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

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. 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.

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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. As of May 2024, Kevin Steen holds the record for most reigns, with three. 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. As of May 2024, Ryan has the most defenses, with 19; Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega have the least, with 0. Kyle O'Reilly is the current champion in his first reign, after defeating Adam Cole in a Knockout or Submission Only match on May 23, 2014, to win the title. Overall, there have been 22 reigns among 16 different wrestlers and three vacancies. 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.

Title history

Names

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

Reigns

#	Numbers in bold indicate that a reign is current and changes daily
Reign	The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Successful defenses	Accounts how many defenses the champion had during their reign
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Successful defenses	Event	Notes
1	Frankie Kazarian	1	August 30, 2003	176	Industry, California	4	Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2	Kazarian defeated Joey Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the first champion.
2	Adam Pearce	1	February 22, 2004	139	Santa Ana, California	3	Taste The Radness	This was a Chicago Street Fight.
3	Frankie Kazarian	2	July 10, 2004	126	Los Angeles, California	3	The Reason for the Season	This was a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match.
4	Super Dragon	1	November 13, 2004	140	Los Angeles, California	8	Free Admission (Just Kidding)
5	A.J. Styles	1	April 2, 2005	126	Los Angeles, California	4	All Star Weekend – Night Two
6	Kevin Steen	1	August 6, 2005	119	Los Angeles, California	5	Zombies [Shouldn't Run]
7	Joey Ryan	1	December 3, 2005	406	Los Angeles, California	19	Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)	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.
8	Human Tornado	1	January 13, 2007	42	Reseda, California	3	Based on a True Story	This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.
9	El Generico	1	February 24, 2007	155	Van Nuys, California	9	Holy Diver Down
10	Bryan Danielson	1	July 29, 2007	160	Burbank, California	5	Giant-Size Annual #4
11	Low Ki	1	January 5, 2008	32	Van Nuys, CA	1	All-Star Weekend 6 – Night One
—	Vacated	—	February 6, 2008	—	N/A	—	N/A	The title was vacated due to Low Ki suffering a knee injury while working in Japan.
12	Human Tornado	2	February 24, 2008	133	Reseda, California	1	¡Dia de los Dangerous!	Tornado defeated Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong in the finals of a 5-man tournament to become the champion.
13	Chris Hero	1	July 6, 2008	425	Reseda, California	10	Life During Wartime	This was a Guerrilla Warfare steel cage match.
14	Bryan Danielson	2	September 4, 2009	0	Reseda, California	0	Guerre Sans Frontières
—	Vacated	—	September 4, 2009	—	Reseda, California	—	Guerre Sans Frontières	The title was vacated due to Danielson being unable to defend it after signing with the World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestling promotion.
15	Kenny Omega	1	November 21, 2009	98	Reseda, California	0	2009 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two	Defeated Roderick Strong in the finals of the 2009 Battle of Los Angeles to win the vacant title.
16	Davey Richards	1	February 27, 2010	198	Reseda, California	2	As the Worm Turns
—	Vacated	—	September 13, 2010	—	N/A	—	N/A	The title was vacated due to Richards being unable to defend it.
17	Claudio Castagnoli	1	October 9, 2010	287	Reseda, California	6	The Curse of Guerrilla Island	Castagnoli defeated Brandon Gatson, Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a four–way match to win the vacant title.
18	Kevin Steen	2	July 23, 2011	91	Reseda, California	1	Eight
19	El Generico	2	October 22, 2011	147	Reseda, California	0	Steen Wolf	This was a ladder match.
20	Kevin Steen	3	March 17, 2012	259	Reseda, California	4	World's Finest	This was a three-way match, also involving Eddie Edwards.
21	Adam Cole	1	December 1, 2012	538	Reseda, California	7	Mystery Vortex	This was a Guerrilla Warfare match.
22	Kyle O'Reilly	1	May 23, 2014	3,654+	Reseda, California	0	Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n Roll	This was a Knockout or Submission Only match.

List of combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank [1]	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Adam Cole	1	7	538
2	Kevin Steen	3	10	469
3	Chris Hero	1	10	425
4	Joey Ryan	1	19	406
5	El Generico	2	9	302
5	Frankie Kazarian	2	7	302
7	Claudio Castagnoli	1	6	287
8	Davey Richards	1	2	198
9	Human Tornado	2	4	175
10	Bryan Danielson	2	5	160
11	Super Dragon	1	8	140
12	Adam Pearce	1	3	139
13	A.J. Styles	1	4	126
14	Kenny Omega	1	0	98
15	Low Ki	1	1	32
16	Kyle O'Reilly†	1	0	3654+

Notes

1.^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact number mean they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General

• Westcott, Brian. "PWG Heavyweight Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
• "PWG World Championship reign history". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

Specific

External links

• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com

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