I honestly haven't seen much of the ROH TV Title, but just in principle I think it's too similar to the World Title. I think the Pure Title would at least represent something different and unique to the company. Plus, look at it's lineage -- AJ Styles defeating CM Punk in the finals to become the first champion, Jay Lethal, Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan -- a lot of those guys mean something to fans flipping over now. You can have commentary credit it for helping to craft their success.
Give it a couple of weeks of highlight videos showcasing the best of what it meant, then have Tomohiro Ishii (as Television Champion) wrestle the winner of a Pure Rules Tournament. I'd suggest Kyle O'Reilly. Put O'Reilly over and have Ishii go back to the Japan while O'Reilly gets focus in a division playing to his strengths.
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