Jay Lethal has now held the Ring of Honor World Championship for more combined days than anyone aside from Samoa Joe. Lethal officially moved into second place in the all-time combined days as ROH World Champion category today.
Lethal just passed Nigel McGuiness on the list. Lethal’s 546 days as ROH World Champion across two reigns surpasses McGuiness’ 545-day reign from October 6th, 2007 to April 3rd, 2009. McGuiness’ 545-day reign is second only to Samoa Joe’s 645-day reign from March 22nd, 2003 to December 26th, 2004.
Jay Lethal ROH Champion
Lethal is also 5 title defenses away from tying Nigel McGuiness and Bryan Danielson’s record of 38. He is currently in 3rd place with 33, 4 ahead of Samoa Joe who is in 4th place in this category.
Combined Days as ROH Champion Statistics:
- Samoa Joe (1x Champion, 29 defenses, 645 days)
- Jay Lethal (2x Champion, 33 defenses, 546 days)
- Nigel McGuiness (1x Champion, 38 defenses, 545 days)
- Bryan Danielson (1x Champion, 38 defenses, 462 days)
- Adam Cole (3x Champion, 22 defenses, 445 days)
- Austin Aries (2x Champion, 29 defenses, 419 days)
- Jay Briscoe (2x Champion, 18 defenses, 375 days)
- Kevin Steen (1x Champion, 18 defenses, 328 days)
- Davey Richards (1x Champion, 10 defenses, 321 days)
- Takeshi Morishima (1x Champion, 20 defenses, 231 days)
- Tyler Black (1x Champion, 7 defenses, 210 days)
- Dalton Castle (1x Champion, 7 defenses, 197 days)
- Roderick Strong (1x Champion, 5 defenses, 189 days)
- Xavier (1x Champion, 4 defenses, 182 days)
- Cody (1x Champion, 16 defenses, 175 days)
- Christopher Daniels (1x Champion, 8 defenses, 105 days)
- Eddie Edwards (1x Champion, 3 defenses, 99 days)
- Michael Elgin (1x Champion, 7 defenses, 76 days)
- Jerry Lynn (1x Champion, 6 defenses, 71 days)
- Homicide (1x Champion, 3 defenses, 56 days)
- Low Ki (1x Champion, 1 defense, 56 days)
- CM Punk (1x Champion, 4 defenses, 55 days)
- James Gibson (1x Champion, 4 defenses, 36 days)
- Kyle O’Reilly (1x Champion, 0 defenses, 33 days)
