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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Trade Name|Trading name]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Limited liability company
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)<br>'''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling''' (2004–2017, 2024–present)<br>Impact Wrestling (March 2017–June 2017, September 2017–January 2024)<br>Global Force Wrestling (June 2017–September 2017)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Sports entertainment <br> Professional wrestling
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002)<br>TNA Entertainment LLC (2002-2016)<br>Impact Ventures LLC (2015-2016)
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Founded'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | May 10, 2002
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Subsidiary]]
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Founder(s)'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Industry'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Jeff Jarrett]] <br> [[Jerry Jarrett]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Professional wrestling]]<br>[[Streaming media]]
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Headquarters'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Founded'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 209 10th Ave. South, United States <br> Nashville, Tennessee 37203, Ste 302
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |May 10, 2002 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Benjamin Moss<!--(1999, pg. 61)-->|Jeff Jarrett]]<br />[[Jerry Moss<!--Father of Benjamin Moss (1999, pg. 61)-->|Jerry Jarrett]]<br />[[Bob Ryder]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Headquarters'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Dixie Carter-Salinas]] <br> <small><small>[[President]]</small></small> <br> Andy Barton <br> <small><small>Executive Vice President of Licensing and International television distribution</small></small> <br> Chris Sobol <br> <small><small>Vice President of Operations</small></small> <br> Mike Weber <br> <small><small>Vice President of Marketing</small></small> <br> Dean Broadhead <br> <small><small>[[Chief Financial Officer]]</small></small>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Robert W. Carter
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Worldwide
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Parent'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Key people'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Panda Energy International
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[Leonard Asper]]<br>(Founder/[[President (corporate title)|President]]/[[CEO]] – Anthem Sports & Entertainment)<br>[[Richard Schaefer]]<br>(President – Anthem Sports Group)<br>Anthony Cicione<br>(President – TNA Wrestling)
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Website'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Products'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ''Website''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Home video]] • [[Merchandise]] • [[Music]] • [[Pay-per-view]] • [[Publishing]] • [[Cable television in the United States|TV]] • [[Video on demand]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Holding company#Parent company|Parent]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Anthem Sports & Entertainment]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Division (business)|Divisions]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[TNA+ (streaming channel)|TNA+]]<br/>[[TNA Wrestling Home Video]]
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'''Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling''' is a privately held professional wrestling promotion  founded by [[Jeff Jarrett]] and [[Jerry Jarrett]]. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' on [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]]. TNA also gains revenue from live events, product licensing, and direct product sales. In 2002 Panda Energy International purchased a controlling share in TNA. [[Dixie Carter-Salinas|Dixie Carter]] is [[President]] of the company.
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'''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling''' ('''TNA Wrestling''' or simply '''TNA''') is an American [[professional wrestling promotion]] based in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. It is a subsidiary of Canada's [[Anthem Sports & Entertainment]].
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TNA headquarters is located Nashville, Tennessee; its trading company '''TNA Entertainment, LLC'''. operates out of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. The company previously bore the name "'''NWA Total Nonstop Action'''" as, at the time of its formation, it was a member of the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA). TNA was granted exclusive rights to both the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] and the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]. TNA abdicated from the NWA in 2004, but was permitted to continue to use the championships until the NWA abrogated their contract agreement with TNA in May of 2007, after which TNA created its own championship titles.
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Founded by [[Benjamin Moss<!--(1999, pg. 61)-->|Jeff Jarrett]] and [[Jerry <!--Moss-->Jarrett<!--Father of Benjamin Moss (1999, pg. 61)-->|Jerry Jarrett]] in 2002, following the end of [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as '''NWA: Total Nonstop Action''' ('''NWA-TNA''') and was affiliated with the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) governing body. In 2004, the promotion dropped "NWA" from its name, becoming '''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling'''. Despite leaving the NWA's membership, it continued to use the NWA [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|Tag Team]] [[Professional wrestling championship|championships]] as part of its agreement with the governing body. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own [[TNA World Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[TNA World Tag Team Championship|TNA World Tag Team]] championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was rebranded to '''Impact Wrestling''' after its [[TNA Impact!|flagship weekly television series]]. The promotion returned to the TNA name starting in January 2024.
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In 2004 TNA became the first American wrestling company to make exclusive use of a hexagonal wrestling ring (as opposed to the more conventional square ring). In 2010 the company reverted back to the original square ring which the company used in the [[TNA Asylum|Asylum]] years. The organization also employed the unconventional rule that a [[Championship|championship]] can change hands as the result of a [[Disqualification|disqualification]] or [[Countout|countout]], but has since phased out this rule. TNA is broadcast in more than 120 countries all over the world reaching a global audience.
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From its inception, the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind [[IWE]]. In 2017, Impact was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival [[Ring of Honor]], with the loss of their U.S. television contract with [[Paramount Network|Spike]] in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline. By 2019, Impact was thought by many to have recovered through its sustained international television distribution, and the purchase by its parent company of [[AXS TV]], which subsequently began carrying Impact programming. With the establishment of [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW) that year, and that promotion's high-profile U.S. television deal with [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] (which is seen in more households than AXS), TNA has since been viewed as being the third largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind both IWE and AEW respectively.
