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The agreement ended early on [[May 13]] [[2007]] when the NWA and TNA agreed to end their ongoing business relationship, with the NWA formally stripping the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of the title. |
The agreement ended early on [[May 13]] [[2007]] when the NWA and TNA agreed to end their ongoing business relationship, with the NWA formally stripping the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of the title. TNA continued to recognize its world heavyweight champions before [[May 14]] as NWA Champions until.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/history/tnaworldpreview.html |title=TNA Wrestling Title History |accessdate=2007-05-15 |publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling }}</ref> A new championship belt was unveiled on TNA's website on [[May 15]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1246|title=TNA Today Exclusive: New World Heavyweight Title Revealed|date= 2007-05-15|accessdate=2007-05-15|author=Banks, B.|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]}}</ref> |
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The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) World Heavyweight Championship is the primary professional wrestling championship in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
History
The start of the company
In 2002, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett formed NWA TNA, in the process negotiating a licensing deal with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that granted them rights to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
TNA withdrew from the NWA in 2004, but secured the right to continue to use the two NWA championships until 2014. TNA were permitted to use the titles any way they saw fit, without requiring approval of the NWA Board of Directors. While these titles were still defended in several NWA territories and federations, control of the titles was exclusive to TNA.
Title creation—NWA title vacated
The agreement ended early on May 13 2007 when the NWA and TNA agreed to end their ongoing business relationship, with the NWA formally stripping the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of the title. TNA continued to recognize its world heavyweight champions before May 14 as NWA Champions until.[1] A new championship belt was unveiled on TNA's website on May 15.[2]
Current champion
The current champion is Kurt Angle, who is in his second reign. He defeated Christian Cage, Chris Harris, Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary on June 17, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee to win the vacant title.
See also
- List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions
- List of TNA World Heavyweight Championship reigns by length
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
References
- ^ "TNA Wrestling Title History". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ^ Banks, B. (2007-05-15). "TNA Today Exclusive: New World Heavyweight Title Revealed". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-15.