Women of Honor World Championship

American professional wrestling championship

This article is about a retired women's professional wrestling championship used in Ring of Honor from years 2017 to 2020. For ROH's main current women's championship, see ROH Women's World Championship. For more history and information of women and past women of Ring of Honor, see Women of Honor.

Women of Honor World Championship

The Women of Honor World Championship belt

Details
Promotion| Ring of Honor (ROH)
Date established| December 15, 2017
Date retired| January 1, 2020
(replaced with the ROH Women's World Championship)
Other name(s)

* Women of Honor Championship
(2017–2018)
* Women of Honor World Championship
(2018–2020)

| Statistics

First champion(s)| Sumie Sakai
Final champion(s)| Kelly Klein
Most reigns| Kelly Klein
(3 reigns)
Longest reign| Sumie Sakai
(251 days)
Shortest reign| Angelina Love
(15 days)
Oldest champion| Sumie Sakai
(46 years, 4 months and 14 days)
Youngest champion| Mayu Iwatani
(25 years, 11 months and 22 days)
Heaviest champion| Kelly Klein
(162 lb (73 kg))
Lightest champion| Mayu Iwatani
(115 lb (52 kg))

The Women of Honor World Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH).

## History

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Inaugural and longest reigning champion, Sumie Sakai

At Final Battle, December 15, 2017, it was announced that a tournament to crown the first Women of Honor Championship holder would start on January 20, 2018.[1][2] The tournament featured female ROH regulars, called the ROH Women of Honor and female wrestlers from then ROH partnered all Japanese female wrestling promotion from Japan World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) as well.[3]

On April 7, 2018, Sumie Sakai became the inaugural champion by defeating Kelly Klein in the 16-women tournament finals at Supercard of Honor XII in New Orleans, LA.[4] During her reign, the title was renamed to Women of Honor World Championship at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings on August 25, 2018.[5]

Also during year 2019 of this title's existence, the Women of Honor World Championship was defended in Japan at a Stardom event by Mayu Iwatani after she defeated Kelly Klein for the title at ROH pay-per-view Bound By Honor[6][7] (during Klein's first reign and became champion for the first time in her career) in addition to ROH shows, pay-per-views, and events. On February 24, 2019 the Japanese stardom pay-per-view event took place and Mayu Iwatani was successful at retaining the title in her first title defense. Also on that night the match was the main event.[8][9][10][11]

Kelly Klein became the first and only 2 & 3-time ROH Women of Honor Champion.[12][13] During Kelly Klein's third reign, ROH producer Joey Mercury left the promotion. In a series of tweets, Mercury said ROH doesn't have a concussion protocol and Klein had to wrestle while injured. Klein agreed with Mercury and ROH let her go after her contract expired on December 31, 2019. Two months later, the creation of a new title was announced, the ROH Women's World Championship after the ROH Women of Honor World title was deactivated on January 1, 2020.[14]

## Inaugural championship tournament (2017–2018)

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### Qualifying matches

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Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings – January and February of 2018 (And probably in November & December of 2017 as well.) (2300 Arena – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
No.| Results| Stipulations

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1| Jessie Brooks defeated Gabby Ortiz| Women of Honor Championship Qualifying Match[15]
2| Brandi Rhodes defeated Stella Grey| Women of Honor Championship Qualifying Match[16]

### Tournament bracket

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| First Round
ROH Wrestling / Women of Honor tapings | | | Quarterfinals
ROH Wrestling / Women of Honor tapings | | | Semifinals
ROH Wrestling / Women of Honor tapings | | | Final
Supercard of Honor XII
April 7, 2018 |

