ROH Pure Championship
Title history

ROH Pure Championship

Section Title: Title history
Table Section Text: None

No.	Champion	Championship change	Reign statistics	Notes	Ref.

Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses

1	A.J. Styles	February 14, 2004	Second Anniversary Show	Braintree, MA	1	70	1	Defeated CM Punk in a tournament final.

—	Vacated	April 24, 2004	—	—	—	—	—	Vacated when Styles was pulled from all ROH shows by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling following the Rob Feinstein controversy.

2	Doug Williams	July 17, 2004	Reborn: Completion	Elizabeth, NJ	1	42	3	Defeated Alex Shelley in a tournament final.

3	John Walters	August 28, 2004	Scramble Cage Melee	Elizabeth, NJ	1	189	6

4	Jay Lethal	March 5, 2005	Trios Tournament 2005	Philadelphia, PA	1	63	2

5	Samoa Joe	May 7, 2005	Manhattan Mayhem I	New York, NY	1	112	6

6	Nigel McGuinness	August 27, 2005	Dragon Gate Invasion	Buffalo, NY	1	350	17

7	Bryan Danielson	August 12, 2006	Unified	Liverpool, England	1	<1	0	This was a title unification match with Danielson's ROH World Championship on the line.

—	Unified	August 12, 2006	Unified	Liverpool, England	—	—	—	Title was unified with the ROH World Championship.

Sentence(s)

Doug Williams won the vacant title, defeating Alex Shelley in the finals of tournament at Reborn: Completion on July 17, 2004.

final_sentence: Doug Williams won the vacant title, defeating Alex Shelley in the finals of tournament at Reborn: Completion on July 17, 2004.