It will work. The only difference is between the SJ wear ring and the Yamaha couch 144 wear rings is that on a SJ wear ring the 4 long bolts thread into the wear ring. On the couch rings, they are threaded into the pump shoe.
Sooo, if you want to use a couch pump or wear ring on a SJ, you just have to put nuts on the back side of the 4 long bolts. There is enough clearance to do this before the pump seals on the pump shoe.
I'm currently running a mint 144 couch pump on my RN that Jetmaniac sold me.
Been working great for 2 years now.