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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Trade Name|Trading name]]'''  
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Trade Name|Trading name]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2007)<br>Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–present)
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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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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Formerly called'''  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (2002)<br>TNA Entertainment LLC[3] (2002-2016)<br>Impact Ventures LLC[4] (2015-2016)
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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;" |'''Type'''  
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Company type'''  
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Privately Held Company|Private]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Subsidiary]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Industry'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Professional wrestling]]<br>[[Streaming media]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Founded'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |May 10, 2002
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |May 10, 2002 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Founder(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Jeff Jarrett]], [[Jerry Jarrett]]
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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" |[[Nashville, Tennessee]], United States
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Ed Nordholm {{small|(President & member of Board of Managers)}}<br>Dean Broadhead {{small|([[Chief Financial Officer]])}}<br>Al Ovadia {{small|([[Chief Marketing Officer]])}}<br>John Gaburick {{small|(Executive Vice President of Television Production)}}<br>[[Benjamin Moss|Jeff Jarrett]] {{small|(Executive Consultant)}}
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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;" |'''Owner(s)'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Products'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Anthem Sports and Entertainment|Anthem Sports & Entertainment]] (majority - 85%)<br>Aroluxe Marketing (minority - 10%)<br>[[Heidi Foreman (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] (minority - 5%)
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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;" |'''Parent'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Holding company#Parent company|Parent]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Panda Energy International
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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 [[American]] [[Professional Wrestling Promotion|professional wrestling promotion]] based in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Founded by its former [[President (Corporate Title)|President]], Jeff Jarrett, and former [[Chief Executive Officer]] (CEO), Jerry Jarrett, in 2002 as J Sports & Entertainment, LLC (operated as NWA: Total Nonstop Action; a.k.a. NWA-TNA), it is the second-largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States, after [[IWE]].
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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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[[Panda Energy International]] purchased a [[Controlling Interest|controlling interest]] (71%) in the company in 2002 from Jerry Jarrett, re-incorporating it to [[Panda Energy International#TNA Entertainment.2C LLC.|TNA Entertainment, LLC]] in the process. Then, in 2012, Panda Energy divested itself of its stake in TNA. Jeff, the company's former Vice President, departed the company as Executive Vice President of Development/Original Programming on December 22, 2013, but remained as minority shareholder until his return on June 24, 2015. Jarrett's departure as minority shareholder, and therefore his complete departure from the company, came as a result of his return to the promotion, with the deal for his return including the transfer of his minority stake. According to reports, in 2012, when Panda Energy divested itself of its ownership stake in TNA, TNA's President and Panda Energy founder Robert Carter and President and Chief Executive Officer Janice Carter's daughter, Dixie, acquired said stake, making her TNA's majority shareholder. Then, in 2015, when Jarrett sold his minority stake, Dixie acquired that as well, placing her as TNA's sole shareholder, along with her continuing as President.  
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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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According to a report, on August 7, 2015, TNA filed a new business name of Impact Ventures LLC. It was reported near the beginning of 2016 that Aroluxe Marketing, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based marketing agency, had taken a stake in TNA at the start of 2016 in return for providing partial funding, as well as taking over TNA's production operations. It was reported on June 6, 2016 that [[Smashing Pumpkins]] frontman Billy Corgan acquired a minority stake in TNA from Dixie Carter, placing him as TNA's minority owner and Dixie's partner within TNA; however, it has since been clarified through a lawsuit Corgan has filed against TNA that he provided a loan to Dixie. Then, on August 12, 2016, TNA appointed Corgan as the company's new President and the transition of Dixie from President to the company's new Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer. It was reported on September 16, 2016 by the [[New York Post]] that Canada's Fight Network, through its parent company, Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corporation, had taken a stake in TNA. On November 4, 2016, the New York Post reported that Corgan had been removed as President, then on November 30, it also reported that Corgan had settled his lawsuit against TNA, with Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp acquiring the loans Corgan made to Dixie in the process.  
