Bryan Danielson World Champion (2013)

Thirtyeight is a number that may stand forever in the Ring of Honor history books It is a number that represents a class of excellence seldom seen in professional wrestling it is a number that set the bar for all ROH World Champions to come What is thirtyeight It is the number of successful World Title defenses accomplished by Bryan Danielson in his reign as champion and it is a number only one other man has matched The list of the competitors who attempted to wrestling the belt from the possession of Danielson reads like a whos who of the top talent in the wrestling world Roderick Strong Lance Storm Austin Aries Samoa Joe and KENTA just to name a handful For 462 days one wrestler after another made it their mission to dethrone Danielson and for 462 days each of them failed