/14/05
---beat Super Crazy and Ricky Marvin in a Three Way Match, X-LAW Lucha Libre: 5/15/05
---pinned Spanky, New Frontiers: 6/4/05

5. CM Punk
---pinned Jay Lethal, Sign of Dishonor: 7/8/05
---pinned Roderick Strong, Escape from New York: 7/9/05
---pinned James Gibson, Fate of an Angel: 7/16/05
---time limit draw against Christopher Daniels, The Homecoming: 7/23/05

6. James Gibson
---no contest against Homicide and Spanky, Night of Grudges II: 8/20/05
---pinned Spanky, Night of Grudges II: 8/20/05
---submitted Colt Cabana, Dragon Gate Invasion: 8/27/05
---submitted Roderick Strong, FIP Big Year One Bash - Night 1: 9/2/05

7. Bryan Danielson
---submitted Austin Aries, Enter the Dragon: 10/14/05
---submitted Steve Corino, Buffalo Stampede: 10/15/05
---submitted Roderick Strong, This Means War: 10/29/05
---submitted Chris Sabin, Showdown in Motown: 11/4/05
---beat Roderick Strong via ref stoppage, Vendetta: 11/5/05
---submitted Christopher Daniels, A Night of Tribute: 11/19/05
---submitted Rocky Romero, Steel Cage Warfare: 12/3/05
---pinned Naomichi Marufuji, Final Battle 2005: 12/17/05
---submitted Chris Hero, Hell Freezes Over: 1/14/06
---submitted AJ Styles, Dissension: 1/28/06
---beat Jimmy Rave via ref stoppage, Fourth Anniversary Show: 2/25/06
---pinned Alex Shelley, Arena Warfare: 3/11/06
---pinned Roderick Strong, Supercard of Honor: 3/31/06
---submitted Lance Storm, Better Than Our Best: 4/1/06
---pinned Colt Cabana, The 100th Show: 4/22/06
---beat Delirious via ref stoppage, The 100th Show: 4/22/06
---submitted Jimmy Yang, Weekend of Champions - Night One: 4/28/06
---lost to Nigel McGuinness by CO, Weekend of Champions - Night Two: 4/29/06
---pinned Delirious, Ring of Homicide: 5/13/06
---beat Homicide via ref stoppage, Destiny: 6/3/06
---pinned Colt Cabana, FIP Impact of Honor: 6/10/06
---pinned Christopher Daniels, Texas Wrestling Entertainment: 6/11/06
---beat Jimmy Jacobs and BJ Whitmer in a Three-Way Match, Throwdown: 6/23/06
---pinned Colt Cabana, Chi-Town Struggle: 6/24/06
---beat Sonjay Dutt via ref stoppage, Death Before Dishonor IV: 7/15/06
---pinned Nigel McGuinness, Generation Now: 7/29/06
---time limit draw against Samoa Joe, Fight of the Century: 8/5/06
---beat Nigel McGuinness via ref stoppage, Unified: 8/12/06
---pinned SUWA, Anarchy in the UK: 8/13/06
---submitted Roderick Strong, Anarchy in the UK: 8/13/06
---time limit draw against Nigel McGuinness in a Two out of Three Falls Match, The Epic Encounter II: 8/25/06
---time limit draw against Colt Cabana in a Two out of Three Falls Match, Gut Check: 8/26/06
---submitted KENTA, Glory by Honor V - Night Two: 9/16/06
---lost to Kamala by DQ, Liberty States Wrestling: 9/30/06
---pinned Austin Aries, Motor City Madness: 10/7/06
---pinned Delirious, Honor Reclaims Boston: 11/3/06
---beat Samoa Joe in a Steel Cage Match, The Chicago Spectacular - Night One: 12/8/06

8. Homicide
---pinned Chris Hero, Dedicated: 1/26/07
---pinned Samoa Joe, Battle of the Icons: 1/28/07
---pinned Jimmy Rave, Fifth Year Festival - NYC: 2/16/07

