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The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/>
The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/>


Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 68 reigns among 30&nbsp;wrestlers.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship, the NWA–TNA X Championship, and the NWA–TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-07-01|title=June 2002: The First TNA X Title Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8M-i8bjKw|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref>
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 68 reigns among 30&nbsp;wrestlers.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship, the NWA–TNA X Championship, and the NWA–TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-07-01|title=June 2002: The First TNA X Title Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8M-i8bjKw|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref>
The title was once again defended in the main event of a monthly event at TNA's August&nbsp;2007 [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event, where [[Kurt Angle]] defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[Inoki Genome Federation|IGF]]'s version of the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> This win made Angle the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team.<ref name="anglechamp">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-04-29|title=TNA: A Look At Kurt Angle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZwpG1igRQ|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|time=2:07 – 2:23|accessdate=2009-07-01|quote=at one time, he not only became the second Triple Crown Champion in TNA history, but the first to hold all three titles at the same time.}}</ref>
The title was once again defended in the main event of a monthly event at TNA's August&nbsp;2007 [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event, where [[Kurt Angle]] defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[Inoki Genome Federation|IGF]]'s version of the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> This win made Angle the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team.<ref name="anglechamp">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-04-29|title=TNA: A Look At Kurt Angle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZwpG1igRQ|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|time=2:07 – 2:23|accessdate=2009-07-01|quote=at one time, he not only became the second Triple Crown Champion in TNA history, but the first to hold all three titles at the same time.}}</ref>


On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%252520TNA%252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>
On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520TNA%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>


==Belt designs==
==Belt designs==
In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%252520of%252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529"/>
In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520of%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529"/>


On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%252520X-Division%252520Championship%252520belt%252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref>
On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X-Division%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520Championship%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520belt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref>


On June 16, 2015, TNA tweaked the title's design by recoloring its accents from blue to green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/94446/why-tna-changed-slammiversary-main-event-and-more-tna-news-and-notes.html?p=1|title=TNA news|publisher=PW Insider|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref>
On June 16, 2015, TNA tweaked the title's design by recoloring its accents from blue to green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/94446/why-tna-changed-slammiversary-main-event-and-more-tna-news-and-notes.html?p=1|title=TNA news|publisher=PW Insider|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref>


==Reigns==
==Reigns==
[[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|2-time and current champion [[Trevor Lee]]]
[[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|Two-time and current TNA X Division Champion: [[Trevor Lee]].]]
{{Main|List of TNA X Division Champions}}
{{Main|List of TNA X Division Champions}}
The inaugural champion was A.J. Styles, who won the championship by defeating Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at TNA's second weekly PPV event.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At 301 days, [[Austin Aries]]' first reign holds the record for longest in the title's history.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At less than one day, [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]'s only reign, and Chris Sabin's sixth reign and Rockstar Spud's second reign are the shortest in the title's history.<ref name="SlamFR08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/12/07/7664991.html|title=Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> [[Chris Sabin]] holds the record for most reigns with eight.
The inaugural champion was A.J. Styles, who won the championship by defeating Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at TNA's second weekly PPV event.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At 301 days, [[Austin Aries]]' first reign holds the record for longest in the title's history.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At less than one day, [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]'s only reign, and Chris Sabin's sixth reign and Rockstar Spud's second reign are the shortest in the title's history.<ref name="SlamFR08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/12/07/7664991.html|title=Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> [[Chris Sabin]] holds the record for most reigns with eight.


