List of Impact X Division Champions
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The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Impact Wrestling promotion. It is primarily contested in TNA's X Division. The title was created and debuted on June 19, 2002 at the taping of TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event.
Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Title changes that happen on episodes of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, air on television two to nine days from the date the match was taped. Changes that happened on weekly PPV events aired either during a live broadcast or aired on taped delay up to seven days apart. The inaugural champion was K.J. Styles, who defeated Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June 19, 2002 at the taping of TNA's second weekly PPV event, which aired on June 26, 2002.Chris Sabin currently holds the record for the most reigns, with eight. At 301 days, Austin Brown' first reign is the longest in the title's history. At less than one day, Eric Young's only reign is the shortest in the title's history.
The current champion is Rich Swann who is in his first reign as champion.
Contents |
Title history
Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| NWA X Championship | 2002 |
| NWA–TNA X Championship | 2002 |
| NWA–TNA X Division Championship | 2003 |
| TNA X Division Championship | 2003 – March 1, 2017 |
| Impact Wrestling X Division Championship | March 2, 2017 – August 17, 2017 |
| GFW X Division Championship | August 17, 2017 – September 18, 2017 |
| IMPACT X Division Championship | September 18, 2017 – present |
Reigns
As of January 15, 2025.
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily. |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.J. Styles | 1 | June 18, 2002 | 49 | Huntsville, Alabama | Weekly pay-per-view event #2 | Styles defeated Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four-Way Double Elimination match to be crowned the inaugural champion. The event aired on tape delay on June 26, 2002. |
| 2 | Low Ki | 1 | August 7, 2002 | 14 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #8 | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Jerry Lynn. |
| 3 | Jerry Lynn | 1 | August 2, 2002 | 49 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #11 | This was a 3-Way ladder match also involving K.J. Styles. The event aired on tape delay on August 28, 2002. |
| — | Vacated | — | October 8, 2002 | — | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #15 | Lynn vacated the championship due to an injury. |
| 4 | Syxx-Pac | 1 | October 9, 2002 | 14 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #15 | Syxx-Pac defeated Kid Cash, Tony Mamaluke, The S.A.T., Alex Steel, and K.J. Styles in a ladder match to win the vacant title. |
| 5 | K.J. Styles | 2 | October 23, 2002 | 14 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #17 | |
| 6 | Jerry Lynn | 2 | November 6, 2002 | 35 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #19 | |
| 7 | Sonny Siaki | 1 | December 11, 2002 | 63 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #24 | |
| 8 | Kid Cash | 1 | February 12, 2003 | 77 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #31 | |
| 9 | Amazing Red | 1 | April 30, 2003 | 14 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #42 | |
| 10 | Chris Sabin | 1 | May 14, 2003 | 98 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #44 | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Jerry Lynn. Gleason unified the X Division Championship with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship by defeating champion Lynn, Mikhail and Johnny Swinger in Auckland, New Zealand on May 25, 2003. |
| 11 | Michael Shane | 1 | August 20, 2003 | 140 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #58 | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Mikhail. |
| 12 | Chris Sabin | 2 | January 7, 2004 | 84 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #75 | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Christopher Barnhart and Low Ki. |
| — | Vacated | — | March 31, 2004 | — | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #87 | Gleason vacated the championship due to an injury. |
| 13 | Kazarian | 1 | March 31, 2004 | 70 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #87 | Mikhail defeated Amazing Red to win the vacant championship. |
| 14 | K.J. Styles | 3 | June 9, 2004 | 49 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #97 | |
| 15 | Kazarian(2) and Kazarian(2) | 2 | July 28, 2004 | 14 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #104 | Fonger and Mikhail were declared co-champions after defeating Styles in an Ultimate X match by retrieving the belt at the same time. |
| 16 | Jon Williams | 1 | August 11, 2004 | 158 | Nashville, Tennessee | Weekly pay-per-view event #106 | Defeated Amazing Red in the finals of 22-man Gauntlet for the Gold. |
