List of former championships in Impact Wrestling
In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion company's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] Impact Wrestling is a Nashville, Tennessee-based professional wrestling company. The promotion was founded in 2002. In the company's 16-year history, thirteen different unique championships have been operated and contended for. These titles consisted of divisional, special stipulations, and weight-class championships. Of these titles, three have been retired. The following is a compilation of the company's former championships that were once active and contended for by its roster.
Defunct championships
This section of championships are a list of titles which were exclusive to Impact.
No. | Championship | Date of entry | First champion(s) | Date retired | Final champion(s) | Years active | Notes |
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1 | TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship | September 20, 2009 | Sarita and Taylor Wilde | June 27, 2013 | Eric Young and ODB | 4 | Titles vacated by Knockouts Division Executive Brooke Hogan due to Young being a male talent. The championship was abandoned and retired shortly thereafter. |
2 | TNA Legends/Global/Television/King of the Mountain Championship | October 23, 2008 | Booker T | August 13, 2016 | Lashley | 8 | Title unified with TNA World Heavyweight Championship by Lashley, and officially deactivated by TNA President Billy Corgan.[2] |
3 | 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. |
Past championships used by Impact
Promotion | Championship | Last Impact Reign | Reign |
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Lucha Libre AAA World Wide | AAA Mega Championship[lower-alpha 1] | Jeff Jarrett | June 18, 2011 – March 18, 2012 |
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 / Cody Rhodes | Nov 25, 2016 – June 2, 2017 | |
National Wrestling Alliance | NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 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 | 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 |
Unsanctioned championships
No. | Championship | Date of entry | 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 destroys the championship belt, thus deactivating the title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 6, 2008. |
Former accomplishments
Accomplishments | Latest winner | Date won | Event | Previous winner(s) |
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Queen of the Cage | ODB | April 19, 2009 | Lockdown | Roxxi Laveaux |
X Division King of the Mountain | Suicide | June 21, 2009 | Slammiversary | Kaz |
Notes
- Referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" on Impact
References
- "TNA Entertainment LLC Business Review in Nashville, TN". bbb.org. 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- 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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