List of Impact Wrestling tournaments

Impact Wrestling has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.

Sporadic tournaments

TNA Hard 10 Tournament

The TNA Hard 10 Tournament was a hardcore tournament for a trophy that would proclaim the winner the most hardcore wrestler in TNA. It featured eight wrestlers competing in matches where a point-scoring system was used to determine the winner. The system was that 1 point was awarded for a direct hit with an object and 5 points for putting your opponent through a table, with 10 points needed to win. The only tournament was held in 2003, which was won by The Sandman.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Mike Sanders

Pts

Brian Lee

10

Mike Sanders

10

New Jack

Pts

New Jack

Pts

Slash

18

New Jack

12

The Sandman

Pts

Sonny Siaki

Pts

Vampire Warrior

12

Sonny Siaki

11

The Sandman

Pts

The Sandman

Pts

Devon Storm

11

TNA Anarchy Alliance Tag Team Tournament

The TNA Anarchy Alliance Tag Team Tournament was a tag team tournament held in 2003 to determine the number one contenders for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm).[1]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ron Killings and Don Harris

New Jack and Shark Boy

3:11

Ron Killings and Don Harris

6:53

David Young and Traci

Kid Kash and Trinity

7:47

David Young and Traci

6:41

Chris Harris and James Storm

Konnan and BG James

The Sandman and Sonny Siaki

2:40

Konnan and BG James

5:28

Chris Harris and James Storm

Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn

9:04

NWA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2004)

The NWA World Heavyweight Championship Number One Contender Tournament was a 4-man tournament held in October 2004 in order to crown new number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA's first-ever monthly pay-per-view event Victory Road.[2]

NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2004)

The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tag team tournament held in 2004 in order to crown new NWA World Tag Team Champions, which was won by Kid Kash and Dallas.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Christopher Daniels and Low Ki

Shane Douglas and Michael Shane

Christopher Daniels and Low-Ki

Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens

Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens

Konnan and BG James

Christopher Daniels and Low-Ki

Kid Kash and Dallas

Slash and Sinn

Glenn Gilbertti and David Young

Slash and Sinn

Kid Kash and Dallas

Simon Diamond and Sonny Siaki

X Division Cup Tournaments

The TNA X Cup Tournaments are X Division tournaments that feature various wrestlers and/or Teams from around the World. So far, there have been two Super X Cup Tournaments, one America's X Cup Tournament, and three World X Cup Tournaments.

Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament

Fight for the Right Tournament

The Fight for the Right Tournament was a tournament to determine the number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and later for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Paparazzi Championship Series

The Paparazzi Championship Series was a tournament that began at Turning Point 2006 and involved five X Division competitors competing in a variety of matches where points are awarded for victories. These matches included limbo, Texas hold 'em, musical chairs, and a push-up contest, among others. The tournament was created to give the wrestlers airtime while also continuing the Paparazzi Productions storyline surrounding Austin Starr, Alex Shelley and Kevin Nash. Throughout the competitions, Nash kept bringing up Bob Backlund, which led up to Backlund being a guest judge at Final Resolution 2007 during the finals of the competition. Shelley defeated Starr in the finals to win a bowling trophy presented by Nash at Final Resolution 2007. The other three participants in the tournament were Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Senshi. Nash viciously needled the other three (especially Dutt) throughout the challenge, but kept the actual competition fair and even, always inviting the losers of each contest to "feel free to kiss the winner".

Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament

The Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament was held during April and May 2008 for the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship. It took place on TNA Impact! and at Sacrifice on May 11, 2008. It was announced on the April 24, 2008 episode of Impact! by Management Director Jim Cornette.[3] It involved twelve teams overall.

TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2009)

The tournament was the result of a match for the TNA X Division Championship at Final Resolution between Eric Young and Sheik Abdul Bashir ending in a controversial fashion, with Young winning the championship thanks to the referee's help. Management Director Jim Cornette stripped Young of the belt and announced the tournament to crown the new champion. The tournament final took place at Genesis.

Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament

To reinvigorate the tag team division, Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) announced on the April 23, 2009 episode of Impact! that they would be hosting a tag team tournament. The winning team would receive a trophy, a check for $100,000 and a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship (held by Team 3D). The tournament started that same night and matches would be held over the next few weeks and TNA announced that the finals would be held at the Sacrifice pay-per-view.

TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009)

TNA announced a Knockouts tag team tournament for the new TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship on the August 20, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!. Round one matches started on the August 27, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!.

TNA Championship Series

The TNA Championship Series took place on the Thanksgiving Day edition of Impact! on November 26, 2009. The winner of the tournament would earn himself a shot at the Championship of his own division.[4] However, the winner of the tournament, Bobby Lashley, did not receive his title match.

Participants:

Abyss (Heavyweight Division)
Bobby Lashley (Heavyweight Division)
Desmond Wolfe (Heavyweight Division)
Suicide (X Division)
Kurt Angle (Heavyweight Division)
D'Angelo Dinero (Heavyweight Division)
Homicide (X Division)
Robert Roode (Tag Team Division)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Abyss

Bobby Lashley

Sub

Bobby Lashley

DQ

Desmond Wolfe

Desmond Wolfe

Suicide

Bobby Lashley

Robert Roode

Kurt Angle

D'Angelo Dinero

Kurt Angle

Robert Roode

Count-out

Homicide

Robert Roode

New Year's Knockout Eve Tournament

The New Year's Knockout Eve Tournament took place on the December 31, 2009, edition of Impact!. The winner of the tournament would earn a shot at the TNA Women's Knockout Championship on the live three-hour Monday night edition of Impact! on January 4, 2010.[5]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Madison Rayne

Hamada

04:25[5]

Hamada

Roxxi

07:49[5]

Velvet Sky

Roxxi

02:13[5]

Hamada

ODB

14:34[5]

Traci Brooks

ODB

04:16[5]

ODB

Awesome Kong

09:41[5]

Daffney

Awesome Kong

03:30[5]

8 Card Stud Tournament

The 8 Card Stud Tournament took place on February 14, 2010, at the Against All Odds pay-per-view and its winner would get to challenge the TNA World Heavyweight Champion in the main event of April's Lockdown pay-per-view.[6]

TNA Tag Team Championship Series

On the June 17, 2010, edition of Impact! TNA vacated the TNA World Tag Team Championship and announced a two-week-long tournament, with the winners facing The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), who were the number one contenders prior to the titles being vacated, for the titles at Victory Road.[7][8]

TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tournament (2010)

On the August 4, 2010, edition of TNA Xplosion, TNA announced a two-week-long tournament to determine the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

Teams:

Desmond Wolfe and Magnus
Generation Me (Max and Jeremy Buck)
Hernandez and Rob Terry
Ink Inc. (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore)

Semifinals		Finals


Hernandez and Rob Terry	Pin

Desmond Wolfe and Magnus	[9]
		Desmond Wolfe and Magnus	Pin

		Ink Inc.	[10]
Generation Me	Pin

Ink Inc.	[9]

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2010)

On the August 19, 2010, edition of TNA Impact!, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated, after champion Rob Van Dam suffered a storyline injury. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top eight ranked wrestlers in the TNA Championship Committee rankings. The finals of the tournament would take place at Bound for Glory on October 10.[11][12]

TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament (2010)

On the December 9, 2010, edition of Impact! TNA vacated the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, after one half of the previous champions, Hamada, had been released by the promotion, and set up a four–team tournament to determine new champions.[13] The finals of the tournament would take place on the December 23 edition of Impact!.[14]

Teams:

The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky)
Daffney and Sarita
Madison Rayne and Tara
Mickie James and Miss Tessmacher

Semifinals		Finals


Love/Sky	Pin

Daffney/Sarita	04:00[13]
		Love/Winter*	Pin

		Rayne/Tara	05:00[14]
Rayne/Tara	Pin

James/Tessmacher	04:00[15]

*Winter replaced Velvet Sky, who had been attacked backstage by Sarita.