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|  |  | | |  |  | | |  |  | | |  |  |
| Mandy Leon | Pin[17][18] | | | |
| Madison Rayne |  |
| | Mandy Leon |  |
|  |
| | | Kelly Klein | KO[22][18] |
| Jessie Brooks |  |

| Kelly Klein | Pin[18] |
| | Kelly Klein | Sub[18] |
|  |
| | | Mayu Iwatani |  |
| HZK |  | |

| Mayu Iwatani | Pin[18] |
| | Mayu Iwatani | Pin[18] |
|  |
| | | Deonna Purrazzo |  |
| Deonna Purrazzo | Sub[19][18] |

| Holidead |  |
| | Kelly Klein |  |
|  |
| | | Sumie Sakai | Pin[24][18] |
| Jenny Rose |  | | |

| Kagetsu | Pin[18] |
| | Kagetsu |  |
|  |
| | | Sumie Sakai | Pin[23][18] |
| Hana Kimura |  |

| Sumie Sakai | Pin[20][18] |
| | Sumie Sakai | Pin[18] |
|  |
| | | Tenille Dashwood |  |
| Stacy Shadows |  | |

| Tenille Dashwood | Pin[18] |
| | Tenille Dashwood | Pin[18] |
|  |
| | | Brandi Rhodes |  |
| Karen Q |  |

| Brandi Rhodes | Pin[21][18] |

## Belt design

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The belt design has black leather with a pink & purple back design of the leather. It has a pink & purple outlined crown at the top of the center plate with the logo WOH in the middle of the center plate. Also under the WOH sign of the original design of the title it has the word Women of Honor and under that it has the word champion both with pink & purple squared backgrounds behind the gold wordings closing the wordings in short squares also with gold center & side plates with pink & purple outlined roses & flowers indented in the title for a very feminine approach, with two sections of the world on its side plates (2-side plates, 1-center plate).[25][1][26]

## Reigns

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Over the championship's one-year history, there have been six reign between four champions. Sumie Sakai was the inaugural champion, while Kelly Klein was the last. Klein held the record for most reigns at three. Sakai's reign is the longest at 251 days, while Angelina Love's reign is the shortest at 15 days. Sakai is the oldest champion at 46 years old, while Mayu Iwatani is the youngest at 25 years old.

### Names

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Name  | Years

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Women of Honor Championship  | December 15, 2017 – August 25, 2018
Women of Honor World Championship  | August 25, 2018 – January 1, 2020
Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
| Ring of Honor (ROH)
1  | Sumie Sakai | April 7, 2018 | Supercard of Honor XII | New Orleans, LA | 1  | 251  | Defeated Kelly Klein in the finals of a 16-woman single-elimination tournament become the inaugural champion. During her reign, the title was also renamed to the Women of Honor World Championship.  | [27][28]
2  | Kelly Klein | December 14, 2018 | Final Battle | New York City, NY | 1  | 58  | This was a Four Corner Survival match, also involving Madison Rayne and Karen Q.  | [29]
3  | Mayu Iwatani | February 10, 2019 | Bound By Honor | Miami, FL | 1  | 55  |  | [30]
4  | Kelly Klein | April 6, 2019 | G1 Supercard | New York City, NY | 2  | 174  |  | [31]
5  | Angelina Love | September 27, 2019 | Death Before Dishonor XVII | Sunrise, NV | 1  | 15  |  | [32]
6  | Kelly Klein | October 12, 2019 | Glory By Honor XVII | New Orleans, LA | 3  | 81  |  | [33]
—  | Deactivated  | January 1, 2020  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Kelly Klein was stripped of the championship after ROH did not renew her contract. The title was replaced with the ROH Women's World Championship.  | [34]

## Combined reigns

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Rank  | Wrestler  | No. of
reigns  | Combined
days

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1  | Kelly Klein | 3 | 313
2  | Sumie Sakai | 1 | 251
3  | Mayu Iwatani | 1 | 55
4  | Angelina Love | 1 | 15

## See also

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* World Women's Championship (disambiguation)

