 After the match, Danielson offered McGuinness one more shot at the unified ROH World Championship and on 25 August the two of them wrestled a two-out-of-three-falls match to a 60-minute time limit and as a result McGuinness could no longer challenge for the title as long as Danielson was the champion.After the match, Danielson recognised McGuinness' efforts and gave him the now retired Pure Championship belt as a trophy.After losing the Pure Championship, McGuinness, now a face, challenged for Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship on 16 September 2006, at ROH's "Glory by Honor V – Night 2", but was defeated by the defending champion Naomichi Marufuji.