List of TNA Television Champions

= List of TNA Television Champions =
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The TNA Television Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling). 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.
Current champion The Pope: Elijah Burke
The title was introduced by Booker T as the "TNA Legends Championship" on the October 23, 2008 episode of Impact!. Since its introduction, the title has gone under several different names. It continued as the Legends Championship until Eric Youngrenamed it the "TNA Global Championship" during his first reign on the October 29, 2009 episode of Impact!. During A.J. Styles' second reign, it was named the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of Impact!. It remained under this name until July 3, 2014, when TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle deactivated the title. 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. 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.
The inaugural champion was Booker T. 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. PJ 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 20 wrestlers, with three vacancies and two deactivations.
== Title history ==
Names
Names 	Dates
TNA Legends Championship 	October 23, 2008 – October 29, 2009
TNA Global Championship 	October 29, 2009 – July 22, 2010
TNA Television Championship 	July 29, 2010 – July 3, 2014
TNA King of the Mountain Championship	June 28, 2015 – August 12, 2016
TNA Television Championship 	April 13, 2017–Present
=== Reigns ===
No. 	Overall reign number
Reign 	Reign number for the specific champion
Days 	Number of days held
Defenses	Number of successful defenses
+ 	Current reign is changing daily
No. 	Champion 	Championship change 	Championship change 	Championship change 	Reign statistics 	Reign statistics 	Reign statistics 	Notes 	Ref. 	
No. 	Champion 	Date 	Event 	Location 	Reign 	Days 	Defenses 	Notes 	Ref. 	
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1 	Booker T 	October 23, 2008 	TNA Impact 	Las Vegas, NV 	1 	143 	3 	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. 	 	
2 	A.J. Styles 	March 15, 2009 	Destination X 	Orlando, FL 	1 	126 	2 	On the March 19, 2009 episode of Impact!, A.J. Styles was credited as becoming the first-ever TNA Grand Slam Championthanks to winning the TNA Legends Championship. The title became officially sanctioned by the promotion after this title change. 	 	
3 	Kevin Nash 	July 19, 2009 	Victory Road 	Orlando, FL 	1 	3 	2 	 	 	
4 	Mick Foley 	July 22, 2009 	TNA Impact 	Orlando, FL 	1 	25 	1 	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.	 	
5 	Kevin Nash 	August 16, 2009 	Hard Justice 	Orlando, FL 	2 	63 	0 	 	 	
6 	Eric Young 	October 18, 2009 	Bound for Glory 	Irvine, California 	1 	101 	2 	Young renamed the title the "TNA Global Championship" on the October 29, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!. 	 	
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7 	Rob Terry 	January 27, 2010 	Live event 	Cardiff, Wales 	1 	167 	3 	 	 	
8 	A.J. Styles 	July 13, 2010 	TNA Impact 	Orlando, FL 	2 	145 	2 	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!. 	 	
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9 	Douglas Williams 	December 5, 2010 	Final Resolution 	Orlando, FL 	1 	35 	2 	 	 	
10 	Abyss 	January 9, 2011 	Genesis 	Orlando, FL 	1 	64 	1 	 	 	
— 	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. 	 	
11 	Gunner 	March 14, 2011 	TNA Impact 	Orlando, FL 	1 	64 	2 	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. Impactwas re-branded Impact Wrestling on May 3, 2011 at the scheduled episode tapings. 	 	
12 	Eric Young 	May 17, 2011 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	2 	180 	2 	This episode aired on tape delay on May 26, 2011. 	 	
13 	Robbie E 	November 13, 2011 	Turning Point 	Orlando, FL 	1 	126 	2 	 	 	
14 	Devon 	March 18, 2012 	Victory Road 	Orlando, FL 	1 	192 	3 	 	 	
— 	Vacated 	September 26, 2012 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	The title was vacated due to contract negotiations between TNA and Devonbreaking off. 	 	
15 	Samoa Joe 	September 27, 2012 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	70 	2 	Joe defeated Mr. Andersonto win the vacantchampionship. 	 	
16 	Devon 	December 6, 2012 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	2 	178 	2 	 	 	
17 	Abyss 	June 2, 2013 	Slammiversary XI 	Boston, MA 	2 	396 	0 	 	 	
— 	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. 	 	
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18 	Jeff Jarrett 	June 28, 2015 	Slammiversary 	Orlando, FL 	1 	29 	2 	The title was reactivated by TNA on June 25, 2015 and 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 reactivated championship. 	 	
— 	Vacated 	July 27, 2015 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	— 	— 	— 	The title was vacated after Jeff Jarrettbecame TNA General Manager. This episode aired on tape delayon August 12, 2015. 	 	
19 	PJ Black 	July 27, 2015 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	1 	0 	Black defeated Lashley, Chris Mordetzky, Eric Young and Robbie E in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on August 12, 2015. 	 	
20 	Bobby Roode 	July 28, 2015 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	162 	2 	This episode aired on tape delay on September 2, 2015. 	 	
21 	Eric Young 	January 6, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Bethlehem, PA 	3 	73 	2 	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. 	 	
22 	Bram 	March 19, 2016 	Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice 	Orlando, FL 	1 	35 	2 	This was contested in Falls Count Anywhere match. This episode aired on tape delayon April 26, 2016. 	 	
23 	Eli Drake 	April 23, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	82 	2 	Drake invoked his Feast or Fired contract after Bram had been attacked by Lashley.
This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2016. 	 	
24 	James Storm 	July 14, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	28 	2 	This episode aired on tape delay on August 4, 2016. 	 	
25 	Lashley 	August 11, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	1 	0 	This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championshipand TNA X Division Championship. 	 	
— 	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 Corganannounced that the title would be deactivated and retired. This episode aired on tape delay on August 18, 2016. 	 	
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26 	Eli Drake 	April 13, 2017 	TNA Lockdown 2017 	Orlando, FL 	2 	63 	2 	At TNA Lockdown 2017 TNA President Dixie Carter Gave Eli Drake The TNA Television Championship. For Drake trading in his Race For Case Briefcase on 
April 13, 2017. 	 	
27 	The Pope: Elijah Burke 	June 15, 2017 	TNA No Surrender 2017 	Mumbai, India 	1 	19+ 	1 	defeated Eli Drake At TNA No Surrender 2017 In Match! Where The Pope: Elijah Burke Could Belt On DQ Or Count Out. The Pope: Elijah Burke Won Disqualified After Faking A Chair To The Head! On June 15, 2017. 	 	
== Combined reigns ==
As of July 4, 2017
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.
Inaugural TNA Legends Champion Booker T
Rank	Wrestler 	No. of
reigns	Combined days	Combined defenses
1 	Abyss 	2	460 	1
2 	Devon 	2	370 	1
3 	Eric Young 	3	354 	1
4 	A.J. Styles 	2	271 	1
5 	Rob Terry 	1	167 	1
6 	Bobby Roode 	1	162 	1
7 	Booker T 	1	143 	1
8 	Eli Drake 	2	145 	4
9 	Robbie E 	1	126 	1
10 	Samoa Joe 	1	70 	1
11 	Kevin Nash 	2	66 	1
12 	Gunner 	1	64 	1
13 	Bram 	1	35 	1
13 	Douglas Williams 	1	35 	1
15 	Jeff Jarrett 	1	29 	1
16 	James Storm 	1	28 	1
17 	Mick Foley 	1	25 	1
18 	The Pope: Elijah Burke †	1	19+ 	1
19 	Lashley 	1	1 	0
19 	PJ Black 	1	1 	0
== Footnotes ==