TNA X Division Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2011)

On the January 27, 2011, edition of Impact!, TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship, held by Kazarian. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the January 27, February 3 and February 10 editions of Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place at Against All Odds on February 13.[16][17][18] The finals ended with a double countout, after Jeremy and Max Buck failed to make it to the event due to travel issues.[19]

Xplosion Championship Challenge

On the May 24, 2011, edition of TNA Xplosion, Desmond Wolfe was announced as the new Xplosion Commissioner.[20] His first act as commissioner was setting up a tournament exclusive to Xplosion where the winner would receive a title shot against any active champion in TNA.[21] The finals of the tournament took place at the August 9 tapings of the August 24 edition of Xplosion.[22][23]

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

D'Angelo Dinero

Suicide

[20]

D'Angelo Dinero

[24]

Alex Shelley

Okada

Alex Shelley

Douglas Williams

[25]

Hernandez

Max Buck

[26]

Hernandez

Douglas Williams

Alex Shelley

Magnus

Magnus

Shannon Moore

[28]

Shannon Moore

Jeremy Buck

Magnus

Bye

Robbie E

Crimson

Crimson

Draw

Devon

[29]

Anarquia

[27]

Devon

X Division Showcase

On the June 16, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA started a twelve-man tournament for a contract in the promotion's X Division. The finals of the tournament would take place on July 10 at Destination X.[30]

First round

Austin Aries defeated Jimmy Rave and Kid Kash (Impact Wrestling, June 16, 2011)[30]
Zema Ion defeated Dakota Darsow and Federico Palacios (Impact Wrestling, June 23, 2011)[31]
Low Ki defeated Jimmy Yang and Matt Bentley (Impact Wrestling, June 30, 2011)[32]
Jack Evans defeated Jesse Sorensen and Tony Nese (Impact Wrestling, July 7, 2011)[26]

Finals

Austin Aries defeated Jack Evans, Low Ki and Zema Ion (Destination X, July 10, 2011)[33]

Maximum Impact Tournament

On November 23, 2011, TNA announced the start of the Maximum Impact Tournament, an eight-man tournament, which would take place on Xplosion. The winner would receive a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship during TNA's tour of the United Kingdom in January 2012.[34] The finals of the tournament took place on December 13 at the tapings of the January 4, 2012, edition of Xplosion.[35] The winner, Samoa Joe, received his title shot on January 27 in Manchester, in a match taped for Xplosion, but was defeated by the defending TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Roode.[36]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Christopher Daniels

Eric Young

[37]

Christopher Daniels

Devon

Devon

Rob Terry

Christopher Daniels

Samoa Joe

Pin[35]

Samoa Joe

Sub

Douglas Williams

Samoa Joe

Kazarian

Kazarian

Magnus

[38]

Wild Card Tournament

On the December 15, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA started a tag team tournament to determine the number one contenders for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, held by the team Crimson and Matt Morgan, at Genesis.[39] The pairings were, in storyline, decided by a random draw.[40]

TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2012)

On the June 28, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling, TNA announced a tournament for the TNA X Division Championship, which would take place at Destination X, where Austin Aries would vacate the title for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The tournament was preceded by four qualifying matches featuring wrestlers from the independent circuit.[41] TNA contracted wrestlers Douglas Williams, Kid Kash and Zema Ion were given automatic spots in the first round of the tournament.[42] The eighth and final spot in the tournament would be filled by the winner of a four-way between the losers of the qualifying matches.[43] At Destination X the eight wrestlers will face each other in four singles matches, with the winners advancing to an Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship.[42]

TNA X Division Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2013)

On the January 3, 2013, edition of Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship, held by Rob Van Dam. The tournament consisted of two singles semifinal matches, taking place on the January 3 and January 10 editions of Impact!, with the finals taking place at Genesis on January 13.

