List of ROH Pure Champions

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The ROH Pure Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.

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Current champion Lee Moriarty Lee Moriarty in February 2024.jpg
Current champion Lee 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, while Jonathan 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, currently in his third reign. Nigel McGuinness had the longest reign at 350 days with 17 title defenses. Bryan 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 at Death Before Dishonor on July 26, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.

Reigns

Names

NameYears
ROH Pure Wrestling Championship2004
ROH Pure Championship 2004 – present
Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
Ring of Honor (ROH)
1 A.J Styles February 14, 2004 Second Anniversary Show Braintree, MA 1701Defeated CM Punk in the ROH Pure Championship tournament finals to become the inaugural champion. [1] [2] [3] [4]
— Vacated April 24, 2004—————Vacated when Styles was pulled from all ROH shows by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling following the Rob Feinstein controversy. [1] [2]
2 Doug Williams July 17, 2004Reborn: Completion Elizabeth, NJ 1423Defeated Alex Shelley in a tournament final. [5] [6]
3 John Walters August 28, 2004Scramble Cage Melee Elizabeth, NJ 11896 [7]
4 Jay Lethal March 5, 2005Trios Tournament 2005 Philadelphia, PA 1632 [8] [9]
5 Samoa Joe May 7, 2005Manhattan Mayhem I New York, NY 11126 [10]
6 Nigel McGuinness August 27, 2005Dragon Gate Invasion Buffalo, NY 135017 [11]
7 Bryan Danielson August 12, 2006Unified Liverpool, England 1<10This was a title unification match with Danielson's ROH World Championship on the line. [12]
— Unified August 12, 2006Unified Liverpool, England ———Title was deactivated sometime after it unified with the ROH World Championship. [13]
8 Jonathan Gresham October 30, 2020 Ring of Honor Wrestling Baltimore, MD 13177Defeated Tracy Williams in the final of a tournament to crown a new champion for the revived title. [14]
9 Josh Woods September 12, 2021 Death Before Dishonor XVIII Philadelphia, PA 12015During this reign, Tony Khan purchased Ring of Honor. [15]
10 Wheeler Yuta April 1, 2022 Supercard of Honor XV Garland, TX 11593 [16]
11 Daniel Garcia September 7, 2022 Dynamite Buffalo, NY 1942This was an All Elite Wrestling event. [17]
12 Wheeler Yuta December 10, 2022 Final Battle Arlington, TX 21114 [18]
13 Katsuyori Shibata March 31, 2023 Supercard of Honor Los Angeles, CA 12395 [19]
14 Wheeler Yuta November 25, 2023 Rampage Pittsburgh, PA 32443This was an All Elite Wrestling event. [20]
15 Lee Moriarty July 26, 2024 Death Before Dishonor Arlington, TX 1189+4 [21]

Combined Reigns

As of January31, 2025.

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The inaugural champion AJ Styles.
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Longest reigning champion at a record setting 350 days Nigel McGuinness.
Wheeler Yuta, June 2022.jpg
Record-setting three-time champion Wheeler Yuta.
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
defenses		Combined
days
1 Wheeler Yuta 310514
2 Nigel McGuinness 117350
3 Jonathan Gresham 17317
4 Katsuyori Shibata 15239
5 Josh Woods 15201
6 Lee Moriarty †14189+
7 John Walters 16189
8 Samoa Joe 16112
9 Daniel Garcia 1294
10 A.J. Styles 1170
11 Jay Lethal 1263
12 Doug Williams 1342
13 Bryan Danielson 10<1

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