Impact Hall of Fame

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IMPACT Hall of Fame
Impact Wrestling HOF.jpg
Impact HOF logo used since 2017
EstablishedMay 31, 2012
(9 years ago) (2012-05-31)
FounderImpact Wrestling
Inductees8 individuals
1 group (2 members)
(10 total inductees)

The Impact Hall of Fame (stylized as IMPACT Hall of Fame) is a hall of fame that honors professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities who contributed to the history of the U.S. based wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling formally known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

It was established in 2012 and created as part of the celebration of the promotion's 10th anniversary. Inductees are usually announced at either Slammiversary or episodes of Impact!, and the ceremony takes place prior to Bound for Glory.

As of 2021, there have been 9 inducted in total; eight individually, and one group induction.[1][2][3][4][5]

Ceremony dates and locations[]

Date Location Venue Associated event
October 13, 2012 Phoenix, Arizona Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort[6] Bound for Glory
October 19, 2013 San Diego, California San Diego Marriott Mission Valley[7] Bound for Glory[8]
October 11, 2014 Tokyo, Japan Korakuen Hall Bound for Glory[9]
June 27, 2015 Orlando, Florida Universal Studios Impact Wrestling[10]
October 3, 2015 Salem, Virginia Salem Civic Center Road to Bound for Glory Tour[11]
October 2, 2016 Orlando, Florida Universal Studios Bound for Glory
October 13, 2018 Manhattan, New York McHale's Pub Bound for Glory[12]
October 24, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Bound for Glory[13]
October 23, 2021 Sunrise Manor, Nevada Sam's Town Live Bound for Glory[14]

Inductees[]

Individuals[]

Year Ring name
(Birth name) 		Impact Wrestling recognized accolades
2012 TNA Sting.jpg Sting
(Steve Borden) 		One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, four-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion
2013 Kurt Angle TNA.jpg Kurt Angle One-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, one-time TNA X Division Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and two-time King of the Mountain winner (2007, 2009)
2015 Jeff jarrett nwa1.jpg Jeff Jarrett Co-founder of TNA, one-time AAA World Heavyweight Champion, six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion and three-time King of the Mountain winner (2004, 2006, 2015)
2015 Earl Hebner 2017.jpg Earl Hebner TNA's senior referee from 2006–2017
2016 Gail Kim TNA Knockouts Champion-2.jpg Gail Kim Inaugural and seven-time TNA Knockouts Champion, one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion and one-time Queen of the Knockouts winner (2013)
2018 AbyssTVChamp1.JPG Abyss
(Christopher Parks) 		One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA Television Champion, one-time TNA X Division Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion and one-time Fight for the Right Tournament winner (2006)[12]
2020 WWE - Manchester 040498 (5).jpg Ken Shamrock One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, First World Champion in the promotion's history[15]
2021 Amazing Kong Smash 2014.jpg Awesome Kong
(Kia Stevens) 		Two-time TNA Knockouts Champion, one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion and one-time Queen of the Knockouts winner (2015)[14]

Group inductions[]

Year Group Impact Wrestling recognized accolades
2014 Team3D.jpg Team 3D One-time NWA World Tag Team Champions, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champions, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and recognized by Impact Wrestling as 23-time World Tag Team Champions overall.
Bully Ray (Mark LoMonaco) – Two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion
Devon (Devon Hughes) – Two-time TNA Television Champion.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Caldwell, James (2012-05-31). "Caldwell's TNA Impact Wrestling results 5/31: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Impact in new timeslot - Roode vs. Sting". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  2. ^ Caldwell, James (2012-06-01). "TNA official Hall of Fame announcement". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  3. ^ Caldwell, James (2012-06-10). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary PPV results 6/10: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Roode vs. Sting headlines 10th Anniv. PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  4. ^ Powell, Jason (June 5, 2017). "Impact Wrestling's latest Hall of Fame inductee revealed". prowrestling.net. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Impact HOF - Impact Wrestling.com
  6. ^ "TNA Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction Celebration". Total Nonstop Action. 2012-07-20. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  7. ^ "TNA Hall of Fame Location". TNA Wrestling News. 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  8. ^ "2013 TNA Hall Of Fame Inductee: Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16.
  9. ^ BFG '14 in Tokyo - Impact Wrestling.com
  10. ^ "Dixie Carter and Mike Tenay Induct Jeff Jarret into the TNA Hall of Fame".
  11. ^ "Earl Hebner Makes History With TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction". Archived from the original on 2015-11-26.
  12. ^ a b Powell, Jason (October 13, 2018). "Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame ceremony for Abyss streaming online". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Rock Inducts Ken Shamrock Into IMPACT Hall of Fame".
  14. ^ a b Impact Wrestling Staff (October 9, 2021). "Awesome Kong to Be Inducted Into the IMPACT Wrestling Hall of Fame at Bound For Glory". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  15. ^ https://411mania.com/wrestling/latest-impact-wrestling-hall-of-fame-member-revealed-at-last-nights-tapings-spoilers/

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