TNA X - Division Championship The TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion . It is primarily defended in TNA ' s X Division — a style based on a fast - paced , daredevil type of wrestling . It debuted on June 19 , 2002 at the taping of TNA ' s second weekly pay - per - view ( PPV ) event . Like most professional wrestling championships , the title is won as a result of a scripted match . There have been 70 reigns among 30 wrestlers . The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship , the NWA – TNA X Championship , and the NWA – TNA X Division Championship . Current champion . Trevor Lee is the current champion in his second reign . He defeated DJ Z in a Ladder match on January 8 , 2017 on " Impact Wrestling " in Orlando , Florida . History . X Division . The TNA X Division was established on June 19 , 2002 at Total Nonstop Action ' s first weekly PPV event with a Six Man Tag Team match resulting in Jimmy Yang , Jorge Estrada , and Sonny Siaki — collectively known as The Flying Elvises — defeating A . J . Styles , Jerry Lynn , and Low Ki . Later that day at the taping of the next weekly PPV event , TNA introduced the X Division Championship — then known as the X Championship — to showcase the division more prominently . The division is described as wrestling reinvented , as it takes traditional wrestling and mixes it with the fast paced , high – risk style of wrestling incorporated in cruiserweight divisions and lucha libre . The division was until 2011 promoted under the motto " " It is not about weight limits , it is about no limits " " by commentator Mike Tenay . On the August 11 , 2011 , edition of TNA ' s primary television program , " Impact Wrestling " , TNA authority figure Eric Bischoff announced that from that point onwards the X Division would have a weight limit of 225 lb ( 102 kg ) . Following Hulk Hogan becoming the new on - screen General Manager in March 2012 , the weight limit was ignored on June 10 , 2012 , at Slammiversary when the 280 lb ( 130 kg ) Samoa Joe was allowed to challenge for the belt . On October 2012 , the weight limit was officially repealed when 237 lb ( 108 kg ) Rob Van Dam challenged for , and eventually won , the title at Bound for Glory . In March 2013 , the X Division was given a new set of rules , which meant all matches were wrestled in Triple Threat format , and a new weight limit of 230 lbs . This proved to be extremely unpopular with fans , and the rules and weight limit were repealed once again in August of that year . Speciality matches . The Total Nonstop Action X Division has multiple styles of match types used to showcase the talent within the division and to defend the TNA X Division Championship in more marketable matches . Three of the matches used in TNA are the Ultimate X match , The Steel Asylum , and the Xscape match . Creation . The championship was created and debuted before the main event at the taping of TNA ' s second weekly PPV event on June 19 , 2002 ; the event aired on June 26 , 2002 . Later , A . J . Styles defeated Low Ki , Jerry Lynn , and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match to be crowned the inaugural champion ; this match was announced as being for the NWA X Championship on the onscreen graphic while the ring announcer stated it was for the " NWA – TNA X Championship " . Afterwards , the title was renamed the NWA – TNA X Division Championship and then shortened to just the TNA X Division Championship . This is the oldest title in TNA . Option C . Option C is a concept in which the current X Division Champion may voluntarily vacate the championship in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at that year ' s Destination X event . It began in June 2012 when then - champion Austin Aries said that he was not satisfied with being just the X Division Champion , which led to then - General Manager Hulk Hogan offering him a match for the World Heavyweight Championship , but only if he first vacated the X Division Championship ( as Hogan didn ' t want the same wrestler holding both titles ) . Aries agreed to Hogan ' s terms , on the condition that the X Division Champion be given the same opportunity in future years . Aries would then relinquish the X Division Championship . The following year , Hogan asked then - champion Chris Sabin if he wanted to vacate the championship and challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , which Sabin accepted . Below are a table of the results of those matches : Reigns . The inaugural champion was A . J . Styles , who won the championship by defeating Low Ki , Jerry Lynn , and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June 19 , 2002 at TNA ' s second weekly PPV event . At 301 days , Austin Aries ' first reign holds the record for longest in the title ' s history . At less than one day , Eric Young ' s only reign , and Chris Sabin ' s sixth reign are the shortest in the title ' s history . Chris Sabin holds the record for most reigns with eight . Rockstar Spud is the most recent champion in his second reign . He defeated previous champion Kenny King , as well as numerous others in a gauntlet match on May 10 , 2015 during the Impact Wrestling tapings in Orlando , Florida to win the title , but then relinquished it for a chance at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at the same tapings .