Reigns
The inaugural champion was Low Ki, who defeated Christopher Daniels, Spanky, and Doug Williams in a Four Way 60-minute Iron Man match on July 27, 2002 to become champion. Samoa Joe has the longest reign as champion with his only reign, from March 22, 2003 to December 26, 2004, lasting 645 days and gave the title World status when he defended it in the UK. James Gibson currently has the shortest reign at 36 days. Austin Aries holds the record for the most reigns with two, winning his second championship after defeating Jerry Lynn and Tyler Black in a three-way elimination match on June 13, 2009 at ROH's Manhattan Mayhem III event. The current champion is Kevin Steen, who defeated Davey Richards on May 12, 2012 at Border Wars in Toronto. Overall, there have been 17 ROH World Championship reigns and 16 total Champions.
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