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"TNA Global Championship" redirects here. For the title briefly known as the Global Championship in the renamed company, see Impact World Championship.
Impact Television Championship
A red and gold championship belt with a red leather strap
The impact Television Championship belt
Details
Promotionimpact Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 23, 2008
Date retiredAugust 12, 2016
Other name(s)
  • TNA Legends Championship
    (2008–2009)
  • TNA Global Championship
    (2009–2010)
  • TNA Television Championship
    (2010–2014)
  • TNA King of the Mountain Championship
    (2015–2016)
Statistics
First champion(s)Booker T
Final champion(s)Lashley
Most reignsEric Young (3 reigns)
Longest reignAbyss (396 days)
Shortest reignPJ Black and Lashley (1 day)
Oldest championKevin Nash (49 years)
Youngest championRobbie E (27 years)
Heaviest championAbyss (350 Ibs)
Lightest championRobbie E (201 Ibs)

The impact Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the promotion Impact Wrestling. It was introduced on the October 23, 2008 episode of impact's television program Impact! as the impact Legends Championship. It was later known as the impact Global Championship and the impact King of the Mountain Championship. The title appeared in Global Force Wrestling (GFW), during a talent exchange partnership.

As a professional wrestling championship, it was won via a planned ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes occurred at impact Wrestling -promoted events. Reigns that occurred on Impact!, or its later title Impact Wrestling, usually aired on tape delay. The first champion was Booker T. The final champion was Lashley, as the title was retired on August 12, 2016. There were a total of 25 reigns among 19 wrestlers.[1]

History

Booker T, inaugural TNA Legends Champion

The title was introduced during a storyline that pitted young talent within the company against veterans of professional wrestling. In the weeks leading up to the unveiling of the physical belt, Booker T carried around a steel briefcase. On the October 23, 2008, episode of Impact!, Booker T introduced the belt by removing it from the briefcase, announcing its name as the "impact Legends Championship", and declaring himself the first champion.[2] He went on to state that the championship was his and that he would defend it when he saw fit; this meant that the championship was unsanctioned by Impact Wrestling in the storyline.[3]

On March 15, 2009, at Impact 's Destination X pay-per-view (PPV) event, A.J. Styles defeated Booker T to win the championship.[4] Afterwards on the March 19, 2009, episode of Impact!, Styles was credited as becoming the first-ever impact Grand Slam Champion, by winning the World Heavyweight (NWA or impact), the World Tag Team (NWA or impact), the impact X Division Championship, and the Legends Championship.[5] impact Management Director Jim Cornette then announced that the impact Legends Championship had become an official impact sanctioned championship thanks to Styles defeating Booker T for it legally via the contract the two had signed to make the match official.[6]

On the October 29, 2009, episode of Impact!, then-champion Eric Young renamed the title the Impact Global Championship". He went on to declare that he was not going to defend it against any American wrestlers nor on American soil.[7] However, Young's first defense was on the December 10, 2009, episode of Impact! in Orlando, Florida against Japanese female wrestler Hamada.[8] Young's second, third and fourth defenses lived up to his earlier decree, when he defended against Suicide in Glasgow, Hamada in Bournemouth, and unsuccessfully against Welsh wrestler Rob Terry in Cardiff, Wales at a live event on January 27, 2010.[9] On the July 22, 2010, episode of Impact!, Terry lost the Global Championship to A.J. Styles.[10] Styles then renamed the title the "Impact Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010, episode of Impact!.[11]

On the April 19, 2012, episode of the newly titled Impact Wrestling, Impact General Manager Hulk Hogan ordered that the impact Television Championship had to be defended every week.[12] The weekly title defenses lasted until the June 21, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling.[13]

Abyss was the longest reigning champion

On July 3, 2014, TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle declared the championship inactive.[14] The title was reactivated on June 25, 2015, by Impact under the new name of the "Impact King of the Mountain Championship." Impact announced that a new champion would be determined in a King of the Mountain match at their Slammiversary PPV event on June 28.[15][16] Jeff Jarrett defeated Matt Hardy, Eric Young, Drew Galloway, and Bobby Roode to win the championship.[17] The title ended up appearing in GFW at a July 9 live event where Young attacked Jarrett and stole the championship belt.[18]

During the August 18, 2016, taping of Impact Wrestling, it was announced that the King of the Mountain Championship was vacated, deactivated and retired with announcement of a new title, the Impact Grand Championship.[19]

Reigns

Main article: List of TNA Television Champions

The inaugural champion was Booker T, who awarded the championship to himself on the October 23, 2008, episode of Impact!.[20] 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. Abyss' second reign is the longest in the title's history at 396 days. PJ Black and Lashley share the record for shortest reign in the title's history at one day. Abyss holds the record for combined days as champion, with 460. Lashley was the final champion, having defeated James Storm for the championship with his X Division and World Heavyweight Championships on the line, and unifying the title with his World Title, thus retiring the King of the Mountain Championship in the process.

Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared among 19 wrestlers, with three vacancies and two deactivations.

References

General
  • Oliver, Earl. "TNA Legends Championship Title History". Solie.org. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
Specific
  1. ^ Oliver, Earl. "TNA Legends Championship Title History". Solie.org. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  2. ^ Allely, Phil (2008-10-28). "Booker reveals new TNA belt". The Sun. Retrieved 2015-07-31. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Keller, Wade (2009-11-22). "Keller's TNA Impact report 1 YR. ago (10-23-08): One-year anniversary of the Main Event Mafia formed in Las Vegas, Kevin Nash & Sting vs. A.J. Styles & Samoa Joe main event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  4. ^ Sokol, Chris; Bryan Sokol (2009-03-16). "The TNA Destination X disaster". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  5. ^ "Total Nonstop Action Wrestling presents: TNA Impact!". TNA Impact!. 2009-03-19. Spike TV. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |serieslink= ignored (|series-link= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Boutwell, Josh (2009-03-20). "Impact results - 3/19/09". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  7. ^ Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2009-10-29). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 10/29: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  8. ^ Griend, Blaine Van Der (2009-12-11). "Impact: Foley locates Jarrett; Nash has the book". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  9. ^ Gerweck, Steve (2010-01-27). "New TNA Champion crowned in Wales". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  10. ^ Wilkenfeld, Daniel (2010-07-22). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 7/22: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  11. ^ Keller, Wade (2010-07-29). "Keller's TNA Impact report 7/29: Tommy Dreamer announces new name for ECW faction, Hulk Hogan addresses situation". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  12. ^ Caldwell, James (2012-04-19). "Caldwell's TNA Impact Wrestling results 4/19: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of Lockdown fall-out, Hogan's "big announcement"". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  13. ^ "TNA News: Live Impact preview - Tag Title main event, BFG Series matches, Gut Check, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  14. ^ "Kurt Angle Makes Decision on TNA World TV Title". Total Nonstop Action. Impact Wrestling.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "King of The Mountain - First Look at the King of the Mountain Championship". Total Nonstop Action. Impact Wrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  16. ^ "TNA KOTM Championship". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  17. ^ Caldwell, James (2015-06-28). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary PPV result 6/28: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV from Orlando - King of the Mountain match, Storm vs. Magnus, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  18. ^ Namako, Jason (2015-07-10). "Video: Eric Young attacks Jeff Jarrett at 7/9 GFW event". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  19. ^ Martin, Adam. "SPOILER: TNA retires championship, introduces new title at Impact Wrestling TV tapings from Orlando". Wrestleview. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  20. ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-10-24). "Impact: Main Event Mafia takes over Sin City". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2015-07-31.

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