DEFY World Championship

The DEFY World Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion DEFY Wrestling, being sanctioned as the promotion's top championship. There have been a total of ten reigns shared between eight different champions. The current champion is Kenta who is in his first reign.

Title history
There have been a total of 10 reigns shared between 8 different champions. Davey Richards was the inaugural champion who also holds the record for the shortest reign with eight days. Randy Myers had the longest reign at 1,009 days, however without scoring any defenses due to the COVID pandemic impact. Swerve Strickland holds the record for most reigns with three and also for the most cumulated successful defenses with nine. The current champion is New Japan Pro Wrestling's Kenta who defeated Nick Wayne at DEFY Your Nightmare on June 3, 2023, in Seattle, Washington.

Combined reigns
As of July 29, 2024.