Roh Women's World Championship

The ROH Women's World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).

The current champion is Athena, who is in her first reign, which is the longest reign in the title's history.

ROH Women's World Championship
Roh Women's World Championship
The 2021 to 2023 design of the ROH Women's World Championship.
Details
PromotionRing of Honor (ROH)
All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Date establishedJanuary 1, 2020
Current champion(s)Athena
Date wonDecember 10, 2022
Other name(s)
  • ROH Women's World Championship
    (2020–present)
  • Undisputed ROH Women's World Championship (2022)
Statistics
First champion(s)Rok-C
Longest reignAthena
(471+ days)
Shortest reignDeonna Purrazzo
(115 days)
Oldest championMercedes Martinez
(41 years, 168 days)
Youngest championRok-C
(19 years, 311 days)
Heaviest championMercedes Martinez
(147 lb (67 kg))
Lightest championRok-C
(115 lb (52 kg))

History

On January 1, 2020, the ROH Women of Honor World Championship was deactivated when the last champion Kelly Klein was stripped of the championship after ROH didn't renew her contract. A new tournament to crown the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion was set to start on April 24 of that year at Quest for Gold, however, ROH postponed all future events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (The title replaced the ROH Women of Honor World Title in the ROH Women of Honor division.)

On March 26, 2021, at ROH 19th Anniversary Show, ROH Board of Directors member Maria Kanellis-Bennett announced a tournament to crown a new ROH Women's World Champion. On July 11, at Best in the World, the tournament bracket and the championship itself were revealed.

On September 12, 2021 Rok-C defeated Miranda Alize via pinfall at the ROH pay-per-view Death Before Dishonor XVIII, the culmination of a 15-woman singles elimination tournament to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Championship holder.

On October 27, 2021, Ring of Honor announced that it would go on a hiatus after Final 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". After Final Battle, several ROH wrestlers began to appear on other promotions and defended the titles. Rok-C defended the title against Impact Wrestling's Deonna Purrazzo during a television taping. However, Rok-C was defeated and lost the title to Purrazzo.

In early 2022, during the hiatus, then-ROH Women's World Champion Purrazzo was booked for the Multiverse of Matches at WrestleCon, which happened to be when the Supercard of Honor XV event was later scheduled for April 1, 2022. Purrazzo was unable to attend the latter event. At Supercard of Honor XV, Mercedes Martinez defeated Willow Nightingale to become the Interim ROH Women's World Champion and earned the opportunity to face lineal champion Purrazzo in a unification match at a later date. On the May 4, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Martinez defeated Purrazzo to become the undisputed ROH Women's World Champion.

On March 31, 2023, a new design of the belt was revealed at Supercard of Honor, thus making it the second design of the championship belt.

Roh Women's World Championship 
The inaugural champion Rok-C.

Inaugural championship tournament (2021)

Tournament bracket

First Round1 2
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
Sumie Sakai 9:36
Rok-C Pin
Quinn McKay 10:14
Mandy Leon 7:12
Quinn McKay3 4 5Pin
Rok-C Sub
Angelina Love 6:44
Holidead 9:18
Max the Impaler Pin
Max the Impaler 5:53
Angelina Love DQ
Angelina Love Bye
6
Rok-C Pin
Miranda Alize 18:13
Alex Gracia 8:43
Miranda Alize Pin
Miranda Alize Pin
Nicole Savoy 13:04
Mazzerati 8:45
Nicole Savoy Pin
Miranda Alize Sub
Trish Adora 12:16
Willow Nightingale 11:30
Allysin Kay Sub
Allysin Kay 13:30
Trish Adora Pin
Marti Belle 7:13
Trish Adora Sub

1 ^ Participants in the original tournament included: Ashley Vox, Gia Scott, Heather Monroe, Jenny Rose, Katarina, Kellyanne, Lindsay Snow, Maria Manic, Session Moth Martina, and Tasha 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 8 ROH Wrestling episode to earn a bye.

Belt designs

The original ROH Women's World Championship belt used from 2020 to 2023

The first ROH Women's World title design (2020–2023) is similar to the 2017 to 2022 design of the ROH 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 is gold with silver ROH Logos indented in the center and indented on side plates).

At Supercard of Honor 2023, a new title design was revealed. 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.

Reigns

Roh Women's World Championship 
Current and longest reigning champion Athena

As of March 25, 2024, there have been four reigns between four champions. Rok-C was the inaugural champion. Athena's reign is the longest at 471+ days, while Deonna 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 at Final Battle on December 10, 2022, in Arlington, Texas.

Names

Name Years
ROH Women's World Championship January 1, 2020 – May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022 –present

Undisputed ROH Women's World Championship May 4, 2022
Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Rok-C September 12, 2021 Death Before Dishonor XVIII Philadelphia, PA 1 119 Defeated Miranda Alize in the finals of a 15-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion.
2 Deonna Purrazzo January 9, 2022 Impact! Dallas, TX 1 115 This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Purrazzo's AAA Reina de Reinas Championship.
This was an Impact Wrestling event that aired on tape delay on January 13, 2022.
During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor.
Mercedes Martinez April 1, 2022 Supercard of Honor XV Garland, TX 33 Deonna Purrazzo was unable to defend the title at Supercard of Honor. Martinez defeated Willow Nightingale to determine an interim champion.
3 Mercedes Martinez May 4, 2022 Dynamite Baltimore, MD 1 220 Defeated Deonna Purrazzo to become Undisputed ROH Women's World Champion.
This was an All Elite Wrestling event.
4 Athena December 10, 2022 Final Battle Arlington, TX 1 471+

See also

References

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