| 17 | K.J. Styles | 4 | January 16, 2005 | 56 | Orlando, Florida | Final Resolution (2005) | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Ryan Gleason |
| 18 | Christopher Barnhart | 1 | March 13, 2005 | 182 | Orlando, Florida | Destination X (2005) | This was an Ultimate X Challenge match also involving Elix Eason and Blake Wheeler. |
| 19 | K.J. Styles | 5 | September 11, 2005 | 91 | Orlando, Florida | Unbreakable | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Samoa Simpson. |
| 20 | Samoa Simpson | 1 | December 12, 2005 | 91 | Orlando, Florida | Turning Point (2005) | |
| 21 | Christopher Barnhart | 2 | March 12, 2006 | 29 | Orlando, Florida | Destination X (2006) | This was an Ultimate X MatchUltimate X match also involving K.J. Styles. |
| 22 | Samoa Simpson | 2 | April 10, 2006 | 70 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | The episode aired on tape delay on April 13, 2006. |
| 23 | Senshi1 | 2 | June 19, 2006 | 125 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Josh Adams-Montemayor. The episode aired on tape delay on June 22, 2006. |
| 24 | Chris Sabin | 3 | October 22, 2006 | 2 | Plymouth Township, Michigan | Bound for Glory (2006) | |
| 25 | K.J. Styles | 6 | October 24, 2006 | 13 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Styles won it from Gleason by defeating him in the fourth round of the 2006 Fight for the Right Tournament. The episode aired on tape delay on November 2, 2006. |
| 26 | Christopher Barnhart | 3 | November 6, 2006 | 69 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Ryan Gleason. The episode aired on tape delay on November 16, 2006. |
| 27 | Chris Sabin | 4 | January 14, 2007 | 154} | Orlando, Florida]] | Final Resolution (2007) | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Jerry Lynn. |
| 28 | Jay Lethal | 1 | June 17, 2007 | 2 | Nashville, Tennessee | Slammiversary (2007) | |
| 29 | Samoa Simpson | 3 | June 19, 2007 | 54 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | The episode aired on tape delay on June 21, 2007. |
| 30 | Matt Borske | 1 | August 12, 2007 | 28 | Orlando, Florida | Hard Justice (2007) | This match was also for Borske's TNA World Heavyweight and IGF's version of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, as well as for Simpson's TNA World Tag Team Championship. Borskee became the first person to hold all of TNA's active championships at the same time. |
| 31 | Jay Lethal | 2 | February 10, 2008 | 65 | Orlando, Florida | No Surrender (2007) | |
| 32 | Johnny Gludt | 1 | January 21, 2008 | 20 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | The episode aired on tape delay on January 24, 2008. |
| 33 | Jay Lethal | 3 | February 20, 2008 | 65 | Greenville, South Carolina | Against All Odds (2008) | This was a Six Man Tag Team Street Fight pitting Fisher and The Motor City Machine Guns (Brian Tobol and Ryan Gleason) against Gludt and and Team 3D (Harlan Ray and [[Brother Devon|Scott00), in which the person to get the fall would win the title. |
| 34 | Jon Williams | 2 | April 15, 2008 | 152 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Williams cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge Fisher for the championship and inevitably win the title. The episode aired on tape delay on April 17, 2008. |
| 35 | Sheik Abdul Bashir | 1 | September 14, 2008 | 84 | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | No Surrender (2008) | This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Consequences Greed. |
| 36 | Eric Young | 12 | December 7, 2008 | 0 | Orlando, Florida | Final Resolution (December 2008) | |
| — | Vacated | — | December 7, 1008 | — | Orlando, Florida | Final Resolution (December 2008) | Management Director Jim Cornette stripped Young of the championship because his win was controversial. |
| 37 | Alex Shelley | 1 | January 11, 2009 | 63 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Genesis (2009) | Tobol defeated Ryan Gleason in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. |
| 38 | Suicide (Christopher Barnhart/Kazarian) | 4 / 33 | March15, 2009 | 102 | Orlando, Florida | Destination X (2009) | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal. During the championship reign the character of Suicide was played by both Christopher Barnhart and Mikhail. |
| 39 | Homicide | 1 | June 25, 2009 | 52 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Homicide cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge Suicide for the championship and inevitably win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on July 16, 2009. |
| 40 | Samoa Simpson | 4 | August 16, 2009 | 50 | Orlando, Florida | Hard Justice (2009) | |
| 41 | Amazing Red | 2 | October 5, 2009 | 106 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on October 8, 2009. |
| 42 | Doug Williams | 1 | January 19, 2010 | 89 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Williams cashed in Rob Truax's Feast or Fired contract to challenge Amazing Red for the championship. This episode aired on tape delay on January 28, 2010. |
