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Listing of professional wrestling champions for the TNA Television Championship
Final champion
Lashley
The
TNA Television Championship was a
professional wrestling
championship owned by the
professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, formerly
Impact Wrestling ).
[1]
[2] Being a
professional wrestling championship , it is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a
storyline . All title changes occurred at TNA-promoted events. Title changes that occurred on TNA's television program
Impact Wrestling (also known as TNA Impact! until May 3, 2011) usually aired on
tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date.
The title was introduced by
Booker T as the "TNA Legends Championship" on the October 23, 2008 episode of Impact!.
[3] Since its introduction, the title has gone under several different names. It continued as the Legends Championship until
Eric Young renamed it the "TNA Global Championship" during his first reign on the October 29, 2009 episode of Impact!.
[4] During
A.J. Styles ' second reign, it was named the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of Impact! .
[5] It remained under this name until July 3, 2014, when TNA
Executive Director
Kurt Angle deactivated the title.
[6] It was reactivated a year later when TNA renamed it the TNA King of the Mountain Championship and held a
King of the Mountain match at their
Slammiversary
pay-per-view (PPV) event on June 28 between
Jeff Jarrett ,
Matt Hardy , Young,
Drew Galloway , and
Bobby Roode .
[7] Jarrett won the match and the championship, and as a result of Jarrett being GFW founder, the title was also featured in GFW along with TNA.
[1]
[2]
The inaugural champion was Booker T.
[3] 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. The longest reign in the title history is Abyss' second reign at 396 days.
P. J. Black and Lashley's only reigns hold the record for shortest reign in the title's history at one day. Abyss holds the record for combined days as champion, with 460. Overall, there have been 26 reigns shared among 21 wrestlers, with One
vacancies and one deactivation.
Reigns
Names
Names
Dates
TNA Legends Championship
October 23, 2008 – October 29, 2009
[3]
TNA Global Championship
October 29, 2009 – July 22, 2010
[4]
TNA Television Championship
July 29, 2010 – July 3, 2014
[5]
[6]
TNA King of the Mountain Championship
June 28, 2015 – August 12, 2016
[7]
Reigns
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Booker T
October 23, 2008
TNA Impact
Las Vegas ,
NV
1
143
Booker T declared himself the first champion after he unveiled the title belt. The title was then known as the TNA Legends Championship and was unsanctioned by TNA in the storyline.
[3]
[8]
2
A.J. Styles
March 15, 2009
Destination X
Orlando, FL
1
126
On the March 19, 2009 episode of Impact! , A.J. Styles was credited as becoming the first-ever
TNA Grand Slam Champion thanks to winning the TNA Legends Championship. The title became officially sanctioned by the promotion after this title change.
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
3
Kevin Nash
July 19, 2009
Victory Road
Orlando, FL
1
3
[13]
[14]
4
Mick Foley
July 22, 2009
TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
1
25
Foley teamed with
Bobby Lashley against TNA Legends Champion
Kevin Nash and
TNA World Heavyweight Champion
Kurt Angle in a
Tag Team match , in which if a champion was pinned he lost his title. Foley pinned Nash to become the new champion. This episode aired on
tape delay on July 30, 2009.
[15]
[16]
5
Kevin Nash
August 16, 2009
Hard Justice
Orlando, FL
2
63
[17]
[18]
6
Eric Young
October 18, 2009
Bound for Glory
Irvine, California
1
101
Young renamed the title the "TNA Global Championship" on the October 29, 2009 episode of
TNA Impact! .
[4]
[19]
[20]
7
Rob Terry
January 27, 2010
Live event
Cardiff ,
Wales
1
167
[21]
[22]
8
A.J. Styles
July 13, 2010
TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
2
145
This episode aired on
tape delay on July 22, 2010. A.J. Styles renamed the title the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of
TNA Impact! .
[5]
[23]
[24]
9
Douglas Williams
December 5, 2010
Final Resolution
Orlando, FL
1
35
[25]
[26]
10
Abyss
January 9, 2011
Genesis
Orlando, FL
1
64
[27]
[28]
—
Vacated
March 14, 2011
TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
—
—
The title was vacated due to
Abyss being unable to defend it after suffering a storyline injury. This episode aired on
tape delay on March 17, 2011.
[29]
[30]
11
Gunner
March 14, 2011
TNA Impact
Orlando, FL
1
61
Gunner defeated
Murphy and
Rob Terry in a
Three-way match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on
tape delay on March 17, 2011. Impact was re-branded Impact Wrestling on May 3, 2011 at the scheduled episode tapings.
[29]
[30]
[31]
12
Eric Young
May 17, 2011
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
2
180
This episode aired on
tape delay on May 26, 2011.
[32]
[33]
13
Robbie E
November 13, 2011
Turning Point
Orlando, FL
1
126
[34]
[35]
14
Devon
March 18, 2012
Victory Road
Orlando, FL
1
192
[36]
[37]
—
Vacated
September 26, 2012
—
—
—
—
The title was
vacated due to contract negotiations between TNA and
Devon breaking off.
[38]
15
Samoa Joe
September 27, 2012
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
1
70
Joe defeated
Mr. Anderson to win the
vacant championship.
[39]
[40]
16
Devon
December 6, 2012
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
2
178
[41]
[42]
17
Abyss
June 2, 2013
Slammiversary XI
Boston ,
MA
2
396
[43]
[44]
—
Deactivated
July 3, 2014
—
—
—
—
TNA Executive Director
Kurt Angle declared the title inactive. The championship had not been defended, seen, or even mentioned throughout the entirety of
Abyss 's reign.
[6]
18
Jeff Jarrett
June 28, 2015
Slammiversary
Orlando, FL
1
30
The title was renamed the "TNA King of the Mountain Championship." Jarrett defeated
Bobby Roode ,
Drew Galloway ,
Eric Young , and
Matt Hardy in a
King of the Mountain match to win the championship.
[2]
19
Bobby Roode
July 28, 2015
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
1
162
This episode aired on
tape delay on September 2, 2015.
[45]
20
Eric Young
January 6, 2016
Impact Wrestling
Bethlehem, PA
3
73
This episode aired on
tape delay on January 12, 2016. With this victory, Young becomes the only wrestler to win this championship under all four of its incarnations.
[46]
21
Bram
March 19, 2016
Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice
Orlando, FL
1
35
This was contested in
Falls Count Anywhere match . This episode aired on
tape delay on April 26, 2016.
[47]
22
Eli Drake
April 23, 2016
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
1
82
Drake invoked his
Feast or Fired contract after Bram had been attacked by
Lashley . This episode aired on
tape delay on May 31, 2016.
[48]
23
James Storm
July 14, 2016
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
1
28
This episode aired on
tape delay on August 4, 2016.
[49]
24
Lashley
August 11, 2016
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
1
1
This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Lashley's
TNA World Heavyweight Championship and
TNA X Division Championship .
[50]
—
Deactivated
August 12, 2016
Impact Wrestling
Orlando, FL
—
—
Lashley unified the championship with his
TNA World Heavyweight Championship , however at the August 13, 2016 tapings of Impact Wrestling, TNA President
Billy Corgan announced that the title would be deactivated and retired. This episode aired on
tape delay on August 18, 2016.
[51]
Combined reigns
The longest-reigning and two-time champion
Abyss Record three-time champion
Eric Young . Young is the only wrestler to have held the title under all four of its incarnations.
A.
^ Each wrestler's total number of days as champion is ranked highest to lowest; wrestlers with the same number are tied for that certain rank.
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