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ROH Women's Pure Championship

The ROH Women's Pure Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). Established on April 12, 2025, it is a specialty title that is contested under "Pure Wrestling Rules". The current champion is Deonna Purrazzo, who became the inaugural champion by defeating Billie Starkz in a tournament final at Final Battle on December 5, 2025.

History

On April 12, 2025, after sister promotion All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) taping of Saturday Night Collision, Tony Khan introduced the ROH Women's Pure Championship to Ring of Honor (ROH), the women's version of the ROH Pure Championship contested under the same "Pure Wrestling Rules". It was revealed that the inaugural champion would be crowned via a 16-woman single-elimination tournament. It was originally announced that the tournament final for the title would happen at Supercard of Honor, but it was cancelled due to timing issues. On the April 24 episode of Honor Club, it was announced that Queen Aminata and Serena Deeb would face off in the first round of the tournament on The Sit Down with Lexy Nair. Other names later confirmed were Deonna Purrazzo, Taya Valkyrie, and Leila Grey. On May 23, 2025, it was announced that Billie Starkz would also be entering the tournament. At Death Before Dishonor on August 29, 2025, the inaugural tournament bracket was revealed, adding three more participants: Trish Adora, Olympia, and Yuka Sakazaki. On November 6, 2025, it was announced that the tournament final would now take place at Final Battle on December 5, 2025.

On December 4, 2025, it was revealed that Aminata could no longer compete in the tournament due to a neck injury, having Purrazzo advance to the final via forfeit. During the same episode, Starkz advanced to the final by defeating Sakazaki. At Final Battle, Purrazzo defeated Starkz via submission to become the inaugural ROH Women's Pure Champion.

Inaugural championship tournament

Pure wrestling rules

  • Matches for the ROH Women's Pure Championship are conducted under the same "Pure Wrestling Rules" of the men's title, which as of 2023, the rules are as follows:
  1. Each wrestler has three rope breaks to stop submission holds and pinfalls.
  2. After a wrestler exhausts his rope breaks, submission and pin attempts on or under the ropes by his opponent are considered legal.
  3. No closed-fist punches to the face permitted.
  4. Open-handed slaps or chops to the face are permitted.
  5. Punches to the rest of the body are allowed, excluding low blows.
  6. The first use of a closed fist to the face receives a warning.
  7. The second use of a closed fist to the face results in disqualification.
  8. The title can change hands via disqualification and countout.
  9. Outside interference will result in automatic termination from the roster for the wrestler that interferes.
  10. If a title match reaches its time limit without a winner being declared, the winner is decided by a panel of three judges.

Belt design

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 and has ladies wrestling each other on the side plates instead of men.

Reigns

As of , , there has been one reign. The current champion is Deonna Purrazzo, who became the inaugural champion by defeating Billie Starkz in a tournament final at Final Battle on December 5, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio.

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