ROH Pure Championship

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ROH Pure Championship
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owner RAW wrestling
Introduced February 14, 2004
Discontinued August 12, 2006
Former names

ROH Pure Wrestling Championship

The ROH Pure Championship was a wrestling title of the US wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), which existed from 2004 to 2006. Like all wrestling titles, it was awarded as part of a storyline .

particularities

Special rules applied to the ROH Pure Championship:

  1. Each wrestler had three "rope breaks" available, which means the wrestlers could get under the ropes three times to escape a task grip or a pin. Subsequently, this no longer applied.
  2. Slaps in the face were not allowed with the closed fist. The first time there was a warning, every subsequent time a "rope break" was canceled. If these were used up, the wrestler was disqualified.
  3. Counting took place until 20.
  4. The title change could also take place through disqualification and counting.

history

The title was introduced on February 14, 2004 as the ROH Pure Wrestling Championship. It was intended as a second title alongside the ROH World Championship and should be fought out among the wrestlers who are more in the midcard. At the same time, the extraordinary rules should make the matches more exciting.

A one-day tournament with eight wrestlers at the ROH Second Anniversary Show wrestling event crowned the first champion, AJ Styles .

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  CM punk victory        
John Walters  
CM punk victory
  Doug Williams  
Doug Williams victory
Chris Sabin  
CM punk
  AJ styles victory
Matt Stryker victory    
Josh Daniels  
Matt Stryker
  AJ styles victory  
AJ styles victory
  Jimmy Rave  

However, AJ Styles did not stay the champion for long. Shortly afterwards, the Rob Feinstein scandal happened , in the course of which the doctorate was in dire straits. Among other things, this broke the contract with Total Nonstop Action , which made it possible for the promotion to have various wrestlers compete in this promotion. AJ Styles, who came from TNA, had to give up his title accordingly. The reign was hushed up for almost ten years, until management changed in 2013. Instead, a new tournament was scheduled in which the ROH Pure Championship should be fought out.

The tournament consisted of two Final Four Corner survival matches and a final, in which Doug Williams emerged as champion.

No. date result
1 July 17, 2004 Alex Shelley defeated Austin Aries , CM Punk and Matt Stryker
2 July 17, 2004 Doug Williams defeated Jay Lethal , John Walters and Nigel McGuinness
3 July 17, 2004 Doug Williams defeated Alex Shelley

From then on, the title remained active until August 12, 2006. Bryan Danielson then united him with the ROH World Championship .

List of title holders

No. Title holder Regent-
economy 		Days date place event annotation
1 AJ styles 1 70 February 14, 2004 Braintree , MA Second Anniversary Show Defeated CM Punk in a tournament final.
- vacancy - - April 24, 2004 - AJ Styles was pulled from all ROH shows in the wake of the Rob Feinstein scandal by Total Nonstop Action .
2 Doug Williams 1 42 July 17, 2004 Elizabeth , NJ Reborn: Completion Defeated Alex Shelly in a tournament final.
3 John Walters 1 189 August 28, 2004 Elizabeth , NJ Scramble Cage Melee
4th Jay Lethal 1 63 March 5, 2005 Philadelphia , PA Trios Tournament 2005
5 Samoa Joe 1 113 May 7, 2005 New York City , NY Manhattan Mayhem I
6th Nigel McGuinness 1 350 August 27, 2005 Buffalo , NY Dragon Gate Invasion
7th Bryan Danielson 1 <1 August 12, 2006 Liverpool , England Unified Title match, which was about unification with the ROH World Championship.
- Union 1 - August 12, 2006 Liverpool , England Unified Association with the ROH World Championship .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jon Harder: The History of the ROH Pure Wrestling Championship. HardwayHQ, June 8, 2018, accessed December 16, 2018 .