List of PWG World Champions

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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 March 2025, 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. As of March 2025, Ryan has the most defenses, with 19; Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega have the least, with 0.

Zack Sabre Jr. is the current champion in his first reign, after defeating Roderick Strong on March 5, 2016, to win the title.[7] Overall, there have been 24 reigns among 18 different wrestlers and three vacancies.[8] 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.[9]

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.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Successful defenses Event Notes Ref.
1
Frankie Kazarian
1
August 30, 2003
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Industry, California
4[10]
 Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 Kazarian defeated Joey Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the first champion. [1]
2
Adam Pearce
1
February 22, 2004
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Santa Ana, California
3[11]
 Taste The Radness This was a Chicago Street Fight. [12]
3
Frankie Kazarian
2
July 10, 2004
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Los Angeles, California
3[13]
 The Reason for the Season This was a Loser Leaves Town steel cage match. [14]
4
Super Dragon
1
November 13, 2004
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Los Angeles, California
8[15]
 Free Admission (Just Kidding)   [16]
5
A.J. Styles
1
April 2, 2005
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Los Angeles, California
4[17]
 All Star Weekend – Night Two   [18]
6
Kevin Steen
1
August 6, 2005
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Los Angeles, California
5[4]
 Zombies [Shouldn't Run]   [19]
7
Joey Ryan
1
December 3, 2005
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Los Angeles, California
19[20]
 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. [2][3][21]
8
Human Tornado
1
January 13, 2007
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Reseda, California
3[22]
 Based on a True Story This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. [23]
9
El Generico
1
February 24, 2007
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Van Nuys, California
9[24]
 Holy Diver Down   [25]
10
Bryan Danielson
1
July 29, 2007
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Burbank, California
5[26]
 Giant-Size Annual #4   [27]
11
Low Ki
1
January 5, 2008
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Van Nuys, CA
1[9]
 All-Star Weekend 6 – Night One   [28]
—
Vacated
—
February 6, 2008[9]
—
N/A
—
 N/A The title was vacated due to Low Ki suffering a knee injury while working in Japan. [9]
12
Human Tornado
2
February 24, 2008
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Reseda, California
1[29]
 ¡Dia de los Dangerous! Tornado defeated Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong in the finals of a 5-man tournament to become the champion. [30]
13
Chris Hero
1
July 6, 2008
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Reseda, California
10[31]
 Life During Wartime This was a Guerrilla Warfare steel cage match. [32]
14
Bryan Danielson
2
September 4, 2009
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Reseda, California
0[33]
 Guerre Sans Frontières   [34]
—
Vacated
—
September 4, 2009[33]
—
Reseda, California
—
 Guerre Sans Frontières The title was vacated due to Danielson being unable to defend it after signing with World Wrestling Entertainment. [33]
15
Kenny Omega
1
November 21, 2009
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Reseda, California
0[35]
 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. [36]
16
Davey Richards
1
February 27, 2010
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Reseda, California
2[37]
 As the Worm Turns   [38]
—
Vacated
—
September 13, 2010
—
N/A
—
N/A
 The title was vacated due to Richards being unable to defend it. [39]
17
Claudio Castagnoli
1
October 9, 2010
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Reseda, California
6[40]
 The Curse of Guerrilla Island Castagnoli defeated Brandon Gatson, Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a four–way match to win the vacant title. [41]
18
Kevin Steen
2
July 23, 2011
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Reseda, California
1[5]
 Eight   [42]
19
El Generico
2
October 22, 2011
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Reseda, California
0[43]
 Steen Wolf This was a ladder match. [44]
20
Kevin Steen
3
March 17, 2012
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Reseda, California
4[6]
 World's Finest This was a three-way match, also involving Eddie Edwards. [45]
21
Adam Cole
1
December 1, 2012
Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Reseda, California
7[46]
 Mystery Vortex This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. [47]
22
Kyle O'Reilly
1
May 23, 2014
Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).
Reseda, California
3[48]
 Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n Roll This was a Knockout or Submission Only match. [49]
23
Roderick Strong
1
December 12, 2014
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Reseda, California
7[50]
 Black Cole Sun This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. [51]
24
Zack Sabre Jr.
1
March 5, 2016
Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).+
Reseda, California
0
 All Star Weekend 12 – Day 2 [7]

List of combined reigns

Adam Cole, the longest reigning PWG World Champion (pictured with the ROH World Championship belt)
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Adam Cole 1 7 538
2 Kevin Steen 3 10 469
3 Roderick Strong 1 7 449
4 Chris Hero 1 10 425
5 Joey Ryan 1 19 406
6 El Generico 2 9 302
Frankie Kazarian 2 7 302
8 Claudio Castagnoli 1 6 287
9 Kyle O'Reilly 1 3 203
10 Davey Richards 1 2 198
11 Human Tornado 2 4 175
12 Bryan Danielson 2 5 160
13 Super Dragon 1 8 140
14 Adam Pearce 1 3 139
15 A.J. Styles 1 4 126
16 Kenny Omega 1 0 98
17 Zack Sabre Jr. † 1 0 Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value).+
18 Low Ki 1 1 32

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