List of former championships in Ring of Honor

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In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in pre-planned matches as part of scripted storylines. This article is a list championships retired by the wrestling company Ring of Honor (ROH) and previously competed for by the promotion's roster of contracted wrestlers.

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Defunct championships promoted by ROH

This section of championships are a list of titles which were exclusive to ROH.

No.ChampionshipDate of introductionFirst champion(s)Date retiredFinal champion(s)Years activeNotes
1 ROH Top of the Class Trophy November 4, 2005Davey AndrewsOctober 25, 2008 Rhett Titus [1] 3The championship was later abandoned after Rhett Titus victory.
2 Women of Honor World Championship December 15, 2017 Sumie Sakai January 1, 2020 Kelly Klein 4 Kelly Klein was stripped of the championship after ROH did not renew her contract. The Women of Honor World Championship was subsequently retired and replaced with the ROH Women's World Championship. [2]

Past championships used by ROH

PromotionChampionshipLast ROH ReignTime used in ROH
Shimmer Women Athletes Shimmer Championship Nicole Matthews 2007–2014
Shimmer Tag Team Championship Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa 2008–2011
New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships The Young Bucks May 10, 2014 [3] – June 21, 2014
IWGP Tag Team Championship The Bullet Club
(Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson)
May 17, 2014 [4] – January 4, 2015
IWGP Heavyweight Championship AJ Styles May 17 2014 – October 13, 2014
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship Kenny Omega October 15, 2017 [5] – January 28, 2018
NEVER Openweight Championship Jeff Cobb April 6, 2019 [6] – May 3, 2019
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Dragon Lee April 6, 2019 – June 9, 2019
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Kota Ibushi April 6, 2019 – June 9, 2019
NJPW World Television Championship Zack Sabre Jr. 2023 [7]
Strong Women's Championship Willow Nightingale June 8, 2023 – July 5, 2023
National Wrestling Alliance NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship Nick Aldis 2008
October 21, 2018 – August 29, 2021
NWA World Women's Championship Allysin Kay May 12, 2019 [8] – January 24, 2020
NWA National Championship Colt Cabana May 12, 2019 – December 14, 2019
NWA World Tag Team Championships Royce Isaacs & Thomas Latimer September 7, 2019 [9] – October 1, 2019
NWA World Women's Tag Team Championships The Hex
(Allysin Kay & Marti Belle)
October 27, 2021 [10] – June 11, 2022
Revolution Pro Wrestling British Heavyweight Championship Zack Sabre Jr. April 6, 2019 – August 31, 2019
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide AAA Mega Championship El Hijo del Vikingo 2023 [11]

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