ROH World Television Championship
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Promotion | Ring of Honor (ROH) All Elite Wrestling (AEW) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | January 20, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Kyle Fletcher | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | December 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The ROH World Television Championship is a
History
On January 20, 2010, the creation of the ROH World Television Championship was announced via ROH's official website.
It is ROH's second secondary singles championship in their history. The first secondary singles championship, the ROH Pure Championship, was initially used from February 14, 2004, until it was unified with the ROH World Championship on August 12, 2006. The ROH Pure Championship would ultimately return as a secondary singles championship in January 2020.[3] After the ROH World Television Championship announcement, wrestling columnist James Caldwell gave his comments: "I like the idea. It gives mid-card wrestlers on ROH's roster something to fight for in the context of trying to win a wrestling match to "move up the company ladder." Caldwell further remarked that "ROH bringing back the TV Title to national TV is consistent with ROH's current marketing under Jim Cornette to "re-capture an old-school flavor" to their product."[1]
After the Ring of Honor Wrestling show was canceled in March 2011, the title became inactive. Although Daniels stopped defending it, he still carried the belt with him as part of his villainous character. With the sale of ROH to the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and a new television show scheduled to air in September, ROH reinstated the title for June's Best in The World event.[4][5]
Inaugural championship tournament (2010)
The inaugural championship tournament was scheduled to span over a two-day weekend, starting on February 5, 2010, and ending on February 6 at events recorded for later broadcast on Ring of Honor Wrestling.
Tournament bracket
Round 1 (Ring of Honor Wrestling) | Round 2 (Ring of Honor Wrestling) | Final (Ring of Honor Wrestling) | ||||||||||||
1 | Kevin Steen | Pin | ||||||||||||
8 | Rhett Titus | [N 1] | ||||||||||||
1 | Kevin Steen | [N 1] | ||||||||||||
6 | Eddie Edwards | Pin | ||||||||||||
3 | Colt Cabana | 10:00[13] | ||||||||||||
6 | Eddie Edwards | Pin | ||||||||||||
6 | Eddie Edwards | Sub | ||||||||||||
4 | Davey Richards | 20:02[7] | ||||||||||||
5 | Delirious | 13:30[13] | ||||||||||||
4 | Davey Richards | Pin | ||||||||||||
4 | Davey Richards | Pin | ||||||||||||
2 | Kenny King | [N 1] | ||||||||||||
7 | El Generico | [N 1] | ||||||||||||
2 | Kenny King | Pin |
Belt designs
The first championship belt design was introduced on March 5, 2010, when it was given to the newly crowned inaugural champion Eddie Edwards.[11] The physical championship belt was designed by All Star Championship Belts d/b/a ASCB, LLC. The title's base was a black leather strap that was covered with four small silver plates. The center of the title had one large silver plate. All plates had an inner blue covering. The two small outer plates had a caricature of the earth and a satellite in orbit. The middle plates had figures resembling a cameraman filming a television production. Underneath each figure were the ROH logo and the words "Ring of Honor Wrestling". The central plate had the engravings of the ROH logo as well as the statement "World Television Wrestling Champion" hovering above the backdrop of a city, with a television lying on top of a globe with an overhead shot of a wrestling ring between them in front of the skyline.[N 2]
In November 2012, the design was changed during the reign of Adam Cole. The new design seemed to be based on the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.[17]
Between 2014 and 2015, during Jay Lethal's second record-setting reign, the belt design was modified to emphasize the "ROH Champion" portion of the title. Lethal claimed the Television championship was more prestigious than the ROH World Championship since he was the champion.
On January 1, 2018, in addition to other ROH championship belts, the ROH World Television Championship received a new design.
On June 22, 2023, a new and fourth design of the championship belt was presented to champion Samoa Joe on Ring of Honor Wrestling.[18]
Reigns
As of April 15, 2024, there have been 31 reigns between 26 champions. Eddie Edwards was the inaugural champion. Samoa Joe's is the longest at 574 days, while Will Ospreay's reign is the shortest at two days. Lethal has the longest combined reign at 798 days. Minoru Suzuki is the oldest champion, winning the title at the age of 53, while Adam Cole is the youngest when he won the title at 22 years.
The current champion is Kyle Fletcher who is in his first reign. He won the title on December 15, 2023, after defeating Komander, Lee Moriarty, Dalton Castle, Lee Johnson, and Bryan Keith in a Survival of the Fittest to win the vacant championship, after previous champion Samoa Joe voluntarily relinquished the title to concentrate on pursuing the AEW World Championship .[19]
Notes
References
- General
- "ROH World Television Title History". Solie.org. Jump City Promotions. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- "ROH World Television Championship reign history". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- "Past Ring of Honor results". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- Specific
- ^ a b c d Caldwell, James (January 20, 2010). "ROH News: Ring of Honor to debut TV Title, tournament scheduled (w/Video)". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Gerweck, Steve (January 10, 2010). "Ring of Honor to add new TV title". WrestleView.com. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ "ROH Pure Championship reign history". ROH Wrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ "Who Will Represent ROH On Broadcast TV?". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2011-06-07). "ROH TV Title match announced for "Best in the World" Internet PPV this month". PWTorch. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2010-02-06). "Ring of Honor cancels tonight's ROH TV taping". PWTorch. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ a b c Sosnowski, Paul (2010-03-05). "ROH TV tapings from Friday & Saturday night". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2010-01-22). "ROH News: First four wrestlers announced for TV Title tournament". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2010-01-26). "ROH News: Top four seeds announced for TV Title tournament, Complete Bracket". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2010-02-05). "ROH News: Spoilers - First Round TV Title tournament results, Final rounds set for Saturday TV taping". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ a b "First ROH TV champion". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ a b Collins, Paul (2010-03-08). "ROH TV report (March 8)". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ a b c d Derosenroll, Mike (2010-03-16). "Derosenroll's ROH TV report 3/15: TV Title tournament continues with Davey Richards vs. Delirious, Cabana vs. Edwards". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ Derosenroll, Mike (2010-04-14). "Derosenroll's ROH TV report 4/12: ROH TV Title tournament continues - Edwards vs. Steen, Generico vs. Corino". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ Derosenroll, Mike (2010-04-21). "Derosenroll's ROH TV report 4/19: ROH TV Title tournament continues - Davey Richards vs. Kenny King, Finals set for next week". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2010-05-02). "ROH HDNet Recap- 4/26/10". WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- ^ ROH TV Results Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, rohwrestling.com
- ^ Middleton, Marc (June 22, 2023). "Tony Khan Presents Samoa Joe with New ROH World Television Title Belt". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 15, 2023). "Kyle Fletcher Wins ROH TV Title At ROH Final Battle". Fightful. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
External links
- ROH World Television Title History at Cagematch.net