Every TNA/IMPACT World Champion Ranked From WORST To BEST

TNA Impact Wrestling gfw to buy, let's assume that the wrestling company with as many alter egos as ed Leslie has been a crucial part of the wrestling landscape for the past 18 years, filling the void left by the once-great WCW when it imploded as a dying star. Created by father and son duo Jerry and Jeff Jarrett to operate as America's second-largest wrestling promotion in 2002, starting out is the flagship territory of an ailing NWA. TNA soon carved out a niche for itself in the American wrestling market and then feuded with the NWA and charted a course toward

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domination with decidedly mixed results after years of mismanagement, bad decisions and failed television deals.

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. book promotions on the circuit and, oh look, there's Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins, much like Impact itself. The group's World Championship has a complicated and often confusing past and has gone through several iterations, including the historic, the beautiful, the embarrassing, and whatever this monstrosity was. their FINA combined 34

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to best join us number 34 Pentagon junior the man without fear came into impact as part of a partnership with wrestling underground in 2018, since most of the wrestling companies that word WWE thought, hey, maybe we should all kind of team up after some impact vs. appearances. clandestine fight events pentagons jr. He was scheduled to make his official impact debut against brother Ray Phoenix at Redemption 2018, but the two faced Impact World Champion Austin Aries in a triple threat for gold as number one contender Alberto El Patron had been fired from the company, no surprises there.

As expected from such a high caliber, the fight was very good and saw Pentagon take the victory in his debut. The fight was a huge hit with fans and critics alike and the title change gave Impact some much-needed attention and then two. Days later, Ares got him back with a kick to the penis and a brain buster - easy, easy, because of the way the impact tape shows the loss of the Pentagon title didn't air for a month, but the books Records indicate that he had a reign of two days. He still managed successful defenses at the time, although Brock Lesnar takes note of the 33rd Rhino after being fired from WWE for breaking a flower pot, No Rhino actually came to TNA in 2005 hoping to regain the momentum he once had in ECW. , anticipation was high for the Beastman and upon joining he was thrown straight into the title picture with NWA Champion Raven and the captor of the brave young upstart Jeff Jarrett Bound for Glory 2005 after winning a bloody monsters ball match That same night, rhino won a gauntlet that also included Samoa Joe Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles, among others, his prize being an instant title match against the NWA Champion with Tito Ortiz as referee.

The match itself was great for TNA overbooking and saw runs from Gail Kim and America's Most Wanted before Rhino managed to overcome the odds. gore and get the 1-2-3, the crowd exploded partly because they were sick of Jarrett, but mostly because Rhino made a big turn by doing triple duty before Rhino could celebrate Jarrett and Ko beating him up and putting him down. a coffin, but not before there were more confrontations with 3 Live Crew Team Canada, the Dudleys and Konan, like we said nonsense, and then rhino lost the title two days later, again to Jeff Jarrett, of course, number 32, Tessa Blanchard, the controversial third generation star.

She made wrestling history by becoming the first woman to hold the Impact World Title and is arguably the highest profile female competitor to have won a major promotions top championship after defeating Sami Callihan for the belts Blanchard held. wrestling fans around the world. the world talks about impact and its first women's world champion for better or worse Blanchard made more history when she successfully defended the title against Tire Valkyrie the first match in history between two women for a world championship there is a lot to say about the reign of Blanchard really, on the one hand, made history and brought attention to the impact, but on the other, it was severely disrupted by the Kovat 19 crisis with Blanchard herself absent from impact television for most of the lockdown, not the PPV of the real running of the bulls.

In Tesla's absence, Moose declared himself TNA World Heavyweight Champion, took the classic title out of storage and defended it on Impact TV, but before we could have a match for the undisputed championship, Blanchard was stripped of the Impact title and fired for allegedly not cooperating and refusing to ship. in promos while we were away from company number 31, Mick Foley, we all loved Mick Foley except Ric Flair, but even the hardcore legend would have to admit that he was already past his prime in 2009, the perfect time to hold a world title of TNA at the time with an eye on TNA Champion Sting Foley, he faced the icon in a six-sided Steel match at the close of 2009, the match receiving the big match full of praise and legacies from both competitors, who rose above and beyond only for it to result in a predictable fight.

The Slow and Plodding Title Match Foley won by diving from the side of the cage to the mats below for the win and the title, don't get us wrong. Sting vs. Cactus Jack was great 17 years earlier in WCW. Both men are certified legends in the wrestling world, but this match crystallized the TNA main event scene as the old boys fought for that last bit of glory, somehow Foley managed to hold the title for two months defending it only once before losing the belt at Slammiversary 2009 in the conceptual nightmare that is the fight against the king of the mountain have a good day number 30 Alberto the boss it is strange to look back and remember that at one time people She was legitimately excited about Alberto el Patron, the former WWE Champion was a solid fighter in the ring and when he came to Impact in 2017, many Sora is a good signing for a company that was on the rise.

