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| Promotion | Impact Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 2, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | June 4, 2018 (unified with the TNA World Championship) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Impact Grand Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by Impact Wrestling.
History
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The title was introduced at the August 13, 2016, tapings of TNA's television program Impact Wrestling, after then-TNA President Billy Corgan announced that the TNA King of the Mountain Championship would be deactivated and retired in favor of the new championship. Corgan also announced an eight-man single elimination tournament that would feature new rules that would apply to the title. The new rules would be similar to how bouts were contested in professional wrestling in Europe in which each match would consist of three timed rounds, with a team of judges to determine the outcome based on points, if there is no winner via pin or submission within the time limit. The final match of the tournament took place at Bound for Glory on October 2, with Aron Rex becoming the inaugural champion by defeating Eddie Edwards (replacement for the legitimately injured Drew Galloway).
On the January 25, 2018 Genesis episode of Impact!, Matt Sydal defeated champion Ethan Carter III in a "No Rounds, No Judges" match. Subsequent title defenses would also be contested under standard rules, no longer using rounds, points systems or judges.
On June 4, 2018, during the Slammiversary XVI press conference, Austin Aries announced that the Grand and Impact World Championship would be merged/unified.
Original rules
- Three 3 minute rounds, with special event matches going 5 minutes per round.
- 10 point must system.
- Judging categories: Physicality, aggressiveness, controlling the action.
- Wins can happen anytime via pin or submission.
- If there is no winner after three rounds, a winner is decided by judge's decision.
Championship Tournament(s)
Inaugural championship tournament (2016)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Braxton Sutter | 06:43 | |||||||||||||
| Drew Galloway | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Drew Galloway | Split | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Edwards | 09:00 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Edwards | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Mahabali Shera | 06:53 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Edwards † | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Aron Rex | Split | |||||||||||||
| Aron Rex | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Lee | 04:55 | |||||||||||||
| Aron Rex | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Eli Drake | 08:41 | |||||||||||||
| Jessie Godderz | 08:14 | |||||||||||||
| Eli Drake | Pin | |||||||||||||
- † Edwards replaced Drew Galloway, who was legitimately injured before the finals.
Reigns
Reigns
As of December 21, 2024, there have been eight reigns between seven different wrestlers. Aron Rex became the inaugural champion by defeating Eddie Edwards in the tournament final at 2016's Bound for Glory on October 2. Moose holds the most reigns with two, with his second reign being the longest at 174 days, while Josh Mathews' reign is the shortest at one day.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||||
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| 1 | Aron Rex | October 2, 2016 | Bound for Glory | Orlando, FL | 1 | 7 | Defeated Eddie Edwards in a tournament final by split decision to become the inaugural champion. Edwards was a substitute for Drew Galloway, who was legitimately injured. | ||||
| 2 | Moose | October 9, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 90 | Aired on tape delay on December 1, 2016. | ||||
| 3 | Drew Galloway | January 7, 2017 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 1 | 5 | Aired on tape delay on January 19, 2017. | ||||
| 4 | Moose | January 12, 2017 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, FL | 2 | 174 | Won by split decision. Aired on tape delay on March 2, 2017. |
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| 5 | Ethan Carter III | July 5, 2017 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 128 | Won by split decision. Aired on tape delay on August 3, 2017. |
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| 6 | Matt Sydal | November 10, 2017 | Impact! | Ottawa, ON | 1 | 64 | Aired on tape delay on January 25, 2018. | ||||
| 7 | Josh Mathews | January 13, 2018 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 1 | Mathews was gifted the title by Matt Sydal after he was revealed as Sydal's "spirit guide". Aired on tape delay March 15, 2018. |
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| 8 | Austin Aries | January 14, 2018 | Impact! | Orlando, FL | 1 | 141 | Defeated Matt Sydal (defending on Josh Mathews' behalf) in a Winner Takes All match, with Aries' Impact World Heavyweight Championship also at stake. Aired on tape delay on March 29, 2018. |
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| — | Unified | June 4, 2018 | Slammiversary XVI Press Conference | Toronto, ON | — | — | Aries unified the title with the TNA World Championship. | ||||
Combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Moose | 2 | 264 |
| 2 | Austin Aries | 1 | 141 |
| 3 | Ethan Carter III | 1 | 128 |
| 4 | Matt Sydal | 1 | 64 |
| 5 | Aron Rex | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Drew Galloway | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Josh Mathews | 1 | 1 |
References
- Cowboy, Halliburton (January 13, 2018). "Once again, title is done. It is not a title change it is a prop". @CyrusOverHuge. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- Martin, Adam. "SPOILER: TNA retires championship, introduces new title at Impact Wrestling TV tapings from Orlando". Wrestleview. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- Bocook, Gerald. "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – 9/8/16 (#DELETEorDECAY, Billy Corgan makes major announcement)". Wrestleview. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- "IMPACT Results Jan. 25th, 2018". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- "Impact Press Conference Notes: Slammiversary main event, titles merged". Wrestleview. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- McMahon, Mike. "10/2 TNA Bound for Glory PPV: McMahon's ongoing coverage – EC3 vs. Lashley, Decay vs. Broken Matt Hardy & Nero". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- Paglino, Nick. "10/9 Big Spoiler From Today's TNA Impact Wrestling Taping (Photo)". Wrestlezone. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- Killam, Mike. "Complete 1/7 TNA Impact Wrestling TV Taping Results *SPOILERS*". Wrestlezone. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- Pritchard, Bill. "TNA Impact Wrestling TV Taping Results From 1/12 *Spoilers*". Wrestlezone. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- Namako, Jason (March 15, 2018). "Impact Results – 3/15/18 (Feast or Fired, Abyss and James Mitchell return to Impact)". WrestleView. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- Namako, Jason (March 30, 2018). "Impact Results – 3/29/18 (Austin Aries vs. Matt Sydal in Title vs. Title, Lashley vs. Cage)". WrestleView. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- Namako, Jason. "Impact Press Conference Notes: Slammiversary main event, titles merged, NJPW star returning". WrestleView. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
External links
- Impact Grand Championship at Cagematch.net
Media related to Wrestlers as the Impact Grand Champions at Wikimedia Commons
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