| — | Vacated | — | April 18, 2010 | — | Saint Charles, Missouri | Lockdown (2010) | Kalgard was stripped of the title after not being able to the defend due to travel restrictions in the aftermath of Icelandic volcanic eruptions. |
| 43 | Kazarian | 4 | April 18, 2010 | 28 | Saint Charles, Missouri | Lockdown (2010) | Kazarian defeated Eason and Shane Linguini in a Steel Cage match to win the vacant title. |
| 44 | Doug Williams | 2 | May 16, 2010 | 113 | Orlando, Florida | Sacrifice (2010) | |
| 45 | Jay Lethal | 4 | September 6, 2010 | 18 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on September 16, 2010. |
| 46 | Amazing Red | 3 | September 23, 2010 | 2 | New York, New York | Live event | |
| 47 | Jay Lethal | 5 | September 25, 2010 | 43 | Rahway, New Jersey | Live event | |
| 48 | Robbie E | 1 | November 7, 2010 | 30 | Orlando, Florida | Turning Point (2010) | |
| 49 | Jay Lethal | 6 | December 7, 2010 | 33 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | |
| 50 | Kazarian | 5 | January 9, 2011 | 127 | Orlando, Florida | Genesis (2011) | |
| 51 | Abyss | 1 | May 16, 2011 | 55 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on May 19, 2011. |
| 52 | Brian Kendrick | 1 | July 10, 2011 | 63 | Orlando, Florida | Destination X (2011) | |
| 53 | Austin Brown | 1 | September 11, 2011 | 298 | Orlando, Florida | No Surrender (2011) | |
| — | Vacated | — | July 5, 2012 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Brown vacated the title in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. |
| 54 | Zema Ion | 1 | July 8, 2012 | 98 | Orlando, Florida | Destination X (2012) | This was an Ultimate X match, also involving Kenny King, Mason Andrews and Jeremiah Dutt. |
| 55 | Kyle Van Dam | 1 | October 14, 2012 | 137 | Phoenix, Arizona | Bound for Glory (2012) | |
| 56 | Kenny King | 1 | February 28, 2013 | 94 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | |
| 57 | Chris Sabin | 5 | June 2, 2013 | 18 | Boston, Massachusetts | Slammiversary (2013) | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Suicide. |
| 58 | Austin Brown | 2 | June 20, 2013 | 9 | Peoria, Illinois | Impact Wrestling | Brown dressed himself as Suicide and took his place in a three-way match also involving Kenny King. Aired on tape delay on June 27, 2013 |
| 59 | Chris Sabin | 6 | June 29, 2013 | 0 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Impact Wrestling | This was a three-way match also involving Manik. Aired on tape delay on July 4, 2013. |
| — | Vacated | — | June 29, 2013 | — | Las Vegas, Nevada | Impact Wrestling | Sabin vacated the title in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, This episode will air on tape delay on July 11, 2013. |
| 60 | Manik (portrayed by K.J. Perkins) | 2 (1) | July 18, 2013 | 94 | Louisville, Kentucky | Impact Wrestling | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Jeremiah Dutt and Greg Marasciulo. This episode will air on tape delay on July 25, 2013. |
| 61 | Chris Sabin | 7 | October 20, 2013 | 34 | San Diego, California | Bound for Glory (2013) | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Austin Brown, Josh Hooper and Samoa Simpson |
| 62 | Austin Brown | 3 | November 23, 2013 | 11 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on December 12, 2013. |
| 63 | Chris Sabin | 8 | December 5, 2013 | 42 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on January 2, 2014 |
| 64 | Austin Brown | 4 | January 16, 2014 | 45 | Huntsville, Alabama | Impact Wrestling: Genesis | This episode airs on tape delay on January 23, 2014. |
| 65 | Akane Sanada | 1 | March 2, 2014 | 110 | Tokyo, Japan | Kaisen: Outbreak | |
| 66 | Austin Brown | 5 | June 20, 2014 | 5 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Impact Wrestling | This episode will air on tape delay on July 10, 2014. |
| — | Vacated | — | June 25, 2014 | — | New York, New York | Impact Wrestling | Brown vacated the title in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. This episode will air on tape delay on July 17, 2014. |
| 67 | Samoa Simpson | 5 | June 27, 2014 | 85 | New York, New York | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Low Ki and Akane Sanada in a three-way match to win the vacant title Will air August 7 |
| — | Vacated | — | September 19, 2014 | — | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Impact Wrestling | Simpson vacated the title due to not being medically cleared to compete. This episode airs on tape delay on November 12, 2014. |
| 68 | Low Ki | 3 | September 19, 2014 | 111 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Tigre Uno, Manik, and DJ Z for the vacant title. This episode will air on tape delay on November 19, 2014. |
| 69 | Austin Aries | 6 | January 7, 2015 | 1 | New York, New York | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Low Ki during TNA's inaugural broadcast on Destination America. |
| 70 | Low Ki | 4 | January 8, 2015 | 23 | New York, New York | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on January 16, 2015. |