The skipper caused a stir when he debuted without warning on Impact defeating world champion Bobby Lashley via Nana Guns on his skin night with the company, but he relinquished the title immediately because he is such a good guy, skipper that he didn't flinch, he soon beat Magnus for the gfw world championship and decided to take another shot at Big Bob in a title unification match at Slammiversary 15 after a decent back and forth pattern earned the victory with his artificial corner stomped and held on the ring with his father and brother as the new impact, sorry, gfw world heavyweight champion, a champion of valor and patron of honor, held the title for 43 days and was then stripped of it and suspended due to allegations of domestic abuse. in August 2017 as for the GF W World Title it was renamed the Impact Global Championship in September 2017 and then changed lasting a fraction longer than Alberto Ken Shamrock's 29th reign in 2002 the NWA Champion and the 7th.

The Beast was scheduled to defend his title at TNA's inaugural pay-per-view, but he didn't and was stripped of the ten pound gold so we assume he was the most fearless employee in NWA history. Still, the fledgling TNA needed a champion to carry their promotion and thus created a gold gauntlet for the title AKA a battle royal where the last two remaining competitors have a regular match to decide the winner. the last two were malicious and unrecognizable the wall of WCW and Ken Shamrock the angry is a wasp SAS former WWE and UFC superstar shamrock hit belly to belly got the victory and the title and TNA had its first World Champion.

Many fans during the Attitude Era clamored for shamrock to have a run with the WWE title to no avail now that NWA champion shamrock was fine. I guess the role certainly isn't that of the top star to build a new company anyway, especially since he still had one foot firmly placed in the MMA world after 49 days and with some successful defenses under his belt, Shamrock lost the title against Ron Kills and soon. The 28th cowboy of the late James Storm in TNA, James Storm was one of TNA's true success stories. A part of the company since its inception, Storm built a reputation as one of the brand's hardest workers and became a 14-time champion tied with Chris Harris and Robert Roode between them. others in 2011, Storm was at the peak of his popularity due to his run with Rude as Beer Money Inc and was being groomed for a singles run despite losing the number one contender spot through the Bound for Glory series, the Cowboy drinks beer soon.

He faced TNA Champion Kurt Angle for the title at Impact and damn, he just went and beat him. The legitimate crowd lost their minds in shock and blew the roof off the impact zone. James Storm had done it and gave an emotional speech to the TNA crowd. and his lifelong companion, Roode, the cowboy era had begun eight days or two weeks later on television. Storm put the title on the line against his number one contender and best friend and we all knew that, unfortunately, nothing was going to go wrong here. Storm forgot that Bobby Roode is a bastard and after taking a beer bottle to his head, Storm Soul Rain as TNA Champion ended before he really had a chance to get started.

Chris Sabin TNA's C option number 27 is a great idea, it allows him the champion of the X Division. Trading the X Division titles for a chance to be world champion in Destination X is a bit like money in the bank, but Option C cashes are much less successful unless you're Chris Sabin, the eight-time X Division champion and former Motor City. machine gun became the second X Division champion to invoke option C at Destination Now you may roll your eyes at the Aces and Eights, but they attracted knockouts and decent bullies. Ray was one of the best heels on the planet at the time, the plucky underdog Sabin was written off by virtually

every

one but pulled off the upset of the year when he defeated former table destroyer Dudley being TNA, the match was an overbooked disaster involving to the referee. clashes against Asus races and makes eight against Main Event Mafia and Rampage Jackson for some reason and concluded with Sabin hitting Bully Ray in the head with a nasty hammer, but it was a fluke that the winner Sabin lost the title in his first defense in a cage match against Bully Ray in Hardcore Justice just a month later, issue 26, Brian Cage, imagine Wolverine crossed with the ultimate warrior in some terrible science experiment gone wrong and another 400 pounds of flesh and to do a standing moonsault and you have Brian Cage, I mean just look at him, the man is legitimately terrifying, you would surely keep him in your good books, well apparently Johnny impact mondo Morrison is braver than you and I, the impact champion, decided to poke the bear and made his wife tie a Valkyrie cage right on his plums, no.