## References

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3. ^ Meltzer, Dave (December 15, 2017). "ROH FINAL BATTLE 2017 LIVE RESULTS: CODY VS. DALTON CASTLE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
4. ^ Harris, Jeffrey. "Sumie Sakai Wins Inaugural Women of Honor Title at ROH Supercard of Honor XII". 411mania.com. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
5. ^ Rose, Bryan (August 25, 2018). "WILL OSPREAY TO CHALLENGE FOR THE ROH TITLE AT DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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13. ^ Duffy, John. "Kelly Klein becomes a three-time Women of Honor Champion". Diva-dirt.com. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
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17. ^ ROSS SAPP, SEAN. "WOH Championship Tournament Round 1 Review: Madison Rayne vs Mandy Leon". Fightful.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
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20. ^ GIRI, RAJ. "WOH Championship Tournament Round 1: Sumie Sakai Vs. Hana Kimura". Www.wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
21. ^ GIRI, RAJ. "WOH Championship Tournament Round 2: Tenille Dashwood (Emma) Vs. Brandi Rhodes". Www.Wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 29, 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
22. ^ GIRI, RAJ (March 29, 2018). "WOH Championship Tournament Round 2: Kelly Klein Vs. Mandy Leon". Wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
23. ^ GIRI, RAJ. "WOH Championship Tournament Round 2: Sumie Sakai Vs. Kagetsu". Www.wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 29, 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
24. ^ Pageot, Harley R. (April 7, 2018). "4/7 ROH Supercard Of Honor XII PPV report: Ongoing live coverage including Cody vs. Omega, Castle vs. Scurll for world title, first Women Of Honor Champion". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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26. ^ Staff, Www.thesmackdownhotel.com. "Women of Honor World Championship". Www.thesmackdownhotel.com. Retrieved January 7, 2025.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
27. ^ Rose, Bryan (April 7, 2018). "ROH SUPERCARD OF HONOR XII LIVE RESULTS: KENNY OMEGA VS. CODY". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
28. ^ Rose, Bryan (August 25, 2018). "WILL OSPREAY TO CHALLENGE FOR THE ROH TITLE AT DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR". Wrestling Observer. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
29. ^ Powell, Jason. "12/14 Powell's ROH Final Battle 2018 live review: Jay Lethal vs. Cody for the ROH Title, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky vs. The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks in a Ladder War for the ROH Tag Titles, Jeff Cobb vs. Adam Page for the ROH TV Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
30. ^ Powell, Jason (February 10, 2019). "2/10 ROH Bound By Honor results: Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, and Rush vs. The Kingdom in a non-title match, Kelly Klein vs. Mayu Iwatani for the WOH Championship, Jeff Cobb vs. Rocky Romero for the ROH TV Title". Pro Wrestling Dot com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
31. ^ Powell, Jason (April 6, 2019). "4/6 ROH and NJPW G1 Supercard results: Powell's live review of Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP Hvt. Championship, Jay Lethal vs. Matt Taven vs. Marty Scurll in a three-way ladder match for the ROH Title, Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship, and more". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
32. ^ Powell, Jason (September 27, 2019). "9/27 Powell's ROH Death Before Dishonor review: Matt Taven vs. Rush for the ROH World Championship, The Briscoes vs. Mark Haskins and Bandido for the ROH Tag Titles, Kelly Klein vs. Angelina Love for the WOH Title, Shane Taylor vs. Tracy Williams vs. Flip Gordon for the ROH TV Title". Pro Wrestling Dot com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
33. ^ Powell, Jason (October 12, 2019). "10/12 ROH Glory By Honor results: Rush defends the ROH Championship against a battle royal winner, Dalton Castle vs. PCO and Marty Scurll vs. Jay Lethal plus the finals of the tournament for an ROH Title shot at Final Battle, Angelina Love vs. Kelly Klein for the WOH Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
34. ^ TORO, CARLOS (February 12, 2020). "ROH Announces Tournament For New ROH Women's World Championship, To Replace Women Of Honor Title". Fightful.com. Retrieved February 12, 2020.