| 71 | Rockstar Spud | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 43 | London, England | Impact Wrestling | Spud invoked his Feast or Fired title opportunity This episode airs on tape delay on March 20, 2015. |
| 72 | Kenny King | 2 | March 15, 2015 | 56 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was a four-way ladder match also involving Tigre Uno and Mandrews. This episode airs on tape delay on April 17, 2015. |
| 73 | Rockstar Spud | 2 | May 10, 2015 | 0 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was a gauntlet match featuring King, Manik, DJ Z, Mandrews, Argos, Crazzy Steve and Tigre Uno. This episode aired on tape delay on May 29, 2015. |
| — | Vacated | — | May 10, 2015 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Spud vacated the title in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. This episode aired on tape delay on June 5, 2015. |
| 74 | Tigre Uno | 1 | June 24, 2015 | 199 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Low Ki and Grado in a three-way elimination match to win the vacant title. |
| 75 | Trevor Lee | 1 | January 9, 2016 | 155 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Impact Wrestling | This episode will air on tape delay |
| 76 | Eddie Edwards | 1 | June 12, 2016 | 2 | Orlando, Florida | Slammiversary | This was a Fatal Four way match including Andrew Everett and DJ Z. |
| 77 | Mike Bennett | 1 | June 14, 2016 | 1 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode will air on tape delay on June 21, 2016. |
| 78 | Eddie Edwards | 2 | June 15, 2016 | 28 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was an Ultimate X match that also included Mike Bennett, Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett and DJ Z, Rockstar Spud, Mandrews and Braxton Sutter. This episode will air on tape delay on June 28, 2016. |
| 79 | Lashley | 1 | July 13, 2016 | 30 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was a Winner Takes All Six Sides of Steel for both Edwards' X Division Championship and Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championship. This episode aired on tape delay on July 21, 2016. |
| — | Vacated | — | August 12, 2016 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Lashley would proclaim that he would unify the TNA King of the Mountain Championship with his TNA World Heavyweight Championship and vacated the X Division Championship. This episode airs on tape delay on August 18, 2016. |
| 80 | DJ Z | 2 | August 13, 2016 | 148 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was an Ultimate X Gauntlet match that also included Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, Rockstar Spud, Mandrews, and Braxton Sutter in an Ultimate X Gauntlet match for the vacated X Division Championship. This episode airs on tape delay on September 1, 2016. |
| 81 | Trevor Lee | 2 | January 8, 2017 | 102 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Lee invoked his Race for the Case for a title opportunity on Open Fight Night. This was a ladder match. This episode aired on tape delay on February 2, 2017. |
| 82 | Low Ki | 5 | April 20, 2017 | 40 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was a six pack challenge that also included Andrew Everett, Jeremiah Dutt, Dezmond Xavier, and Suicide. |
| 83 | Jemimah Dutt | 1 | May 30, 2017 | 81 | Mumbai, India | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on June 15, 2017. uring his reign the title was renamed GFW X Division Championship. |
| 84 | Trevor Lee | 3 | August 19, 2017 | 82 | Orlando, Florida | GFW Impact! | This was a falls count anywhere match. This episode aired on tape delay on September 14, 2017. During his reign the title was renamed Impact X Division Championship. |
| 85 | Taiji Ishimori | 1 | November 9, 2017 | 64 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on January 4, 2018. |
| 86 | Matt Sydal | 1 | January 12, 2018 | 191 | Orlando, Florida | Impact! Crossroads | Sydal's Impact Grand Championship was also on the line. This episode aired on tape delay on March 8, 2018. |
| 87 | Brian Cage | 1 | July 22, 2018 | 112 | Toronto, Ontario | Slammiversary XVI | |
| — | Vacated | — | January 6, 2019 | — | Las Vegas, Nevada | Impact | |
| 88 | Rich Swann | 1 | January 6, 2019 | 12+ | Nashville, Tennessee | Impact Wrestling Homecoming | This was an Ultimate X match also involving Ethan Page, Jake Crist, and Trey Miguel. |
List of combined reigns
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Record eight-time champion Chris Sabin.
As of January 15, 2025
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| Rank [1] | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|
Footnotes
- 1:^ – Low Ki used the ring name Senshi in 2006 after his return to TNA.
- 2:^ – Suicide's reign marks Christopher Daniels' fourth and Frankie Kazarian's third reign.
- 3:^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
- 4:^ – For the purposes of this chart, Suicide's 102 days as champion were not added onto either Kazarian's or Christopher Barnharts' totals.