It was a smart move as Cage soon beat Johnny for the title at Rebellion in April 2019, however, during the course of the match, Cage injured his back after taking a Spanish fly on the floor. This injury would cause the machine to spend some time on the shelf and as a result, Cage spent most of his reign out of action, although he did manage a successful defense against Michael Elgin, but unfortunately that was it and the bulky Brian lost the title to Sami Callihan after 180 days as champion and is now part of the Aew roster. recovering, let's hope he can stay in shape and become the monster he was clearly born to be, number 25 of the abyss, part kain, part humanity, manbearpig, this was TNA's resident mind monster in chief for the better part of 17 years , surprising then that he only had one career. when TNA champion Abyss defeated AJ Styles to become the number one contender to the NWA title and faced the icon at Genesis 2006 in a tough and fun match that saw Sting take a thumbtack to the 47 years.

Later, the old goth despite there being table hits with thumbtacks and an offstage clash, Abyss won the match by DQ because Sting knocked down the referee and the TNA rule stated that the titles could change by DQ, a wayTruly silly and pointless crowning your unstoppable monster. Abyss went on to defend the title against Sting and Christian Cage. at turning points, but lost the belt in a three-way elimination against the same men in the final resolution, being eliminated first, a rain-wet fart much like Kane and the abyss of WWE is better when it stays away from the title scene as the amount of Mads.

The story nonsense surrounding the character doesn't need title runs to keep him interesting, in fact as soon as Abyss dropped the title he revealed that Abyss shot his own father, now that's more like number 24, Erik Wow, in TNA he deserved the world running championship so much. As a young Eric at the time of winning the titles, Showtime had been with the company for a decade and turned

every

angle he had into gold. Team Canada's Super Eric and Incredible Paranoid, Don't Fire Eric come to mind despite it being primarily a comedy. His character and having to endure some really bad stories was believable in the ring and his combination of in-ring talent and likable personality made him a hit with the TNA audience after being stripped of the knockout tag titles because he was a Dude, yeah, really, Eric. he soon found himself winning a number one contender's battle royal on impact and defeated TNA Champion Magnus for the belt on the same night TNA loved doing well and Fairplay for TNA actually gave Lee Weyer a decent run with victories over the abyss Robert Roode Bobby Lashley and Austin Aries is a far cry from Eric Young, who literally stole a title belt from AB in the biggest drawback of Young's reign, which came at the same time as Daniel Bryan's win at WrestleMania xxx and many wrestling fans rolled their eyes at the similarities in the stories. and what was perceived as a desperate search for relevance by TNA, poor Ericdeserved better number 23 Raven greasy miserable dirty emo Raven is a 90s wrestling icon, a former ECW World Champion and WCW mainstay and WWE, there isn't much he hasn't done in his long career, although in 2005 he had already passed his peak.

Raven still had a lot to offer any wrestling company and as a legitimate cult figure in the wrestling world, you can understand the decision to make him world champion by winning the title in a king of the mountain match. I don't know why TNA is proud to make it their main match. The way he's a bit rubbish, isn't he? The miserable, tough roster defended the title in several gimmick matches, a dog collar match against Abyss, a Ravens Rules match against a rhino and did it all without crucifying anyone, which was nice of them, unfortunately for Scottie Polo due to broadcast issues TNA briefly went off the air and Raven ended up losing the title at a wrestling show in the border town.

Instead, there is no guesswork as to who defeated him with the title from him. Raven became the first wrestler to hold titles in WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. We can only Imagine that he cried What about me? What's up with Raven in management until they gave him gold? Little Rascal Number 22. Sami Callihan to put it nicely. Sami Callihan is a few sandwiches short of a picnic and he thrives on a diet of mayhem and carnage. CZW's former ultraviolent underground. The champion knew he could get to the top of the impact ladder by throwing baseball bats at people's faces and it being a generally horrible job.

The Ohio boss against all odds ended up on a collision course with real-life Weapon Callahan at Bound for Glory 2019, not questioned about the fact that he had angered a literal gorilla, Callahan invoked his rematch clause in a steel cage and after the pile. -Driver Cage from the bloody second rope finally claimed the Impact World Championship before Sammy could properly celebrate, however, his long-time rival, Tessa Blanchard, confronted him in the ring to let the new phlegm-covered champion know. that would come for the belt the hard way. kill in January 2020 Blanchard shocked the world by becoming impact world champion.

Callaghan went ahead and started fights with another lunatic Ken Shamrock, when will he learn the number 21, mr. Anderson, everyone's favorite announcer, mr. Anderson came to TNA with a huge chip on his shoulder right above his trashy red tattoo after being touted as WWE's next big thing before being unceremoniously released. Anderson was on a mission to prove the wrestling world wrong and take his place among the greats and while he didn't necessarily become one of the greats, TNA fulfilled his potential by becoming a two-time TNA Champion. . Anderson's first run as champion came after a year in the company, defeating Matt Morgan in a number one contender's match at Genesis 2011 and then winning.

