List of TNA Knockouts World Champions
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The TNA Knockouts World Championship is a professional wrestling women's world championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It is primarily contested for in TNA's women's division, though it has been defended against a male competitor. It was introduced on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) event under the name "TNA Women's World Championship"; it was later renamed "TNA Women's Knockout Championship" in 2008. The word "Knockout" in the championship's name alludes to the term TNA Knockout, which TNA uses to refer to its female wrestlers. It is one of two TNA women's championships; the other is the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship.
Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes have occurred at TNA-promoted events; reigns that occurred on TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, usually aired on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date. The inaugural champion was Lauren Ireland, who defeated Ms. Brooks, Jehann Kazem, Awesome Kong, Shaina Laveaux, Talia Madison, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Weikart, Coral, and Angel Williams in a 10-knockout gauntlet match. Angelina Love hold the record for most reigns, with five. At 188 days days, Victoria Lehr's third reign is the longest in the title's history. Courtney Savoie's fourth reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at 1 day day. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared among 10 wrestlers, with 1 vacancy.
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
| Name | Duration |
|---|---|
| TNA Knockout Championship | October 2007–2008 |
| TNA Women's Knockouts Championship | 2008–2010 |
| TNA Knockouts Championship | 2010–2017 |
| Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship | 2017 |
| Unified GFW Knockouts Championship | 2017—present |
[edit] Reigns
As of February 16, 2025.
| # | Order in reign history |
| 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 |
| — | 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 | Gail Kim | 1 | October 14, 2007 | 85 | Duluth, Georgia | Bound for Glory (2007) | Ireland defeated Shaina Laveaux in the finals of a ten knockout gauntlet match to become the first champion. |
| 2 | Awesome Kong | 1 | January 7, 2008 | 169 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on January 10, 2008. |
| 3 | Taylor Wild | 1 | June 24, 2008 | 121 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on July 10, 2008. |
| 4 | Awesome Kong | 2 | October 23, 2008 | 178 | Las Vegas, Nevada | TNA Impact! | |
| 5 | Angelina Love | 1 | April 19, 2009 | 67 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lockdown (2009) | This was a Three–Way Six Sides of Steel match also involving Taylor Wild. Love pinned Wild to win the championship. |
| 6 | Tara | 1 | June 25, 2009 | 24 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on July 9, 2009. |
| 7 | Angelina Love | 2 | July 19, 2009 | 28 | Orlando, Florida | Victory Road (2009) | |
| 8 | O.D.B. | 1 | Austin 16, 2009 | 11 | Orlando, Florida | Hard Justice (2009) | This was a tag team match with ODB partnering with Kody Deaner against Love and Velvet Sky. Deaner pinned Sky to win the championship for Coral. |
| — | Vacated | — | August 27, 2009 | — | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | TNA authority figure Mick Foley vacated the title as Deaner felt he was the rightful champion because he was the one who scored the pin at Hard Justice. |
| 9 | O.D.B. | 2 | September 20, 2009 | 91 | Orlando, Florida | No Surrender (2009) | Coral defeated Kody Deaner to win the vacant championship. |
| 10 | Tara | 2 | December 20, 2009 | 15 | Orlando, Florida | Final Resolution (2009) | |
| 11 | O.D.B. | 3 | January 4, 2010 | 13 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | |
| 12 | Tara | 3 | January 17, 2010 | 78 | Orlando, Florida | Genesis (2010) | This was a two out of three falls match. |