9. Takeshi Morishima
---pinned BJ Whitmer, Fifth Year Festival - Dayton: 2/23/07
---pinned KENTA, Pro Wrestling NOAH Navigate for Evolution: 3/4/07
---pinned Nigel McGuinness, Fighting Spirit: 4/14/07
---pinned Austin Aries, The Battle of St. Paul: 4/27/07
---pinned Shingo, Good Times, Great Memories: 4/28/07
---pinned KAZMA, GPWA Differ Cup III - Night 2: 5/6/07
---pinned BJ Whitmer, Respect is Earned: 5/12/07
---pinned Jay Briscoe, A Fight at the Roxbury: 6/8/07
---pinned Roderick Strong, Domination: 6/9/07
---pinned Jimmy Rave, Driven: 6/23/07
---pinned Adam Pearce, Driven: 6/23/07
---pinned Nigel McGuinness, Live in Tokyo: 7/16/07
---pinned Claudio Castagnoli, Death Before Dishonor V - Night One: 8/10/07
---pinned Brent Albright, Death Before Dishonor V - Night Two: 8/11/07
---beat Brent Albright and Claudio Castagnoli in a Three Way Elimination Match, Caged Rage: 8/24/07
---pinned Bryan Danielson, Manhattan Mayhem II: 8/25/07
---pinned Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kensuke Office Take the Dream vol. 2 - A New Dream: 9/1/07
---pinned Erick Stevens, Motor City Madness 2007: 9/14/07
---beat Bryan Danielson via ref stoppage, Man Up: 9/15/07
---pinned Kevin Steen, Honor Nation: 10/5/07

10. Nigel McGuinness
---submitted Jay Briscoe, Chaos at the Cow Palace: 10/21/07
---submitted Chris Hero, Glory By Honor VI - Night One: 11/2/07
---pinned Austin Aries, Rising Above: 12/29/07
---submitted Go Shiozaki, Pro Wrestling NOAH Super No Vacancy: 1/20/08
---beat Chris Hero in a Steel Cage Match, Breakout: 1/25/08
---pinned Roderick Strong, Without Remorse: 1/26/08
---submitted Bryan Danielson, Sixth Anniversary Show: 2/23/08
---submitted Tyler Black, Take No Prisoners: 3/16/08
---pinned Larry Sweeney, FIP Unfinished Business: 3/22/08
---submitted Erick Stevens, Bedlam in Beantown: 4/11/08
---pinned Kevin Steen, Injustice: 4/12/08
---pinned Kevin Steen, Return Engagement: 4/19/08
---submitted Claudio Castagnoli, A New Level: 5/10/08
---beat BJ Whitmer and KENTA in a Three Way Match, Pro Wrestling NOAH Northern Navigation - Day One: 5/15/08
---submitted Go Shiozaki, Respect is Earned II: 6/7/08
---pinned Vic Viper, IWW Buzz TV: 6/14/08
---lost to Adam Pearce by DQ, Battle for Supremacy: 6/27/08
---pinned Kevin Steen, Northern Navigation: 7/25/08
---pinned Claudio Castagnoli, New Horizons: 7/26/08
---submitted Ruckus, Fueling the Fire: 8/1/08
---beat Tyler Black, Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli in a Four Way Elimination Match, Death Before Dishonor VI: 8/2/08
---submitted El Generico, Age of Insanity: 8/15/08
---pinned Jimmy Jacobs, the Tokyo Summit: 9/14/08
---pinned Roderick Strong, Driven 2008: 9/19/08
---pinned El Generico, Glory By Honor VII: 9/20/08
---beat El Generico, Go Shiozaki and Kevin Steen in a Four Way Elimination Match, The French Connection: 11/7/08
---lost to the Necro Butcher by DQ, Bound By Hate: 11/8/08
---pinned Bryan Danielson, Rising Above: 11/22/08
---pinned Jerry Lynn, Southern Hostility: 12/6/08
---pinned Naomichi Marafuji, Final Battle 2008: 12/27/08
---time limit draw against Tyler Black, Injustice II: 1/17/09
---submitted El Generico, Caged Collision: 1/31/09
---pinned D'lo Brown, Proving Ground 2009 - Night 2: 2/7/09
---beat Jimmy Jacobs, Tyler Black and Jerry Lynn in a Four Way Elimination Match, Eliminating the Competition: 2/27/09
---pinned Kaio, ICW Vendetta: 3/8/09
---lost to Brent Albright by DQ, Stylin' & Profilin': 3/13/09
---submitted KENTA, Seventh Anniversary Show: 3/21/09