Champion Jeff Hardy that same night, seriously, what is TNA's obsession with this treasure? Anderson held the title for a month, lost it again to Hardy in a ladder match, beat Sting for the belt six months later at Slammiversary, nine held it again for a month, and then fell. it hurt again, yes it's safe to say things didn't go exactly the way they should have, Ferg Anderson and it wasn't the fault of his own DNA, he clearly didn't realize what they had on their hands and a sustained career as champion . for Anderson it could have been great, but sadly TNA was the land of old men, especially while Bischoff and Hogan were in charge of number 20.

Magnus Magnus is running as TNA champion and is another one who never seems to be talked about despite being the champion who finished. AJ Styles' TNA and Sting's careers, the future savior of the NWA was in TNA for five years putting on some really decent matches as part of the British Invasion and then as a misguided member of the Main Event Mafia, but to be fair, it was like a member of the ne end that Magnus began to really feel like a main eventer and after the group quietly disbanded, Magnus defeated his former running mate Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle to set up a match with Jeff Hardy for the vacant title.

TNA, not just any fight, but a fight. Dixieland match, wait, what a Dixieland match, yes, in TNA really overly complicated, two wrestlers have to compete inside a steel cage, escape and then climb a ladder at the entrance to regain the title belts, naturally. Magnus became aligned with Dixie Carter and became TNA's biggest asshole. In reality, Dixie saw Magnus as the future of the company and set out for this monstrous push, but not all TNA fans were convinced, regardless of the fact that Magnus was soon AJ Styles and sent him to New Japan, beat Sting and he submitted to WWE and beat Samoa Joe and submitted him.

Returning to the The former WWE and ECW Champion was no longer the performer he once was, still having something to prove thanks to the controversial nature of his previous world title losses after just a month with TNA. Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy on impact to become the number one contender and fought AJ Styles for the title you guessed it later in the show the Phenomenal lost on top like a comet one rvz began his 113 day reign with style, well it had been about 14 years since he died, something new to his in-ring arsenal, but the fans still loved RVD and his reign as TNA Champion was pretty good until TNA decided they had to have a nostalgic run. of ECW after the biggest man in TNA history, Hulk Hogan, gave the former ECW guys a huge show of respect, fortune and the abyss showed up to win. hardcore legends of a bloody pulp RVD was left in an almost comical pool of blood and had to abandon the title due to his injuries, aka his contracted dates were running out a wet ending for mr.

Monday night's 18th title race drew Galloway to a big claim or release from the Scottish man-mountain. Galloway may not be the first name you think of when you think of impact world champions, but his time with gold could prove to be one of the most impactful for the industry. shocking, look what I did there, yes, coming to TNA in 2015, Galloway was on the long, hard road to redemption since his WWE career ended with a whimper with a fire lit under his muscular ass. Galloway had a point to prove and before long he was out in the world. title scene engaging in a match with ec3 and Matt Hardy Galloway then won the banquet or dismissal match, while in the middle of a match with Kurt Angle, his rising star, it was only a matter of time before Draw was champion and , therefore, he was the only fighter who managed to collect his money in battles or in the feast or the briefcase fired for the world heavyweight title took the belt from Matt Hardy, from the pre-lunatic era, in just 18 seconds, the massive braggart who promised to be a traveling wrestling champion.

Galloway successfully. He defended the belt against the Hardy Boyz, Eli Drake and formed a funky dinosaur man, Tyrus, but would eventually lose the belt to Lashley after 89 days. The draw would make its impact a few months later, fully recharged and ready for renewed success in WWE number 17. He Kills Ron for a long time. Before his days of obsessing over Lee holding the title 24/7, a little Jimmy and all that truth or wrong, truth murders, if you want to be okay, he was a two-time champion of the NWA on TNA. I love our truth here at Coulter, holic, but he. as NWA champion will always be shocking, almost as shocking as the photos of him with Tupac Shakur and easy, how is it possible that this man does not age?

The first and to date, the only African American to hold the NWA title, he was the second man to hold the belt in TNA. defeating shamrock in 2002, this was not a comedy season on TNA, although Killings was angry and angry that he had been held back because of the color of his skin, which historically was whiter than peanut butter jelly sandwiches and milk from Nashville, he made the truth a huge heel and was great in the role, managing to beat the up-and-comers and legends like Scott or Loki and Curt Hennig, among others, and then Geoff Jarrah and Vince Russo arrived with a guitar and took the championship , ending the reign.

