| ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor (ROH) | ||||||||||||
| Date established | November 4, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | October 25, 2008 | ||||||||||||
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TheROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship was aprofessional wrestlingchampionship intended for young wrestlers that was created and promoted byRing of Honor (ROH).
The ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship was created in 2005 by Ring of Honor (ROH) and was intended to be held by ROH'srookie competitors and trainees. On November 4, 2005 Davey Andrews became the inaugural champion by defeating Derrick Dempsey and Shane Hagadorn at Showdown in Motown.[1][2] The championship was deactivated and abandoned in 2008;Rhett Titus was the final holder of the trophy.
Unlike traditional professional wrestling championships, the ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship was not represented by a belt but by atrophy. The trophy was entirelygold and featured a stand at the bottom of it.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||||
| Ring of Honor (ROH) andROH Wrestling Academy | |||||||||||
| 1 | Davey Andrews | November 4, 2005 | Showdown in Motown | Detroit, MI | 1 | 71 | 1 | Defeated Derrick Dempsey and Shane Hagadorn to become the inaugural champion. | [1][3] | ||
| — | Vacated | December 17, 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | The championship wasvacated whenRicky Reyes destroyed the trophy on December 17, 2005. | [4] | ||
| 2 | Derrick Dempsey | January 14, 2006 | Hell Freezes Over | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 140 | 5 | Defeated Bobby Dempsey, Pelle Primeau, and Shane Hagadorn to win the vacant championship. | [5] | ||
| 3 | Shane Hagadorn | June 3, 2006 | Destiny | East Windsor, CT | 1 | 315 | 12 | [6] | |||
| 4 | Pelle Primeau | April 14, 2007 | Fighting Spirit | Edison, NJ | 1 | 132 | 1 | [7] | |||
| 5 | Mitch Franklin | August 24, 2007 | Caged Rage | Hartford, CT | 1 | 70 | 1 | [8] | |||
| 6 | Ernie Osiris | November 2, 2007 | Glory by Honor VI: Night One | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 218 | 5 | [9] | |||
| 7 | Rhett Titus | June 7, 2008 | Respect is Earned II | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 140 | 1 | [10] | |||
| — | Deactivated | October 25, 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was abandoned on October 25, 2008, makingRhett Titus the final champion. | |||
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Hagadorn | 1 | 12 | 315 |
| 2 | Ernie Osiris | 1 | 5 | 218 |
| 3 | Derrick Dempsey | 1 | 5 | 140 |
| 4 | Rhett Titus | 1 | 1 | 140 |
| 5 | Pelle Primeau | 1 | 1 | 132 |
| 6 | Davey Andrews | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| 7 | Mitch Franklin | 1 | 1 | 70 |