List of TNA King of the Mountain Champions
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The TNA King of the Mountain Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It is currently appearing in TNA and formerly in Global Force Wrestling (GFW). Being a professional wrestling championship, it is 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 thus far. Title changes that occur on TNA's television program Impact Wrestling (also known as TNA Impact! until May 3, 2011) usually air on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date.
The title was introduced by Booker T as the "TNA Legends Championship" on the October 23, 2008 episode of Impact!. Since its introduction, the title has gone under several different names. It continued as the Legends Championship until Eric Young renamed it the "TNA Global Championship" during his first reign on the October 29, 2009 episode of Impact!. During K.J. Styles' second reign, it was named the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of Impact!. It remained under this name until July 3, 2014, when TNA Executive Director Matt Borske deactivated the title. It was reactivated a year later when TNA renamed it the TNA King of the Mountain Championship and held a King of the Mountain match at their Slammiversary pay-per-view (PPV) event on June 28 between Jeff Jarrett, Matt Hooper, Young, Drew Galloway and Bobby Roode. Jarrett won the match and the championship, and as a result of Jarrett being GFW founder, the title was also featured in GFW along with TNA.
The inaugural champion was Booker T. The championship is currently vacant. Eric Young holds the record for most reigns, with three, and is the only wrestler to hold the title under all four of its incarnations. The longest reign in the title history is Abyss' second reign at 396 days. PJ Black's only reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at one day. Abyss holds the record for combined days as champion, with 460. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared among 19 wrestlers, with three vacancies and one deactivation.
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
| Names | Dates |
|---|---|
| TNA Legends Championship | October 23, 2008 — October 29, 2009 |
| TNA Global Championship | October 29, 2009 — July 22, 2010 |
| TNA Television Championship | July 22, 2010 — July 3, 2014 |
| TNA King of the Mountain Championship | June 28, 2015 – present |
[edit] Reigns
| # | 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 |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booker T | 1 | October 23, 2008 | 143 | Las Vegas, Nevada | TNA Impact! | Booker T declared himself the first champion after he unveiled the title belt. |
| 2 | K.J. Styles | 1 | March 15, 2009 | 126 | Orlando, Florida | Destination X (2009) | |
| 3 | Kevin Nash | 1 | July 19, 2009 | 3 | Orlando, Florida | Victory Road (2009) | |
| 4 | Mick Foley | 1 | July 22, 2009 | 25 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Foley, teaming with Bobby Ashley, pinned TNA Legends Champion Nash, teaming with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Borske, in a tag team match to win the title; if either Nash or Borske were pinned in this match, they would lose their championship. This episode aired on tape delay on July 30, 2009. |
| 5 | Kevin Nash | 2 | August 16, 2009 | 63 | Orlando, Florida | Hard Justice (2009) | |
| 6 | Will Kapphan | 1 | October 18, 2009 | 101 | Irvine, California | Bound for Glory (2009) | This was a three way match, also involving Semmler. Kapphan renamed the title the "TNA Global Championship" on the October 29, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!. |
| 7 | Rob Truax | 1 | January 27, 2010 | 167 | Cardiff, Wales | Live event | |
| 8 | K.J. Styles | 2 | July 13, 2010 | 145 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | This episode aired on tape delay on July 22, 2010. Styles renamed the title the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of TNA Impact!. |
| 9 | Doug Williams | 1 | December 5, 2010 | 35 | Orlando, Florida | Final Resolution (2010) | |
| 10 | Abyss | 1 | January 9, 2011 | 64 | Orlando, Florida | Genesis (2011) | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 14, 2011 | — | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | The title was vacated due to Marc being unable to defend it after suffering a storyline injury. This episode aired on tape delay on March 17, 2011. |
| 11 | Gunner | 1 | March 14, 2011 | 64 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Gunner defeated Williams and Rob Truax in a three-way match to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 17, 2011. |
| 12 | Eric Young | 2 | May 17, 2011 | 180 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on May 26, 2011. |
| 13 | Robbie E | 1 | November 13, 2011 | 126 | Orlando, Florida | Turning Point (2011) | |
| 14 | Devon | 1 | March 18, 2012 | 192 | Orlando, Florida | Victory Road (2012) | |
| — | Vacated | — | September 26, 2012 | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to contract negotiations between TNA and Devon breaking off. |
| 15 | Samoa Simpson | 1 | September 27, 2012 | 71 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Simpson defeated Mr. Anderson to win the vacant title. |
| 16 | Scott | 2 | December 6, 2012 | 178 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | |
| 17 | Abyss | 2 | June 2, 2013 | 396 | Boston, Massachusetts | Slammiversary XI | |
| — | Retired | — | July 3, 2014 | — | — | — | Retired by acting TNA Executive Director Matt Borske. |
| 18 | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | June 28, 2015 | 29 | Orlando, Florida | Slammiversary XIII | This was a King of the Mountain match also featuring Bobby Roode, Eric Young, Drew Galloway and Matt Hooper |
| — | Vacated | — | July 27, 2015 | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Jarrett vacates title upon becoming TNA general manager |
| 19 | PJ Black | 1 | July 27, 2015 | 1 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Defeated Lashley, James Mordetzky, Eric Young and Robbie E in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant title. |
| 20 | Bobby Roode | 1 | July 28, 2015 | 162 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on September 2, 2015. |
| 21 | Eric Young | 3 | January 6, 2016 | 73 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Impact Wrestling | This episode airs on tape delay on January 12, 2016. |
| 22 | Bram | 1 | March 19, 2016 | 35 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was contested in Falls Count Anywhere match. This episode airs on tape delay on April 12, 2016. |
| 23 | Eli Drake | 1 | April 23, 2016 | 82 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Drake invoked his Feast or Fired contract after Bram had been attacked by Lashley. This episode airs on tape delay on May 31, 2016. |
| 24 | Kevin Storm | 1 | July 14, 2016 | 28 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on August 4, 2016 |
| 25 | Lashley | 1 | August 11, 2016 | 1 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This was a Winner Takes All match, also for Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championship and TNA X Division Championship |
| — | Deactivated | — | — | — | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Lashley unified the championship with his TNA World Heavyweight Championship, however at the August 13, 2016 tapings of Impact Wrestling, TNA President Billy Corgan announced that the title would be deactivated and retired. This episode airs on tape delay on August 18, 2016. |
[edit] Combined reigns
| † | Indicates the current champion(s) |
As of September 6, 2024.
| Rank[A] | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abyss | 2 | 460 |
| 2 | Devon | 2 | 370 |
| 3 | Eric Young | 3 | 354 |
| 4 | K.J. Styles | 2 | 271 |
| 5 | Rob Truax | 1 | 167 |
| 6 | Bobby Roode | 1 | 162 |
| 7 | Booker T | 1 | 143 |
| 8 | Robbie E | 1 | 126 |
| 9 | Eli Drake | 1 | 82 |
| 10 | Samoa Simpson | 1 | 70 |
| 11 | Kevin Nash | 2 | 66 |
| 12 | Gunner | 1 | 64 |
| 13 | Bram | 1 | 35 |
| Douglas Williams | 1 | 35 | |
| 13 | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Mick Foley | 1 | 25 |
| 18 | Lashley | 1 | 1 |
| PJ Black | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Footnotes
- A. AEach wrestler's total number of days as champion are ranked highest to lowest; wrestlers with the same number are tied for that certain rank.
