Impact Grand Championship

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Impact Grand Championship
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Details
Promotion Impact Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 2, 2016
Date retiredJune 4, 2018
(unified with the TNA World Championship)
Statistics
First champion(s) Aron Rex
Final champion(s) Austin Aries
Most reigns Moose (2 reigns)
Longest reign Moose (2nd Reign, 174 days)
Shortest reign Josh Mathews (1st Reign, 1 day)
Oldest champion Austin Aries (39 years, 274 days)
Youngest champion Drew Galloway (31 years, 215 days)
Heaviest champion Moose 299 lb (136 kg)
Lightest champion Josh Mathews 143 lb (65 kg)

The Impact Grand Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by Impact Wrestling. [1]

Contents

History

The title was introduced at the August 13, 2016, tapings of TNA's television program Impact Wrestling , after then-TNA President Billy Corgan announced that the TNA King of the Mountain Championship would be deactivated and retired in favor of the new championship. Corgan also announced an eight-man single elimination tournament that would feature new rules that would apply to the title. The new rules would be similar to how bouts were contested in professional wrestling in Europe in which each match would consist of three timed rounds, with a team of judges to determine the outcome based on points, if there is no winner via pin or submission within the time limit. The final match of the tournament took place at Bound for Glory on October 2, with Aron Rex becoming the inaugural champion by defeating Eddie Edwards (replacement for the legitimately injured Drew Galloway). [2] [3]

On the January 25, 2018 Genesis episode of Impact!, Matt Sydal defeated champion Ethan Carter III in a "No Rounds, No Judges" match. Subsequent title defenses would also be contested under standard rules, no longer using rounds, points systems or judges. [4]

On June 4, 2018, during the Slammiversary XVI press conference, Austin Aries announced that the Grand and Impact World Championship would be merged/unified. [5]

Inaugural champion Aron Rex WWE Raw 2015-03-30 18-23-26 ILCE-6000 1877 DxO (18193637860).jpg
Inaugural champion Aron Rex

Original rules

Championship Tournament(s)

Inaugural championship tournament (2016)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Braxton Sutter 06:43
Drew Galloway Sub
Drew GallowaySplit
Eddie Edwards 09:00
Eddie Edwards Sub
Mahabali Shera 06:53
Eddie Edwards † 15:00
Aron RexSplit
Aron Rex Pin
Trevor Lee 04:55
Aron RexPin
Eli Drake 08:41
Jessie Godderz 08:14
Eli Drake Pin
† Edwards replaced Drew Galloway, who was legitimately injured before the finals.

Reigns

Reigns

As of July18, 2024, there have been eight reigns between seven different wrestlers. Aron Rex became the inaugural champion by defeating Eddie Edwards in the tournament final at 2016's Bound for Glory on October 2. Moose holds the most reigns with two, with his second reign being the longest at 174 days, while Josh Mathews' reign is the shortest at one day.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
1 Aron Rex October 2, 2016 Bound for Glory Orlando, FL 17Defeated Eddie Edwards in a tournament final by split decision to become the inaugural champion. Edwards was a substitute for Drew Galloway, who was legitimately injured. [6]
2 Moose October 9, 2016 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 190Aired on tape delay on December 1, 2016. [7]
3 Drew Galloway January 7, 2017 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 15Aired on tape delay on January 19, 2017. [8]
4 Moose January 12, 2017 Impact Wrestling Orlando, FL 2174Won by split decision.
Aired on tape delay on March 2, 2017.
[9]
Global Force Wrestling (GFW)
5 Ethan Carter III July 5, 2017 Impact! Orlando, FL 1128Won by split decision.
Aired on tape delay on August 3, 2017.
Impact Wrestling
6 Matt Sydal November 10, 2017 Impact! Ottawa, ON 164Aired on tape delay on January 25, 2018.
7 Josh Mathews January 13, 2018 Impact! Orlando, FL 11Mathews was gifted the title by Matt Sydal after he was revealed as Sydal's "spirit guide".
Aired on tape delay March 15, 2018.
[10]
8 Austin Aries January 14, 2018 Impact! Orlando, FL 1141Defeated Matt Sydal (defending on Josh Mathews' behalf) in a Winner Takes All match, with Aries' Impact World Heavyweight Championship also at stake.
Aired on tape delay on March 29, 2018.
[11]
Unified June 4, 2018 Slammiversary XVI Press Conference Toronto, ON Aries unified the title with the TNA World Championship. [12]

Combined reigns

Record two-time, longest reigning and combined reigning champion Moose Moose at Destiny Wrestling.jpg
Record two-time, longest reigning and combined reigning champion Moose
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1 Moose 2264
2 Austin Aries 1141
3 Ethan Carter III 1128
4 Matt Sydal 164
5 Aron Rex 17
6 Drew Galloway 15
7 Josh Mathews 11

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