List of Impact Knockouts World Champions

= List of Impact Knockouts World Champions =
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The Impact Knockouts World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It is primarily contested for in Impact's women's division, though it has been challenged one time by a male competitor (Cody Deaner). It was introduced on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) eventunder the name "TNA Women's World Championship"; it was later renamed "TNA Women's Knockout Championship" in 2008. The word "Knockout" in the championship's name alludes to the term TNA Knockout, which TNA uses to refer to its female wrestlers.
Four-time and current champion Mickie James
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 have occurred at TNA-promoted events; reigns that occurred on TNA's primary television program, Impact Wrestling, usually aired on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date. The inaugural champion was Gail Kim who defeated Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Velvet Sky, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Moore, ODB, and Angelina Love in a ten–Knockout gauntlet match. Taya Valkyrie's first reign is the longest in the title's history, with 377 days. Gail Kim's seventh reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at 18 hours, due to her relinquishing the title because of her retirement. Overall, there have been 58 reigns shared among 24 wrestlers, with three vacancies. The current champion is Mickie James.
== Title history ==
=== Names ===
Name 	Duration
TNA Women's World Championship 	October 14, 2007—2008
TNA Women's Knockout Championship 	2008—2010
TNA Knockouts Championship 	2010—March 1, 2011
Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship	March 2, 2011—July 2, 2017
Unified GFW Knockouts Championship 	July 2, 2017—August 17, 2017
GFW Knockouts Championship 	August 17, 2017—September 18, 2017
Impact Knockouts Championship 	September 18, 2017–2021
Impact Knockouts World Championship 	2021–present
=== Reigns ===
As of February 18, 2022.
Key
No. 	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days 	Number of days held
No. 	Champion 	Championship change 	Championship change 	Championship change 	Reign statistics 	Reign statistics 	Notes 	Ref. 	 	
No. 	Champion 	Date 	Event 	Location 	Reign 	Days 	Notes 	Ref. 	 	
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1 	Gail Kim 	October 14, 2007 	Bound for Glory 	Duluth, GA 	1 	85 	Kim defeated Roxxi Laveauxin the finals of a ten woman gauntlet matchalso involving Ms. Brooks, Miss Jackie Moore, Shelly Martinez, Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, ODB, Angel Williams, and Talia Madison to become the inaugural champion. 	 	 	
2 	Awesome Kong 	January 7, 2008 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	1 	169 	This episode aired on tape delay on January 10, 2008. 	 	 	
3 	Taylor Wilde 	June 24, 2008 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	1 	121 	This episode aired on tape delay on July 10, 2008. 	 	 	
4 	Awesome Kong 	October 23, 2008 	TNA Impact! 	Las Vegas, NV 	2 	178 	 	 	 	
5 	Angelina Love 	April 19, 2009 	Lockdown 	Philadelphia, PA 	1 	67 	This was a three-way six sides of steel cage matchalso involving Taylor Wilde. Love pinned Wilde to win the title. 	 	 	
6 	Tara 	June 25, 2009 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	1 	24 	This episode aired on tape delay on July 9, 2009. 	 	 	
7 	Angelina Love 	July 19, 2009 	Victory Road 	Orlando, FL 	2 	28 	 	 	 	
8 	ODB 	August 16, 2009 	Hard Justice 	Orlando, FL 	1 	11 	This was a tag team matchwhere ODB teamed with Cody Deanerand Angelina Love with Velvet Sky. Deaner pinned Sky to win the championship for ODB. 	 	 	
— 	Vacated 	August 27, 2009 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	— 	— 	The championship was declared vacant and held up because Cody Deaner felt that he was the rightful champion as he was the one who scored the pin at Hard Justice. 	 	 	
9 	ODB 	September 20, 2009 	No Surrender 	Orlando, FL 	2 	91 	ODB defeated Cody Deanerin an intergender match to win the vacant title. 	 	 	
10 	Tara 	December 20, 2009 	Final Resolution 	Orlando, FL 	2 	15 	 	 	 	
11 	ODB 	January 4, 2010 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	3 	13 	 	 	 	
12 	Tara 	January 17, 2010 	Genesis 	Orlando, FL 	3 	78 	This was a two out of three falls match. 	 	 	
13 	Angelina Love 	April 5, 2010 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	3 	13 	Love, Tara, Daffney, and Velvet Skywere the four winners in a Lockbox eight Knockout elimination tag team match, each earning a key to a box containing an unknown prize. Love won the key containing the Knockouts Championship, therefore winning the title; Tara won her pet tarantula Poison and Sky won an open match contract, while Daffney's box resulted in her being forced her to perform a striptease.	 	 	
14 	Madison Rayne 	April 18, 2010 	Lockdown 	St. Charles, MO 	1 	84 	This was a steel cage tag team match in which Rayne and Velvet Skycompeted against Angelina Love and Tara. Rayne pinned Tara to win the title. 	 	 	
15 	Angelina Love 	July 11, 2010 	Victory Road 	Orlando, FL 	4 	2 	Love defeated Madison Raynevia disqualificationin a title vs. career matchwhen a masked woman attacked Angelina. According to a stipulation that the title would change hands if either Velvet Sky or Lacey von Erich interfered, Angelina Love would win the title. 	 	 	
16 	Madison Rayne 	July 13, 2010 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	2 	27 	The Championship was returned to Rayne, after she threatened to sue TNA due to the controversial finish to the match at Victory Road. This episode aired on tape delay on July 22, 2010. 	 	 	