After 105 days, Truth had a second reign in 2004, but it was not noteworthy and lasted only 14 days. Jarrett got it back and then to number 16. Johnny Impacts, the only man who had more names than Impact Wrestling. Johnny Impact was the longest reigning Impact. champion for six years holding the belt for 196 days since October 2018, Johnny defeated Austin Aries for the title in a great match at Bound for Glory for two wrestlers who beat each other up after getting into a ramp on Twitter, a Wrestling champion Johnny's unique Impact offense meant that all of his title defenses were interesting against the likes of Killer Cross Ray Phoenix Matt Sydow and Brian Cage before he decided to turn around and become an enemy of Cage.

Why would you do that without worrying about messing with the machine? Impact also became the number one contender for the X Division title because why wouldn't Cage finally be Impact for the title at Rebellion and a few months later, Johnny left the promotion named after him? The reason Johnny Impact isn't higher on this list is because of one thing that has always been his weakness, he's just not the most charismatic wrestler, he's got the look, the move sets the credentials, but he's steady on the mic. and something just doesn't feel right and that really showed during his time as champion, which his current stint said.

In WWE he has shown how far he has come with the stick. Could another world title reign happen for our Johnny this time? I mean, I'd like to see it. Not sure Mike would be number 15, Eli Drake, possessing a boatload of charisma and great on the mic Eli Drake was hailed by many as the man who truly put Impact back on the map and when he finally lifted the overall title of gfw in August 2017, people started whispering, damn, I think he will, the previous champion Alberto el Patron had been suspended and stripped of the title, so a gauntlet for gold was held at the impact.

Drake entered at number two and won the match around the one hour mark, pinning the number one entrant, Eddie Edwards, a true world champion. Drake defended the gold through impact. and even had a successful defense against Cody Hall in ProWrestling NOAH. What this happened was during the gfw debacle and let's just say all the infighting overshadowed what was happening in the ring. Drake dropped the title to Austin Aries after 146 days. He found himself circling the midcard in late 2019. Drake was scheduled to face Tessa Blanchard at Rebellion, but declined because he is not a fan of intergender wrestling and was unhappy with the way the organization I was reserving it. of the revitalized NWA, let's hope there are more title runs in their future number 14 Eddie Edwards former American Wolf Eddie Edwards was a decorated tag team specialist in the Indies and TNA when his partner Davey Richards was injured Edwards went alone and the Former Ring of Honor champion wanted TNA singles gold after two quick runs with the X Division title, including a failed cash option against TNA champion Lashley Edwards, firmly established himself in the main event scene with the dominant Lashley dominating him as wrestling's answer to King K rool Lashley's arrogance.

The best of him, although he thought Edwards was a weak target, turned the TNA Title against him on impact, but ended up with teeth through his skull when Edwards pulled off a huge upset victory and the title became the first Triple Crown in history. winner in both ROH and Impacts, which shows that it was not a coincidence. Edwards had a good reign successfully defending against Cody ec3 and Lashley, among others, but Lashley had unfinished business with Edwards and regained the title in an Iron Man match at Genesis 2017 after having signed a long contract. -impact term contract at age 36, don't be too surprised if Edwards gets his paws on gold again, pause, you know, like a wolf, like the American Wolves number 13, Matt Hardy, since they have Matta Not the TNA title for a combined 70 days, but his time with the belts or the often overshadowed Hardy brother put the pieces together for the best run of his career having won the title in a triple threat match against ec3 champion Andrew Galloway, Bound for Glory, Hardy was soon sent off.

Impact and relinquished the title due to EC3 having a fit of rage and filing an injunction when Hardy returned, he went straight after Ethan Carter the Third and became the first man to defeat Dixie Carter's nephew in a one-on-one match. lifting the TNA title. in January 2016, but the lust for gold made Hardy angry and aligned himself with the big bully Tyrus, he decimated all potential suitors for his title, including little brother Jeff, this villainous side of Hardy gave him new life to the 25-year veteran and with his family by his side. He made Matt feel like some kind of villainous medieval count, even though he wore baggy pants and let his legs droop.

