TNA Digital Media Championship

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TNA Digital Media Championship
TNA Digital Title.jpg
The current TNA Digital Media Championship belt
Details
Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
Date establishedSeptember 30, 2021
Current champion(s) Steph De Lander
Date wonJanuary 23, 2025
Other name(s)
  • Impact Digital Media Championship
    (2021–2024)
  • TNA Digital Media Championship (2024–present)
Statistics
First champion(s) Jordynne Grace
Most reignsAll titleholders (1)
Longest reign Joe Hendry
(266 days)
Shortest reign Laredo Kid
(29 days)
Oldest champion PCO
(56 years, 203 days)
Youngest champion Jordynne Grace
(25 years, 232 days)
Heaviest champion AJ Francis
(330 lb (150 kg))
Lightest champion Jordynne Grace
(150 lb (68 kg))

TNA Digital Media Championship is a professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). [1] [2] It is an intergender tertiary championship, openly available to both male and female wrestlers. [2] The reigning champion is Steph De Lander, who is in her first reign.

Contents

History

Inaugural champion Jordynne Grace. Jordynne Grace entrance Impact Bash at the Brewery (cropped).jpg
Inaugural champion Jordynne Grace.

On the September 30, 2021 episode of Impact!, the Impact Digital Media Championship was introduced and it was announced that an intergender tournament will be held with the inaugural champion being crowned in the final at Bound for Glory. The first round matches aired on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Impact Plus and on YouTube for Impact Ultimate Insider members, before being distributed to the public across all social media platforms 24 hours later. [3] [4]

On October 23, 2021 Jordynne Grace won the intergender six-way match tournament final to become the inaugural Impact Digital Media Championship holder by defeating Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne at Bound for Glory. [5]

Championship tournament(s)

Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament (2021)

First round

Final

*Madison Rayne replaced Tenille Dashwood, who was removed from match. [9]

Championship belt design(s)

The original design of the Impact Digital Media Championship design is Silver with Gold indented thick lines with Red indented diamond shaped jewels on the sides with two side plates per side equaling to a total of four side plates, with one center plate. The center piece has the words Digital Media Impact Wrestling Champion in the middle with the words Impact Wrestling in the middle center in the color gold and with a red square shaped box in the background only surrounding the words on the outside of it in the very center with the words Digital Media indented above the word Impact Wrestling with a black square shaped box surrounding it as the lettering is gold and the word Champion under the word Impact Wrestling with the same black shape square box design with gold indented lettering. [10]

Reigns

As of January28, 2025, there have been 11 reigns between 11 champions. Jordynne Grace was the inaugural champion. Grace is also the youngest champion at the age of 25, while PCO is the oldest, winning the title at 56. Joe Hendry's reign is the longest at 266 days, while Laredo Kid's reign is the shortest at 29 days.

Steph De Lander is the current champion in her first reign. She was awarded the title on the January 23, 2025 episode of Impact! as result of her "divorce" from previous champion PCO. In reality, PCO's TNA contract had expired.

Names

NameYears
Impact Digital Media ChampionshipSeptember 30, 2021–January 14, 2024
TNA Digital Media ChampionshipJanuary 14, 2024 – present
Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
Impact Wrestling
1 Jordynne Grace October 23, 2021 Bound for Glory
Pre-show		 Sunrise Manor, NV 190Defeated Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne in a tournament final intergender six-way match to become the inaugural champion. [5]
2 Matt Cardona January 21, 2022 Impact! Pembroke Pines, FL 1127The episode aired on tape delay on February 3, 2022. [11]
3 Rich Swann May 28, 2022Wrestling Revolver's Vegas Vacation Las Vegas, NV 134This was an event promoted by The Wrestling Revolver. [12]
4 Brian Myers July 1, 2022 Against All Odds
Pre-show		 Atlanta, GA 1113This was a Dot Combat match. [13]
5 Joe Hendry October 22, 2022 Impact! Sunrise Manor, NV 1266The episode aired on tape delay on November 10, 2022. [14]
6 Kenny King July 15, 2023 Slammiversary
Pre-show		 Windsor, ON 155 [15]
7 Tommy Dreamer September 8, 2023 Victory Road White Plains, NY 1127This was a Title vs. Career match. Also during this reign the company name was reverted back to the name Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). [16]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
8 Crazzy Steve January 13, 2024 Hard To Kill Paradise, NV 198This was a No Disqualification match. [17]
9 Laredo Kid April 20, 2024 Rebellion
Pre-show		 Paradise, NV 129 [18]
10 A. J. Francis May 19, 2024 Impact! 20th Anniversary Show Newport, KY 162The episode aired on tape delay on June 6, 2024. [19]
11 PCO July 20, 2024 Slammiversary Montreal, QC 1187This was a Montreal Street Fight. This was also for Francis' Canadian International Heavyweight Championship. [20]
12 Steph De Lander January 23, 2025 Impact! San Antonio, TX 15+In storyline, De Lander was awarded the championship following a divorce settlement with PCO, who had been her storyline husband; in real life PCO's contract with TNA expired, and on January 19 PCO made an appearance at a Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) event in which he legitimately aired his grievances with TNA management, before attempting to destroy the championship belt with a sledgehammer. [21] [22]

Combined reigns

As of January28, 2025.

Jordynne Grace entrance Impact Bash at the Brewery (cropped).jpg
Inaugural champion Jordynne Grace
Joe Hendry ROH.jpg
Longest reigning champion at a record-setting 266 days Joe Hendry
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Joe Hendry 1266
2 PCO 1183
3 Tommy Dreamer 1127
Matt Cardona 1127
5 Brian Myers 1114
6 Crazzy Steve 198
7 Jordynne Grace 190
8 A. J. Francis 162
9 Kenny King 155
10 Rich Swann 134
11 Laredo Kid 129
12 Steph De Lander †15+

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