| ROH Women's World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The ROH Women's World Championship belt | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor (ROH) All Elite Wrestling (AEW) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | January 1, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion | Athena | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 10, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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TheROH Women's World Championship is awomen's professional wrestlingworld championship created and promoted by theAmericanprofessional wrestling promotionRing of Honor (ROH). The current champion isAthena, who is in her first reign, which is the longest reign in the title's history.
On January 1, 2020, the ROHWomen of Honor World Championship was deactivated when the last championKelly Klein was stripped of the championship after ROH didn't renew her contract.[3] A new tournament to crown the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion was set to start on April 24 of that year atQuest for Gold,[4] however, ROH postponed all future events due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5][4] (The title replaced the ROH Women of Honor World Title in the ROHWomen of Honor division.)
On March 26, 2021, atROH 19th Anniversary Show, ROH Board of Directors memberMaria Kanellis-Bennett announced a tournament to crown a new ROH Women's World Champion.[6] On July 11, atBest in the World, the tournament bracket and the championship itself were revealed.[7]
On September 12, 2021Rok-C defeated Miranda Alize via pinfall at the ROH pay-per-viewDeath Before Dishonor XVIII, the culmination of a 15-woman singles elimination tournament to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Championship holder.[8]
On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on a hiatus afterFinal Battle in December, with a return tentatively scheduled for April 2022. All personnel would also be released from their contracts as part of plans to "reimagine" the company as a "fan-focused product".[9][10][11][12] After Final Battle, several ROH wrestlers began to appear on other promotions and defended the titles. Rok-C defended the title againstImpact Wrestling'sDeonna Purrazzo during a television taping. However, Rok-C was defeated and lost the title to Purrazzo.[13] (Deonna Purrazzo also wrestled in the ROH Women of Honor division throughout years 2015 to 2018 familiar with it.)
In early 2022, during the hiatus, then-ROH Women's World Champion Purrazzo was booked for theMultiverse of Matches atWrestleCon, which happened to be when theSupercard of Honor XV event was later scheduled for April 1, 2022. Purrazzo was unable to attend the latter event.[14] AtSupercard of Honor XV,Mercedes Martinez defeatedWillow Nightingale to become theInterim ROH Women's World Champion and earned the opportunity to facelineal champion Purrazzo in aunification match at a later date.[15][16] On the May 4, 2022 episode ofDynamite, Martinez defeated Purrazzo to become the undisputed ROH Women's World Champion.[1] (Prior Mercedes Martinez was also familiar with the ROH Women division having her first run wrestling in the division throughout years 2006 to 2007 making her aveteran.)
On September 15, 2024Athena became the longest reigning ROH women's champion & ROH title holder of all time as a woman surpassingSamoa Joe's reign asROH World Champion at 645 days by holding the ROH Women's World Championship for 646 days.[17] (Prior to her reign Athena also wrestled in the Women of Honor division throughout years 2013 to 2015.)
In January 2025 the title was defended inJapan atWorld Wonder Ring Stardom by Athena who retained the title while there.[18]
On February 17, 2025 Athena hit a new landmark as Ring of Honor Women's World Champion, passing the 800-day mark as champion.[19]
| First Round12 ROH Wrestling July 30 August 7 and 14 ROH Women's Division Wednesday August 4 | Quarterfinals ROH Wrestling August 21 and 28 | Semifinals ROH Wrestling September 4 | Final Death Before Dishonor XVIII September 12 | ||||||||||||
| Rok-C | Pin[20] | ||||||||||||||
| Sumie Sakai | 9:36 | ||||||||||||||
| Rok-C | Pin[25] | ||||||||||||||
| Quinn McKay | 10:14 | ||||||||||||||
| Mandy Leon | 7:12 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinn McKay345 | Pin[21] | ||||||||||||||
| Rok-C | Sub[27] | ||||||||||||||
| Angelina Love | 6:44 | ||||||||||||||
| Holidead | 9:18 | ||||||||||||||
| Max the Impaler | Pin[22] | ||||||||||||||
| Max the Impaler | 5:53 | ||||||||||||||
| Angelina Love | DQ[26] | ||||||||||||||
| Angelina Love | Bye[23] | ||||||||||||||
| –6 | |||||||||||||||
| Rok-C | Pin[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Miranda Alize | 18:13 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Gracia | 8:43 | ||||||||||||||
| Miranda Alize | Pin[20] | ||||||||||||||
| Miranda Alize | Pin[25] | ||||||||||||||
| Nicole Savoy | 13:04 | ||||||||||||||
| Mazzerati | 8:45 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicole Savoy | Pin[20] | ||||||||||||||
| Miranda Alize | Sub[27] | ||||||||||||||
| Trish Adora | 12:16 | ||||||||||||||
| Willow Nightingale | 11:30 | ||||||||||||||
| Allysin Kay | Sub[24] | ||||||||||||||
| Allysin Kay | 13:30 | ||||||||||||||
| Trish Adora | Pin[26] | ||||||||||||||
| Marti Belle | 7:13 | ||||||||||||||
| Trish Adora | Sub[21] | ||||||||||||||
1^ Participants in the original tournament included: Ashley Vox, Gia Scott, Heather Monroe, Jenny Rose,Katarina, Kellyanne, Lindsay Snow, Maria Manic,Session Moth Martina, andTasha Steelz.
