List of ROH World Television Champions

The ROH World Television Championship is a professional wrestling world television championship owned by the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. On January 20, 2010, the ROH World Television Championship was created by ROH and announced via ROH's official website.^[1][2]

Current champion Nick Wayne

ROH World Television Championships 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. Reigns that were won on pay-per-view events aired on tape delay up to weeks or months apart. Reigns that were won at live events were released on DVD as well as the ROH World Championships reigns. The inaugural champion was Eddie Edwards after defeating Davey Richards in the inaugural eight-man ROH World Television Championship Tournament finals.

As of August 17, 2025, there have been 34 reigns between 29 champions. Samoa Joe's sole reign is the longest at 574 days, while Will Ospreay's reign is the shortest at 2 days. Jay Lethal has the longest combined reign at 798 days between 2 reigns. Minoru Suzuki is the oldest champion, winning the title at the age of 53. Nick Wayne is the current and youngest champion in his first reign. He defeated previous champion Komander on April 17, 2025 at the special episode of AEW Collision. Wayne’s win broke Adam Cole’s record as the youngest ever holder of the title at 19 years old.

Title history

Name	Years
ROH TV Championship	???
ROH Television Championship	???
ROH World TV Championship	???
ROH World Television Championship	2010 – present

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	Ring of Honor (ROH)
1	Eddie Edwards	March 5, 2010	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Philadelphia, PA	1	280	Defeated Davey Richards in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. The event aired on tape delay on April 26, 2010.	[3][4][5]
2	Christopher Daniels	December 10, 2010	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Louisville, KY	1	198	Aired on tape delay January 31, 2011.	[6][7]
3	El Generico	June 26, 2011	Best in the World	New York, NY	1	48		[8]
4	Jay Lethal	August 13, 2011	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Chicago Ridge, IL	1	231	Aired on tape delay October 1, 2011.	[9][10]
5	Roderick Strong	March 31, 2012	Showdown in the Sun: Day #2	Fort Lauderdale, FL	1	90		[11]
6	Adam Cole	June 29, 2012	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Baltimore, MD	1	246	Aired on tape delay July 28, 2012.	[12]
7	Matt Taven	March 2, 2013	11th Anniversary Show	Chicago Ridge, IL	1	287		[13]
8	Tommaso Ciampa	December 14, 2013	Final Battle	New York, NY	1	111		[14]
9	Jay Lethal	April 4, 2014	Supercard of Honor VIII	Westwego, LA	2	567	This was a Two Out of Three Falls Match. During this reign Lethal also won the ROH World Championship at Best in the World of year 2015 against Jay Briscoe having him hold both championships at the same time making him a double champion.	[15]
10	Roderick Strong	October 23, 2015	Glory By Honor XIV	Kalamazoo, MI	2	119		[16]
11	Tomohiro Ishii	February 19, 2016	Honor Rising: Japan 2016	Tokyo, Japan	1	79		[17]
12	Bobby Fish	May 8, 2016	Global Wars	Chicago Ridge, IL	1	194		[18]
13	Will Ospreay	November 18, 2016	Reach for the Sky Tour 2016	Liverpool, England	1	2		[19]
14	Marty Scurll	November 20, 2016	Reach for the Sky Tour 2016	London, England	1	175		[20]
15	Kushida	May 14, 2017	War of the Worlds	Philadelphia, PA	1	131		[21]
16	Kenny King	September 22, 2017	Death Before Dishonor XV	Sunrise Manor, NV	1	84		[22]
17	Silas Young	December 15, 2017	Final Battle	New York, NY	1	57	This was a four-way elimination match, also including Punishment Martinez and Shane Taylor.	[23]
18	Kenny King	February 10, 2018	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Atlanta, GA	2	56	Aired on tape delay February 25, 2018.	[24]
19	Silas Young	April 7, 2018	Supercard of Honor XII	New Orleans, LA	2	70	This was a Last Man Standing match.	[25]