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==History==
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== History ==
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===Formation===
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=== Formation and early history (2002–2004) ===
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[[File:Jeff Jarrett at a GFW show in June 2015.jpg|thumb|upright=0.795|[[Benjamin Moss<!--(1999, pg. 61)-->|Jeff Jarrett]], one of the founders of TNA, [[TNA Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] and six-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]]]
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===Expansion===
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=== Growth and surging popularity (2004–2009) ===
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[[File:KJ Styles World Champion January 2010.jpg|thumb|left|[[KJ Styles]] was considered "the cornerstone of the company" during the late 2000s, as well as being TNA's first [[Grand Slam (professional wrestling)#Impact Wrestling (2009)|Grand Slam Champion]].]]
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===Former programming===
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=== Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff leadership, and financial troubles (2010–2016) ===
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===Current programming===
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=== Acquisition by Anthem and re-brandings (2017–2023) ===
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[[File:Scott D'Amore 2015.jpg|thumb|As of January 2024, [[Scott D'Amore]] is President of TNA. He was previously Co-Executive Vice President alongside [[Don Callis]] from January 2018 until Callis' departure in May 2021, and sole EVP until March 2023.]]
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==House shows and touring==
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=== Return to TNA (2023–present)===
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''Main article: [[Impact Wrestling Zone]]''
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==Features==
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== Television and touring schedule ==
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[[File:SamoaSimpsonTNA2.jpg|thumb|left|From 2004-2010, TNA used a hexagonal ring]]
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=== Weekly pay-per-views (2002–2004) ===
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From June 2002 until September 2004, the promotion's original weekly pay-per-view shows took place mostly at the [[Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], nicknamed the "TNA Asylum". There were a total of 111 weekly pay-per-views.
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=== ''Impact!'' and ''Xplosion'' in Universal Studios (2004–2013) ===
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''Main articles: [[Impact Zone]]'', [[TNA Impact!]]'','' [[TNA Xplosion]]'', and'' [[Before the Impact]]
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===Ring shape and locations===
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=== Outside the Impact Zone (2013–2017) ===
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===X Division===
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=== Post-Universal Studios (2018–present) ===
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''Main artice: [[X Division]]
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===Ranking system===
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==Personnel==
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===Creative team===
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== Features ==
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===TNA contracts===
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=== X Division ===
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{{Main|X Division}}
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[[File:Ultimate X.jpg|thumb|High-flying, high risk moves are a centerpiece of the [[X Division]].]]
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==Video games==
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=== Six-sided ring ===
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TNA has also expanded into other areas with the development of a video game with Midway Games, titled ''[[TNA Impact (game)|TNA Impact!]]'', released in 2008. In May 2011, Namco Bandai released a TNA game for mobile phones, iPhone and the iPad.
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[[File:SamoaSimpsonTNA2.jpg|thumb|For much of its history, TNA Wrestling used a hexagonal ring.]]
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==Championships==
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=== Knockouts ===
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===Current champions===
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{{Main|TNA Knockouts}}
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''Main article [[List of current champions in TNA Wrestling]]''
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[[File:Gail Kim BFG Knockout Champ.jpg|right|thumb|202x202px|The inaugural and 7-time [[TNA Knockouts World Championship]] holder and [[TNA Hall of Fame]]r [[Isha Lloyd<!--(2006, pg. 33)-->|Gail Kim]] in 2017]]
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===Former championships===
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=== Contracts ===
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====Sanctioned====
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{{Main|List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel}}
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=== Hall of Fame ===
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{{Main|TNA Hall of Fame}}
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== Partnerships ==
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== Video games ==
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|+List of video games based on the company
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! colspan="4" scope="col" style="background-color:#ccccff;" |Main series
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!Last TNA holder
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|[[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]]
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|[[Khristian|Khristian Kage]]
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|January 14, 2007
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== Championships and accomplishments ==
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|[[TNA Final Resolution#2007|Final Resolution]]
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As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}
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|[[Abyss|Marc]]
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=== Current champions ===
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{{Main|List of current champions in TNA Wrestling}}
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==== Men's division ====
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'''Singles'''
