{"id":78472,"date":"2020-11-05T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=78472"},"modified":"2020-11-05T06:28:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T11:28:30","slug":"jonathan-gresham-lead-rohs-pure-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/05\/jonathan-gresham-lead-rohs-pure-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Gresham Is The Ideal Choice To Lead ROH&#8217;s Pure Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Gresham emerged as the winner of the Ring Of Honor Pure Championship tournament to become the NEW Pure Champion.\u00a0 Long considered the best technical wrestler in all of America Gresham finally has the opportunity to lead this pure wrestling division and showcase the art of pure wrestling. Every division needs a centrepiece and we believe that Jonathan Gresham is the perfect choice to lead the Pure Wrestling revolution in ROH.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Talent<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael May vs Jonathan Gresham (Fight Factory Pro Wrestling)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKpwOUfKdSg?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The obvious ingredient needed to carry a division, thankfully for ROH Jonathan Gresham has that in spades.\u00a0 For years Gresham has been travelling the world and honing his technical wrestling skills, quickly becoming one of the best in the world at the style.\u00a0 Gresham is a student of the Pure Wrestling game and he has dedicated his career to mastering that art and bringing it back to the forefront of professional wrestling.\u00a0 Now is his chance to show the world his talent as the leader of the revamped Pure division.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Storytelling Opportunities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome To The New Era Of Honor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BGhAF2GT7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BGhAF2GT7g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ROH &#8211; Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringofhonor\/status\/1323671282395787266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Gresham is adept at playing both the good guy, and the bad guy in the squared circle.\u00a0 Gresham mentioned in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wrestling\/2020\/11\/03\/ring-of-honor-jonathan-gresham-pure-championship\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> recent interview with Sports Illustrated<\/a> that he believes Pure Wrestling presents an easy opportunity to tell stories.\u00a0 He&#8217;s right too, while Gresham could easily play the straight-laced take on all comers champion he could also be the intelligent champion who takes cheap shots behind the referees back or uses his buddies\u00a0<strong>Tracy Williams\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jay Lethal\u00a0<\/strong>to his advantage and becomes a hypocrite who spits in the face of honor.<\/p>\n<p>Gresham understands the wealth of stories that could be told by him as the champion of the division, probably better than anyone else on the roster.\u00a0 The fact he has a stable of people who could help him cheat just further makes him an excellent choice to stand atop the division for some time to come.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ambition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pure wrestling isn&#8217;t just some fad to Gresham.\u00a0 He isn&#8217;t being tasked with carrying a division that he doesn&#8217;t care about.\u00a0 On the contrary, it&#8217;s been Gresham&#8217;s goal for years to restore the prominence of technical wrestling and to revive the Pure Wrestling championship, and restore honor in pro wrestling.\u00a0 Gresham will dedicate himself to making this division the best it can be and that will hopefully manifest itself as an exciting and unique draw to Ring Of Honor, and possibly a revival of technical wrestling as a whole.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recognisable Name<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best of The Super Juniors 26 entrants announced!<\/p>\n<p>Bandido, Jonathan Gresham, Robbie Eagles and Shingo Takagi debut!<br \/>Will Ospreay, Marty Scurll, Flip Gordon and Tit\u00e1n are also coming!<br \/>Who is final entrant, X?<\/p>\n<p>=&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hh0PzdY20V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hh0PzdY20V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njbosj?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njbosj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#njpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VGCXfo9uYR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VGCXfo9uYR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njpwglobal\/status\/1120647916459139072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>More than anything, Gresham isn&#8217;t some nobody who has been tasked with carrying this division as it&#8217;s champion.\u00a0 Gresham is a 15-year veteran who has traveled all over the world and has been competed in NJPW&#8217;s Best Of The Super Jr. tournament.\u00a0 Gresham has wrestled on the biggest stage in Japan, in most major companies in Europe, and been a mainstay in ROH and the top US indies for years.\u00a0 Gresham has some semblance of star power that he brings to the division, more star power than anyone else in the division arguably.\u00a0 And that star power and popularity will be important to getting eyes on things early on so they can continue to get buzz and grow the Pure Wrestling division to hit the heights it once did.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch all of ROH\u2019s content at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/nonmembership\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Honor Club<\/a>.\u00a0Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Gresham emerged as the winner of the Ring Of Honor Pure Championship tournament to become the NEW Pure Champion.\u00a0 Long considered the best technical wrestler in all of America Gresham finally has the opportunity to lead this pure wrestling division and showcase the art of pure wrestling. 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