List of former championships in Impact Wrestling

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In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)) 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 Impact 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 Impact[]

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

Sanctioned
No. Championship Date of entry First champion(s) Date retired Final champion(s) Years active Notes
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 entry 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 destroys the championship belt, thus deactivating the title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 6, 2008.

Past championships used by Impact[]

Promotion Championship Last Impact Reign Reign
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 – present
Inoki Genome Federation IWGP Heavyweight Championship 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[d] Nov 25, 2016 – June 2, 2017
National Wrestling Alliance NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship[e] Christian Cage January 14, 2007 – May 13, 2007
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[f] 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 – present

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 on February 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
  4. ^ Won the championship as Cody Rhodes, but defended it in Impact as Cody.
  5. ^ Referred to as the "NWA World Heavyweight Championship" by TNA.
  6. ^ 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.

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