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|[[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Championship
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|[[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Bully Ray|Brother Harlan]] and [[Brother Devon|Brother Scott]])
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" colspan=2 | Current champion(s)
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|April 15, 2007
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Reign
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|[[TNA Lockdown (2007)|Lockdown]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date won
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|[[The Latin American Xchange]] ([[Homicide|Eason]], and [[Hernandez|Semmler]])
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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'''Tag team'''
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|[[Inoki Genome Federation#IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF version)|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Championship
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|[[Matt Borske]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" colspan=2 | Current champion(s)
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|June 29, 2007
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Reign
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|Fighting Now Bom-Ba-Ye
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date won
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|[[Brock Lesnar|Rob Lesnar]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
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|[[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP World Tag Team Championship]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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|[[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Brother Devon|Brother Scott]] and [[Bully Ray|Brother Harlan]])
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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|October 18, 2009
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|[[TNA Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound for Glory]]
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|[[The British Invasion|The British Invasion]] ([[Magnus|Aaron Peters]] and [[Doug Williams|Paul Kalgard]])
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|[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship]]
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|[[The Motor City Machine Guns]] ([[Alex Shelley|Brian Tobol]] and [[Chris Sabin|Ryan Gleason]])
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|January 4, 2009
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|[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome]]
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|No Limit ([[Tetsuya Naitō]] and [[Yujiro]])
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'''Singles'''
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!Last TNA holder
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" colspan=2 | Current champion(s)
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!Date won
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Reign
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!Date aired
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date won
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!Event
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!Previous champion
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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|World Beer Drinking Championship
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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|[[James Storm|Chris LeGreca]]
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|February 25, 2008
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|February 28, 2008
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|[[TNA Impact!]]
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|[[Eric Young|Will Kapphan]]
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===Other accomplishments===
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'''Tag team'''
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!Latest Winner
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!Previous Champion
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|[[TNA Knockout#Queen of the Cage|Queen of the Cage]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Championship
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|[[ODB|Coral]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" colspan=2 | Current champion(s)
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|April 19, 2009
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Reign
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|[[TNA Lockdown (2009)]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date won
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|[[Roxxi Laveaux|Shania Laveaux]] ([[TNA Lockdown (2008)|Lockdown (2008)]])
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Days<br />held
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
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|[[King of the Mountain Match|King of the Mountain]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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|[[Matt Borske]]
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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|June 21, 2009
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|[[TNA Slammiversary (2009)|Slammiversary (2009)]]
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|[[Samoa Joe|Samoa Simpson]] ([[TNA Slammiversary (2008)|Slammiversary (2008)]])
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|X Division King of the Mountain
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|[[Suicide (character)|Suicide]]
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|June 21, 2009
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|[[TNA Slammiversary (2009)|Slammiversary (2009)]]
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|[[Kazarian|Mikhail]] (June 5, 2008 edition of [[TNA Impact!|Impact!]])
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==See also==
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=== Defunct championships ===
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*[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees]]
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{{Main|List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}
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*[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]
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*[[List of TNA pay-per-views]]
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel]]
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* [[List of former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel]]
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* [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling albums]]
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* [[List of TNA pay-per-view and livestreaming events]]
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* [[World Wrestling All-Stars]]
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==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Impact Wrestling}}
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{{Impact Wrestling employees}}
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{{TNAPPV}}
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{{TNA Tournaments}}

