ROH 2nd Anniversary Show


ROH 2nd Anniversary Show was the second ROH Anniversary Show professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor. It took place on February 14, 2004 at the National Guard Armory in Braintree, Massachusetts.
The show featured a tournament to crown the inaugural Pure Wrestling Champion, with A.J. Styles defeating CM Punk in the tournament final to become the first Pure Wrestling Champion.

Event

Quarterfinals

The event kicked off with the quarterfinals of a tournament for the new Pure Wrestling Championship. John Walters faced CM Punk in the first match. Walters delivered a Hurricane DDT to Punk and covered him for the pinfall but Punk put his foot on the rope. Walter then rolled up Punk, who reversed it to pin Walter for the win.
Next, Chris Sabin faced Doug Williams in the second quarter-final match. Sabin managed to hit a Cradle Shock on Williams but got a near-fall and then Williams delivered a Chaos Theory to Sabin's injured neck for the win.
Next, Matt Stryker defeated Josh Daniels by making him submit to the Stryker Lock for the win.
The last quarter-final match featured A.J. Styles competing against Jimmy Rave. Styles injured his knee while executing a Stylin' DDT. Rave dropkicked Styles in the knee and hit a dragon screw legwhip. Rave then ran to attack Styles but Styles hit a discus clothesline for the win.
Next, Special K took on The Carnage Crew in a Country Whipping match. Credible delivered a That's Incredible'' to Izzy and then Angel Dust brought out DeVito's daughter to distract him, which led to DeVito and Credible rushing to the backstage to save her leaving Loc alone against Special K. Loc was then hit with a spike piledriver on a table outside the ring and Izzy pinned him for the win.

Semifinals

The semi-final round of the Pure Wrestling Championship tournament started as Doug Williams took on CM Punk. Williams was tied into the corner in a tree of woe by Punk, who hit a shoulder block in Williams' knee and proceeded to hit another but Williams reversed it into Chaos Theory but his shoulder were also down on the mat and Punk put his shoulder up on the two-count for the win.
In the next semi-final match, A.J. Styles took on Matt Stryker. Styles delivered a Superman to Stryker to advance to the final round.
Next, The Briscoe Brothers defended the ROH Tag Team Championship against The Backseat Boyz. Mark knocked out Acid with a tornado DDT from the top rope onto a table outside the ring. Briscoes hit a Spike Jay-Driller to Kashmere to retain the titles.
In the penultimate match, Samoa Joe defended the ROH World Championship against BJ Whitmer, Dan Maff and Low Ki. Maff and Ki fell out of the ring when Maff hit a spear to Ki and Joe applied a Coquina Clutch on Whitmer to retain the title.

Final

A.J. Styles faced CM Punk in the Pure Wrestling Championship tournament final. Punk attempted to execute a Pepsi Plunge on Styles but Styles countered with a backflip kick and delivered a Styles Clash to Punk from the top rope to win the tournament and become the inaugural Pure Wrestling Champion.

Results

Tournament bracket