List of former championships in Impact Wrestling

In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion company's roster of contracted wrestlers.[1] Impact Wrestling is a Nashville, Tennessee-based professional wrestling company. The promotion was founded in 2002. In the company's 16-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, three have been retired. 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 Impact.

No. Championship Date of entry First champion(s) Date retired Final champion(s) Years active Notes
1 TNA Legends/Global/Television/King of the Mountain Championship October 23, 2008 Booker T August 13, 2016 Lashley 8 Title unified with TNA World Heavyweight Championship by Lashley, and officially deactivated by TNA President Billy Corgan.[2]
2 Impact Grand Championship October 2, 2016 Aron Rex June 4, 2018 Austin Aries 2 Aries unified the title with the Impact World Championship during a press conference.

Past championships used by Impact
PromotionChampionshipLast Impact ReignReign
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide AAA Mega Championship[lower-alpha 1] Jeff Jarrett June 18, 2011 – March 18, 2012
Inoki Genome Federation IWGP Heavyweight Championship Kurt Angle June 29, 2007 – February 17, 2008
Global Force Wrestling GFW Global Championship Alberto El Patrón April 22, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW Women's Championship Sienna April 21, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW Tag Team Championship The Latin American Xchange
(Ortiz and Santana)		 April 23, 2017 – July 2, 2017
GFW NEX*GEN Championship Cody / Cody Rhodes Nov 25, 2016 – June 2, 2017
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 Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) October 18, 2009 – January 4, 2010
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) January 4, 2009 – July 5, 2009

Unsanctioned championships
No. Championship Date of entry First champion(s) Date retired Final champion(s) Months active Notes
1 TNA World Beer Drinking Championship November 11, 2007 James Storm February 26, 2008 James Storm 4 Rhino destroys the championship belt, thus deactivating the title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 6, 2008.

Former accomplishments
AccomplishmentsLatest winnerDate wonEventPrevious winner(s)
Queen of the Cage ODB April 19, 2009 Lockdown Roxxi Laveaux
X Division King of the Mountain Suicide June 21, 2009 Slammiversary Kaz

See also

Notes
  1. Referred to as the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship" on Impact

References
  1. "TNA Entertainment LLC Business Review in Nashville, TN". bbb.org. 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  2. Killam, Mike (2016-08-13). "*SPOILERS* TNA Retires King of the Mountain Title, Unveils Brand New Championship With New Rules at Tonight's TV Tapings". WrestleZone. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
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