Current revision as of 03:36, 19 April 2024

Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC
Trading name NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2017, 2024–present)
Impact Wrestling (March 2017–June 2017, September 2017–January 2024)
Global Force Wrestling (June 2017–September 2017)
Formerly called J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002)
TNA Entertainment LLC (2002-2016)
Impact Ventures LLC (2015-2016)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Professional wrestling
Streaming media
Founded May 10, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Founder(s) Jeff Jarrett
Jerry Jarrett
Bob Ryder
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people [Leonard Asper]]
(Founder/President/CEO – Anthem Sports & Entertainment)
Richard Schaefer
(President – Anthem Sports Group)
Anthony Cicione
(President – TNA Wrestling)
Products Home video • Merchandise • Music • Pay-per-view • Publishing • TV • Video on demand
Parent Anthem Sports & Entertainment
Divisions TNA+
TNA Wrestling Home Video
Website

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA Wrestling or simply TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Canada's Anthem Sports & Entertainment.

Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. In 2004, the promotion dropped "NWA" from its name, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Despite leaving the NWA's membership, it continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships as part of its agreement with the governing body. After the agreement ended in 2007, the company created its own TNA World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017 and, in March of that year, was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its flagship weekly television series. The promotion returned to the TNA name starting in January 2024.

From its inception, the promotion had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind IWE. In 2017, Impact was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor, with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline. By 2019, Impact was thought by many to have recovered through its sustained international television distribution, and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV, which subsequently began carrying Impact programming. With the establishment of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) that year, and that promotion's high-profile U.S. television deal with TNT (which is seen in more households than AXS), TNA has since been viewed as being the third largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind both IWE and AEW respectively.

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[edit] History

[edit] Formation and early history (2002–2004)

File:Jeff Jarrett at a GFW show in June 2015.jpg
Jeff Jarrett, one of the founders of TNA, Hall of Famer and six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion

[edit] Growth and surging popularity (2004–2009)

File:KJ Styles World Champion January 2010.jpg
KJ Styles was considered "the cornerstone of the company" during the late 2000s, as well as being TNA's first Grand Slam Champion.

[edit] Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff leadership, and financial troubles (2010–2016)

[edit] Acquisition by Anthem and re-brandings (2017–2023)

File:Scott D'Amore 2015.jpg
As of January 2024, Scott D'Amore is President of TNA. He was previously Co-Executive Vice President alongside Don Callis from January 2018 until Callis' departure in May 2021, and sole EVP until March 2023.

[edit] Return to TNA (2023–present)

[edit] Television and touring schedule

[edit] Weekly pay-per-views (2002–2004)

From June 2002 until September 2004, the promotion's original weekly pay-per-view shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, nicknamed the "TNA Asylum". There were a total of 111 weekly pay-per-views.

[edit] Impact! and Xplosion in Universal Studios (2004–2013)

Main articles: Impact Zone, TNA Impact!, TNA Xplosion, and Before the Impact

[edit] Outside the Impact Zone (2013–2017)

[edit] Post-Universal Studios (2018–present)

[edit] Pandemic era

[edit] Post pandemic

[edit] Features

[edit] X Division

Main article: X Division
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High-flying, high risk moves are a centerpiece of the X Division.

[edit] Six-sided ring

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For much of its history, TNA Wrestling used a hexagonal ring.

[edit] Knockouts

Main article: TNA Knockouts
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The inaugural and 7-time TNA Knockouts World Championship holder and TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim in 2017

[edit] Contracts

Main article: List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel

[edit] Hall of Fame

Main article: TNA Hall of Fame

[edit] Partnerships

[edit] Video games

List of video games based on the company
Year Title Developer Console
Main series

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

As of February 6, 2025

[edit] Current champions

Main article: List of current champions in TNA Wrestling

[edit] Men's division

Singles

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.

Tag team

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.

[edit] Knockouts (women's) division

Singles

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.

Tag team

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Location Notes Ref.

[edit] Defunct championships

Main article: List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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