Matt's vicious streak was not enough to prevent him from losing the title to Drew Galloway, although a distraught and unhinged Matt got into a fight with Jeff, a fight that ended up breaking Matt's psyche wonderful number 12 ec3 ic3 his vice remembering when He was booked correctly, wasn't he after a stint in NXT? is the fantastic Derrick Bateman Ethan Carter the third soon made his presence known in TNA becoming one of the company's biggest heels from the beginning, the kayfabe nephew of TNA boss Dixie Carter, ec3 had the right to be arrogant and would achieve victory at any cost, usually defeating much weaker opponents after fighting his way up the card, the undefeated ec3 faced off against wrestling machine Kurt Angle for the It's safe to say that the golden angle absolutely face him, but the weasel is as the weasel does and Carter got the roll-up and the upset, the undefeated ec3 won, he sent out challengers of varying quality before becoming embroiled in a feud with Matt Hardy, the two worked wonderfully together with ec3 using all the tricks. in the book to steal Hardy a title and the services of his brother Jeff, but it would be the creepy Jeff, who ended up being the biggest thorn in ec3's side that cost him the title: Matt Hardy, a Bound for Glory 2015 for two full days until ec3 had a massive tantrum and that gave him the belt having successfully reinvented himself as a true main eventer. ec3 finally made it to WWE where they drop the ball harder than a little kid in a bowling alley please come home Ethan number 11 Jeff Hardy The curious case of Jeff Hardy in TNA is a series of events as controversial and complex as the enigma Charismatic After a two-year stint with the company between 2004 and 2006, Hardy found himself back in TNA in 2010, fresh off a main event run in WWE, picking up where he left off and by October he was World Heavyweight Champion.

TNA as part of the immortal villain. stable with abyss and promising youngsters Hulk Hogan Eric Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett's Hardy appropriately flexed their healing muscles and revealed the abysmal immortal title. I mean, look at him terrible, he defended him against Tetsu une. Oh, in Wrestle Kingdom 5, although it seems hard to believe. In retrospect, Hardy ended up in a title merry-go-round with Mr. Anderson and Sting the Three Winds traded with each other during the first half of 2011, including the infamous victory match between Hardy and Sting the Rainbow Head Warriors. Substance abuse problems had taken hold and, seeing that he could not perform, a decision was made. in the ring to chop Shoop into Jeff and exit the ring to a chorus of boos, Jeff was subsequently sent to rehab refreshed, revitalized and clean.

Jeff returned to TNA in late 2011 asking fans for one more chance and when Jeff won the title for the third time. In October 2012, TNA fans around the world rejoiced and his road to redemption was complete, leading to arguably his best run with the company. Bully Number 10. The transformation of Bubba's brother, Ray Dudley, into the cruel and brutal bully. Ray was one of TNA's masterstrokes. a label specialist most of us have written off as a single star in possibly the most affective curation in the business. What's crazy is that bully race started his solo, he'll run in his forties and then from a lasting retirement angle with d-von, but a showdown with those pesky aces and eights guys turned bully until he beat Jeff Hardy for the title in a cage and revealed himself as the leader of aces and eights.

We can all agree that aces and eights weren't always tremendous, but Bully Ray's work. at this point it was phenomenal to take advantage of the roar, the attitude given by ECW's No F ear above array bully was a heat magnet and turned aces and eights into a half decent Outlaws stable for the main event and somehow made Hulk Hogan feel sympathetic as the TNA-running champion bully hits any poor thing who gets in his way with a hammer like a deranged biker. Thor, somehow Chris Sabin of all people managed to take the title from the bully, but the New York bully soon regained it before finally dropping it to the phenomenal one.

AJ Styles just bullying Ray was brilliant, it didn't feel cheesy or forced and when the Dudleys returned to WWE most of us were clamoring to see Bully Ray doing what he does best, which is getting under people's skin. number 9 Austin. Aries, the greatest man who ever lived, was a breath of fresh air for TNA when he appeared in 2011, completely erasing the stench of his first run in the company in 2005, rest in peace Austin Starr, we hardly knew you, cocky, arrogant, great in the ring. The TNA audience loved Aries and when in 2012 he became the first X Division champion to implement option C and defeat Bobby Roode for the world title, the roof flew from the impact zone, a double represented the best of TNA, reminding people how exciting and brilliant the promotion was.

Wealth is fine, Division X was during its glory years, we made Aries champion. TNA could once again say that we have some of the best matches on the planet, just look at our stints as champions inside and outside the company became the norm, including a failed run in WWE and when Aries returned for round 3 of Impact in 2018, instantly took the title from Eli Drake, as well as several others from promotions around the world. His feud with Johnny Impact in 2018 was really great and the often prickly Aries made things personal when criticizing the tire Valkyrie Johnny Impacts his wife's weight on Twitter Aires an impact as you can imagine they hit each other but when Johnny got the win Aires didn't sell the finisher and walked away swearing and soon left the company like I said prickly number 8 despite what WWE wants you to believe after WCW folded, Sting not only hid for a decade with his pet crow and a few priest albums, but he had an eventful 11-year career with TNA, although he was close to 46 when he signed fully.

