ROH World Television Championship

On January 20, 2010, the creation of the ROH World Television Championship was announced via ROH's official website. 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 at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the tapings of ROH's television program Ring of Honor Wrestling. 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." After the ROH World Television 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." ==Inaugural championship tournament (2010) ==

Tournament bracket ==Belt designs==

The first championship belt design was introduced on March 5, 2010, when it was given to the newly crowned inaugural champion Eddie Edwards. The physical championship belt was designed by All Star Championship Belts d/b/a ASCB, LLC. The title's base was a black leather strap that was covered with four small silver plates. The center of the title had one large silver plate. All plates had an inner blue covering. The two small outer plates had a caricature of the earth and a satellite in orbit. The middle plates had figures resembling a cameraman filming a television production. Underneath each figure were the ROH logo and the words "Ring of Honor Wrestling". The central plate had 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. In November 2012, the design was changed during the reign of Adam Cole. The new design seemed to be based on the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Between 2014 and 2015, during Jay Lethal's second record-setting reign, the belt design was modified to emphasize the "ROH Champion" portion of the title. Lethal claimed the Television championship was more prestigious than the ROH World Championship since he was the champion. On January 1, 2018, in addition to other ROH championship belts, the ROH World Television Championship received a new design. On June 22, 2023, a new and fourth design of the championship belt was presented to champion Samoa Joe on Ring of Honor Wrestling. ==Reigns==

Eddie Edwards was the inaugural champion. Samoa Joe's is the longest at days, while Will Ospreay's reign is the shortest at two days. Lethal has the longest combined reign at 798 days. Minoru Suzuki is the oldest champion, winning the title at the age of 53, while Nick Wayne is the youngest when he won the title at 19 years. Nick Wayne is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated previous champion Komander on April 17, 2025 at the special episode of AEW Collision: Spring BreakThru. Wayne’s win broke Adam Cole’s record as the youngest ever holder of the title at 19 years old. == See also ==