20	Punishment Martinez	June 16, 2018	State of the Art Day 2	Dallas, TX	1	105	This was a Proving Ground Six-Man Mayhem Instant Reward match.	[26]
21	Jeff Cobb	September 29, 2018	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Paradise, NV	1	222	Aired on tape delay October 19, 2018.	[27]
22	Shane Taylor	May 9, 2019	War of The Worlds Day 2	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	1	218	This was a Four Corner Survival match, also involving Brody King and Hirooki Goto.	[28]
23	Dragon Lee	December 13, 2019	Final Battle	Baltimore, MD	1	469		[29]
24	Tracy Williams	March 26, 2021	ROH 19th Anniversary Show	Baltimore, MD	1	35	Defeated Kenny King, who was filling in for an injured Lee. The match where he lost the title aired on May 1, 2021, but the exact date the match took place is March 26, 2021, as ROH has held closed-door tapings at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena since August 2020 after resuming operations following a five-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	[30]
25	Tony Deppen	April 30, 2021	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Baltimore, MD	1	72	The match aired on May 1, 2021, but the exact date the match took place is April 30, 2021, as ROH has held closed-door tapings at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena since August 2020 after resuming operations following a five-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	[31]
26	Dragon Lee	July 11, 2021	Best in the World	Baltimore, MD	2	133		[32]
27	Dalton Castle	November 21, 2021	Ring of Honor Wrestling	Baltimore, MD	1	20		[33]
28	Rhett Titus	December 11, 2021	Final Battle	Baltimore, MD	1	111	This was a Four Corner Survival match, also involving Joe Hendry and Silas Young. During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor.	[34]
29	Minoru Suzuki	April 1, 2022	Supercard of Honor XV	Garland, TX	1	12		[35]
30	Samoa Joe	April 13, 2022	Dynamite	New Orleans, LA	1	574	This was an All Elite Wrestling event.	[36]
—	Vacated	November 8, 2023	Dynamite	Portland, OR	—	—	This was an All Elite Wrestling event. Samoa Joe relinquished the title to focus on pursuing the AEW World Championship.	[37]
31	Kyle Fletcher	December 15, 2023	Final Battle	Garland, TX	1	196	Fletcher defeated Komander, Lee Moriarty, Dalton Castle, Lee Johnson, and Bryan Keith in a Survival of the Fittest to win the vacant title.	[38]
32	Atlantis Jr.	June 28, 2024	Super Viernes	Mexico City, Mexico	1	106	This was a Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre event.	[39]
33	Brian Cage	October 12, 2024	WrestleDream Zero Hour	Tacoma, WA	1	69	This was an All Elite Wrestling event.	[40]
34	Komander	December 20, 2024	Final Battle	New York, NY	1	118	This was a Survival of the Fittest, also involving Willie Mack, Mark Davis, AR Fox and Blake Christian.	[41]
35	Nick Wayne	April 17, 2025	Collision: Spring BreakThru	Boston, MA	1	122+	This was an All Elite Wrestling event.	[42]

Combined reigns

As of August 17, 2025.

Inaugural champion Eddie Edwards.

Record-tying two-time champion Jay Lethal (left) has the longest combined reign at 798 days.

With 574 days as champion, Samoa Joe has the longest reign.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Jay Lethal	2	798
2	Dragon Lee	2	602
3	Samoa Joe	1	574
4	Matt Taven	1	287
5	Eddie Edwards	1	280
6	Adam Cole	1	246
7	Jeff Cobb	1	222
8	Shane Taylor	1	218
9	Roderick Strong	2	209
10	Christopher Daniels	1	198
11	Kyle Fletcher	1	196
12	Bobby Fish	1	194
13	Marty Scurll	1	175
14	Kenny King	2	140
15	Kushida	1	131
16	Silas Young	2	127
17	Nick Wayne †	1	122+
18	Komander	1	118
19	Tommaso Ciampa	1	111
	Rhett Titus	1	111
21	Atlantis Jr.	1	106
22	Punishment Martinez	1	105
23	Tomohiro Ishii	1	79
24	Tony Deppen	1	72
25	Brian Cage	1	69
26	El Generico	1	48
27	Tracy Williams	1	35
28	Dalton Castle	1	20
29	Minoru Suzuki	1	12
30	Will Ospreay	1	2