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ROH Pure title match part of nine-match AEW Dark: Elevation lineup

Posted on by Ian Carey

The ROH Pure Championship will be defended on AEW Dark: Elevation. 

Daniel Garcia puts the title on the line against former NXT North American Champion, Leon Ruffin. 

Other notable matches scheduled to air on Monday’s show include Mei Suruga & Emi Sakura vs. Riho & Willow Nightingale, Serpentico vs. AR Fox, and Tay Melo vs. Paris Von Dale. 

This week’s episode was filmed on Wednesday, November 9 from the Agganis Arena in Boston. 

AEW Dark: Elevation airs Monday at 7 p.m Eastern time on YouTube. The announced lineup for the show is as follows:

  • ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia defends against Leon Ruffin
  • Dark Order’s 10 Preston Vance vs. Jora Johl
  • The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny vs. Waves & Curls (Jaylen Brandyn & Traevon Jordan)
  • Tay Melo vs. Paris Van Dale
  • Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) & Matt Hardy vs. Kyle Bradley, Smiley Fairchild, & Channing Thomas
  • Athena vs. Kayla Sparks
  • Riho & Willow Nightingale vs. Mei Suruga & Emi Sakura
  • Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) w/ Prince Nana vs. Big Cuzzo & Teddy Goodz
  • Serpentico vs. AR Fox

Daniel Garcia wins ROH Pure Championship on AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Daniel Garcia is the new ROH Pure Champion.

Garcia defeated Wheeler Yuta on Wednesday’s Rampage to win the championship for the first time. The finish of the match had Garcia lock in the dragon tamer. Yuta attempted to escape, but Garcia continued to wrench in the submission, eventually forcing Yuta to tap and winning the title in his hometown of Buffalo, New York.

After the match, the two shook hands as Bryan Danielson entered the ring. He put the title around Garcia’s waist. Chris Jericho appeared on the ramp, angry over what was going down as Garcia and Danielson shook hands.

In recent weeks, Garcia has been conflicted over what he wants to do, continue being a sports entertainer with the Jericho Appreciation Society, or embrace being a pro wrestler. On a recent episode of AEW Dynamite, Garcia told Jericho that he wanted to remain a part of the Jericho Appreciation Society. However, Garcia took a steel chair from Jericho after Jericho came to the ring to attack Danielson later in the show, allowing Danielson to lay out Jericho. 

ROH Pure Championship match announced for next AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A rematch for the ROH Pure Championship is set for next Wednesday’s Dynamite as Wheeler Yuta will defend against Jericho Appreciation Society’s Daniel Garcia. 

The first squared off at July’s ROH Death Before Dishonor where Yuta retained the championship.

Garcia has been involved in a weeks-long storyline involving himself, Chris Jericho and Bryan Danielson, torn over whether he wants to be a sports entertainer in the Jericho Appreciation Society or a wrestler. After saying last week he couldn’t decide, he told Jericho on this week’s Dynamite that he wanted to remain with the group. 

Later, however, he took a chair from Jericho, who was about to attack Danielson in the ring, which allowed Danielson to recover and strike Jericho with a running knee. Garcia looked upset after Danielson laid Jericho out.

On Wednesday’s Dynamite, Yuta defeated Rush, Rey Fenix, and Dante Martin in a four-way match. Those four will join Claudio Castagnoli, Penta El Zero Miedo, Andrade El Idolo, and a mystery ‘joker’ challenger in the Casino Ladder Match at All Out this Sunday.

Next week’s Dynamite will take place in Buffalo, New York.

ROH Pure title match set for AEW Dark

Posted on by Ian Carey

The ROH Pure Championship will be defended on AEW Dark. 

Wheeler Yuta is set to defend his belt against Tony Nese on the show. 

This will be Yuta’s second defense of the title since winning it from Josh Woods at ROH Supercard of Honor on April 1. He then successfully defended the belt against Woods in a rematch on an episode of Dark taped May 1. 

This week’s edition of Dark was filmed on June 11 from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. 

AEW Dark airs Tuesdays beginning at 7 p.m Eastern time on YouTube. The full lineup for the show is as follows:

  • ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Tony Nese
  • JD Drake & Ryan Nemeth vs. Evil Uno & 10
  • Fuego Del Sol vs. Marcus Kross
  • Dante Martin vs. Lucky Ali
  • Athena vs. Amber Nova
  • Ariya Daivari vs. Caleb Konley
  • Willow Nightingale vs. Ashley D’Amboise
  • Nick Comoroto & Aaron Solo vs. Matt Vandagriff & Knull
  • Matt Sydal vs. Jake Something
  • Julia Hart vs. Valentina Rossi

Wheeler Yuta wins ROH Pure title, announced as All Elite

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The new ROH Pure Champion is All Elite. 

Wheeler Yuta captured the Ring of Honor Pure Championship at tonight’s Supercard of Honor event, then his signing to a full-time AEW deal was announced by AEW and ROH owner Tony Khan on Twitter. 

Yuta defeated Josh Woods to win the Pure title after the two traded pinning combinations. 

Yuta made his AEW debut in June 2021 as an enhancement talent on Dark: Elevation, but was quickly aligned with the Best Friends group and has been a staple on television and Being The Elite ever since.

Also at Supercard, Mercedes Martinez defeated Willow Nightingale in a match to determine the interim ROH Women’s World Champion. Deonna Purrazzo remains the official ROH Women’s World Champion, but was unable to defend the title at Supercard. 

The ROH World Television Championship also changed hands at Supercard, as Minoru Suzuki defeated Rhett Titus with a Gotch-style piledriver to win the title in a short match. 

The ROH World Tag Team Championship also changed hands, as FTR defeated The Briscoes to win the titles. FTR will make their first defense of the ROH Tag titles, and also put the AAA Tag titles on the line on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite against The Young Bucks. 

In Supercard’s main event, Jonathan Gresham defeated Bandido to become the undisputed ROH World Champion. Gresham officially won the title at Final Battle in December after Bandido was stripped of the belt when unable to make a defense at the event, but Bandido made at least one defense of his version of the title at January’s Terminus event after never losing the belt in the ring.