11. Jerry Lynn
---beat Erick Stevens, Bryan Danielson and D'lo Brown in a Four Corner Survival Match, Take No Prisoners: 4/4/09
---beat Bryan Danielson, Tyler Black and Austin Aries in a Four Corner Survival Match, ROH on HDNet: 4/10/09
---pinned Roderick Strong, A Cut Above: 4/24/09
---pinned Colt Cabana, the Homecoming II: 4/25/09
---pinned Chris Hero, Never Say Die: 5/8/09
---pinned Jay Briscoe, Validation: 5/9/09

12. Austin Aries
---pinned Nigel McGuinness, End of an Age: 6/27/09
---beat Jerry Lynn, Nigel McGuinness and Tyler Black in a Four Corner Survival Match, Death Before Dishonor VII - Night 1: 7/24/09
---pinned Grizzly Redwood, ROH on HDNet: 8/14/09
---pinned Bryan Danielson, ROH on HDNet: 8/15/09
---submitted Bryan Danielson, The Final Countdown Tour - Chicago: 9/19/09
---beat Petey Williams by CO, Glory By Honor VIII - The Final Countdown: 9/26/09
---pinned Delirious, Clash of the Contenders: 10/9/09
---beat Roderick Strong, Davey Richards and Kenny Omega in a Four Way Match, ROH on HDNet: 11/5/09
---beat Davey Richards by ref stoppage, Aries vs. Richards: 11/13/09
---beat Kenny Omega by ref stoppage, The Omega Effect: 11/14/09
---beat Colt Cabana in a Steel Cage Match, Reverse the Curse: 12/5/09
---time limit draw against Tyler Black, Final Battle: 12/19/09

13. Tyler Black
---beat Roderick Strong and Austin Aries in a Three Way Match, Phoenix Rising: 3/27/10
---beat Roderick Strong and Austin Aries in a Three Way Dance, The Big Bang: 4/3/10
---pinned Kenny King, Pick Your Poison: 4/23/10
---pinned Chris Hero, Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies 2: 4/24/10
---pinned Roderick Strong, Supercard of Honor V: 5/8/10
---pinned Davey Richards, Death Before Dishonor VIII: 6/19/10
---submitted Kevin Steen, Salvation: 7/24/10

14. Roderick Strong
---pinned Christopher Daniels, Fate of an Angel II: 11/13/10
---submitted Davey Richards, Final Battle: 12/18/10
---pinned Jay Briscoe, Only the Strong Survive: 1/15/11
---beat Homicide in a Barrio Street Fight, 9th Anniversary Show: 2/26/11

15. Eddie Edwards
---pinned Christopher Daniels, Honor Takes Center Stage - Night 1: 4/1/11
---submitted Chris Hero, Revolution - Canada: 5/7/11
---submitted Roderick Strong, Supercard of Honor VI: 5/21/11

16. Davey Richards
---submitted Tommy End, Solo Wrestling Live: 7/3/11
---submitted Roderick Strong, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 8/13/11
---pinned Daga, IWL Lucha Libre: 10/15/11
---pinned El Generico, Glory By Honor: 11/19/11
---pinned Eddie Edwards, Final Battle: 12/23/11
---pinned Jay Lethal, The Homecoming: 1/20/12
---beat Roderick Strong and Eddie Edwards in a Three Way Match, Showdown in the Sun - Night One: 3/30/12
---pinned Michael Elgin, Showdown in the Sun - Night Two: 3/31/12
---submitted Adam Cole, Rising Above: 4/29/12