| 13 | Angelina Love | 3 | April 5, 2010 | 13 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Love was one of the four winners in a Lockbox eight Knockout elimination tag team match and won a key to a box containing the Knockout Championship. |
| 14 | Madison Rayne | 1 | April 18, 2010 | 84 | Saint Charles, Missouri | Lockdown (2010) | This was a tag team Steel Cage match that was also for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, where Lehr teamed with Velvet Sky and Love with Courtney. Lehr won the title by pinning Courtney. |
| 15 | Angelina Love | 4 | July 11, 2010 | 2 | Orlando, Florida | Victory Road (2010) | Love defeated Lehr via disqualification in a Title vs. Career match to win the championship. |
| 16 | Madison Rayne | 2 | July 13, 2010 | 27 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | The title was awarded to Rayne, after she threatened to sue TNA due to the controversial finish to the match at Victory Road. Aired on tape delay on July 22, 2010. |
| 17 | Angelina Love | 5 | August 9, 2010 | 62 | Orlando, Florida | The Whole F'n Show | This episode aired on tape delay on August 12, 2010. |
| 18 | Tara | 4 | October 10, 2010 | 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida | Bound for Glory (2010) | This was a Four–Way match, with Sari Pasma serving as the special guest referee, also involving Victoria Lehr and Velvet Sky. Courtney pinned Sky to win the title. |
| 19 | Madison Rayne | 3 | October 11, 2010 | 188 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on October 14, 2010. |
| 20 | Sari Pasma | 1 | April 17, 2011 | 112 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Lockdown (2011) | This was a Title vs. Hair steel cage match. |
| 21 | Winter | 1 | August 7, 2011 | 18 | Orlando, Florida | Hardcore Justice (2011) | |
| 22 | Sari Pasma | 2 | August 25, 2011 | 17 | Huntsville, Alabama | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on September 1, 2011. |
| 23 | Winter | 2 | September 11, 2011 | 35 | Orlando, Florida | No Surrender (2011) | |
| 24 | Velvet Sky | 1 | October 16, 2011 | 28 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Bound for Glory (2011) | This was a Four–Way match, with Cassie Jarrett serving as the special guest referee, also involving Victoria Lehr and Sari Pasma. Sky pinned Rayne to win the championship. |
| 25 | Gail Kim | 2 | November 13, 2011 | 210 | Orlando, Florida | Turning Point (2011) | |
| 26 | Miss Tessmacher | 1 | June 10, 2012 | 63 | Arlington, Texas | Slammiversary (2012) | |
| 27 | Madison Rayne | 4 | August 12, 2012 | 4 | Orlando, Florida | Hardcore Justice (2012) | |
| 28 | Miss Tessmacher | 2 | August 16, 2012 | 59 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | |
| 29 | Tara | 5 | August 16, 2012 | 104 | Phoenix, Arizona | Bound for Glory | |
| 30 | Velvet Sky | 2 | February 7, 2013 | 117 | London, England | Impact Wrestling | This was a fatal four–way elimination match, also involving Miss Tessmacher and Lauren Ireland, Sky pinned Ireland to win the championship. This episode will air on tape delay on February 21, 2013. |
| 31 | Sari Pasma | 3 | March 23, 2013 | 112 | Tampa, Florida | Impact Wrestling | |
| 32 | ODB | 4 | September 12, 2013 | 39 | St. Louis, Missouri | Impact Wrestling | |
| 33 | Gail Kim | 3 | October 20, 2013 | 88 | San Diego, California | Bound for Glory | This was a Three way match also involving Brooke. |
| 34 | Madison Rayne | 5 | January 16, 2014 | 101 | Huntsville, AL | Impact Wrestling:Genesis | |
| 35 | Angelina Love | 6 | April 27, 2014 | 54 | Orlando, FL | Sacrifice (2014) | |
| 36 | Gail Kim | 4 | June 20, 2014 | 88 | Bethlehem, PA | Impact Wrestling | Aired on tape delay on July 03, 2014. |
| 37 | Havok | 1 | September 16, 2014 | 3 | Bethlehem, PA | Impact Wrestling | Aired on tape delay on October 1, 2014. |
| 38 | Taryn Tarrell | 1 | September 19, 2014 | 279 | Bethlehem, PA | Impact Wrestling | This was a three–way match also involving Gail Kim. Aired on tape delay on November 19, 2014. |
| 39 | Brooke | 3 | June 25, 2015 | 34 | Orlando, FL | Impact Wrestling | Aired on tape delay on July 8, 2015. Previously known as Miss Tessmacher. |