The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.{{fact|date=January 2017}}
The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/791997-results-of-the-second-set-of-tna-impact-wrestling-tv-tapings-from-18-spoilers|title=TNA spoilers|publisher=Wrestlezone|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 68 reigns among 30&nbsp;wrestlers.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship, the NWA–TNA X Championship, and the NWA–TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-07-01|title=June 2002: The First TNA X Title Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8M-i8bjKw|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> ==History== ===X Division=== {{Main|X Division}} [[File:AJ Styles in London Sep 2008.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Inaugural and six-time champion [[A.J. Styles]].]] The TNA [[X Division]] was established on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at Total Nonstop Action's first weekly PPV event with a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six Man Tag Team match]] resulting in [[James Yun|Jimmy Yang]], [[Jorge Estrada]], and [[Sonny Siaki]]—collectively known as The Flying Elvises—defeating [[A.J. Styles]], [[Jerry Lynn]], and [[Low Ki]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2024.shtml|title=Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View Results - 6/26|date=2002-06-26|accessdate=2009-06-17|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=WrestleView.com}}</ref><ref name="Yearone">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Year One|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Home Video|quote=Stated during the [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]] interview.}}</ref> Later that day at the taping of the next weekly PPV event, TNA introduced the X Division Championship—then known as the X Championship—to showcase the division more prominently.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="Yearone"/> The division is described as wrestling reinvented, as it takes traditional wrestling and mixes it with the fast paced, high–risk style of wrestling incorporated in [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight divisions]] and [[lucha libre]].<ref name="Yearone"/> The division was until 2011 promoted under the motto ''"It is not about weight limits, it is about no limits"'' by commentator [[Mike Tenay]].<ref name="Yearone"/><ref name="Xdvd1">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 1|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]|time=Throughout entire DVD}}</ref><ref name="Xdvd2">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 2|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]|time=Throughout entire DVD}}</ref><ref name="Xdvd1review">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/3132|title=TNA's Best of the X Division Volume 1: DVD Review|last=Schomburg|first=Eric|date=2005-10-23|accessdate=2009-06-17|publisher=American Chronicle.com}}</ref> On the August 11, 2011, edition of TNA's primary television program, ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'', TNA authority figure [[Eric Bischoff]] announced that from that point onwards the X Division would have a weight limit of {{convert|225|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2011-08-11|title=Eric Bishoff Imposes New Rules on the X Division|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLkO90LH0Q|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref> Following [[Hulk Hogan]] becoming the new on-screen General Manager in March 2012, the weight limit was ignored on June 10, 2012, at [[Slammiversary (2012)|Slammiversary]] when the {{convert|280|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[Samoa Joe]] was allowed to challenge for the belt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/1567-samoa-joe|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BQzvUcCE|title=Samoa Joe|archivedate=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-15|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/3570-Slammiversary-Results-New-Champions,-1st-TNA-Hall-Of-Famer,-Christian-and-more|title=Slammiversary Results: New Champions, 1st TNA Hall Of Famer, Christian and more!|date=2012-06-10|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|accessdate=2012-06-10}}</ref> In October 2012, the weight limit was officially repealed when {{convert|237|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[Rob Van Dam]] challenged for, and eventually won, the title at [[Bound for Glory (2012)|Bound for Glory]]. In March 2013, the X Division was given a new set of rules, which meant all matches were wrestled in Triple Threat format, and a new weight limit of 230&nbsp;lbs. This proved to be extremely unpopular with fans, and the rules and weight limit were repealed once again in August of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/1816-rob-van-dam|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BQznbztd|title=Rob Van Dam|archivedate=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-11|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/tnaimpact/article_65888.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Impact results 10/11/12: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Impact - final PPV hype, triple main event|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2012-10-11|accessdate=2012-10-11|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> ====Speciality matches==== [[File:Ultimate X.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Two men, one in yellow trunks while the other in red trunks, battling, while hanging by red steel ropes, to retrieve a championship belt, which is suspended on the ropes|[[A.J. Styles]] (yellow trunks) and [[Christopher Daniels]] (red trunks) during an [[Ultimate X match]] in 2006]] The Total Nonstop Action X Division has multiple styles of match types used to showcase the talent within the division and to defend the TNA X Division Championship in more marketable matches. Three of the matches used in TNA are the [[Ultimate X match]], [[Professional wrestling match types#Thundercage|The Steel Asylum]], and the [[Professional wrestling match types#Xscape match|Xscape match]]. * The '''Ultimate X''' match was introduced in&nbsp;2003.