17. Kevin Steen
---beat Davey Richards in an Anything Goes Match, Best in the World: 6/24/12
---pinned Mike Mondo, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 6/29/12
---pinned Roderick Strong, Live Strong: 6/30/12
---pinned Homicide, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 8/3/12
---pinned Eddie Kingston, Boiling Point: 8/11/12
---pinned Rhino, Death Before Dishonor X: 9/15/12
---pinned Rhett Titus, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 9/22/12
---no contest against Jay Lethal, Killer Instinct: 10/6/12
---pinned Michael Elgin, Glory by Honor XI: 10/13/12
---pinned Mike Bennett, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 11/3/12
---beat El Generico in a Ladder War, Final Battle: 12/15/12
---pinned Tadarius Thomas, The Hunt for Gold: 1/18/13
---pinned Jay Lethal, 11th Anniversary Show: 3/2/13
---pinned Mark Briscoe, WAR: 3/30/13

18. Jay Briscoe
---pinned Corey Hollis, Pro Wrestling EVO Unplugged: 4/27/13
---pinned Adam Cole, Border Wars: 5/4/13
---submitted BJ Whitmer, Relentless: 5/18/13
---pinned Davey Richards, Honor in the Heart of Texas: 6/1/13
---pinned Eddie Edwards, Live and Let Die: 6/8/13
---pinned Mark Briscoe, Best in the World: 6/22/13
---pinned Matt Hardy, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 6/23/13

19. Adam Cole
---beat Roderick Strong in a No CO, No DQ Match, Charm City Challenge: 10/5/13
---pinned Jimmy Jacobs, Pursuit - Night 1: 11/15/13
---beat Michael Elgin and Jay Briscoe in a Triple Threat Match, Final Battle: 12/14/13
---pinned Chris Hero, 12th Anniversary Show: 2/21/14
---pinned Matt Taven, Raising the Bar - Night One: 3/7/14
---beat Chris Hero in a Ringmaster's Challenge Match, Raising the Bar - Night Two: 3/8/14
---beat Jay Briscoe in a Ladder War, Supercard of Honor VIII: 4/4/14
---pinned Delirious, Future of Honor: 4/18/14
---pinned Kevin Steen, Global Wars: 5/10/14
---submitted Jushin Liger, War of the Worlds: 5/17/14
---pinned ACH, Road to Best in the World - Night 1: 6/6/14
---pinned Tommaso Ciampa, Road to Best in the World - Night 2: 6/7/14

20. Michael Elgin
---submitted Matt Hardy, Aftershock: 7/12/14
---beat Roderick Strong via ref stoppage, Summer Heat Tour - Cincinnati: 7/18/14
---pinned Kyle O'Reilly, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 7/19/14
---submitted Cedric Alexander, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 8/9/14
---beat AJ Styles, Adam Cole and Jay Briscoe in a Four Way Match, Field of Honor: 8/15/14
---pinned Silas Young, Death Before Dishonor XII - Night 1: 8/22/14
---beat Tommaso Ciampa via ref stoppage, Death Before Dishonor XII - Night 2: 8/23/14

21. Jay Briscoe
---pinned Michael Bennett, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 9/27/14
---pinned ACH, Glory By Honor XIII: 11/15/14
---beat Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor, Final Battle: 12/7/14
---pinned Matt Taven, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 1/3/15
---pinned Mike Bennett, Winter Warriors Tour: 1/30/15
---beat Hanson, Tommaso Ciampa and Michael Elgin in a Four Corner Survival Match, 13th Anniversary: 3/1/15
---pinned Samoa Joe, Supercard of Honor IX: 3/27/15
---pinned Bobby Fish, War of the Worlds - Night 2: 5/13/15
---pinned Hanson, Road to Best in the World Tour - Oklahoma City: 5/30/15

