List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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 |
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1 | TNA King of the Mountain Championship[a] | 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[b] | 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 |
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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 |
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All Elite Wrestling | AEW World Championship | Kenny Omega | December 2, 2020 – November 13, 2021 |
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide | AAA Mega Championship[c] | 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[d] | 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[e] | Nov 25, 2016 – June 2, 2017 | |
National Wrestling Alliance | NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship[f] | 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[g] | 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
- List of current champions in TNA Wrestling
- List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni
- List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ This date marks the introduction of title as an unofficial unsanctioned championship. The championship received official recognition from Impact Wrestling on February 23, 2021.
- ^ Referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
- ^ Referred to as the "IWGP World Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
- ^ Won the championship as Cody Rhodes, but defended it in Impact Wrestling as Cody.
- ^ Referred to as the "NWA World Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
- ^ Referred to as the "IWGP World Tag Team Championship" by TNA.
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