ROH World Television Championship

ROH World Television Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Jay Lethal
Date won April 4, 2014[1]
Date established January 20, 2010[2]
Promotion Ring of Honor (ROH)

The ROH World Television Championship is a professional wrestling world television championship in the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion. It is currently the third ranked championship in ROH.[3] With the introduction of the ROH World Television Championship, the television type championship returned to national exposure.[2]

There has been a total of nine reigns shared between eight champions. The first champion was crowned on March 5, 2010, when Eddie Edwards defeated Davey Richards in the finals of a tournament.[4][5][6]

History

The creation of the ROH World Television Championship was announced via ROH's official website on January 20, 2010.[2][7] An eight-man single elimination tournament was then planned to determine the inaugural champion. The tournament was to start on February 4 and conclude on February 6, 2010 at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the tapings of ROH's television program Ring of Honor Wrestling.[7] Regarding the new championship addition, ROH President Cary Silkin said, "We’ve been talking about adding a secondary championship for some time. Not only will this give the athletes of Ring of Honor another tremendous goal to work towards, it will also give our great partner, HDNet, a championship that is sure to be defended on the television program. We’re happy to publicly give thanks to HDNet for giving us the chance to add this title to the television show...".[7]

It is ROH's second secondary singles championship in their history. The ROH Pure Championship was used from February 14, 2004 to August 12, 2006, prior its unification with the ROH World Championship.[8] After the 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."[2]

After the Ring of Honor Wrestling show was cancelled 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.[9] [10]

Tournament

The tournament was scheduled to span over a two-day weekend, starting on February 5 and ending on February 6 at events recorded for later broadcast on Ring of Honor Wrestling.[7] However, due to severe weather conditions in the Philadelphia area, the second day of taping was canceled.[11] It was not until almost a month later, on March 5, that ROH held the second recorded event, which closed out the tournament.[12] The first four seeds of eight in the tournament were announced on January 22, 2010: Rhett Titus (8), El Generico (7), Eddie Edwards (6), and Delirious (5).[13] The other four seeds were announced on January 26, 2010: Kevin Steen (1), Kenny King (2), Colt Cabana (3), and Davey Richards (4).[14] The first round was determined at the first event on February 5, with Steen, King, Richards, and Edwards all advancing to round two.[15] On March 5, Edwards and Richards both advanced to the finals, where Edwards defeat Richards to be crowned the first ROH World Television Champion.[12][4] The matches were scheduled to span over six episodes of Ring of Honor Wrestling.[2] The first match from round one that aired pitted Steen against Titus, which Steen won, on the March 8 episode.[16] On the same episode, King versus El Generico was featured, with King advancing.[16] Cabana versus Edwards was the third match from round one to air, when it was broadcast on the March 15 episode.[17] Richards defeated Delirious in the final match from round one, which aired later in the same episode.[17] The first match from round two, Steen versus Edwards, was featured on the April 12 episode, in which Edwards advanced to the finals.[18] On the April 19 episode, Richards defeated King to advance to the finals.[19] On the April 26 episode, Edwards defeated Richards in the finals of the tournament to become the first ROH World Television Champion.[5]

Tournament Bracket
Round One
(Ring of Honor Wrestling) 		Round Two
(Ring of Honor Wrestling) 		Finals
(Ring of Honor Wrestling)
         
1 Kevin Steen Pin
8 Rhett Titus [N 1]
Kevin Steen [N 1]
Eddie Edwards Pin
3 Colt Cabana 10:00[17]
6 Eddie Edwards Pin
Eddie Edwards Sub
Davey Richards 20:02[12]
5 Delirious 13:30[17]
4 Davey Richards Pin
Davey Richards Pin
Kenny King [N 1]
7 El Generico [N 1]
2 Kenny King Pin

Belt designs

A black leather championship belt covered by sliver decorative plates.
A close-up of the center plate of the first design (2010-2012) of the ROH World Television Championship belt

The championship belt was introduced on March 5, 2010, when it was given to the newly crowned inaugural champion Eddie Edwards.[4] The physical championship belt was designed All Star Championship Belts d/b/a ASCB, LLC. The title's base is a black leather strap that is covered with four small silver plates. The center of the title has one large silver plate. All plates have an inner blue covering. The two small outer plates have a caricature of the earth and a satellite in orbit. The middle plates have figures resembling a cameraman filming a television production. Underneath each figure, lies the ROH logo and the words "Ring of Honor Wrestling". The central plate has 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] The design was changed again in November 2012 to its current design during the reign of Adam Cole.[20]

Champions

Overall, there has been nine reigns by eight wrestlers. The inaugural champion was Eddie Edwards, who defeated Davey Richards in the finals of an eight-man tournament on March 5, 2010.[4] The current champion is Jay Lethal who is in his second reign. He defeated Tommaso Ciampa on April 4, 2014 in Westwego, Louisiana at Supercard of Honor VIII.[1]