22. Jay Lethal
---time limit draw against Roderick Strong, Death Before Dishonor XIII: 7/24/15
---pinned Roderick Strong, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 8/21/15
---pinned Kyle O'Reilly, All-Star Extravaganza VII: 9/18/15
---pinned AJ Styles, Final Battle: 12/18/16
---pinned Michael Elgin, NJPW WrestleKingdom 10: 1/4/16
---w/Roderick Strong, Hanson & Raymond Rowe, beat Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson in an Eight Man Tag Team Match, Winter Warriors Tour: 1/23/16
---pinned Tomoaki Honma, Honor Rising - Night 2: 2/20/16
---beat Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly in a Three Way Match, 14th Anniversary: 2/26/16
---pinned Hirooki Goto, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 2/27/16
---pinned Matt Sydal, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 3/12/16
---pinned Lio Rush, Supercard of Honor X - Night One: 4/1/16
---pinned Cheeseburger, Supercard of Honor X - Night Two: 4/2/16
---beat ACH, Jay Briscoe, Kyle O'Reilly, Moose and Roderick Strong in a Six Man Mayhem Match, Conquest Tour: 4/24/16
---pinned Vinny Marseglia, Conquest Tour: 4/30/16
---no contest against Colt Cabana, Global Wars: 5/8/16
---pinned Jay Briscoe, Best in the World: 6/24/16
---pinned Kyle O'Reilly, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 6/25/16
---pinned Colt Cabana, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 7/16/16

23. Adam Cole
---beat Tetsuya Naito, Jay Lethal and Hiroshi Tanahashi in a Four Corner Survival Match, Field of Honor: 8/27/16
---pinned Michael Elgin, All-Star Extravaganza VIII: 9/30/16
---pinned Silas Young, Road to Final Battle: 10/22/16
---pinned Chris Sabin, Reach for the Sky Tour: 11/19/16
---pinned Jay Lethal, Reach for the Sky Tour: 11/20/16

24. Kyle O'Reilly
---N/A

25. Adam Cole
---pinned Bobby Fish, Manhattan Mayhem VI: 3/4/17

26. Christopher Daniels
---pinned Dalton Castle, Supercard of Honor XI: 4/1/17
---pinned Matt Taven, War of the Worlds - Night 2: 5/10/17
---beat Jay Lethal and Cody in a Three Way Match, War of the Worlds - Night 3: 5/12/17
---beat Jay White and Punisher Martinez in a Three Way Match, Gateway to Gold: 6/4/17

27. Cody
---beat Christopher Daniels in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 6/24/17
---pinned Sanada, War of the Worlds - Night 2: 8/19/17
---pinned Frankie Kazarian, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 8/26/17
---pinned Minoru Suzuki, Death Before Dishonor: 9/22/17
---pinned KUSHIDA, Global Wars - Columbus: 10/14/17
---submitted Ryan Nova, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 10/20/17
---pinned Rocky Romero, Elite: 11/11/17

28. Dalton Castle
---pinned Jay Lethal, 16th Anniversary: 3/9/18
---pinned Marty Scurll, Supercard of Honor XI: 4/7/18
---pinned EVIL, Honor United - London: 5/26/18
---pinned Ultimo Guerrero, New York City Excellence: 6/2/18
---beat Marty Scurll & Cody in a Three Way Match, Best in the World: 6/29/18

29. Jay Lethal
---beat Jonathan Gresham in an Iron Man Match, Saturday Night at Center Stage: 7/21/18
---pinned Mark Haskins, Honor Re-United - London: 8/19/18
---pinned Flip Gordon, All In: 9/1/18
---pinned Will Ospreay, Death Before Dishonor XVI: 9/28/18
---pinned Silas Young, Glory By Honor - Baltimore: 10/12/18
---pinned Kenny King, Global Wars - Toronto: 11/11/18
---submitted Cody, Final Battle: 12/14/18

30. Matt Taven
---pinned Flip Gordon, Ring of Honor Wrestling: 4/13/19
---pinned PCO, War of the Worlds - Night 2: 5/9/19
---pinned Mark Haskins, War of the Worlds - Night 3: 5/11/19
---pinned Tracy Williams, State of the Art - Night 1: 6/1/19
---pinned Jeff Cobb, Best in the World: 6/28/19
---beat Jay Lethal and Kenny King in a Three Way Match, Manhattan Mayhem: 7/20/19
---pinned Alex Shelley, Summer Supercard: 8/9/19
---pinned Volador Jr., Global Wars Espectacular - Night 2: 9/7/19

31. Rush
---pinned Silas Young, Glory By Honor: 10/12/19

32. PCO