TNA King of the Mountain Championship
| TNA King Of The Mountain Championship | |
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AJ Styles as TNA Television Champion (2010).
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| owner | TNA |
| Introduced | October 23, 2008 |
| Discontinued | August 12, 2016 |
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The TNA King of the Mountain Championship was a wrestling title for individual wrestlers of the US wrestling promotion TNA . The title was announced on October 23, 2008 at TNA iMPACT! Introduced as the TNA Legends Championship . The title was later renamed "TNA Global Championship" and "TNA Television Championship". As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .
history
The title was introduced during a feud between the young talent (the TNA Frontline) and senior wrestling veterans (the Main Event Mafia) of TNA Wrestling. Booker T carried a steel suitcase with him during the weeks of the feud. At TNA iMPACT! on October 23, 2008 Booker T took the title belt out of the steel case and presented it as the "TNA Legends Championship". He then declared himself first champion. He went on to say that the title is his and that he need only defend it if he wants to. On March 15, 2009, AJ Styles defeated him at the major Destination X event to win the title. In the Impact issue of March 19, 2009, AJ Styles was named the first TNA Grand Slam Champion because he won the World Heavyweight Championship , the TNA World Tag Team Championship , the TNA X Division Championship and the Legends Championship. Thereupon Jim Cornette announced that the title is now an officially controlled title by TNA due to the previously concluded contract between Bookter T and AJ Styles. In the October 29, 2009 issue of Impact, reigning champion Eric Young renamed the title "TNA Global Championship" and announced that he would not defend the title on US soil or against an American wrestler. Shortly thereafter, the renaming of TNA Wrestling was recognized. Similar titles are the WCW TV Championship and the WWF European Championship , the latter was even originally awarded according to similar specifications. On July 29, 2010, the title was renamed TNA Television Championship . On July 3, TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle declared the title inactive. Shortly before Slammiversary XIII on June 28, 2015, TNA announced that the title would be fought out under the name TNA King Of The Mountain Championship and thus reactivated. In the Impact issue of August 18, which was recorded on August 12, the TNA King of the Mountain Champion Lashley , who was also TNA World Heavyweight and TNA X Division Champion , wanted to combine the three titles. This request was denied by TNA President Billy Corgan , whereupon Lashley threw the TNA X Division Championship and TNA King of the Mountain Championship to the ground. The following day, the all-new Impact Grand Championship was unveiled, which will replace the TNA King of the Mountain Championship , thus permanently deactivating the TNA King of Mountain Championship .
Title Statistics
| record | Record holder | unit |
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| Most title wins | Eric Young | 3 times |
| Longest reign | Abyss | 396 days |
| Shortest reign | PJ Black and Lashley | 1 day |
| Oldest title holder | Kevin Nash | 50 years and 38 days |
| Youngest title holder | Bram | 29 years and 226 days |
| Heaviest title holder | Abyss | 159 kilograms |
| Easiest title holder | Robbie E. | 84 kilograms |
List of title holders
| # | champion | No. | Days | Date of title win | place | event | comment |
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| 1 | Booker T | 1 | 143 | October 23, 2008 | Las Vegas , NV | TNA Impact | Booker T declared himself the first champion after unveiling the title belt. |
| 2 | AJ styles | 1 | 126 | March 15, 2009 | Orlando , FL | Destination X | |
| 3 | Kevin Nash | 1 | 3 | July 19, 2009 | Orlando , FL | Victory Road | |
| 4th | Mick Foley | 1 | 25th | July 22, 2009 | Orlando , FL | TNA Impact | Was allowed to defeat Kevin Nash and Kurt Angle's team together with Bobby Lashley in a tag team match . He pinned Nash and secured the title. Aired July 30, 2009. |
| 5 | Kevin Nash | 2 | 63 | August 16, 2009 | Orlando , FL | Hard Justice | |
| 6th | Eric Young | 1 | 101 | October 18, 2009 | Irvine , CA | Bound for Glory | Young renamed the title in the October 29, 2009 issue of Impact to "TNA Global Championship". |
| 7th | Rob Terry | 1 | 167 | January 27, 2010 | Cardiff , Wales | Houseshow | |
| 8th | AJ styles | 2 | 145 | July 13, 2010 | Orlando , FL | TNA Impact | Aired July 22, 2010. Styles renamed the track "TNA Television Championship" in the July 29th issue of Impact. |
| 9 | Douglas Williams | 1 | 35 | 5th December 2010 | Orlando , FL | Final resolution | |
| 10 | Abyss | 1 | 64 | January 9, 2011 | Orlando , FL | genesis | Abyss replaced the injured AJ Styles. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | March 14, 2011 | Orlando , FL | TNA Impact | The title was declared vacant after Abyss was injured, according to the storyline, and could no longer defend the title. Aired March 17, 2011. |
| 11 | Gunner | 1 | 65 | March 14, 2011 | Orlando , FL | TNA Impact! | Beat Murphy and Rob Terry in a three-way match to win the vacant title. Aired March 17, 2011. |
| 12 | Eric Young | 2 | 180 | May 17, 2011 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | Aired May 27, 2011. |
| 13 | Robbie E. | 1 | 126 | November 13, 2011 | Orlando , FL | Turning point | |
| 14th | Devon | 1 | 192 | March 18, 2012 | Orlando , FL | Victory Road | |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | September 26, 2012 | Orlando , FL | www.impactwrestling.com | The title was declared vacant after the previous title holder Devon left TNA. |
| 15th | Samoa Joe | 1 | 70 | September 27, 2012 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | Beat Mr. Anderson in a match for the vacant title. |
| 16 | Devon | 2 | 179 | December 6, 2012 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | |
| 17th | Abyss | 2 | 396 | 2nd June 2013 | Boston , MA | Slammiversary XI | After Abyss' title win, the title was neither defended nor mentioned. |
| - | Title set | - | - | 3rd July 2014 | - | - | TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle declared the title inactive. |
| 18th | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | 29 | June 28, 2015 | Orlando , FL | Slammiversary XIII | Jeff Jarrett won a King Of The Mountain match against Bobby Roode , Eric Young , Drew Galloway and Matt Hardy to win the reactivated title. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | July 27, 2015 | Orlando , FL | TNA Impact | Jeff Jarrett gave up the title because he wanted to leave the TNA chapter behind. |
| 19th | PJ Black | 1 | 1 | July 27, 2015 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | Black defeated Chris Masters , Eric Young, Lashley and Robbie E to win the vacant title. |
| 20th | Bobby Roode | 1 | 162 | July 28, 2015 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | |
| 21st | Eric Young | 3 | 73 | January 6, 2016 | Bethlehem , PN | Impact wrestling | |
| 22nd | Bram | 1 | 35 | 19th March 2016 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. The issue aired on April 12, 2016. |
| 23 | Eli Drake | 1 | 82 | April 23, 2016 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | Drake redeemed his Feast or Fired case for a TNA King of the Mountain Championship match. The issue will air on May 31, 2016. |
| 24 | James Storm | 1 | 28 | July 14, 2016 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | Broadcast on August 4, 2016 |
| 25th | Lashley | 1 | 1 | 11th August 2016 | Orlando , FL | Impact wrestling | This was a "Winner Take All" match where Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championship was also at stake. |
| - | Title set | - | - | August 12, 2016 | - | - | When Billy Corgan Lashley refused to allow the TNA King of the Mountain Championship to unite with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and TNA X Division Championship , the champion threw the title to the ground. The next day the title was deactivated. (Broadcast on August 18, 2016). |