2^Brandi Lauren and Laynie Luck were named as alternates.
3^ Spot was originally meant for Vita VonStarr, but her interference in matches involving The Righteous got her removed.
4^ Allie Recks was slated to take VonStarr's place in the tournament, but a knee injury kept her from competing.
5^Chelsea Green was slated to take VonStarr's place in the tournament, but a broken wrist kept her from competing.
6^ Love defeated Quinn McKay on the May 8ROH Wrestling episode to earn a bye.
The first ROH Women's World titledesign (2020–2023) is similar to the 2017 to 2022 design of theROH World Championship separating itself from the men's version of the design with the word women's above in the middle center plate and also with the title being smaller than the 2017 to 2022 design of the ROH World Championship belt design due to it being a women's title (The original design of the ROH Women's World title isgold withsilver ROHLogosindented in the center and indented on side plates).[28]
On March 31, 2023, a new design of the belt was revealed atSupercard of Honor, thus making it the second design of the championship belt.[29] The design of the belt kept the original design of the previous design but now featuring silver plates and the updated Ring of Honor logo on the main plate and side plates.[30] On the October 24, 2024 episode ofROH Wrestling,Athena was gifted a modifiedspinner version of the championship belt to celebrate her record setting title reign.[31][32] During December 20, 2024 Athena also returned the 2023 version of the belt design carrying both at the same time, even down to the ring.[33]
As of May 23, 2025, there have been four reigns between four champions.Rok-C was the inaugural champion.Athena's reign is the longest at895+ days, whileDeonna Purrazzo has the shortest reign at 115 days. Martinez is the oldest champion at 41 years old, while Rok-C is the youngest champion at 19 years old.
Athena is the current champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Martinez atFinal Battle on December 10, 2022, inArlington, Texas.
| Name | Years |
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| ROH Women's World Championship | January 1, 2020 – May 4, 2022[1] May 4, 2022 – present |
| Undisputed ROH Women's World Championship | May 4, 2022 |
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| 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. | ||||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||||
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| 1 | Rok-C | September 12, 2021 | Death Before Dishonor XVIII | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 119 | Defeated Miranda Alize in the finals of a 15-womansingle-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [34] | |||
| 2 | Deonna Purrazzo | January 9, 2022 | Impact! | Dallas, TX | 1 | 115 | This was aWinner Takes All match, also for Purrazzo'sAAA Reina de Reinas Championship. This was anImpact Wrestling event that aired on tape delay on January 13, 2022. During this reign,Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor. | [35][36] | |||
| — | Mercedes Martinez (Interim) | April 1, 2022 | Supercard of Honor XV | Garland, TX | — | 33 | Deonna Purrazzo was unable to defend the title at Supercard of Honor. Martinez defeatedWillow Nightingale to determine aninterim champion. | [37][38] | |||
| 3 | Mercedes Martinez | May 4, 2022 | Dynamite | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 220 | DefeatedDeonna Purrazzo to become Undisputed ROH Women's World Champion. This was anAll Elite Wrestling event. | [1] | |||
| 4 | Athena | December 10, 2022 | Final Battle | Arlington, TX | 1 | 895+ | [39] | ||||
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