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.
This section of championships are a list of titles which were exclusive to ROH.
No. | Championship | Date of introduction | First champion(s) | Date retired | Final champion(s) | Years active | Notes |
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1 | ROH Top of the Class Trophy | November 4, 2005 | Davey Andrews | October 25, 2008 | Rhett Titus [1] | 3 | The 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] |
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