Impact World Championship
| Impact World Championship | |
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 Former title holder Brian Cage with the current title design.
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| Title holder | Tessa Blanchard |
| since | January 12, 2020 |
| owner | Impact wrestling |
| Introduced | May 13, 2007 |
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The Impact World Championship is the world heavyweight wrestling title of Impact Wrestling . Introduced on May 13, 2007 after TNA's rights to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship were revoked, the title is only given to male individual wrestlers. As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline .
history
The NWA championship has been the highest championship in the league since TNA was founded in May 2002. However, since the title defenses in the NWA territories, i.e. outside of TNA shows, became increasingly rare over time, the National Wrestling Alliance decided not to extend the expiring contract with TNA in May 2007. The collaboration with the NWA ended on May 13, 2007, the day of the PPV Sacrifice , and on the same day Christian Cage , the then title holder, was stripped of the title by the NWA committee.
A day later, TNA presented the newly created TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Kurt Angle as the first title holder after his victory at Sacrifice, but the title was declared vacant on the same evening . Since then, this title has been the highest individual title in the league.
At the tapings for Impact on November 8, 2010, which will be broadcast on television for the first time on November 12, a new title belt was introduced by Hulk Hogan , matching the new champion of the group Immortal , Jeff Hardy .
On March 17, 2011, the World Heavyweight Champion Sting presented a new title belt. This was replaced on October 18, 2012 by Jeff Hardy with a modified version of the Immortal belt.
Records
| record | Record holder | unit |
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| Most title wins | Kurt Angle | 6 times |
| Longest reign | Bobby Roode | 256 days |
| Shortest reign | Kurt Angle | 1 day |
| Oldest title holder | Sting | 52 years and 140 days |
| Youngest title holder | Tessa Blanchard | 24 years and 170 days |
| Heaviest title holder | Bully Ray | 148 kilograms |
| Easiest title holder | Tessa Blanchard | 57 kilograms |
| Biggest title holder | Drew Galloway | 196 centimeters |
| Smallest title holder | Tessa Blanchard | 165 centimeters |
List of title holders
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| No. | Title holder | Regency | Days | date | place | event | comment |
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| 1 | Kurt Angle | 1 | 1 | May 13, 2007 | Orlando , FL | Sacrifice | Angle defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage and Sting in a triple threat match, becoming the first title holder after NWA Executive Director Robert Trobich had dismissed Christian Cage from the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and ended business relationships with TNA on the same day. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | May 14, 2007 | Orlando, FL | TNA Impact! | Due to the controversial end of the previous title fight, where Angle forced Sting to give up, while he pinned Cage to win and Angle left the hall as champion, Jim Cornette declared the title vacant. Aired May 17, 2007. |
| 2 | Kurt Angle | 2 | 119 | June 17, 2007 | Nashville , TN | Slammiversary | On June 17, 2007, Angle defeated Samoa Joe , AJ Styles , Christian Cage and Chris Harris in a King of the Mountain match and won the vacant title. |
| 3 | Sting | 1 | 2 | October 14, 2007 | Duluth , GA | Bound for Glory | |
| 4th | Kurt Angle | 3 | 180 | October 16, 2007 | Orlando, FL | TNA Impact! | Aired October 25, 2007. |
| 5 | Samoa Joe | 1 | 182 | April 13, 2008 | Lowell , MA | Lockdown | This was a Six Sides of Steel match . If Samoa Joe lost the match, he would have had to retire from wrestling. |
| 6th | Sting | 2 | 189 | October 12, 2008 | Hoffman Estates , IL | Bound for Glory IV | |
| 7th | Mick Foley | 1 | 63 | April 19, 2009 | Philadelphia , PA | Lockdown | This was a Six Sides of Steel match . |
