ROH World Championship

[7.0] "At its peak, this belt could've been considered an 8. But today, it's a main-event championship for a major promotion's subsidiary brand. But, that's still better than when it could've been considered a 6 because its audience was more limited than it is now. Here's to hoping the brand and title can get more elevation through the next few years."

[10.0] "A really great belt throughout its prestigious history. Joe's probably the best champion by default, but it speaks to this belt's levels that you can name so many other good ones. Nigel McGuinness, Bryan Danielson, Jay Lethal, Bandido. Hell, even the weaker ones aren't that bad, and there were always quality matches to be found for the ROH World Title. There still are today, even if people say that ROH's quality has lulled under Tony Khan's control."

[10.0] "Based on The quality of matches, with the title th was the best title in North America for 8 years. 2004-2012 other Title in North America had run on the level consistency this belt did and maybe world wide this This 8 year run Potentially the WWWA title in the 90's"

[7.0] "Another title where its "world" status has fluctuated with me over the years. Samoa Joe really cemented it as a world title in my eyes, and the incredible next several years of the title were otherworldly incredible. Unfortunately, the belt lost quite a bit of its luster in recent years. What once made it special is now completely missing. I'd consider it a "junior" world title on par with the NXT Title. Perhaps someday it will be returned to its former glory, but I don't think that will be possible in its current form."

[7.0] "Geez this title didn't take long to lose any sense of prestige or importance. Once upon a time, the best wrestler in the world was probably holding this title. Now it's a prop on AEW TV for Jericho and his shitty gimmick. Unfortunate to see, quite frankly."

[7.0] "The Ring of Honor Championship was, at one point, the pinnacle of wrestling titles in all of North America. It really felt like that holding this title made you THE best wrestler in the world. But ever since the decline of ROH in the late 2010s, it hasn't reached its heights once again. At this point, since their closure during the pandemic, the title doesn't really mean much. Gresham's title reign was perfect as he was a traveling champion, but he was ruined by AEW and every champion after has not done anything to fix the damaged image. With Jericho now as the champion, all we can hope for is that he looses it to somebody who CAN embody the ROH of old to bring the prestige back."

[10.0] "That time has sadly passed, but there was a point in history where the man who held this title had a legitimate claim to being the best professional wrestler in North America, and the best matches on the continent were fought over this title. Those days are gone, but you can never forget how much Ring of Honor and its world championship meant to American wrestling."

[6.0] "Many accomplished wrestlers have held this belt before, but I feel like many folks are blinded by nostalgia. ROH has been essentially a shell of its former glory for over a decade now carried by its legacy of a long time ago similar to NWA. As it stands now, it's not much of an accomplishment to win the current ROH World title since it's essentially just the lesser version of the AEW world title. Worse off, the main ROH belt is in that state where it's not really used to develop new wrestlers like the main NXT belt is. Still, this title is much more relevant than most companies' main belt, so being rated as "satisfactory" on Cagematch seems fair, given the circumstances of it being a lesser promotion's top prize with mediocre booking as of late."

[9.0] "What once was a required championship to be an amazing pro-wrestler in the United States has since become a prize on a D tier show. The Ring of Honor championship used to be an amazing championship with high prestige with belt holders like Samoa Joe, CM Punk, Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson, Nigel McGuinness, and so many others. The current reigns are still okay with people like Claudio, Eddie Kingston, Mark Briscoe. My only problems are that he doesn't get booked on TV, and they gave the belt to Chris Jericho for no apparent reason. Still a fantastic belt however."

"I love ROH, I love this belt, I love Mark Briscoe. I just wish he was a little more actively involved in week to week ROh to make the belt feel like part of the promotion and not AEW window dressing."

[9.0] "The ROH World Championship has always been treated as an important title in Ring of Honor proper before Tony Khan bought the promotion. Even before then though there were a few missteps when it come to who was the champion, especially in the years before Tony bought it. Other promotions besides AEW have not treated the title as a major deal, New Japan for example. But the linage really is fantastic, with the title going to wrestlers that are upcoming starts in the world of pro wrestling."

"What used to be the most important championship in pro wrestling in North America for most of the 2000s now felled by being a company's 4th most important singles championship, 3rd if you don't include the AEW World Championship. I laughed when Jonathan Gresham threw a fit over losing the title, but now I kind of see his point. He spent the pandemic traveling the world with the title while ROH was just three letters that Tony Khan owned. Made it feel important, brought the original belt back. And now, it's a part of the CONTINENTAL CROWN that no one asked for. Eddie Kingston isn't even presented as the man, and frankly doesn't wrestle as the man. And I say this as a die hard Eddie fan. It's a useless prop now. But hey, I guess all belts are props. At least this one had meaning."

