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ROH Pure Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Styles | CM Punk | 2/14/2004 | Second Anniversary Show[1] |
| Doug Williams | Alex Shelley | 7/17/2004 | Reborn: Completion[2] |
| John Walters | Doug Williams | 8/28/2004 | Scramble Cage Melee |
| Jay Lethal | John Walters | 3/5/2005 | Trios Tournament |
| Samoa Joe | Jay Lethal | 5/7/2005 | Manhattan Mayhem |
| Nigel McGuinness | Samoa Joe | 8/27/2005 | Dragon’s Gate Invasion |
| Bryan Danielson | Nigel McGuinness | 8/12/2006 | Unified[3] |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was an 8-man tournament final to crown the first-ever ROH Pure Champion. When ROH founder Rob Feinstein was accused of meeting up with little boys for a sex romp, TNA prohibited AJ Styles from appearing at any ROH shows in fear of bad publicity and the title was vacated in April 2004.
[2]: This was another 8-man tournament final to award the ROH Pure title to another wrestler and Doug Williams came out on the winning end.
[3]: As ROH world champion, Bryan Danielson unified the ROH Pure title with the ROH world championship when he defeated Nigel McGuinness for the belt.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
ROH: Final Battle 2003
ROH: Final Battle 2003
12/27/2003
Philadelphia, PA
National Guard Armory
Your hosts are Chris Lovey and CM Punk. He’s FANTASTIC on color commentary.
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