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Revision as of 22:47, 19 December 2005 by Marc Hyde (talk | contribs) (→Title history)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Pure Championship is a title contested for in the North Americian independent professional wrestling promotion Ring Of Honor.
Matches for the Pure Championship are conducted under three simple Pure Rules:
- Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls during the match. After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, sumbission and pin attempts under the ropes are considered legal.
- There are no closed-fist punches to the face allowed in a Pure match, only open-handed slaps or chops to the face are allowed. Punches to other parts of the body (save for low-blows) are permitted.
- A wrestler is subject to a twenty count by the referee if the wrestler goes to the floor.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Defeated: | Location: | Date: | Defenses: |
| A.J. Styles | CM Punk | Boston, MA | February 14, 2004 |
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| Doug Williams | Alex Shelley | Elizabeth, NJ | July 17, 2004 |
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| John Walters | Doug Williams | Braintree, MA | August 28, 2004 |
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| Jay Lethal | John Walters | Philadelphia, PA | March 5, 2005 |
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| Samoa Joe | Jay Lethal | New York, NY | May 7, 2005 |
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| Nigel McGuinness | Samoa Joe | Buffalo, NY | August 27, 2005 |
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Trivia
- Originally named the ROH Pure Wrestling Championship
- A.J. Styles defeated CM Punk in the finals of an 8 man, one night tournament to crown the first champion.
- Renamed the ROH Pure Championship after Styles was stripped of the Pure Wrestling Title due to being unable to wrestle for ROH as he became a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling exclusive wrestler.