| 8th | Kurt Angle | 4th | 91 | June 21, 2009 | Auburn Hills , MI | Slammiversary | Angle won a King of the Mountain match against Mick Foley , Jeff Jarrett , AJ Styles and Samoa Joe. |
| 9 | AJ styles | 1 | 211 | September 20, 2009 | Orlando, FL | No surrender | Defeated Kurt Angle , Sting , Matt Morgan, and Hernandez in a five-way match. |
| 10 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 113 | April 19, 2010 | Orlando, FL | TNA Impact! | |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | August 10, 2010 | Orlando, FL | TNA Impact! | The title was declared vacant after Rob Van Dam was injured in a storyline by Abyss . Aired on August 19, 2010. |
| 11 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | 92 | October 10, 2010 | Daytona Beach , FL | Bound for Glory | Hardy defeated Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson in a three way tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| 12 | Mr. Anderson | 1 | 36 | January 9, 2011 | Orlando, FL | genesis | |
| 13 | Jeff Hardy | 2 | 12 | February 13, 2011 | Orlando, FL | Against all odds | This was a ladder match. |
| 14th | Sting | 3 | 108 | February 24, 2011 | Fayetteville , NC | TNA Impact! | Aired March 3, 2011 |
| 15th | Mr. Anderson | 2 | 29 | June 12, 2011 | Orlando, FL | Slammiversary IX | |
| 16 | Sting | 4th | 28 | July 11, 2011 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | Aired July 14, 2011 |
| 17th | Kurt Angle | 5 | 72 | August 7, 2011 | Orlando, FL | Hardcore Justice | |
| 18th | James Storm | 1 | 8th | October 18, 2011 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | Aired October 20, 2011 |
| 19th | Bobby Roode | 1 | 256 | October 26, 2011 | Macon , GA | Impact wrestling | Aired November 3, 2011 |
| 20th | Austin Aries | 1 | 98 | July 8, 2012 | Orlando, FL | Destination X | |
| 21st | Jeff Hardy | 3 | 147 | October 14, 2012 | Phoenix , AZ | Bound for Glory | |
| 22nd | Bully Ray | 1 | 130 | March 10, 2013 | San Antonio , TX | Lockdown | This was a cage match . |
| 23 | Chris Sabin | 1 | 28 | 18th July 2013 | Louisville , KY | Impact Wrestling: Destination X | |
| 24 | Bully Ray | 2 | 66 | 15th August 2013 | Norfolk , VA | Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice | This was a cage match . |
| 25th | AJ styles | 2 | 9 | 20th October 2013 | San Diego , CA | Bound for Glory | This was a no disqualification match. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | October 29, 2013 | Impact wrestling | After Styles announced that he would leave TNA with the title , the title was declared vacant by Dixie Carter. | |
| 26th | Magnus | 1 | 128 | 3rd December 2013 | Orlando, FL | Impact Wrestling: Final Resolution | Won a Dixieland ( cage / ladder ) match against Jeff Hardy for the vacant title. Aired December 19, 2013.
At the tapings on January 9, 2014, he defeated AJ Styles to unite with his TNA World Heavyweight Championship. |
| 27 | Eric Young | 1 | 70 | April 10, 2014 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | |
| 28 | Lashley | 1 | 91 | 19th June 2014 | Bethlehem , PA | Impact wrestling | |
| 29 | Bobby Roode | 2 | 111 | 18th September 2014 | Bethlehem, PA | Impact wrestling | Kurt Angle acted as special guest referee . Aired October 29, 2014 |
| 30th | Lashley | 2 | 24 | January 7, 2015 | New York, NY | Impact wrestling | |
| 31 | Kurt Angle | 6th | 145 | January 31, 2015 | London, ENG | Impact wrestling | |
| 32 | Ethan Carter III | 1 | 101 | June 25, 2015 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | |
| 33 | Matt Hardy | 1 | 2 | 4th October 2015 | Charlotte , NC | TNA Bound for Glory 2015 | This was a three way dance match that also included Drew Galloway and Jeff Hardy as guest referee. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | October 6, 2015 | - | - | The reigning title holder Matt Hardy declared the title vacant in the course of a storyline. |
| 34 | Ethan Carter III | 2 | 3 | 5th January 2016 | Bethlehem , PN | Impact wrestling | Defeated Matt Hardy in the tournament finals for the vacant title. |
| 35 | Matt Hardy | 2 | 67 | January 8, 2016 | Bethlehem , PN | Impact wrestling | Beat Ethan Carter III in a Last Man Standing match that also saw Hardy's career at stake. |
| 36 | Drew Galloway | 1 | 89 | 15th March 2016 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | Beat Matt Hardy after becoming the first wrestler to successfully redeem his Feast or Fired case . |
