List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

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In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, formerly Impact Wrestling) is a Nashville, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion. The promotion was founded in 2002; in the company's 19-year history, fourteen different unique championships, some originating from other promotions, have been promoted by TNA and later abandoned by the promotion. The following is a list of the promotion's former championships that were once active and contended for by its roster.

Defunct championships promoted by TNA

This section of championships are a list of titles which were exclusive to TNA.

Sanctioned
No. Championship Date of introduction First champion(s) Date retired Final champion(s) Years active Notes
1 TNA King of the Mountain Championship[lower-alpha 1] October 23, 2008 Booker T August 13, 2016 Bobby Lashley 8 The title was unified with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship by Lashley and officially deactivated by TNA President Billy Corgan.[2]
2 Impact Grand Championship October 2, 2016 Aron Rex June 4, 2018 Austin Aries 2 Aries unified the title with the Impact World Championship during a press conference before Slammiversary XVI.
3 TNA World Heavyweight Championship April 8–10, 2020[lower-alpha 2] Moose March 13, 2021 Rich Swann 1 Moose was defeated by Impact World Champion Rich Swann to unified the championships.
Unsanctioned
No. Championship Date of introduction First champion(s) Date retired Final champion(s) Months active Notes
1 TNA World Beer Drinking Championship November 11, 2007 James Storm February 26, 2008 James Storm 4 Rhino destroyed the championship belt, thus deactivating the title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 6, 2008.

Past championships used by TNA

Promotion Championship Last TNA champion Reign
All Elite Wrestling AEW World Championship Kenny Omega December 2, 2020 – November 13, 2021
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide AAA Mega Championship[lower-alpha 3] Jeff Jarrett June 18, 2011 – March 18, 2012
AAA Reina de Reinas Championship Deonna Purrazzo August 14, 2021 – April 23, 2022
Inoki Genome Federation IWGP Heavyweight Championship[lower-alpha 4] Kurt Angle June 29, 2007 – February 17, 2008
Global Force Wrestling GFW Global Championship Alberto El Patrón April 22, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW Women's Championship Sienna April 21, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW Tag Team Championship The Latin American Xchange
(Ortiz and Santana) 		April 23, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW NEX*GEN Championship Cody Rhodes[lower-alpha 5] Nov 25, 2016 – June 2, 2017
National Wrestling Alliance NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship[lower-alpha 6] Christian Cage January 14, 2007 – May 13, 2007
NWA World Women's Championship Leilani Kai March 12, 2003 – June 19, 2004
NWA World Tag Team Championship Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) April 15, 2007 – May 13, 2007
New Japan Pro-Wrestling IWGP Tag Team Championship[lower-alpha 7] Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) October 18, 2009 – January 4, 2010
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) January 4, 2009 – July 5, 2009
Ring of Honor ROH Women's World Championship Deonna Purrazzo January 9, 2022 – May 4, 2022

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Was known as the TNA Legends Championship from 2008–2009, the TNA Global Championship from 2009–2010, and the TNA Television Championship from 2010–2014.
  2. ↑ This date marks the introduction of title as an unofficial unsanctioned championship. The championship received official recognition from Impact Wrestling on February 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ Referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
  4. ↑ Referred to as the "IWGP World Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
  5. ↑ Won the championship as Cody Rhodes, but defended it in Impact Wrestling as Cody.
  6. ↑ Referred to as the "NWA World Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
  7. ↑ Referred to as the "IWGP World Tag Team Championship" by TNA.

References

  1. ↑ "TNA Entertainment LLC Business Review in Nashville, TN". bbb.org. 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ Killam, Mike (2016-08-13). "*SPOILERS* TNA Retires King of the Mountain Title, Unveils Brand New Championship With New Rules at Tonight's TV Tapings". WrestleZone. Retrieved 2016-08-13.

External links

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