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TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date establishedJune 19 2002
Current champion(s)Sting
Date wonOctober 12 2008
Statistics
First champion(s)Ken Shamrock
Most reignsJeff Jarrett (6 reigns)
Longest reignJeff Jarrett (347 days)
Shortest reignRhino & Sting (2 days)
Oldest championSting (49 years, 206 days)
Youngest championA.J. Styles (25 years, 9 days)
Heaviest championAbyss (350 lb (160 kg))
Lightest championA.J. Styles (215 lb (98 kg))

The Total Nonstop Action (TNA) World Heavyweight Championship is the primary professional wrestling championship in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was originally sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance, officially making it the TNA-era NWA World Heavyweight Title from June 19, 2002 to May 13, 2007 when the business relationship between TNA and NWA was ended.

History[edit]

The start of the company[edit]

In 2002, Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett formed 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, making all NWA World Champions in TNA to be labelled as "TNA" or "TNA-era" World Champions using the NWA name, until sanctioning by the NWA was dropped in 2007.

Title creation—NWA title vacated[edit]

On May 13 2007 the NWA announced that it had ended their ongoing business relationship with TNA, which meant they no longer sanctioned Christian Cage and Team 3D as being the NWA World Heavyweight Champion and NWA World Tag Team Championship respectively. This occured before the TNA pay-per-view event Sacrifice could even take place that day.[1] Despite this, TNA continued to recognize its TNA title holders as NWA champions until May 14 when they no longer had the physical NWA titles and had replaced them with the new physical TNA titles, as they were officially commissioned and used during television tapings.[2][3] The TNA World Heavyweight Championship was then unveiled on TNAwrestling.com on May 15 and immediately given "World" status by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.[4] On TNA programing past NWA Champions in TNA from June 19, 2002 to May 13, 2007 are referred to as TNA World Heavyweight Champions instead of NWA World Heavyweight Champions, which means the lineage of the TNA World Heavyweight Title dates back to June 19, 2002 with roots stemming from "TNA-era" NWA World Heavyweight Champions.

Current champion[edit]

The current champion is Sting, who is in his third reign. He defeated Samoa Joe on October 122008 at Bound for Glory IV

Title history[edit]

† indicates reigns not recognized by TNA.
Wrestler: Reign: Date: Location: Notes:
Ken Shamrock 1 June 19 2002 Huntsville, AL Defeated Malice in the finals of a Gauntlet for the Gold to become the first World Heavyweight Champion recognized by TNA, with sanctioning from the NWA.[5][6]
Ron Killings 1 August 7 2002 Nashville, TN [5][6]
Jeff Jarrett 1 November 20 2002 Nashville, TN Unified the title with the WWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Sting on May 25 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6]
A.J. Styles 1 June 11 2003 Nashville, TN This was a three-way match, also involving Raven.[5][6]
Jeff Jarrett 2 October 22 2003 Nashville, TN [5][6]
A.J. Styles 2 April 21 2004 Nashville, TN This was a Steel Cage match.[5][6]
Ron Killings 2 May 19 2004 Nashville, TN This was a four-way match, also involving Raven and Chris Harris.[5][6]
Jeff Jarrett 3 June 2 2004 Nashville, TN This was a King of the Mountain match, also involving A.J. Styles, Raven, and Chris Harris.[5][6]
A.J. Styles 3 May 15 2005 Orlando, FL Won the title at Hard Justice.[5][6][7]
Raven 1 June 19 2005 Orlando, FL This was a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary, also involving Abyss, Monty Brown, and Sean Waltman.[5][6][8]
Jeff Jarrett 4 September 15 2005 Oldcastle, Ontario Won the title at a Border City Wrestling event.[5][6]
Rhino 1 October 23 2005 Orlando, FL Won the title at Bound for Glory. He won the right to face Jarrett in a Gauntlet for the Gold match after designated challenger Kevin Nash fell ill and withdrew.[5][6][9]
Jeff Jarrett 5 October 25 2005 Orlando, FL Aired November 3 on iMPACT!.[5][6]
Christian Cage 1 February 12 2006 Orlando, FL Won the title at Against All Odds.[5][6][10]
Jeff Jarrett 6 June 18 2006 Orlando, FL This was a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary. Jarrett won due to interference by referee Earl Hebner. Jim Cornette stripped Jarrett of the belt later that week, then returned it to him the following week on the condition that he face the winner of a #1 contender match being held at Victory Road on July 16 2006.[5][6][11][12]
Sting 1 October 22 2006 Plymouth, MI Won the title at Bound for Glory.[5][6][13]
Abyss 1 November 19 2006 Orlando, FL Won the title at Genesis.[5][6][14]
Christian Cage 2 January 14 2007 Orlando, FL This was a Three-Way Elimination match at Final Resolution, involving Abyss and Sting.[5][6][15]
Sanctioning by the National Wrestling Alliance is dropped on May 13 when the NWA and TNA sever their business relationship. All previous NWA-branded championships in TNA are dropped and replaced with new TNA Championship Titles.[5][6]
Kurt Angle 1† May 13 2007 Orlando, FL This was a Triple Threat match at TNA Sacrifice, also involving Sting.[16][17]
Vacant May 14 2007 Orlando, FL Angle was stripped of the title by Jim Cornette to crown an undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion at Slammiversary.[18][19]
Kurt Angle 1(2) June 17 2007 Nashville, TN This was a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary, also involving Christian Cage, Chris Harris, Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles.[20] Angle was officially named the first undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion by the promotion.
Sting 2 October 14 2007 Duluth, GA Won at Bound for Glory.[21]
Kurt Angle 2(3) October 16 2007 Orlando, FL Won on Impact!, aired October 25.[22]
Samoa Joe 1 April 13 2008 Lowell, MA Won at Lockdown.
Sting 155 October 12 2008 Chicago, IL Won at Bound for Glory IV.

