Wrestler Profile

Jonathan Gresham

Jonathan Gresham is pure wrestling's evangelist — the Octopus whose scientific grappling and Pure Championship crusade in Ring of Honor made technical wrestling a movement again. His foundational Pure rules matches turned wristlocks into main-event drama.

A former ROH World Champion, he co-founded the Foundation to champion classical style, while independent excursions — Terminus, his own promotion, included — spread the gospel. His size defies wrestling convention; his craft refutes it.

Every technical revival of the past decade cites his fingerprints. WrestleRanks voters rank the Octopus on principle: wrestling's conscience, eight limbs deep.

Promotions

Jonathan Gresham is associated with Independent (2024–2026).

PWI rankings history

Jonathan Gresham has been ranked in the PWI 500 7 times, first at No. 392 in 2018 and most recently at No. 203 in 2025. The highest placement is No. 10, reached in 2022.

Placements by year: 2018 (No. 392), 2020 (No. 49), 2021 (No. 20), 2022 (No. 10), 2023 (No. 118), 2024 (No. 276), 2025 (No. 203).

Compiled from the annual rankings published by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. See the 2025 edition.

Jonathan Gresham in the WrestleRanks rankings

Jonathan Gresham is tracked as a technical wrestler on WrestleRanks. WrestleRanks standings are decided one week at a time, from fan voting and editor input. Read more about how our rankings work, or see the live, interactive profile with weekly rank history and voting on the Jonathan Gresham ranking page.

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