Listing of professional wrestling champions for the ROH Pure Championship
TheROH Pure Championship is aprofessional wrestling championship contested for in the Americanprofessional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The championship is generally contested inprofessional wrestling matches , in which participants executescripted finishes rather than contend indirect competition .
Current and longest reigning championLee Moriarty Overall, there have been 15 championship reigns between 13 different champions. The title has been vacated once.A.J. Styles was the inaugural champion, whileJonathan Gresham was the first champion upon the title's revival.Wheeler Yuta is the only champion to have more than one reign with the title, with three reigns.Lee Moriarty has the longest reign atBryan Danielson had the shortest reign at less than a day since the title was decommissioned after being unified with the ROH World Championship.
Lee Moriarty is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Wheeler Yuta atDeath Before Dishonor on July 26, 2024, inArlington, Texas .
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 Ring of Honor (ROH)1 A.J Styles February 14, 2004 Second Anniversary Show Braintree, MA 1 1 DefeatedCM Punk in the ROH Pure Championship tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] — Vacated April 24, 2004 — — — — — Vacated when Styles was pulled from all ROH shows byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling following the Rob Feinstein controversy. [ 2] [ 3] 2 Doug Williams July 17, 2004 Reborn: Completion Elizabeth, NJ 1 3 DefeatedAlex Shelley in a tournament final. [ 6] [ 7] 3 John Walters August 28, 2004 Scramble Cage Melee Elizabeth, NJ 1 6 [ 8] 4 Jay Lethal March 5, 2005 Trios Tournament 2005 Philadelphia, PA 1 2 [ 9] [ 10] 5 Samoa Joe May 7, 2005 Manhattan Mayhem I New York, NY 1 6 [ 11] 6 Nigel McGuinness August 27, 2005 Dragon Gate Invasion Buffalo, NY 1 17 [ 12] 7 Bryan Danielson August 12, 2006 Unified Liverpool, England 1 <1 0 This was a title unification match with Danielson'sROH World Championship on the line. [ 13] — Unified August 12, 2006 Unified Liverpool, England — — — Title was deactivated sometime after it unified with theROH World Championship . [ 14] [ 15] 8 Jonathan Gresham October 30, 2020 Ring of Honor Wrestling Baltimore, MD 1 7 DefeatedTracy Williams in the final of a tournament to crown a new champion for the revived title. [ 16] 9 Josh Woods September 12, 2021 Death Before Dishonor XVIII Philadelphia, PA 1 201 5 During this reign,Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor. [ 17] 10 Wheeler Yuta April 1, 2022 Supercard of Honor XV Garland, TX 1 159 3 [ 18] 11 Daniel Garcia September 7, 2022 Dynamite Buffalo, NY 1 94 2 This was anAll Elite Wrestling event. [ 19] 12 Wheeler Yuta December 10, 2022 Final Battle Arlington, TX 2 111 4 [ 20] 13 Katsuyori Shibata March 31, 2023 Supercard of Honor Los Angeles, CA 1 239 5 [ 21] 14 Wheeler Yuta November 25, 2023 Rampage Pittsburgh, PA 3 244 3 This was anAll Elite Wrestling event. [ 22] 15 Lee Moriarty July 26, 2024 Death Before Dishonor Arlington, TX 1 10 [ 23]
As of February 12, 2026.
† Indicates the current champion
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