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful defenses Notes Ref.
1 Eddie Edwards 1 March 5, 2010 280 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ring of Honor Wrestling 9 Edwards defeated Davey Richards in the finals of an eight-man tournament to become the first ROH World Television Champion. The event aired on tape delay on April 26, 2010. [4][5][6]
2 Christopher Daniels 1 December 10, 2010 198 Louisville, Kentucky Ring of Honor Wrestling 6 The event aired on tape delay on January 31, 2011. [21][22]
3 El Generico 1 June 26, 2011 48 New York, New York Best in the World 2011 0 [23]
4 Jay Lethal 1 August 13, 2011 231 Chicago Ridge, Illinois Ring of Honor Wrestling 6 The event aired on tape delay on October 1, 2011. [24][25]
5 Roderick Strong 1 March 31, 2012 90 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Showdown in the Sun: Day #2 4 [26]
6 Adam Cole 1 June 29, 2012 246 Baltimore, Maryland Ring of Honor Wrestling 5 The event aired on tape delay on July 28, 2012. [27]
7 Matt Taven 1 March 2, 2013 287 Chicago Ridge, Illinois 11th Anniversary Show 11 [28][29]
8 Tommaso Ciampa 1 December 14, 2013 111 New York City, New York Final Battle 2013 7 [30][31]
9 Jay Lethal 2 April 4, 2014 395+ Westwego, Louisiana Supercard of Honor VIII 27 This was a two out of three falls match. [1][32]

List of combined reigns

Jay Lethal, the only two-time ROH World Television Champion, with the title belt in August 2011.

As of May 4, 2015

Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days Combined defenses
1 Jay Lethal 2 626+ 33
2 Matt Taven 1 287 11
3 Eddie Edwards 1 280 9
4 Adam Cole 1 246 5
5 Christopher Daniels 1 198 6
6 Tommaso Ciampa 1 111 7
7 Roderick Strong 1 90 4
8 El Generico 1 48 0

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The time for this match is unknown.
  2. ↑ This description is based on the first design of the ROH World Television Championship, as seen in the images throughout the article.

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Show results - 4/4 ROH Supercard of Honor: ROH World champ determined in Ladder War, new TV champion, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Caldwell, James (2010-01-20). "ROH News: Ring of Honor to debut TV Title, tournament scheduled (w/Video)". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  3. ↑ "Title History rankings". Ring of Honor. Archived from the original on 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "First ROH TV champion". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Martin, Adam (2010-05-02). "ROH HDNet Recap- 4/26/10". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Caldwell, James (2010-03-05). "ROH News: Ring of Honor determines first ROH TV champion tonight, A look at the new title belt". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Gerweck, Steve (2010-01-20). "Ring of Honor to add new TV title". Ring of Honor. WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  8. ↑ "ROH Pure Championship reign history". ROH Wrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  9. ↑ "Who Will Represent ROH On Broadcast TV?". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  10. ↑ Caldwell, James (2011-06-07). "ROH TV Title match announced for "Best in the World" Internet PPV this month". PWTorch. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  11. ↑ Caldwell, James (2010-02-06). "Ring of Honor cancels tonight's ROH TV taping". PWTorch. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Sosnowski, Paul (2010-03-05). "ROH TV tapings from Friday & Saturday night". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  13. ↑ Caldwell, James (2010-01-22). "ROH News: First four wrestlers announced for TV Title tournament". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Collins, Paul (2010-03-08). "ROH TV report (March 8)". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ ROH TV Results, rohwrestling.com
  21. ↑ Martin, Adam (2010-12-10). "Spoilers: 12/9 ROH HDNet tapings in Louisville". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  22. ↑ Rivera, Ryan (2011-02-01). "ROH on HDNet Results - 1/31/11". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  23. ↑ Radican, Sean (2011-06-26). "Radican's "Best in the World" internet PPV report 6/26: Ongoing "real-time" coverage of live PPV from New York City". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  24. ↑ "ROH News: Notes from Saturday's first ROH TV taping under Sinclair Broadcasting (contains spoilers)". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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  28. ↑ Carapola, Stuart (March 2, 2013). "Complete ROH 11th Anniversary Show iPPV coverage: two title changes hands, SCUM doubles in size, and a ton of great wrestling as ROH presents their best overall event in years". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  29. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1272&page=5&reign=7
  30. ↑ Carapola, Stuart (December 14, 2013). "Complete coverage of ROH Final Battle 2014: Eddie Edwards' mystery partner ends with a shocking twist, a new champion is crowned, a familiar face returns, and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
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  32. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1272&page=5&reign=9

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