[9.0] "It has a few sore thumbs like Xavier and PCO, but the amount of stars it created from Bryan Danielson to Samoa Joe to Tyler Black/Seth Rollins to Kevin Steen/Owens. Winning the ROH world title back then was a gurantee that you were watching a future legend in action. Even now under the Tony Khan regime current legends like Claudio and Chris Jericho of all people are having exciting runs."

[8.0] "The list of ROH Champions would become future main eventers throughout the entirety of the wrestling industry. From 2003-2009, it might've been the best booked world championship in North America. Since then, inconsistency has been known for ROH. For every Steen there's a Matt Taven. The title seems to be on the right direction under the new ROH."

[8.0] "A lot of good matches over this title and some of the best workers in pro wrestling have held the title. Had a few moments where the title's prestige was brought down before being built back up again but overall has stayed strong"

[7.0] "Some of the greatest Championship matches in American soil were contested for this title. It was once, the most valuable Title during the mid 2000s and was held by the best and most outstanding professional wrestlers of the 2000s; Names like Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, CM Punk, Nigel McGuinness, etc. Since the late 2010s though, it began to loose the prestige it once had; The matches have been uninspiring, the storylines are generic and the level of competition has decreased. It's still a credible World Title but much less valuable than before. Hopefully with the acquisition of RoH by Tony Khan, the prestige of this Title rises."

[10.0] "I barely watch ROH and I respect this title. That says a lot about how they have promoted and protected it. Nice work!"

[10.0] "once upon a time, the ROH World Title was the most prestigious belt in America, Danielson, Punk, Joe, Aries, Morishima, McGuinness, Roddy Strong, Kevin Steen, Jay Briscoe, and the likes. nowadays it's still a prestigious championship but nowhere near the biggest belt in the world anymore"

[8.0] "Back in a day, besides IWGP titles, it was the most prestigious title in US. Ring of Honor was my favourite promotion and their most valuable title meant the guy who was a champion was a real deal wrestler who presented some serious quality wrestling. In fact, I think it was still the most important title until the pandemics hit. This title around Rush's waist lost a lot of it's meaning, because there is almost no competition anymore. My favourite champions: Jay Lethal, Jay Briscoe, Tyler Black, Austin Aries, Nigel McGuinness."

[10.0] "This is the American Indie equivalent of the IWGP Heavyweight title. I can just say that and leave, but the reigns and the title holders can't be ignored either. Joe, Lethal, Strong, Danielson (D-Bry), Punk, Black (Rollins), Steen (Owens), Daniels, Cody, and many more. Another title that goes in the ranks of some of the best titles of all time."

[6.0] "If you were judging the title from the earlier days, it would be regarded as one of the greatest belts of all time, especially with the talent behind all of the reigns. There were barely a dud between each guy holding it, and some of the best matches of the last 15 years or so came from guys who held this belt at some point. Of course, ROH has fallen pretty badly these days, and that's reflected on the quality of the belt holders: I really don't think there's been a good one in a while."

[4.0] "While it has a good lineage, for the better part of the last decade the title seems to have lost it's prestige. At one point it may have been higher, but as the North American title picture has changed, this title has surely lost it's luster."

[8.0] "The title history kinda resembles what ROH represented at that certain time. ROH was especially in its earlier years very focused on the wrestling. This lead to amazing organic wrestling storytelling. Low Ki is the perfect guy to indicate this route for ROH as their first champion since he's the guy to get reduced to wrestling. Ever since Joe's record run ROH was responsible for the creation of the biggest rising stars in the wrestling industry. Considering how much guys from Joe to Adam Cole benefited from becoming ROH Champion and considering the amazing title matches we've seen, this can only be a 10/10 title, right? Unfortunately at a certain time ROH's uniqueness was kinda overshadowed by indy-legends, indy-stars and to be honest, even Bullet Club. Once ROH was too influenced by the main-stream, even for the main-stream ROH lost its touch, though I hope some people can still enjoy it. I don't really blame the champions, a Dalton Castle could've had a way better title reign in ROH's prime days. But one thing you can tell is that if the wrestling industry gets more competitive again, the ROH championship and ROH itself had a big influence on this process."

[6.0] "Most certainly has lost a lot of it's luster in the last 5 or so years. This used to be the most prestigious championship in the United States during the mid 2000s with some all time greats being champions very early into their careers but now? It's almost a joke, guys who will be remembered as midcarders or even jobbers are now fighting for this championship. I don't want to remember this as championship fought between "No Charisma" Matt Taven and "I was the most over as an impersonator midcarder in TNA" Jay Lethal. I want to remember this being held by "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, "The Second City Savior" CM Punk, "The Samoan Submission Machine "Samoa Joe". I miss the old ROH."

[6.0] "This used to be a title held by future superstars and great wrestlers that were overlooked by the bigger promotions. Today, its held by mediocre wrestlers that aren't exactly in demand outside of RoH."