17 	Angelina Love 	August 9, 2010 	TNA Impact!: The Whole F'n Show	Orlando, FL 	5 	62 	This episode aired on tape delay on August 12, 2010. 	 	 	
18 	Tara 	October 10, 2010 	Bound for Glory 	Daytona Beach, FL 	4 	1 	This was a four-way match also involving Madison Rayneand Velvet Sky. Tara pinned Sky to win the title. Mickie Jamesserved as special guest referee. 	 	 	
19 	Madison Rayne 	October 11, 2010 	TNA Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	3 	188 	This episode aired on tape delay on October 14, 2010. 	 	 	
20 	Mickie James 	April 17, 2011 	Lockdown 	Cincinnati, OH 	1 	112 	This was a title vs. hair six sides of steel match . 	 	 	
21 	Winter 	August 7, 2011 	Hardcore Justice 	Orlando, FL 	1 	18 	 	 	 	
22 	Mickie James 	August 25, 2011 	Impact Wrestling 	Huntsville, AL 	2 	17 	This episode aired on tape delay on September 1, 2011. 	 	 	
23 	Winter 	September 11, 2011 	No Surrender 	Orlando, FL 	2 	35 	 	 	 	
24 	Velvet Sky 	October 16, 2011 	Bound for Glory 	Philadelphia, PA 	1 	28 	This was a fatal four-way match also involving Madison Rayneand Mickie James. Sky pinned James to win the title. Karen Jarrettserved as special guest referee; however, Traci Brooks acted as an enforcer and counted Velvet's pin. 	 	 	
25 	Gail Kim 	November 13, 2011 	Turning Point 	Orlando, FL 	2 	210 	 	 	 	
26 	Miss Tessmacher 	June 10, 2012 	Slammiversary 	Arlington, TX 	1 	63 	 	 	 	
27 	Madison Rayne 	August 12, 2012 	Hardcore Justice 	Orlando, FL 	4 	4 	 	 	 	
28 	Miss Tessmacher 	August 16, 2012 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	2 	59 	 	 	 	
29 	Tara 	October 14, 2012 	Bound for Glory 	Phoenix, AZ 	5 	104 	 	 	 	
30 	Velvet Sky 	January 26, 2013 	Impact Wrestling 	London, England 	2 	117 	This was a four-way elimination match also involving Brooke and Gail Kim. Sky pinned Kim to win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on February 21, 2013. 	 	 	
31 	Mickie James 	May 23, 2013 	Impact Wrestling 	Tampa, FL 	3 	112 	 	 	 	
32 	ODB 	September 12, 2013 	Impact Wrestling: No Surrender 	St. Louis, MO 	4 	38 	This episode aired on tape delay on September 19, 2013. 	 	 	
33 	Gail Kim 	October 20, 2013 	Bound for Glory 	San Diego, CA 	3 	88 	This was a three-way match also involving Brooke. Kim pinned Brooke to win the title. 	 	 	
34 	Madison Rayne 	January 16, 2014 	Impact Wrestling: Genesis 	Huntsville, AL 	5 	101 	 	 	 	
35 	Angelina Love 	April 27, 2014 	Sacrifice 	Orlando, FL 	6 	54 	 	 	 	
36 	Gail Kim 	June 20, 2014 	Impact Wrestling 	Bethlehem, PA 	4 	88 	This episode aired on tape delay on July 3, 2014. 	 	 	
37 	Havok 	September 16, 2014 	Impact Wrestling 	Bethlehem, PA 	1 	3 	This episode aired on tape delay on October 1, 2014. 	 	 	
38 	Taryn Terrell 	September 19, 2014 	Impact Wrestling 	Bethlehem, PA 	1 	279 	This was a three-way match also involving Gail Kim. Terrell pinned Kim to win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on November 19, 2014. 	 	 	
39 	Brooke 	June 25, 2015 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	3 	34 	This episode aired on tape delay on July 15, 2015. Brooke was formerly known as Miss Tessmacher. 	 	 	
40 	Gail Kim 	July 29, 2015 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	5 	232 	This was a fatal four-way match also involving Awesome Kongand Lei'D Tapa. Kim pinned Brooke to win the title. This episode aired on tape delayon September 16, 2015. 	 	 	
41 	Jade 	March 17, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	87 	This was a three-way match also involving Madison Rayne. This episode aired on tape delayon April 5, 2016. 	 	 	
42 	Sienna 	June 12, 2016 	Slammiversary 	Orlando, FL 	1 	61 	This was a three-way match also involving Gail Kim. 	 	 	
43 	Allie 	August 12, 2016 	Impact Wrestling: Turning Point	Orlando, FL 	1 	1 	This was a five-way matchalso involving Jade, Marti Bell, and Madison Rayne. Allie pinned Rayne to win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on August 25, 2016. 	 	 	
44 	Maria Kanellis-Bennett 	August 13, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	1 	50 	This episode aired on tape delay on September 1, 2016. 	 	 	
45 	Gail Kim 	October 2, 2016 	Bound for Glory 	Orlando, FL 	6 	7 	 	 	 	
— 	Vacated 	October 9, 2016 	Impact Wrestling 	Orlando, FL 	— 	— 	The championship was declared vacant due to an injury that Gail Kimsuffered. 	 	 	
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46 	Rosemary 	October 9, 2016 	Impact! 	Orlando, FL 	1 	266 	Rosemary defeated Jadein a Six Sides of Steel matchto win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on December 1, 2016. The championship was renamed to the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship following the renaming of the promotion on March 2, 2017.