List of TNA Television Champions

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Final champion Lashley

The TNA Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling).[1][2] Being a professional wrestling championship, it is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes occurred at TNA-promoted events. Title changes that occurred on TNA's television program Impact Wrestling (also known as TNA Impact! until May 3, 2011) usually aired on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date.

The title was introduced by Booker T as the "TNA Legends Championship" on the October 23, 2008 episode of Impact!.[3] Since its introduction, the title has gone under several different names. It continued as the Legends Championship until Eric Young renamed it the "TNA Global Championship" during his first reign on the October 29, 2009 episode of Impact!.[4] During A.J. Styles' second reign, it was named the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of Impact!.[5] It remained under this name until July 3, 2014, when TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle deactivated the title.[6] It was reactivated a year later when TNA renamed it the TNA King of the Mountain Championship and held a King of the Mountain match at their Slammiversary pay-per-view (PPV) event on June 28 between Jeff Jarrett, Matt Hardy, Young, Drew Galloway, and Bobby Roode.[7] Jarrett won the match and the championship, and as a result of Jarrett being GFW founder, the title was also featured in GFW along with TNA.[1][2]

The inaugural champion was Booker T.[3] Eric Young holds the record for most reigns, with three, and is the only wrestler to hold the title under all four of its incarnations. The longest reign in the title history is Abyss' second reign at 396 days. PJ Black and Lashley's only reigns hold the record for shortest reign in the title's history at one day. Abyss holds the record for combined days as champion, with 460. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared among 19 wrestlers, with three vacancies and two deactivations.

Title history[]

Names
Names Dates Ref(s).
TNA Legends Championship October 23, 2008 – October 29, 2009 [3]
TNA Global Championship October 29, 2009 – July 22, 2010 [4]
TNA Television Championship July 29, 2010 – July 3, 2014 [5][6]
TNA King of the Mountain Championship June 28, 2015 – August 12, 2016 [7]

