List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling explained

In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, formerly Impact Wrestling) is a Nashville, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion. The promotion was founded in 2002; in the company's 19-year history, fourteen different unique championships, some originating from other promotions, have been promoted by TNA and later abandoned by the promotion. The following is a list of the promotion's former championships that were once active and contended for by its roster.

Defunct championships promoted by TNA

This section of championships are a list of titles which were exclusive to TNA.

Sanctioned
width=0 No.ChampionshipDate of introductionFirst champion(s)Date retiredFinal champion(s)width=0 Years activeNotes
TNA King of the Mountain ChampionshipOctober 23, 2008Booker TAugust 13, 2016Bobby Lashley8
2Impact Grand ChampionshipOctober 2, 2016Aron RexJune 4, 2018Austin Aries2
3TNA World Heavyweight ChampionshipApril 8–10, 2020MooseMarch 13, 2021 Rich Swann1
Unsanctioned
width=0 No.ChampionshipDate of introductionFirst champion(s)Date retiredFinal champion(s)width=0 Months activeNotes
TNA World Beer Drinking ChampionshipNovember 11, 2007James StormFebruary 26, 2008James Storm4

Past championships used by TNA

Promotion Championship Last TNA champion Reign
All Elite WrestlingAEW World ChampionshipKenny OmegaDecember 2, 2020 – November 13, 2021
Lucha Libre AAA World WideAAA Mega ChampionshipJeff JarrettJune 18, 2011 – March 18, 2012
AAA Reina de Reinas ChampionshipDeonna PurrazzoAugust 14, 2021 – April 23, 2022
Inoki Genome FederationIWGP Heavyweight ChampionshipKurt AngleJune 29, 2007 – February 17, 2008
Global Force WrestlingGFW Global ChampionshipAlberto El PatrónApril 22, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW Women's ChampionshipSiennaApril 21, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW Tag Team ChampionshipThe Latin American Xchange
(Ortiz and Santana)
April 23, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW NEX*GEN ChampionshipCody RhodesNov 25, 2016 – June 2, 2017
National Wrestling AllianceNWA Worlds Heavyweight ChampionshipChristian CageJanuary 14, 2007 – May 13, 2007
NWA World Women's ChampionshipLeilani KaiMarch 12, 2003 – June 19, 2004
NWA World Tag Team ChampionshipTeam 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)April 15, 2007 – May 13, 2007
New Japan Pro-WrestlingIWGP Tag Team ChampionshipTeam 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)October 18, 2009 – January 4, 2010
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team ChampionshipThe Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)January 4, 2009 – July 5, 2009
Ring of HonorROH Women's World ChampionshipDeonna PurrazzoJanuary 9, 2022 – May 4, 2022

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TNA Entertainment LLC Business Review in Nashville, TN. bbb.org . 2011 . October 30, 2011.