ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship

ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship
Details
Promotion	Ring of Honor (ROH)
Date established	November 4, 2005
Date retired	October 25, 2008
Statistics First champion(s) Davey Andrews Final champion(s) Rhett Titus Most reigns All titleholders (1) Longest reign Shane Hagadorn (315 days) Shortest reign Mitch Franklin (70 days)

The ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship was a professional wrestling championship intended for young wrestlers that was created and promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH).

History

The ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship was created in 2005 by Ring of Honor (ROH) and was intended to be held by ROH's rookie competitors and trainees. On November 4, 2005 Davey Andrews became the inaugural champion by defeating Derrick Dempsey and Shane Hagadorn at Showdown in Motown.^[1][2] The championship was deactivated and abandoned in 2008; Rhett Titus was the final holder of the trophy.

Trophy design

Unlike traditional professional wrestling championships, the ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship was not represented by a belt but by a trophy. The trophy was entirely gold and featured a stand at the bottom of it.

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	Days	Defenses
1	Davey Andrews	November 4, 2005	Showdown in Motown	Detroit, MI	1	71	1	Defeated Derrick Dempsey and Shane Hagadorn to become the inaugural champion.	[1][3]
—	Vacated	December 17, 2005	—	—	—	—	—	The championship was vacated when Ricky Reyes destroyed the trophy on December 17, 2005.	[4]
2	Derrick Dempsey	January 14, 2006	Hell Freezes Over	Philadelphia, PA	1	140	5	Defeated Bobby Dempsey, Pelle Primeau, and Shane Hagadorn to win the vacant championship.	[5]
3	Shane Hagadorn	June 3, 2006	Destiny	East Windsor, CT	1	315	12		[6]
4	Pelle Primeau	April 14, 2007	Fighting Spirit	Edison, NJ	1	132	1		[7]
5	Mitch Franklin	August 24, 2007	Caged Rage	Hartford, CT	1	70	1		[8]
6	Ernie Osiris	November 2, 2007	Glory by Honor VI: Night One	Philadelphia, PA	1	218	5		[9]
7	Rhett Titus	June 7, 2008	Respect is Earned II	Philadelphia, PA	1	140	1		[10]
—	Deactivated	October 25, 2008	—	—	—	—	—	The title was abandoned on October 25, 2008, making Rhett Titus the final champion.

Combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined defenses	Combined days
1	Shane Hagadorn	1	12	315
2	Ernie Osiris	1	5	218
3	Derrick Dempsey	1	5	140
4	Rhett Titus	1	1	140
5	Pelle Primeau	1	1	132
6	Davey Andrews	1	1	71
7	Mitch Franklin	1	1	70

See also

• ROH Dojo

References

1. "Top of the Class Trophy at ROH Discussion Forum". rohwrestling.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
2. "Showdown in Motown results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
3. "Showdown in Motown results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
4. "Davey Andrews OWW Profile". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
5. "Hell Freezes Over results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
6. "Destiny results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
7. "Fighting Spirit results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
8. "Caged Rage results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
9. "Glory By Honor VI Night 1 results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
10. "Respect is Earned II results". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-25.

External links

• ROH Top of the Class Trophy Championship at Cagematch.net