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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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In late November 2016, it was reported that, once Corgan's lawsuit was settled, TNA would go through a restructuring period that would see ownership change, with Anthem taking 85%, Aroluxe 10%, and Dixie Carter 5%. It has also been reported that the management structure would change as well, with Carter remaining as Chairwoman of TNA and a member of TNA's Board of Managers; Anthem's Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm being added to TNA's board, along with representing it on all major operating & restructuring decisions; and Aroluxe's CEO Jason Brown becoming the company's CEO. On January 4th 2017, Anthem Sports and Entertainment purchased an 85% majority stake of the company, re-incorporating TNA's parent company to '''Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC''', and [[Heidi Foreman (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] resigned as Chairwoman after 14 years in charge, while joining the advisory board of Fight Media Group. Ed Nordholm, Anthem's Executive Vice President, then took over Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions as President. Then, it was announced on January 5, 2017 that Jeff Jarrett had been brought back to the company by Anthem and would be employed as an executive consultant.
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== History ==
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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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The company previously bore the NWA-TNA branding — at the time of its formation, it was associated with 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 withdrew from the NWA in 2004, but was permitted to continue to use the championships until the NWA abrogated the agreement in May 2007. TNA became the first American promotion to make exclusive use of a six-sided wrestling-ring as opposed to the more traditional four-sided ring.
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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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==History==
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=== Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff leadership, and financial troubles (2010–2016) ===
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===Formation===
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===2004–2010===
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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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===2010–2014===
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=== Return to TNA (2023–present)===
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===2015===
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== Television and touring schedule ==
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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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===2016===
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=== Outside the Impact Zone (2013–2017) ===
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===2017–present===
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=== Post-Universal Studios (2018–present) ===
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==Impact Zone, house shows and touring==
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====Pandemic era====
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''Main article: [[Impact Wrestling Zone|Impact Zone]]''
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==International partnerships==
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====Post pandemic====
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==Features==
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== Features ==
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[[File:SamoaSimpsonTNA2.jpg|thumb|left|From 2004-2010, TNA used a hexagonal ring]]
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===X Division===
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=== X Division ===
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''Main artice: [[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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===Six sided ring===
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=== Six-sided ring ===
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[[File:SamoaSimpsonTNA2.jpg|thumb|For much of its history, TNA Wrestling used a hexagonal ring.]]
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===TNA contracts===
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=== Knockouts ===
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:''Main article: [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel]]''
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{{Main|TNA Knockouts}}
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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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===TNA Hall of Fame===
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=== Contracts ===
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[[File:TNAHOFLogo.jpg|thumb|TNA Hall of Fame Logo.]]
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{{Main|List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel}}
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==Championships and accomplishments==
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=== Hall of Fame ===
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===Current championships===
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{{Main|TNA Hall of Fame}}
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:''Main article [[List of current champions in TNA Wrestling]]''
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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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== Championships and accomplishments ==
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As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}
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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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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" colspan=2 | Current champion(s)
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Reign
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date won
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
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|[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]
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|[[Jules Washington-Ladd|Lashley]]
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|[[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|5]]
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|align="left"|Was awarded title after previous champion [[Justin Marlen|Alberto El Patrón]] was stripped due to the controversial circumstances surrounding his win over Lashley on March 2 during the Impact Wrestling tapings.<br>Will air March 16, 2017.
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|[[Impact Grand Championship]]
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|[[Quinn Ojinnaka-Noel|Moose]]
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|January 12, 2017
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|align="left"|Won by split decision over [[Dax Hoovestall|Drew Galloway]].<br>Aired on a tape delay on March 2, 2017.