In 2005, Sting was still done for the fans and was soon feuding with Jeff Jarrett like it was WCW again when Sting defeated Double J for the NWA Title at Bound for Glory 2006, he became the only man to have ever held the NWA title. in both WCW and TNA with a 16 year gap between reigns, soon TNA in the NWA were told to leave and Sting remained in the main events becoming the second man to hold the new TNA World Title by defeating Kurt Angle At Bound for Glory 2007 with a combined TNA title streak of 326 days, Sting is considered one of the longest reigning champions in the promotion's history, but to be honest, he is a little past his prime, although that didn't stop him from having crazy matches with Abyss, all looking really cool.

As a member of the Main Event Mafia Joker, Sting was a trouser, though I can't overlook him, regardless of whether it's unfair to label Sting solely as a WCW legend, as his career with TNA was not only historic and successful, but which also helped attract fans to the company. who may have felt lost after the disappearance of WCWS, Christian Cage's number 7, to say that Christian was undervalued by the WWE is a huge understatement, since this was the man who faced Vince McMahon, famous for wanting to cover himself with a blue dot every time he appeared on television languishing in WWE.

Despite having all the tools to be a top star, the captain's charisma was the Fed lobby in 2005 and he jumped to TNA. Viewers at the time will remember how big this was, the first big name to jump from WWE to television. mind one as popular as Christian his signature won he has a ton of new fans he has higher ups or cents and crowns Christian cages NWA champion after just over three months with the company cage with the title was the right thing at the right time for a promotion starting to make a lot of noise and although their feud with abyss was good at best, the charismatic Christian as champion alongside the exciting X Division had wrestling fans wondering if TNA could soon face each other face WWE spoiler alert, they couldn't, but when TNA was America's number two promotion, they were a really great company.

Cage had a second run with the NWA Title in 2007 after turning heel and becoming a little weasel who held it for one hundred and nineteen days with tons of help from his personal muscle Tomko. and everyone's favorite lunatic uncle, Scott Steiner, interestingly, Cage was the last man to hold the NWA Title in TNA when the NWA took the title from K and split from TNA in 2007. Number 6 Samoa Joe, the Samoan submission machine, only had one run as TNA Champion, but damn. Hell, did he make a big impression during the event after punching a new hole in the X Division for most of the year?

Joe transitioned to the top of the card and choked out all the old guys in the main event when Kurt Angle debuted in 2006. The two submission experts regularly began writing to each other and wrestling fans around the world. They nearly died of excitement over this legitimate dream uniting the two feuding for most of 2007, but when they reacted to their feud in 2008, a title match was planned for the bull run and the saint. smokes, what a match it was Angle and Joe had one of the best matches in TNA history, sort of a weird wrestling/MMA hybrid match with Angle even donning fight shorts and ankle tape for the occasion, Joe got victory and the muscular Buster became the third. man to hold the TNA title Joe became the organization's breakout player headlining TNA's first UK shows as champion and engaging in a match with Booker T for the gold as his work in Ring of Honor and X Division prior to Joe's reign as TNA Champion. was marked by crisp ring work and the fact that Joe was a legitimate tough guy made him hugely popular with fans, but all theGood things must come to an end and after 182 gigantic days, Samoa Joe lost the title to Sting and a few months later he started walking. with a big knife and a goatee drawn on his face, number five of Bobby Lashley walking Armageddon was an understatement when it came to Bobby Lashley in TNA, the greatest ECW champion ever, shut up, Lashley needed to firmly put his past behind him from WWE and after jumping.

Some guys on the MMA circuit, Bad Bob, came for a second run in TNA and absolutely murdered everyone in his path instead of the meek, smiling Bob of WWE TNA. Lashley was a win-hungry wrestling machine and routinely suplexed Ko'd and submitted whoever was in the Ring with him, Lashley's 2016 in particular was spectacular and saw him hold the TNA x and King division titles. of the mountain at the same time while still fighting in Bellator, come on buddy, have a day off, the decision to blur just his wrestling and MMA career. It helped legitimize Lashley and his work with the American top team in particular, it was great television and felt really different from anything you'd see on the other network at the time.

TNA Lashley was the perfect combination of Kurt Angle, Ken Shamrock and Tazz and was nothing more than The way he should always be booked, he is legitimately as tough as stale bread and is a very credible world champion in an often incredible sport , but like many others on this list, it's a shame to see what WWE has done for the most part. with Lashley since he returned to the fold, he just let him eat everyone on the roster and then fight brock lesnar to the death inside an active volcano. book it Vince number four Bobby Roode remember back when we remembered ec3 was books well buckle up the kids because it's time to talk about Bobby Roode if you thought NXT Bobby Roode was good then you'll lose your mind when you see his work as TNA Champion after years in the tank division with James Storm.