[7.0] "Much like the promotion this title belongs to, it has experienced a bit of a fall from grace over the last few years."

[6.0] "What was once the top independent title in wrestling, meaningful enough that New Japan once wanted to Hiroshi Tanahashi to get a run with it as part of his rise to stardom. has turned into being just another independent wrestling title. Part of that is because the calibre of champion has declined, in some cases drastically; Dalton Castle is strictly opening match material and shouldn't be anywhere near the middle of the card, let alone at the top of the card and holding the ROH world title."

[10.0] "This title is one of the best title in pro wrestling today and had great champs like Cm punk, Adam cole, Kevin steen, Jay lethal, Austin aries, Samoa joe and the list goes on. For sure my favorite chmapionship right now at the moment."

[7.0] "Now this title is a joke. It's Delirious fault. He don't know how to book a proper Champion with proper challengers. Anybody can win it, anybody can challenge for it. Cody is a tremendous joke as a performer and now he have a ring, lol. I give it 7 just for the history of the title."

[7.0] "A belt that has suffered as of late due to questionable booking and long reigns, but hopefully they'll start fixing their issues. When guys in ROH's past got long reigns, they made the best of them. Jay Lethal? Got boring as champion real quick. A year long reign is fine, but ROH doesn't quite have the crop of talent today as they once had to make a long reign work. Nor do they have the compelling stories or characters to make it work. Adam Cole might not be the answer to making the belt interesting, but he's at least a good step forward."

[10.0] "The ROH World title is a milestone for any wrestler, it may not be the most famous championship in wrestling, but by winning it you stake your claim as one of the best wrestlers in the world."

[5.0] "If lethal doesn't lose the title, or give the title to someone via Kayfabe Injury than it's meaningless! People can argue that the title should receive more recognition! Sadly its lethal that is not making it Prestige by beating people every show and PPV! Lethal is a good worker and wrestler, but to be a champion for 401 days that's a bad business decision! That's why Michael Elgin left and tons of other top workers! Lethal needs to leave too and move to NJPW to pursue a career, and let young talent receive the title rather than Jay Briscoe"

[9.0] "This is greatest wrestling title in the US and second only to the IWGP title when it comes to world-wide promotions and their belts."

[10.0] "You could say that the championship has gone a little downhill since Nigel McGuinness' amazing reign, but I can't give it anything less than a 10 because of it's amazing history. Bryan Danielson's, Nigel McGuinness' & Samoa Joe's title reigns are some of my favorite wrestling championship reigns of ALL-TIME. Also some of the best matches ever have happened for this belt, for an example Danielson/KENTA, Danielson/McGuinness, Joe/Punk etc."

[5.0] "Big history : Joe and Bryan to say the least. The title has been the best in the world for a long time. But since 2012 like the company the prestige is slowly going down. Bad booking and not enough big matchs."

[7.0] "Over the last few years, I felt the at Ring of Honor World Title has lost a bit of it's "flair". Me personally, I don't see Jay Briscoe as a marketable champion. Plus ROH just isn't what it use to be since they went on television. They still put on great shows, but Cornette just tried to make it Smokey Mountain North and it just killed it's momentum."

[10.0] "A TON of prestige to this title. If you ever earn the right to wear this belt, then you know that you are an incredibly talented wrestler!"

[10.0] "This title is the best proof why USA Indy's booker's would booking matches and feuds for title's. Very good champions like Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, Austin Aries or Davey Richards and Kevin Steen (form modern era), great matches and storylines."

[10.0] "Perhaps the best handled title in all of American Pro Wrestling... but I would say that I liked it a lot more when they didn't give multiple reigns to the outspokenly bigoted Jay Briscoe, regardless of his talent. The sparsity of his title defenses so far is a little puzzling too. I was not necessarily the biggest Michael Elgin fan but I was surprised to see his reign cut short as he seemed to be almost doing "Samoa Joe V. 2" with his reign and that would have been no bad thing. Great company, great title, great booking, great prestige - but hopefully soon they'll have a greater champion."

[10.0] "The very best title since its inception. ROH is full of top tier talent and the title has had great matches to contest it. Also one of the few titles that follows the old style model of long reigns; there has been only 19 reigns since July 27, 2002. Truly a great title in a great federation."

[5.0] "Really? Yes. ROH produces good product. But the recent booking with Kevin Steen annihilating the competition makes me wonder what really is going on with the ROH creative team."

[10.0] "This is THE title to hold in Pro Wrestling right now. Held majorly by top quality wrestlers, whether they're legends like Jerry Lynn, rising stars such as Tyler Black & Kevin Steen, or wrestlers who have gone on to become top stars of our time, such as Takeshi Morishima, Samoa Joe, CM Punk & Bryan Danielson (YES! )."

[8.0] "This title started great and was one of the best things ROH had to offer, but since the McGuinness reign, it has gone absolutely downhill. A shame."