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|[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]
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|[[The Latin American Xchange|LAX]]<br>(Angel Ortiz and Mike Draztik)
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|align="left"|Defeated [[Decay (professional wrestling)|Decay]], [[Laredo Kid]] and Garza Jr. and [[Reno Scum]].<br>Will air on a tape delay on March 30, 2017.
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|[[TNA X Division Championship]]
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|[[Trevor Lewis (wrestler)|Trevor Lewis]]
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|[[List of TNA X Division Champions|2]]
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|January 8, 2017
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|align="left"|Defeated [[Mike Krebs|DJ Z]] in a [[Ladder Match|ladder match]] on ''Impact Wrestling''<br>Aired on a tape delay on February 2, 2017.
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|[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]
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|[[Angela Balkovetz (wrestler)|Rosemary]]
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|[[List of TNA Knockouts Champions|1]]
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|October 9, 2016
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|[[Orlando, Florida]]
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|align="left"|Defeated [[Kristina Johnson (wrestler)|Jade]] on ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' for the vacant title after previous champion [[Isha Lloyd|Gail Kim]] was forced to vacate due to injury.<br>Aired on a tape delay on December 1, 2016.
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===Defunct championships===
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'''Tag team'''
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:''Main article: [[List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]''
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3" colspan=2 | Current champion(s)
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===Other accomplishments===
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==== Knockouts (women's) division ====
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'''Singles'''
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Championship
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|[[TNA One Night Only#Joker's Wild|Joker's Wild]]
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|[[Dax Hoovestall|Drew Galloway]]
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|January 31, 2016
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|[[TNA One Night Only#Joker's Wild 2016|Joker's Wild 4]]
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|[[King of the Mountain Match|King of the Mountain]]
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'''Tag team'''
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|[[Jared Cox (wrestler)|Bram]]
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|January 31, 2016
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|[[TNA One Night Only#Knockouts Knockdown|Queen of the Knockouts]]
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|[[Kristina Johnson (wrestler)|Jade]]
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|March 17, 2016
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|[[TNA One Night Only#Knockouts Knockdown 2016|Knockouts Knockdown 2016]]
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|[[TNA One Night Only#TNA World Cup of Wrestling|TNA World Cup of Wrestling]]
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|Team Hooper ([[Josh Hooper]], [[Kevin Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]], [[Dustin Richards|Davey Richards]], [[Jessie Gutierrez]], [[Robert Rogge|Robbie E]] and [[Kristina Johnson (wrestler)|Jade]])
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|July 22, 2016
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|[[TNA One Night Only#World Cup 2016|World Cup 2016]]
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|[[TNA Gauntlet for the Gold|Bound for Gold]]
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|[[Scott Ricker|Eli Drake]]
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|October 2, 2016
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|[[TNA Bound for Glory (2016)|Bound for Glory]]
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|[[Dax Hoovestall|Drew Galloway]] (World Heavyweight)<br>[[Scott Ricker|Eli Drake]] (King of the Mountain)<br>[[Kevin Storm]] (World Tag Team)<br>[[Grado (wrestler)|Grado]] (Pink slip)
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|January 9, 2016
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|''Impact Wrestling''
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|[[TNA Bound for Glory Series|BFG Series Playoffs]]
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|[[Derrick Reich|Ethan Carter III]]
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|[[Robert Rogge|Robbie E]]
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|November 24, 2016
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|''Impact Wrestling''
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==See also==
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=== Defunct championships ===
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*[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Alumni|List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]
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{{Main|List of former championships in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}
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*[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling personnel]]
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*[[List of Celebrities Involved with TNA Wrestling|List of celebrities involved with TNA Wrestling]]
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== See also ==
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*[[List of TNA pay-per-views]]
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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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==References==
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== External links ==
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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.

Contents

[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
File:Ultimate X.jpg
High-flying, high risk moves are a centerpiece of the X Division.

[edit] Six-sided ring

File:SamoaSimpsonTNA2.jpg
For much of its history, TNA Wrestling used a hexagonal ring.

[edit] Knockouts

Main article: TNA Knockouts
File:Gail Kim BFG Knockout Champ.jpg
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 January 30, 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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