Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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| TNA Entertainment, LLC | |
| |
| Type | Limited liability company |
| Industry | Sports entertainment Professional wrestling |
| Founded | May 10, 2002 |
| Founder(s) | Jeff Jarrett Jerry Jarrett |
| Headquarters | 209 10th Ave. South, United States Nashville, Tennessee 37203, Ste 302 |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Dixie Carter-Salinas President Andy Barton Executive Vice President of Licensing and International television distribution Chris Sobol Vice President of Operations Mike Weber Vice President of Marketing Dean Broadhead Chief Financial Officer |
| Owner(s) | Robert W. Carter |
| Parent | Panda Energy International |
| Website | Website |
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. 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 is President of the company.
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.
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 Asylum years. The organization also employed the unconventional rule that a championship can change hands as the result of a disqualification or 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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History
Formation
Expansion
Former programming
Current programming
Lawsuit against IWE
House shows and touring
Main article: Impact Wrestling Zone
Features
Ring shape and locations
X Division
Main artice: X Division
Ranking system
TNA Hall of Fame
The TNA Hall of Fame was announced on May 31, 2012. Inductees will be chosen based on their contributions to TNA's history. On June 10 at Slammiversary, Sting was revealed as the first inductee into the Hall of Fame. His formal induction is to take place at Bound for Glory in October of 2012.
Personnel
Creative team
Authority figures
TNA contracts
Video games
TNA has also expanded into other areas with the development of a video game with Midway Games, titled TNA Impact!, released in 2008. In May 2011, Namco Bandai released a TNA game for mobile phones, iPhone and the iPad.
Championships
Current champions
Main article List of current champions in TNA Wrestling
Former championships
Sanctioned
| Former Title | Last TNA holder | Date won | Event | Previous champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA World Heavyweight Championship | Khristian Kage | January 14, 2007 | Final Resolution | Marc |
| NWA World Tag Team Championship | Team 3D (Brother Harlan and Brother Scott) | April 15, 2007 | Lockdown | The Latin American Xchange (Homicide, and Semmler) |
| IWGP World Heavyweight Championship | Matt Borske | June 29, 2007 | Fighting Now Bom-Ba-Ye | Rob Lesnar |
| IWGP World Tag Team Championship | Team 3D (Brother Scott and Brother Harlan) | October 18, 2009 | Bound for Glory | The British Invasion (Aaron Peters and Doug Williams) |
| IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Leon and Chris Gomez) | January 4, 2009 | Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome | No Limit (Tetsuya Naitō and Yujiro) |
Unsanctioned
| Championship | Last TNA holder | Date won | Date aired | Event | Previous champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Beer Drinking Championship | Kevin Storm | February 25, 2008 | February 28, 2008 | TNA Impact! | Will Kapphan |
Other accomplishments
| Accomplishments | Latest Winner | Date won | Event | Previous Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen of the Cage | Coral | April 19, 2009 | TNA Lockdown (2009) | Roxxi Laveaux (Lockdown (2008)) |
| King of the Mountain | Matt Borske | June 21, 2009 | Slammiversary (2009) | Samoa Simpson (Slammiversary (2008)) |
| X Division King of the Mountain | Suicide | June 21, 2009 | Slammiversary (2009) | Kazarian (June 5, 2008 edition of Impact!) |
