TNA Women's Knockout Championship
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 The TNA Women's Knockout Championship belt (October 2007 — Present) |
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| Current champion(s) | Gail Kim[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | November 13, 2011[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 14, 2007[3] | ||||||||||||||
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The TNA Women's Knockout Championship, often referred to simply as the Knockouts Championship,[1] is a professional wrestling women's world championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It is primarily contested for in TNA's women's division. It was debuted on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) event under the name the "TNA Women's World Championship";[4] it was later renamed the TNA Women's Knockout Championship in 2008.
It was the only female championship in TNA until the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship was introduced at their No Surrender PPV event on September 20, 2009.[6] Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 10 wrestlers. The first and current champion is Gail Kim, who is in her second reign.[1]
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[edit] History
[edit] TNA Knockout
TNA Knockout, or just Knockout for short, is the term used by TNA to refer to its onscreen female employees; this is similar to TNA's main rival World Wrestling Entertainment and their Divas pseudonym. TNA's first women's accomplishment was announced at TNA's first weekly pay-per-view event on June 19, 2002.[7] It was called the "Miss TNA" crown. The holder of the crown was determined in a lingerie battle royal on June 19, 2002, which aired on June 26, 2002. The participants in the match were Alexis Laree, Elektra, Erin Bray, Francine, Miss Joni, Sasha, Shannon, Taylor Vaughn, and Teresa Tyler.[8] Vaughn last eliminated Elektra to win the crown.[9] The TNA Knockout of the Year is another award in TNA given to the knockout who achieved the most or had the best run that year.[10] The most recent Knockout of the Year was Gail Kim in 2007;[10] no award was given out in 2008. On the August 20, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!, backstage interviewer Lauren announced that TNA were planning to host an eight-team single elimination tag team tournament to crown the first-ever TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.[11] The tournament began on the following Impact! and continued on for four weeks, concluding on September 20 at TNA's No Surrender PPV event. There, the team of Sarita and Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) to become the first champions.[12] Two dvds on the topic of the TNA Knockouts have been released by TNA. The first was named "Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling Vol.1" and was released on August 29, 2006.[13] "Knocked Out: The Women of TNA Wrestling" was the second, being released on October 7, 2008.[13]
[edit] Creation
TNA first announced in early September 2007 through their TNA Mobile service that they planned to start an official women's division and debut a women's title soon.[14][15] Later that month, TNA began to promote a 10 knockout gauntlet match to be held on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event to crown the first-ever TNA Women's Champion.[16] At the event, Gail Kim defeated Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Talia Madison, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Moore, O.D.B., and Angel Williams to become the first champion.[3][4] The championship was renamed in 2008 to the TNA Women's Knockout Championship.
[edit] Belt designs
During the championship's history, it has had one design. It begins with a white leather strap that is covered with two small gold plates that are encrusted with silver. In the center of each plate stands a figure resembling a globe made out of gold. On the outer edge of the plate are red gems, which circle the entire plate. The center golden plate of the belt has TNA's official logo engraved in the very center with the word "Womens" [sic] above it and the word "Champion" below it. At the very top of the center plate is a queen's crown. The word "Knockout" does not appear anywhere on the belt. [N 1]
[edit] Reigns
The inaugural champion was Gail Kim, who defeated Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Talia Madison, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Moore, ODB, and Angel Williams in a 10 knockout gauntlet match on October 24, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event.[3] At 188 days, Madison Rayne's third reign is the longest in the title's history. Tara's fourth reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at 1 day. Angelina Love holds the record for most reigns, with five. Gail Kim is the current champion in her second reign. She won the Championship by defeating previous champion Velvet Sky on November 13, 2011, at Turning Point.[2] Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 10 wrestlers, with one vacancy.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ This description is based on the current design of the TNA Women's Knockout Championship, as seen in the images throughout the article
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Current Champions List at TNAWrestling.com". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA Entertainment LLC. http://www.tnawrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ a b Caldwell, James (2011-11-13). "Caldwell's TNA Turning Point PPV results 11/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Roode-Styles, five title matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/tnappvs/article_55119.shtml. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ a b c Sokol, Chris (2007-10-14). "Angle gets stung at Bound For Glory". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/10/15/4577676.html. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ a b c "Bound for Glory 2007". TNA Home Video and Navarre Corporation. TNA Bound for Glory. In Demand. 2007-10-14.
- ^ Oliver, Earl; Gonzalo Soto. "TNA Knockout Championship Title History". Solie.org. http://solie.org/titlehistories/wtnaction.html. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Kapur, Bob (2009-09-21). "AJ Styles wins title at No Surrender". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/09/20/11021151.html. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2002-06-19). "Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View results - 6/19/02". WrestleView.com. http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/1971.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "TNA Weekly PPV #2". Pro Wrestling History.com. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/2002.html#02. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2002-06-26). "Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View results - 6/26". WrestleView.com. http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2024.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ a b Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA Wrestling: Best of TNA 2007. TNA Home Video.
- ^ Keller, Wade (2009-08-27). "Keller's TNA Impact report 8/20: Results, star ratings, thoughts, observations, quotebook". PWTorch.com. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_KELLER_S_TAKE_font_11/article_34814.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave (2009-09-21). "TNA No Surrender PPV match-by-match coverage". Figure Four Online/The Wrestling Observer newsletter. http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/10691/. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ a b "Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling Vol.1". For Your Entertainment. http://www.fye.com/Knockouts--The-Ladies-of-TNA-Wrestling--Vol-1-Front-Page_stcVVproductId5408480VVcatId455366VVviewprod.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "TNA Mobile Update: Women's Title, Ultimate X At BFG". Sescoops.com. 2007-09-12. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071013083244/http://sescoops.com/tna/TNA_Mobile_Update_Women_s_Title_Ultimate_X_At_BFG.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2007-09-12). "Possible Women's Title coming to TNA, + 'Ultimate X' returns at BFG PPV". WrestleView.com. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1189631627.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2007-09-14). "Scheduled card for TNA Bound For Glory PPV on Sunday, Oct. 14; Atlanta". WrestleView.com. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1189753586.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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