TNA Gut Check Tournament (2013)

The TNA Gut Check Tournament was a 4-man tournament held from May 9 thru June 2, 2013 in order to determine which TNA Gut Check competitor would compete in the Bound for Glory Series the finals of the tournament took place at Slammiversary XI.[44] Sam Shaw advanced to the finals of the tournament after Silva was no longer able to compete.

Jokers Wild Tag Team Tournament

On the July 11, 2013 edition of Impact a tournament was held where the twelve Bound for Glory Series participants were randomly paired up into six tag teams. There were then three tag matches with the winning teams advancing to a six-man Gauntlet Battle Royal. Once there were two competitors left in the match, the match became a regular singles match with the winner earning 25 points in the Bound for Glory Series.

First round			Qualified

	Jeff Hardy and Joseph Park
	AJ Styles and Samoa Joe	Sub

				AJ Styles and Samoa Joe
	Jay Bradley and Hernandez
				Mr. Anderson and Magnus
	Mr. Anderson and Magnus	Pin
				Bobby Roode and Kazarian


	Christopher Daniels and Austin Aries
	Bobby Roode and Kazarian	Pin

TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2013)

On the Destination X edition of Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new TNA X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after Chris Sabin traded it in for a shot at the World Championship. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the July 18 edition of Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place on July 25, 2013.

Semifinals		Finals

1	Sonjay Dutt
6	Homicide

			Sonjay Dutt
2	Petey Williams
			Manik
5	Manik
			Greg Marasciulo


3	Chavo Guerrero
4	Kenny King

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2013)

On October 29, 2013, TNA President Dixie Carter vacated the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after the previous champion A.J. Styles left the company with the championship title. On the October 31 edition of Impact Wrestling, Carter announced an eight-man tournament to determine a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, that would begin on November 7. Seven of the eight men were former TNA World Heavyweight Champions including Jeff Hardy, Chris Sabin, Bobby Roode, James Storm, Kurt Angle, Austin Aries, and Samoa Joe. The eighth would be determined later in the night in a gauntlet match, which was eventually won by Magnus last eliminating Kazarian and Sting. Also later that night, Carter announced the "Wheel of Dixie" in which she would spin a wheel full of different stipulation that the competitors would compete in. The stipulations on the "Wheel of Dixie" were a Falls Count Anywhere match, a Bull Rope match, a Submission match, a Ladder match, a Full Metal Mayhem match, a Coalminer's Glove match, a Tables match, a Dixieland match, a Tuxedo match, and Last Man Standing match. The Storm/Roode match was originally a Bull Rope match but Storm asked Carter to change it to a Florida Death match, which was not on the "Wheel of Dixie", which Carter agreed to.

TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2014)

On the Destination X edition of Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new TNA X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after Austin Aries traded it in for a shot at the World Championship. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the July 31 edition of Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place on August 7, 2014.

Semifinals		Finals

	Low-Ki Manik
	Zema Ion

			Low-Ki
	Brian Cage Crazzy Steve
			Sanada
	Sanada
			Samoa Joe


	Samoa Joe Homicide
	Tigre Uno

Gold Rush Tournament (2014)

On September 17, 2014 TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle announced a "Gold Rush" tournament. Which took place on September 24, 2014. Where the winners of 5 qualifying matches would advance to the main event later that night. The winner of the main event would earn a championship match against any TNA champion, at any time.


