List of PWG World Champions

Kyle O'Reilly carrying the PWG World Championship belt in June 2014

The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned and copyrighted by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). The championship was created and debuted on August 30, 2003, at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 event.[1] Originally called the PWG Championship, the title was renamed to the PWG World Championship in February 2006 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first and second time—that month, then-champion Joey Ryan defeated Emil Sitoci in Essen, Germany at European Vacation – Germany and Jonny Storm in Orpington, England at European Vacation – England.[2][3]

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. All reigns are won at live events, which are released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Frankie Kazarian, whom PWG recognized to have become the champion after defeating Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament on August 30, 2003, at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 event.[1] As of October 2018, Kevin Steen holds the record for most reigns, with three.[4][5][6] Adam Cole's only reign at 538 days is the longest in the title's history. PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses for each champion on their official website (though this section of the website has not been updated in a few years). As of October 2018, Ryan has the most defenses, with 19, while Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega have the least, with 0.

Walter is the current champion in his first reign, after defeating Keith Lee and Jonah Rock in a three-way match on April 21, 2018, to win the title. Overall, there have been 29 reigns among 22 different wrestlers and three vacancies.[7] Low Ki, Bryan Danielson, and Davey Richards, all of whom vacated the championship, are the only people to have not been defeated for the championship.[8]

Title history

Names

Name Years
PWG Championship August 2003 – February 2006
PWG World Championship February 2006 – present

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Frankie Kazarian August 30, 2003 Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 Industry, California 1 1764[9] Kazarian defeated Joey Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the first champion. [1]
2 Adam Pearce February 22, 2004 Taste the Radness Santa Ana, California 1 1393[10] This was a Chicago Street Fight. [11]
3 Frankie Kazarian July 10, 2004 The Reason for the Season Los Angeles, California 2 1263[12] This was a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match. [13]
4 Super Dragon November 13, 2004 Free Admission (Just Kidding) Los Angeles, California 1 1408[14]   [15]
5 A.J. Styles April 2, 2005 All Star Weekend – Night Two Los Angeles, California 1 1264[16]   [17]
6 Kevin Steen August 6, 2005 Zombies [Shouldn't Run] Los Angeles, California 1 1195[4]   [18]
7 Joey Ryan December 3, 2005 Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent) Los Angeles, California 1 40619[19] The title was renamed from the "PWG Championship" to the "PWG World Championship" following PWG's European Vacation tour of England and Germany in February 2006. [2][3][20]
8 Human Tornado January 13, 2007 Based on a True Story Reseda, California 1 423[21] This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. [22]
9 El Generico February 24, 2007 Holy Diver Down Van Nuys, California 1 1559[23]   [24]
10 Bryan Danielson July 29, 2007 Giant-Size Annual #4 Burbank, California 1 1605[25]   [26]
11 Low Ki January 5, 2008 All-Star Weekend 6 – Night One Van Nuys, CA 1 321[8]   [27]
— Vacated February 6, 2008[8] — — — —— The title was vacated due to Low Ki suffering a knee injury while working in Japan. [8]
12 Human Tornado February 24, 2008 ¡Dia de los Dangerous! Reseda, California 2 1331[28] Tornado defeated Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong in the finals of a 5-man tournament to become the champion. [29]
13 Chris Hero July 6, 2008 Life During Wartime Reseda, California 1 42510[30] This was a Guerrilla Warfare steel cage match. [31]
14 Bryan Danielson September 4, 2009 Guerre Sans Frontières Reseda, California 2 <10[32]   [33]
— Vacated September 4, 2009[32] Guerre Sans Frontières Reseda, California — —— The title was vacated due to Danielson being unable to defend it after signing with WWE. [32]
15 Kenny Omega November 21, 2009 2009 Battle of Los Angeles – Night Two Reseda, California 1 980[34] Defeated Roderick Strong in the finals of the 2009 Battle of Los Angeles to win the vacant title. [35]
16 Davey Richards February 27, 2010 As the Worm Turns Reseda, California 1 1982[36]   [37]
— Vacated September 13, 2010 — — — —— The title was vacated due to Richards being unable to defend it. [38]
17 Claudio Castagnoli October 9, 2010 The Curse of Guerrilla Island Reseda, California 1 2876[39] Castagnoli defeated Brandon Gatson, Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a four–way match to win the vacant title. [40]
18 Kevin Steen July 23, 2011 Eight Reseda, California 2 911[5]   [41]
19 El Generico October 22, 2011 Steen Wolf Reseda, California 2 1470[42] This was a ladder match. [43]
20 Kevin Steen March 17, 2012 World's Finest Reseda, California 3 2594[6] This was a three-way match, also involving Eddie Edwards. [44]
21 Adam Cole December 1, 2012 Mystery Vortex Reseda, California 1 5387[45] This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. [46]
22 Kyle O'Reilly May 23, 2014 Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n Roll Reseda, California 1 2033[47] This was a Knockout or Submission Only match. [48]
23 Roderick Strong December 12, 2014 Black Cole Sun Reseda, California 1 4497[49] This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. [50]
24 Zack Sabre Jr. March 5, 2016 All Star Weekend 12 – Day 2 Reseda, California 1 4895 [51]
25 Chuck Taylor July 7, 2017 Pushin Forward Back Reseda, California 1 1060 [52]
26 Ricochet October 21, 2017 All Star Weekend 13 – Night Two Reseda, California 1 831[53] [54]
27 Chuck Taylor January 12, 2018 Mystery Vortex V Reseda, California 2 701 This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.
28 Keith Lee March 23, 2018 Time Is a Flat Circle Los Angeles, California 1 290
29 WALTER April 21, 2018 All Star Weekend 14 – Night Two Reseda, California 1 179+2 This was a three-way match, also involving Jonah Rock.

List of combined reigns

Adam Cole, the longest reigning PWG World Champion (pictured with the ROH World Championship belt)

As of October 17, 2018.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Adam Cole 1 7 538
2 Zack Sabre Jr. 1 5 489
3 Kevin Steen 3 10 469
4 Roderick Strong 1 7 449
5 Chris Hero 1 10 425
6 Joey Ryan 1 19 406
7 El Generico 2 9 302
Frankie Kazarian 2 7 302
9 Claudio Castagnoli 1 6 287
10 Kyle O'Reilly 1 3 203
11 Davey Richards 1 2 198
12 WALTER † 1 2 179+
13 Chuck Taylor 2 1 176
14 Human Tornado 2 4 175
15 Bryan Danielson 2 5 160
16 Super Dragon 1 8 140
17 Adam Pearce 1 3 139
18 A.J. Styles 1 4 126
19 Kenny Omega 1 0 98
20 Ricochet 1 1 83
21 Low Ki 1 1 32
22 Keith Lee 1 0 29

References

General
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  32. 1 2 3 "Bryan Danielson's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
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