The TNA Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, formerly Impact Wrestling). [1] [2] Being a professional wrestling championship, it is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes occurred at TNA-promoted events. Title changes that occurred on TNA's television program Impact Wrestling (also known as TNA Impact! until May 3, 2011) usually aired on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date.
The title was introduced by Booker T as the "TNA Legends Championship" on the October 23, 2008 episode of Impact!. [3] Since its introduction, the title has gone under several different names. It continued as the Legends Championship until Eric Young renamed it the "TNA Global Championship" during his first reign on the October 29, 2009 episode of Impact!. [4] During A.J. Styles' second reign, it was named the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of Impact!. [5] It remained under this name until July 3, 2014, when TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle deactivated the title. [6] It was reactivated a year later when TNA renamed it the TNA King of the Mountain Championship and held a King of the Mountain match at their Slammiversary pay-per-view (PPV) event on June 28 between Jeff Jarrett, Matt Hardy, Young, Drew Galloway, and Bobby Roode. [7] Jarrett won the match and the championship, and as a result of Jarrett being GFW founder, the title was also featured in GFW along with TNA. [1] [2]
The inaugural champion was Booker T. [3] Eric Young holds the record for most reigns, with three, and is the only wrestler to hold the title under all four of its incarnations. The longest reign in the title history is Abyss' second reign at 396 days. P. J. Black and Lashley's only reigns hold the record for shortest reign in the title's history at one day. Abyss holds the record for combined days as champion, with 460. Overall, there have been 26 reigns shared among 21 wrestlers, with One vacancies and one deactivation.
Names | Dates | Ref(s). |
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TNA Legends Championship | October 23, 2008 – October 29, 2009 | [3] |
TNA Global Championship | October 29, 2009 – July 22, 2010 | [4] |
TNA Television Championship | July 29, 2010 – July 3, 2014 | [5] [6] |
TNA King of the Mountain Championship | June 28, 2015 – August 12, 2016 | [7] |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Booker T | October 23, 2008 | TNA Impact | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 143 | Booker T declared himself the first "TNA Legends Championship", a title then unsanctioned by TNA. | [3] [8] |
2 | A.J. Styles | March 15, 2009 | Destination X | Orlando, FL | 1 | 126 | Thanks to winning this title, A.J. Styles became the first TNA Grand Slam Champion. The title was officially sanctioned after this title change. | [9] [10] [11] [12] |
3 | Kevin Nash | July 19, 2009 | Victory Road | Orlando, FL | 1 | 3 | [13] [14] | |
4 | Mick Foley | July 22, 2009 | TNA Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 | 25 | Foley teamed with Bobby Lashley against TNA Legends Champion Kevin Nash and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in a Tag Team match, in which if a champion was pinned he lost his title. Foley pinned Nash to become the new champion. This episode aired on tape delay on July 30, 2009. | [15] [16] |
5 | Kevin Nash | August 16, 2009 | Hard Justice | Orlando, FL | 2 | 63 | [17] [18] | |
6 | Eric Young | October 18, 2009 | Bound for Glory | Irvine, California | 1 | 101 | Young renamed the title the "TNA Global Championship" on the October 29, 2009 episode of TNA Impact! . | [4] [19] [20] |
7 | Rob Terry | January 27, 2010 | Live event | Cardiff, Wales | 1 | 167 | [21] [22] | |
8 | A.J. Styles | July 13, 2010 | TNA Impact | Orlando, FL | 2 | 145 | This episode aired on tape delay on July 22, 2010. A.J. Styles renamed the title the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of TNA Impact! . | [5] [23] [24] |
9 | Douglas Williams | December 5, 2010 | Final Resolution | Orlando, FL | 1 | 35 | [25] [26] | |
10 | Abyss | January 9, 2011 | Genesis | Orlando, FL | 1 | 64 | [27] [28] | |
— | Vacated | March 14, 2011 | TNA Impact | Orlando, FL | — | — | The title was vacated due to Abyss being unable to defend it after suffering a storyline injury. This episode aired on tape delay on March 17, 2011. | [29] [30] |
11 | Gunner | March 14, 2011 | TNA Impact | Orlando, FL | 1 | 61 | Gunner defeated Murphy and Rob Terry in a Three-way match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 17, 2011. Impact was re-branded Impact Wrestling on May 3, 2011 at the scheduled episode tapings. | [29] [30] [31] |
12 | Eric Young | May 17, 2011 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 2 | 180 | This episode aired on tape delay on May 26, 2011. | [32] [33] |
13 | Robbie E | November 13, 2011 | Turning Point | Orlando, FL | 1 | 126 | [34] [35] | |
14 | Devon | March 18, 2012 | Victory Road | Orlando, FL | 1 | 192 | [36] [37] | |
— | Vacated | September 26, 2012 | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to contract negotiations between TNA and Devon breaking off. | [38] |
15 | Samoa Joe | September 27, 2012 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 70 | Joe defeated Mr. Anderson to win the vacant championship. | [39] [40] |
16 | Devon | December 6, 2012 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 2 | 178 | [41] [42] | |
17 | Abyss | June 2, 2013 | Slammiversary XI | Boston, MA | 2 | 396 | [43] [44] | |
— | Deactivated | July 3, 2014 | — | — | — | — | TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle declared the title inactive. The championship had not been defended, seen, or even mentioned throughout the entirety of Abyss's reign. | [6] |
18 | Jeff Jarrett | June 28, 2015 | Slammiversary | Orlando, FL | 1 | 30 | The title was renamed the "TNA King of the Mountain Championship." Jarrett defeated Bobby Roode, Drew Galloway, Eric Young, and Matt Hardy in a King of the Mountain match to win the championship. | [2] |
19 | Bobby Roode | July 28, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 162 | This episode aired on tape delay on September 2, 2015. | [45] |
20 | Eric Young | January 6, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Bethlehem, PA | 3 | 73 | This episode aired on tape delay on January 12, 2016. With this victory, Young becomes the only wrestler to win this championship under all four of its incarnations. | [46] |
21 | Bram | March 19, 2016 | Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice | Orlando, FL | 1 | 35 | This was contested in Falls Count Anywhere match. This episode aired on tape delay on April 26, 2016. | [47] |
22 | Eli Drake | April 23, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 82 | Drake invoked his Feast or Fired contract after Bram had been attacked by Lashley. This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2016. | [48] |
23 | James Storm | July 14, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 28 | This episode aired on tape delay on August 4, 2016. | [49] |
24 | Lashley | August 11, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 1 | This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championship and TNA X Division Championship. | [50] |
— | Deactivated | August 12, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | — | — | Lashley unified the championship with his TNA World Heavyweight Championship. | [51] |
Rank [A] | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Abyss | 2 | 460 |
2 | Devon | 370 | |
3 | Eric Young | 3 | 354 |
4 | A.J. Styles | 2 | 271 |
5 | Rob Terry | 1 | 167 |
6 | Bobby Roode | 162 | |
7 | Booker T | 143 | |
8 | Robbie E | 126 | |
09 | Eli Drake | 82 | |
10 | Samoa Joe | 70 | |
11 | Kevin Nash | 2 | 66 |
12 | Gunner | 1 | 64 |
13 | Bram | 35 | |
Douglas Williams | 35 | ||
15 | Jeff Jarrett | 29 | |
16 | James Storm | 28 | |
17 | Mick Foley | 25 | |
18 | Lashley | 1 | |
PJ Black | 1 | ||
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