Root began to attract attention with his individual work losing several TNAs. title fights, but looking great in the process when his friend the cowboy became TNA champion, Roode faced him like a friend, but bottled him on the rebound and then stole the gold from under his nose. TNA fans were out of reach and just like that, Root became the company's most hated heel embarks on a 256-day title reign to date, the longest heel in TNA history would beat who he is who during this rain, Jeff Hardy RVD and mr. Anderson, among others, usually by nefarious means, although the cunning so-and-so, this period of Rhodes' career was incredible and many argue that Bobby Roode as TNA Champion was the best the promotion has ever produced, the glorious future he had a second career. with gold in 2014 beating Lashley for the belt on an episode of Impact, although he wasn't as strong as he was in his first run, partly because he was now a face, partly because Impact was falling apart like a custard in a cupboard.

The heel as champion still had fantastic value. and a true example of an artist reaching the next level by having gold in the championship, you could say and I will say that he was welcomed by mr. Jeff Jarrett's wrestling number 3 on television. Marmite Jeff Jarrett is a divisive figure, to say the least, for fans of him. He is the last bastion of old school wrestling for his detractors. He's an average over-pressured competitor who never made a dime, but no one, not a single person, can argue with his contributions. the TNA co-founder's business and whatever flows before wrestling is heh double F is a six-time NWA World Champion who holds the belt for a combined 1005 days in just under four years, yes his tyrannical control about the belt plus the fact The fact that he owned the company made many fans resent Jarrett and made Triple H's simultaneous reign of terror look like Finn Bálor's Universal Title reign in comparison, but the best part For any new company it is stability and there was no chance that Jarrett was going to leave. his baby and jumped ship, so giving him the title made sense, he said having the third-most reigns and the eighth-longest rain total in nwa history is probably taking a bit away from Mickey, Jarett with the Gold was a big heel and there's no denying it, the audience clamors to see him kick his dumb little silver ass, but they're usually left wanting that damn guitar to make a difference again and again and let's be fair to the chosen one after losing the NWA title.

Sting in 2006, at the age of 41, never reigned in the World Championship again in TNA. Kurt Angle's number 2, with six title reigns in a combined total of 608 days. Kurt Angle is the leading TNA World Champion of all time, although he is a true WWE legend for most of his career. was spent in TNA, his signing in 2006 remains the greatest achievement in the company's history, if Christian's signing was a statement, then Angle's signing was a serious statement of intensity, possibly the greatest in-ring competitor of all-time, Angle soon set about dismantling everyone. on his path before becoming the inaugural TNA World Champion after the NWA left town, not content with just the TNA World Title angle, he also held the IWGP Heavyweight Title at the same time, to be Honestly, it was a strange moment in wrestling, but still look at that great decorated cyborg angle as the champion gave TNA that proper Big Time aura despite ongoing health and substance issues.

Angle was not a washed-up old man clinging to relevance, he still had a point to prove and he competed at the highest level for the better part of a decade and most importantly he helped make stars, we've already talked about the absolute classic with Samoa Joe, but there were important feuds with AJ Styles, Bobby Roode, James Storm ec3 and Lashley with Angle who is not afraid. get the job done and put his opponents over when necessary Kurt Angle gave his all for TNA even when it wasn't necessary and detrimental to his own health and well-being, he did more than most to put the fledgling company on the road. map and will always be considered a true legend of the number one promotion AJ Styles the phenomenal AJ Styles is TNA's biggest success story joining the company since its inception style soon became a must-have wrestler with internet chat rooms and sheets Once in the generation of talent, the two-time TNA Champion and two-time NWA World Champion, Stiles is one of only two men along with Sting to have held both titles in TNA during their first title. world championship at just 26 years old in 2003, although he was sometimes overlooked in favor. of more established names, Stiles set out to be absolutely unmissable by regularly introducing match of the night contenders, whether in the main event, the X Division or the tag team division as world champion, he served as a genuine alternative to the WWE, its amazing mix.

Athleticism and technical mastery earned him fans and admirers around the world. Well, some of the stories he was involved in weren't exactly great. Nature Boy comes to mind, but Stiles made chicken salad out of chicken poop when he needed it regardless. the mismanagement and behind the scenes nonsense that has played TNA Impact for over 15 years. The company's biggest mistake was not giving AJ Styles more time as world champion. They should have done everything they could to make him a bona fide featured player, but the booking was indecisive. and insulting contract negotiations saw Stiles walk away after 12 years with the company.

AJ never looked back and became the first man to hold NWA, TNA, IWGP and WWE gold, as Impact licked its wounds and looked to replace a truly irreplaceable talent and its greatest champion of all time.