ROH Pure Championship

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Name

A.J Styles
Vacated
Doug Williams
John Walters
Jay Lethal
Samoa Joe
Nigel McGuinness
Bryan Danielson
Unified
Jonathan Gresham
Josh Woods
Wheeler Yuta
Daniel Garcia
Wheeler Yuta
Katsuyori Shibata
Wheeler Yuta

Date

February 14, 2004
April 24, 2004
July 17, 2004
August 28, 2004
March 5, 2005
May 7, 2005
August 27, 2005
August 12, 2006
August 12, 2006
October 30, 2020
September 12, 2021
April 1, 2022
September 7, 2022
December 10, 2022
March 31, 2023
November 25, 2023

Event

Second Anniversary Show
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Reborn: Completion
Scramble Cage Melee
Trios Tournament 2005
Manhattan Mayhem I
Dragon Gate Invasion
Unified
Unified
Ring of Honor Wrestling
Death Before Dishonor XVIII
Supercard of Honor XV
Dynamite
Final Battle
Supercard of Honor
Rampage

Location

Braintree, MA
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Elizabeth, NJ
Elizabeth, NJ
Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY
Buffalo, NY
Liverpool, England
Liverpool, England
Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Garland, TX
Buffalo, NY
Arlington, TX
Los Angeles, CA
Pittsburgh, PA

Reign

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Days Held

70
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350
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201
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239
50+

Pure wrestling rules:
Matches for the ROH Pure Championship are conducted under "Pure Wrestling Rules." As of 2023, the rules are as follows:
1 Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls.
2 After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, submission and pin attempts on or under the ropes by his opponent are considered legal.
3 No closed-fist punches to the face permitted.
4 Open-handed slaps or chops to the face are permitted.
5 Punches to the rest of the body are allowed, excluding low blows.
6 The first use of a closed fist to the face receives a warning.
7 The second use of a closed fist to the face results in disqualification.
8 The title can change hands via disqualification and countout.
9 Outside interference will result in automatic termination from the roster for the wrestler that interferes.
10 If a title match reaches its time limit without a winner being declared, the winner is decided by a panel of three judges.

Notes:
1 Defeated CM Punk in the ROH Pure Championship tournament finals to become the inaugural champion.
— Vacated when Styles was pulled from all ROH shows by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling following the Rob Feinstein controversy.
2 Defeated Alex Shelley in a tournament final.
7 This was a title unification match with Danielson's ROH World Championship on the line.
— Title was deactivated sometime after it unified with the ROH World Championship.
8 Defeated Tracy Williams in the final of a tournament to crown a new champion for the revived title.
9 During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor.
11 This was an All Elite Wrestling event.
14 This was an All Elite Wrestling event.