List of individual reigns[edit]

As of October 13 2008.

Wrestler Days Held Date Won Date Lost
Jeff Jarrett 347 June 2 2004 May 15 2005
Jeff Jarrett 203 November 20 2002 June 11 2003
Jeff Jarrett 182 October 22 2003 April 21 2004
Samoa Joe 182 April 13 2008 October 12 2008
Kurt Angle 180 October 16 2007 April 13 2008
Sting 2 October 14 2007 October 16 2007
Sting 155 October 12, 2008 Current champion
A.J. Styles 133 June 11 2003 October 22 2003
Christian Cage 126 February 12 2006 June 18 2006
Jeff Jarrett 125 June 19 2006 October 22 2006
Christian Cage 119 January 14 2007 May 13 2007
Kurt Angle 119 June 17 2007 October 14 2007
Jeff Jarrett 110 October 25 2005 February 12 2006
Ron Killings 105 August 7 2002 November 20 2002
Raven 88 June 19 2005 September 15 2005
Abyss 56 November 19 2006 January 14 2007
Ken Shamrock 49 June 19 2002 August 7 2002
Jeff Jarrett 38 September 15 2005 October 23 2005
A.J. Styles 35 May 15 2005 June 19 2005
A.J. Styles 28 April 21 2004 May 19 2004
Sting 28 October 22 2006 November 19 2006
Ron Killings 14 May 19 2004 June 2 2004
Rhino 2 October 23 2005 October 25 2005

List of combined reigns[edit]

As of October 12 2008.

Rank Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days
1. Jeff Jarrett 6 1,005
2. Kurt Angle 2 299
3. Christian Cage 2 245
4. A.J. Styles 3 196
5. Sting 3 185+
6. Samoa Joe 1 182
7. Ron Killings 2 119
8. Raven 1 88
9. Abyss 1 56
10. Ken Shamrock 1 49
11. Rhino 1 2

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3-D of NWA branded Championships". 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  2. ^ "TNA Wrestling Title History". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  3. ^ Wojcik, A. (2007-05-14). "TNA iMPACT! Tapings (2 Weeks)". TNA Wrestling News. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  4. ^ Banks, B. (2007-05-15). "TNA Today Exclusive: New World Heavyweight Title Revealed". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "NWA World Heavyweight Championship". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "NWA Heavyweight Champions". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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  8. ^ "TNA Slammiversary 2005". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  9. ^ "TNA Bound for Glory 2005". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  10. ^ "TNA Against All Odds 2006". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  11. ^ "TNA Slammiversary 2006". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  12. ^ "TNA Victory Road 2006". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  13. ^ "TNA Bound for Glory 2006". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  14. ^ "TNA Genesis 2005". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  15. ^ "TNA Final Resolution 2007". PWWEW.net. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  16. ^ Larry Csonka (2007-05-14). "TNA iMPACT Results - May 14, 2007". ProWrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  17. ^ "Title Histories". TitleHistories.com. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  18. ^ "twnpnewsTNA". twnpnews.com. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  19. ^ "wrestlinginfoarchiveTNA". wrestlinginformationarchive.com. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
  20. ^ "Official TNA Slammiversary 2007 results". TNAwrestling.com. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  21. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-10-14). "Angle gets stung at Bound For Glory". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  22. ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-10-25). "Impact: Crowning a new old champion". SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2008-01-15.

External links[edit]

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