## External links

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* ROH Women of Honor World Championship at Cagematch.net

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Ring of Honor

Personnel|

| Men's division|

* The Beast Mortos
* Bishop Kaun
* Blake Christian
* Brian Cage
* Carlie Bravo
* Christopher Daniels
* Claudio Castagnoli
* Cole Karter
* Dalton Castle
* Daniel Garcia
* Dustin Rhodes
* Dutch
* Eddie Kingston
* Griff Garrison
* Kyle Fletcher
* Lee Johnson
* Lee Moriarty
* Mark Briscoe
* Marshall Von Erich
* Matt Taven
* Mike Bennett
* Nick Comoroto
* Preston Vance
* Ross Von Erich
* Sammy Guevara
* Shane Taylor
* Shawn Dean
* Toa Liona
* Vincent
* Wheeler Yuta

|

Women's division|

* Athena
* Billie Starkz
* Charlette Renegade
* Diamante
* Lady Frost
* Marina Shafir
* Mercedes Martinez
* Rachael Ellering
* Robyn Renegade
* Trish Adora

Other on-air personnel|

* Jerry Lynn
* Paul Wight
* Stokely Hathaway

Stables and tag teams|

* Bang Bang Gang
* The Butcher and the Blade
* The Dark Order
* FTR
* Gates of Agony
* Renegade Twins
* Shane Taylor Promotions
* Undisputed Kingdom
* Matt Taven and Mike Bennett
* Von Erichs

Broadcast team|

* Bobby Cruise
* Caprice Coleman
* Ian Riccaboni
* Lexy Nair

Management|

* Tony Khan

Historic|

* Alumni
* Adam Pearce
* Cary Silkin
* Delirious
* Gabe Sapolsky
* Jim Cornette
* Joe Koff
* Marty Scurll

Programming|

| Television/streaming|

* Honor Club
* Ring of Honor Wrestling

|

Current events|

* Death Before Dishonor (2003–2019, 2021–present)
* Final Battle (2002–present)
* Supercard of Honor (2006–2011, 2013–2019, 2022–present)
* Wrestle Dynasty (2025)

Former events|

* All Star Extravaganza (2002–2016)
* Anniversary Show (2003–2021)
* Best in the World (2006, 2011–2019, 2021)
* The Big Bang! (2010)
* Boiling Point (2012)
* Border/Global Wars (2012–2019)
* Bound By Honor (2019)
* Caged Collision (2009)
* Driven (2007–2008)
* Field of Honor (2014–2016)
* Gateway to Honor (2011, 2020)
* Glory By Honor (2002–2016, 2018–2021)
* Honor for All (2021)
* Honor Rising: Japan (2016–2019)
* Honor Takes Center Stage (2011)
* Man Up (2007)
* New Horizons (2008)
* Respect is Earned (2007–2008)
* Rising Above (2007–2008)
* Showdown in the Sun (2012)
* Summer Supercard (2019)
* Survival of the Fittest (2004–2007, 2009–2012, 2014–2018, 2021)
* Take No Prisoners (2008–2009)
* Undeniable (2007)

Special events|

* All In (2018)
* Crockett Cup (2019)
* The Jay Briscoe Celebration of Life (2023)
* Sea of Honor (2018)
* War of the Worlds (2014–2019)

Championships|

| Primary|

* World
* reigns
* Women's
* reigns

|

Secondary|

* Pure
* reigns
* Television
* reigns
* Women's Television

Divisional|

* Tag Team
* reigns
* Six-Man
* reigns

Former|

* Top of the Class Trophy
* reigns
* Women of Honor
* reigns

Other accomplishments|

* Grand Slam
* Hall of Fame
* Honor Rumble
* Survival of the Fittest
* Tournaments
* Pure Tournament
* Tag Wars Tournament
* Top Prospect Tournament
* Triple Crown

Affiliates|

| Sister promotion|

* All Elite Wrestling

|

Current partnerships|

* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
* Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Former partnerships|

* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* Combat Zone Wrestling
* Chikara
* Dragongate
* Frontier Wrestling Alliance
* Full Impact Pro
* Global Professional Wrestling Alliance
* Jersey All Pro Wrestling
* MCW Pro Wrestling
* National Wrestling Alliance
* Preston City Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Ohio Valley Wrestling
* Revolution Pro Wrestling
* Shimmer Women Athletes
* Sinclair Broadcast Group
* The Crash Lucha Libre
* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Venues|

* 2300 Arena
* Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena
* Manhattan Center
* Universal Studios Soundstage 21

Miscellaneous|

* ROH Dojo
* Women of Honor

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