List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion company's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a Nashville, Tennessee-based professional wrestling company. The promotion was founded in 2002. In the company's 13 year history, thirteen different unique championships have been operated and contended for. These titles consisted of divisional, special stipulations, and weight-class championships. Of these titles, two have been retired. The first retired championship was in 2008. The following is a compilation of the company's former championships that were once active and contended for by its roster.
Defunct championships
This section of championships are a list of titles which were exclusive to TNA.
No. |
Championship |
Date of entry |
First champion(s) |
Date retired |
Final champion(s) |
Years active |
Notes |
01 !1 |
TNA World Beer Drinking Championship |
November 11, 2007 |
James Storm |
February 26, 2008 |
James Storm |
3 Months |
Unsactioned championship |
02 !2 |
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship |
September 20, 2009 |
Sarita and Taylor Wilde |
June 27, 2013 |
Eric Young and ODB |
4 |
Titles vacated by Knockouts Division Executive Brooke Hogan due to Young being a male talent, the championship was later retired due to there not being enough competitors for the division. |
03 !3 |
TNA King of the Mountain Championship |
October 23, 2008 |
Booker T |
August 13, 2016 |
Lashley |
8 years |
Title unified with TNA World Heavyweight Championship by Lashley, and officially deactivated by TNA President Billy Corgan.[2] Title was previously known under the names: TNA Legends Championship (October 23, 2008 – October 29, 2009), TNA Global Championship (October 29, 2009 – July 29, 2010) and TNA Television Championship (July 29, 2009 – July 3, 2014) |
Past championships used by TNA
Promotion | Championship | Last TNA Champion | Reign |
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración |
AAA Mega Championship |
Jeff Jarrett |
June 18, 2011 – March 18, 2012 |
Inoki Genome Federation |
IWGP Heavyweight Championship[3] |
Kurt Angle |
June 29, 2007 – February 17, 2008 |
National Wrestling Alliance |
NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
Christian Cage |
January 14, 2007 - May 13, 2007 |
NWA World Tag Team Championship |
Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) |
April 15, 2007 - May 13, 2007 |
New Japan Pro Wrestling |
IWGP Tag Team Championship[4] |
Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) |
October 18, 09 – January 4, 2010 |
IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship[4] |
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
January 4, – July 5, 2009 |
Former accomplishments
See also
References
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