Reigns[]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
TNA Legends Championship
1 Booker T October 23, 2008 TNA Impact Las Vegas, NV 1 143 Booker T declared himself the first champion after he unveiled the title belt. The title was then known as the TNA Legends Championship and was unsanctioned by TNA in the storyline. [3][8]
2 A.J. Styles March 15, 2009 Destination X Orlando, FL 1 126 On the March 19, 2009 episode of Impact!, A.J. Styles was credited as becoming the first-ever TNA Grand Slam Champion thanks to winning the TNA Legends Championship. The title became officially sanctioned by the promotion after this title change. [9][10][11][12]
3 Kevin Nash July 19, 2009 Victory Road Orlando, FL 1 3 [13][14]
4 Mick Foley July 22, 2009 TNA Impact Orlando, FL 1 25 Foley teamed with Bobby Lashley against TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in a Tag Team match, in which if a champion was pinned he lost his title. Foley pinned Nash to become the new champion. This episode aired on tape delay on July 30, 2009. [15][16]
5 Kevin Nash August 16, 2009 Hard Justice Orlando, FL 2 63 [17][18]
6 Eric Young October 18, 2009 Bound for Glory Irvine, California 1 101 Young renamed the title the "TNA Global Championship" on the October 29, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!. [4][19][20]
TNA Global Championship
7 Rob Terry January 27, 2010 Live event Cardiff, Wales 1 167 [21][22]
8 A.J. Styles July 13, 2010 TNA Impact Orlando, FL 2 145 This episode aired on tape delay on July 22, 2010. A.J. Styles renamed the title the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of TNA Impact!. [5][23][24]
TNA Television Championship
9 Douglas Williams December 5, 2010 Final Resolution Orlando, FL 1 35 [25][26]
10 Abyss January 9, 2011 Genesis Orlando, FL 1 64 [27][28]
— Vacated March 14, 2011 TNA Impact Orlando, FL — — The title was vacated due to Abyss being unable to defend it after suffering a storyline injury. This episode aired on tape delay on March 17, 2011. [29][30]
11 Gunner March 14, 2011 TNA Impact Orlando, FL 1 64 Gunner defeated Murphy and Rob Terry in a Three-way match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 17, 2011. Impact was re-branded Impact Wrestling on May 3, 2011 at the scheduled episode tapings. [29][30][31]
12 Eric Young May 17, 2011 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 2 180 This episode aired on tape delay on May 26, 2011. [32][33]
13 Robbie E November 13, 2011 Turning Point Orlando, FL 1 126 [34][35]
14 Devon March 18, 2012 Victory Road Orlando, FL 1 192 [36]
[37]
— Vacated September 26, 2012 — — — — The title was vacated due to contract negotiations between TNA and Devon breaking off. [38]
15 Samoa Joe September 27, 2012 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 1 70 Joe defeated Mr. Anderson to win the vacant championship. [39][40]
16 Devon December 6, 2012 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 2 178 [41][42]
17 Abyss June 2, 2013 Slammiversary XI Boston, MA 2 396 [43][44]
— Deactivated July 3, 2014 — — — — TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle declared the title inactive. The championship had not been defended, seen, or even mentioned throughout the entirety of Abyss's reign. [6]
TNA King of the Mountain Championship
18 Jeff Jarrett June 28, 2015 Slammiversary Orlando, FL 1 29 The title was reactivated by TNA on June 25, 2015 and renamed the "TNA King of the Mountain Championship." Jarrett defeated Bobby Roode, Drew Galloway, Eric Young and Matt Hardy in a King of the Mountain match to win the reactivated championship. [2]
— Vacated July 27, 2015 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL — — The title was vacated after Jeff Jarrett became TNA General Manager. This episode aired on tape delay on August 12, 2015. [45]
19 PJ Black July 27, 2015 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 1 1 Black defeated Lashley, Chris Mordetzky, Eric Young and Robbie E in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on August 12, 2015. [45]
20 Bobby Roode July 28, 2015 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 1 162 This episode aired on tape delay on September 2, 2015. [46]
21 Eric Young January 6, 2016 Impact Wrestling Bethlehem, PA 3 73 This episode aired on tape delay on January 12, 2016. With this victory, Young becomes the only wrestler to win this championship under all four of its incarnations. [47]
22 Bram March 19, 2016 Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice Orlando, FL 1 35 This was contested in Falls Count Anywhere match. This episode aired on tape delay on April 26, 2016. [48]
23 Eli Drake April 23, 2016 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 1 82 Drake invoked his Feast or Fired contract after Bram had been attacked by Lashley.
This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2016. 		[49]
24 James Storm July 14, 2016 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 1 28 This episode aired on tape delay on August 4, 2016. [50]
25 Lashley August 11, 2016 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 1 1 This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championship and TNA X Division Championship. [51]
— Deactivated August 12, 2016 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL — — Lashley unified the championship with his TNA World Heavyweight Championship, however at the August 13, 2016 tapings of Impact Wrestling, TNA President Billy Corgan announced that the title would be deactivated and retired. This episode aired on tape delay on August 18, 2016. [52]

Combined reigns[]

The longest-reigning and two-time champion Abyss
Record three-time champion Eric Young. Young is the only wrestler to have held the title under all four of its incarnations.
Inaugural TNA Legends Champion Booker T
Rank[A] Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Abyss 2 460
2 Devon 2 370
3 Eric Young 3 354
4 A.J. Styles 2 271
5 Rob Terry 1 167
6 Bobby Roode 162
7 Booker T 143
8 Robbie E 126
9 Eli Drake 82
10 Samoa Joe 70
11 Kevin Nash 2 66
12 Gunner 1 64
13 Bram 35
Douglas Williams 35
15 Jeff Jarrett 29
16 James Storm 28
17 Mick Foley 25
18 Lashley 1
PJ Black 1

Footnotes[]

A. ^ Each wrestler's total number of days as champion is ranked highest to lowest; wrestlers with the same number are tied for that certain rank.

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