| 37 | Lashley | 3 | 113 | June 12, 2016 | Orlando, FL | Slammiversary | This was a submision match . |
| 38 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 97 | 3rd October 2016 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | Broadcast on October 6, 2016. |
| 39 | Lashley | 4th | 175 | January 8, 2017 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | This was a 30 minute Iron Man match . Broadcast on January 26, 2017. |
| 40 | Alberto El Patrón | 1 | 43 | 2nd July 2017 | Orlando, FL | Slammiversary XV | On July 2, 2017, Alberto El Patrón united the TNA World Heavyweight and GFW Global Championship. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | August 14, 2017 | The title was declared vacant because Alberto El Patrón was suspended. | ||
| 41 | Eli Drake | 1 | 146 | 17th August 2017 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | This was a 20-man gauntlet match . Broadcast on August 24, 2017. |
| 42 | Austin Aries | 2 | 102 | January 8, 2017 | Orlando, FL | Impact wrestling | Broadcast on February 1, 2018. |
| 43 | Pentagon Jr. | 1 | 2 | April 22, 2018 | Orlando, FL | Redemption | This was a triple threat match in which Fénix was also involved. |
| 44 | Austin Aries | 3 | 173 | April 24, 2018 | Orlando, FL | Impact! Under pressure | Aired May 31, 2018. Austin Aries combined the Impact World Championship and the Impact Grand Championship at the Slammiversary XVI press conference on June 4, 2018 . |
| 45 | Johnny Impact | 1 | 196 | October 14, 2018 | Astoria , NY | Bound for Glory | |
| 46 | Brian Cage | 1 | 180 | April 28, 2019 | Toronto, ON | rebellion | |
| 47 | Sami Callihan | 1 | 79 | October 25, 2019 | Windsor, ON | Impact! | |
| 48 | Tessa Blanchard | 1 | 165 | January 12, 2020 | Dallas , TX | Hard to kill | Tessa Blanchard became the first woman to win the Impact World Championship . |
| - | Mosses | 1 | 125+ | April 28, 2020 | Nashville , TN | Rebellion (Night 2) | On the second night of the PPV Rebellion, Moose declared himself champion after beating Michael Elgin and Hernandez in a triple threat match. He then donned the old TNA World Heavyweight Championship . He is not considered an official champion. |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | June 25, 2020 | The title became vacant after Blanchard was unable to participate in some tapings due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated travel restrictions . Her contract was then terminated and the title was revoked. | ||
| 49 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 44+ | 18th July 2020 | Nashville , TN | Slammiversary | Won a five-man elimination match against Ace Austin , Trey , Rich Swann, and Eric Young . |
Combined Regencies
Kurt Angle is the first title holder and held the title six times for a total of 608 days.
Sting held the title four times for a total of 326 days.
| space | Surname | number | Days in total |
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| 1 | Kurt Angle | 6th | 608 |
| 2 | Lashley | 4th | 403 |
| 3 | Austin Aries | 3 | 373 |
| 4th | Bobby Roode | 2 | 367 |
| 5 | Sting | 4th | 326 |
| 6th | Jeff Hardy | 3 | 249 |
| 7th | AJ styles | 2 | 220 |
| 8th | Bully Ray | 2 | 196 |
| Johnny Impact | 1 | 196 | |
| 10 | Samoa Joe | 1 | 182 |
| 11 | Brian Cage | 1 | 180 |
| 12 | Tessa Blanchard | 1 | 165 |
| 13 | Eli Drake | 1 | 146 |
| 14th | Magnus | 1 | 128 |
| 15th | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 113 |
| 16 | Ethan Carter III | 2 | 104 |
| 17th | Eddie Edwards | 1 | 141+ |
| 18th | Drew Galloway | 1 | 89 |
| 19th | Sami Callihan | 1 | 79 |
| 20th | Eric Young | 1 | 70 |
| 21st | Matt Hardy | 2 | 69 |
| 22nd | Mr. Anderson | 2 | 64 |
| 23 | Mick Foley | 1 | 63 |
| 24 | Alberto El Patrón | 1 | 43 |
| 25th | Chris Sabin | 1 | 28 |
| 26th | James Storm | 1 | 8th |
| 27 | Pentagon Jr. | 1 | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Impact Wrestling Champions on impactwrestling.com
- ↑ IMPACT WRESTLING TERMINATES TESSA BLANCHARD, STRIPS HER OF IMPACT CHAMPIONSHIP. PWinsider.com, June 25, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 .
Web links
Commons : Impact World Champions - collection of images, videos and audio files