No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	MVP defeated Low Ki	Singles match to qualify for the main event match later that night	13:23
2	Tajiri defeated Robbie E	Singles match to qualify for the main event match later that night	4:36
3	Austin Aries defeated Knux	Singles match to qualify for the main event match later that night	7:02
4	Mr. Anderson defeated Magnus	Singles match to qualify for the main event match later that night.	6:01
5	Abyss defeated Samuel Shaw	Singles match to qualify for the main event match later that night.	6:02
6	Austin Aries defeated Tajiri, Mr. Anderson, Abyss, and MVP	Five-way match; the winner received a future title match against any TNA champion.	14:12

TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2014)

On the October 15, 2014, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA started an eight tag team tournament to determine the number one contenders for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, held by The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Low Ki and Samoa Joe

Sub

Samuel Shaw and Gunner

Low Ki and Samoa Joe

Sub

The Beat Down Clan

Mr. Anderson and Chris Melendez

The Beat Down Clan (Kenny King and MVP)

Low Ki and Samoa Joe

The Hardys

The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Zema Ion)

The Hardys (Matt and Jeff Hardy)

The Hardys

Team Dixie

Team Dixie (Ethan Carter III and Tyrus)

Eric Young and Rockstar Spud

TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2015)

On the Destination X 2015 edition of Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new TNA X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after Rockstar Spud traded it in for a shot at the World Championship. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the June 10th edition of Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place on June 27, 2015.

Semifinals		Finals

1	Low-Ki
6	Crazzy Steve

			Low-Ki
2	Manik
			Grado
5	Grado
			Tigre Uno


3	Cruz
4	Kenny King

TNA World Title Series (2015)

On October 7, 2015, it was announced that a tournament would take place, after TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Hardy vacated the title a day prior due to a legal injunction filed by former champion Ethan Carter III. The World Title Series places 32 wrestlers into 8 groups of 4, with the first round being under a round-robin format.[45] Also, for the first time ever, the Knockouts will have a chance to compete for the World Heavyweight Title.[46]

Each winner in the round-robin matches is awarded 3 points, and a draw is worth 1 point for each, with each match having a 15-minute time limit. The two members of each group with the most points will advance to the final 16, where at that point the tournament switches to a single elimination format.

Impact Grand Championship Tournament (2016)

The title was introduced at the August 13, 2016 tapings of TNA's television program Impact Wrestling' after TNA President Billy Corgan announced that the TNA King of the Mountain Championship would be deactivated and retired in favor for the Impact Grand Championship. Corgan also announced an 8-man single elimination tournament that would feature new rules that would apply to the title. The new rules would be similar like the UFC in which each match will be three timed rounds, with a team of judges to award the win based on points, if there is no winner via pin or submission within the time limit. The final match was at 2016's Bound for Glory, where, due to injury Eddie Edwards subbed for Drew Galloway against Aron Rex to determine the inaugural champion.[47]

Mashup Tournament

The Mashup Tournament was held in 2019 to determine the #1 contender for the Impact World Championship at Bound for Glory. Four qualification matches for the tournament were held on the July 19, 2019 episode of Impact Wrestling, where wrestlers were randomly paired as partners in tag team matches and the winners of the four tag team matches qualified for a fatal four-way elimination match in the main event of that episode and the participants of the winning team qualified for the #1 contender's match at Unbreakable.

Qualifiers
Impact Wrestling
(July 19)

Final
Impact Wrestling
(July 19)

#1 Contender's match
(Unbreakable)

Moose and Eddie Edwards

Rohit Raju and Cody Deaner

5:14

Moose and Eddie Edwards

Wentz and Jake Crist

Rich Swann and Madman Fulton

Wentz and Jake Crist

5:50

Sami Callihan

Tessa Blanchard

17:45

Michael Elgin and Willie Mack

Ace Austin and Stone Rockwell

N/A

Michael Elgin and Willie Mack

Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard

12:07

Sami Callihan and Tessa Blanchard

Dave Crist and Trey

11:26

Impact World Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

A tournament was held to determine the new #1 contender for the Impact World Championship from the May 12, 2020 to June 2, 2020 episodes of Impact!.[48]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Impact!

Hernandez

5/12

Madman Fulton