TNA X Division Championship
The TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The championship is defended by wrestlers in the X Division, meaning high flyers and cruiserweights. The championship debuted on June 19, 2002 at the taping of TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event.[4]
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Current champion(s) |
Taiji Ishimori | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | November 9, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Promotion | Impact Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date created | June 19, 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Other name(s) | * NWA X Championship (2002)
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The current champion is Samoa Joe who is in his fifth reign. Joe defeated Low Ki and Seiya Sanada in a three-way match on June 27, 2014 in New York, NY during the Impact Wrestling tapings (airing August 7) to win the vacant title after the former champion Austin Aries intentionally forfeited the championship for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "TNA X Division Championship History". Total Nonstop Action. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ↑ "History Of The TNA World Championships (as of August 2008)". TNA Wrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ↑ "Abyss - IMPACT Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
- ↑ "TNA Epics TV Report 5/22: Recap of second episode featuring X Division glory days in 2002 and 2005 with Styles, Joe, Daniels, Low-Ki, Jerry Lynn". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ↑ "Update: New X-Division Champion Crowned at Tonight's Impact Wrestling Tapings *Spoiler*". Wrestle Zone. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-28.