ROH Women's Pure Championship
| ROH Women's Pure Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||
| Promotion | Ring of Honor (ROH) | ||||
| Date established | April 12, 2025 | ||||
| Current champion | TBD | ||||
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The ROH Women's Pure Championship is an upcoming women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Ring of Honor (ROH). The title is similar to the ROH Pure Championship in the company's men's division but a female version.[1][better source needed]
History
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On April 12, 2025, after an episode taping of AEW Collision. Tony Khan introduced the ROH Women's Pure Championship to the Ring of Honor (ROH) women's division. The inaugural champion will be crowned at Supercard of Honor via a sixteen-woman single-elimination tournament.[1][better source needed] On the April 24 episode of ROH on HonorClub, it was announced that Queen Aminata and Serena Deeb will face off in the first round of the tournament on The Sit Down with Lexy Nair.[2][better source needed][3][better source needed][4][better source needed] Other names later confirmed were Deonna Purrazzo, Taya Valkyrie, and Leila Grey.[5] On May 23, 2025 it was announced that Billie Starkz will also be entering the tournament.[6]
Women's Pure wrestling rules
[edit]- Matches for the ROH Women's Pure Championship are the same as matches for the ROH Pure Championship, they are conducted under "Pure Wrestling Rules." As of 2023,[7] the rules are as follows:
- Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls.
- After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, submission and pin attempts on or under the ropes by his opponent are considered legal.
- No closed-fist punches to the face permitted.
- Open-handed slaps or chops to the face are permitted.
- Punches to the rest of the body are allowed, excluding low blows.
- The first use of a closed fist to the face receives a warning.
- The second use of a closed fist to the face results in disqualification.
- The title can change hands via disqualification and countout.
- Outside interference will result in automatic termination from the roster for the wrestler that interferes.
- If a title match reaches its time limit without a winner being declared, the winner is decided by a panel of three judges.
Inaugural championship tournament (2025)
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TBD / TBA …
Belt design
[edit]The title design is similar to the 2023 ROH Pure Championship title design introduced on March 31, 2023, that debuted at Supercard of Honor but has the word Women's in the center above the word pure & has ladies wrestling each other on the side plates instead of men.[8][3]
Reigns
[edit]As of June 16, 2025.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| Ring of Honor (ROH) | ||||||||||
| 1 | TBD | July 11, 2025 | Supercard of Honor | Arlington, Texas | — | — | The inaugural champion will be determined via tournament. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Clark, Ryan (April 13, 2025). "**SPOILER** – A New ROH Title Is On The Way, Stacked Lineup For Next Week's Episode Of Dynamite". EWrestling News. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- ^ Clark, Ryan (April 18, 2025). "New ROH Women's Pure Championship Debuts (View It Here), Two Big Returns Planned For Next Week's Episode Of ROH TV On HonorClub". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ a b Pizzazz, Manolo Has (April 22, 2025). "ROH introduces new Women's Pure Championship". Cageside Seats. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ D'ALESSANDRO, JULIEN (April 23, 2025). "ROH Officially Unveils New Women's Pure Championship Title Belt". www.wrestling.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy. "Deonna Purrazzo, Taya Valkyrie, And Leila Grey To Participate In ROH Women's Pure Title Tournament". Fightful. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ DEFELICE, ROBERT. "Athena Announces Billie Starkz's Entry Into ROH Women's Pure Title Tournament". Www.fightful.com. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ROH Wrestling Pure Rules Clarified". Archived from the original on February 26, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (April 1, 2023). "New ROH Title Designs Revealed At Supercard of Honor". 411Mania. Retrieved April 3, 2023.