| 40 | Gail Kim | 5 | July 29, 2015 | 232 | Orlando, FL | Impact Wrestling | This was contested in a four–way match, also involving Awesome Kong and Lei'D Tapa. Will air on tape delay on September 16, 2015. |
| 41 | Jade | 1 | March 17, 2016 | 87 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was contested in a three–way match, also involving Madison Rayne. Aired on tape delay on April 5, 2016. |
| 42 | Sienna | 1 | June 12, 2016 | 61 | Orlando, Florida | Slammiversary | This was contested in a three–way match, also involving Gail Kim. |
| 43 | Allie | 1 | August 12, 2016 | 1 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling: Turning Point | Allie won the title by pinning Madison Rayne in a five–way match also involving Sienna, Jade and Marti Bell. Aired on tape delay on August 25, 2016 |
| 44 | Maria Kanellis-Bennett | 1 | August 13, 2016 | 51 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on September 1, 2016 |
| 45 | Gail Kim | 6 | October 2, 2016 | 7 | Orlando, Florida | Bound for Glory (2016) | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 9, 2016 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | The title was vacated due to Gail Kim sustaining an injury. |
| 46 | Rosemary | 1 | October 9, 2016 | 266 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Jade in a Six Sides of Steel match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on December 1, 2016. Title was renamed to the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship following the renaming of the promotion on March 2, 2017. |
| 47 | Sienna | 2 | July 2, 2017 | 126 | Orlando, Florida | Slammiversary XV | This was a unification match to unify the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship and the GFW Women's Championship. |
| 48 | Gail Kim | 7 | November 5, 2017 | 1 | Ottawa, Ontario | Bound for Glory (2017) | Kim won the title in a Three-way match also involving Allie. |
| — | Vacated | — | October 9, 2016 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | The title was vacated due to Gail Kim sustaining an injury. |
| 46 | Rosemary | 1 | October 9, 2016 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Jade in a Six Sides of Steel match to win the vacant title in an episode which aired on tape delay on December 1, 2016. Title was renamed to the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship following the renaming of the promotion on March 2, 2017. |
| 47 | Sienna | 2 | July 2, 2017 | 126 | Orlando, Florida | Slammiversary XV | This was a unification match to unify the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship and the GFW Women's Championship. The title was renamed to GFW Knockouts Championship. During Sienna's second reign, the title was renamed again to Impact Knockouts Championship. |
| 48 | Gail Kim | 7 | November 5, 2017 | 1 | Ottawa, Ontario | Bound for Glory (2017) | This was a three–way match also involving Allie. |
| — | Vacated | — | November 6, 2017 | — | Ottawa, Ontario | Impact! | Title vacated due to Kim's retirement from Impact. Aired on tape delay on November 16, 2017. |
| 49 | Laurel Van Ness | 1 | November 8, 2017 | 65 | Ottawa, Ontario | Impact! | Laurel Van Ness defeated Rosemary to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on December 14, 2017. |
| 50 | Allie | 2 | January 12, 2018 | 102 | Orlando, Florida | Impact! Crossroads | This episode aired on tape delay on March 8, 2018. |
| 51 | Su Yung | 1 | April 24, 2018 | 110 | Orlando, Florida | Impact! Under Pressure | This was a Last Rites match. This episode aired on tape delay on May 31, 2018. |
| 52 | Tessa Blanchard | 1 | August 12, 2018 | 147 | Toronto, Ontario | Impact! | This was a three–way match also involving Allie. This episode will air on tape delay on August 30, 2018. |
| 53 | Taya Valkyrie | 1 | January 6, 2019 | 12+ | Nashville, Tennessee | Impact Wrestling Homecoming | Gail Kim served as special guest referee. |
[edit] Combined reigns
As of February 16, 2025.
| + | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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