<ref name="WrestleViewPPV58">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1061449822.shtml|title=Full NWA TNA PPV results - 8/20/03 (NEW X Division Champion and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2003-08-21|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=Michael Shane defeated Chris Sabin & Frankie Kazarian in a first ever Ultimate X Match to become the NEW X Division Champion. The rules of this match is that there is poles on all four corners of the TNA ring and 4 cables connected to each pole to form a giant X above the ring. The X Divison {{sic}} Championship will be hanging in the middle of that X. No ladders are allowed in the match to the competitors must climb the cables to get belt hanging above the ring.}}</ref> It involves multiple competitors racing to retrieve the X Division Championship or a giant red letter "X", which is suspended above the [[Wrestling ring|ring]] by two cables.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> The cables are attached to posts that stand behind the turnbuckles of the ring.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> These cables intertwine to form an "X" over the center of the ring.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> This match has become successful in TNA; it was featured in the 2008&nbsp;DVD "TNA: Ultimate Matches", released by [[TNA Home Video]].<ref name="ultimatematches">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}}</ref> * '''The Steel Asylum''' made its debut in May 2008 at TNA's [[Sacrifice (2008)|Sacrifice]] PPV event, under the name "The TerrorDome".<ref name="SlamSac08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/05/12/5539601.html|title=TNA Sacrifice: Joe retains; LAX regains|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2008-05-13|accessdate=2009-04-15|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> It was used once again in October&nbsp;2008 at their [[Bound for Glory IV]] PPV event, under the new and current moniker "The Steel Asylum".<ref name="steelasylum">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2008-09-18|title=TNA: The Steel Asylum Returns At Bound For Glory|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_60Rbfpjds|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-04-15|time=0:00 –0:52}}</ref><ref name="SlamBFGIV">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/10/13/7066311.html|title=Sting takes title at Bound for Glory|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-10-15|accessdate=2009-06-17|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, this match has only been used to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="SlamSac08"/><ref name="SlamBFGIV"/> The layout of the match involves the ring being surrounded by a giant red steel barred cage with a domed ceiling.<ref name="steelasylum"/> The only way to achieve victory is to escape the cage through a hole in the center of the ceiling.<ref name="WrestleViewPPVSac08">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1210561191.shtml|title=Sacrifice PPV results - 5/11 - Orlando, FL (New main event and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2008-05-11|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=The way to win this match is to be the first to exit the top of the TerrorDome.}}</ref> * The '''Xscape match''' is the third specialty match primarily used in TNA. It is held annually at TNA's [[TNA Lockdown|Lockdown]] PPV event in April—an all–steel cage format PPV event.<ref name="PWTorchLD05">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12927.shtml|title=Keller's TNA Lockdown PPV report 4/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event |last=Keller|first=Wade|date=2005-04-24|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref><ref name="WrestleViewLD06">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1145843643.shtml|title=Lockdown PPV Results - 4/23/06 - Orlando, Florida (Lethal Lockdown)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2006-04-23|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-06-08|quote=Pinfall and submission rules will apply until only two men remain. The winner must then climb out of the cage to win the match.}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/04/16/4034252.html|title=Lockdown pulled down by gimmick matches|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-04-16|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="PWTorchLD08">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_25284.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Lockdown PPV report 4/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Joe vs. Angle PPV|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2008-04-13|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD09">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/04/20/9170541.html|title=TNA's lackluster Lockdown|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2009-04-20|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The first two Xscape matches were held to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship, while, since 2007, it has been contested for the X Division Championship.<ref name="PWTorchLD05"/><ref name="WrestleViewLD06"/><ref name="SlamLD07"/><ref name="PWTorchLD08"/><ref name="SlamLD09"/> The contest involves four to six participants. To win this match, two or more participants—depending on how many are involved in the encounter—must be eliminated by [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinfall]] or [[Professional wrestling#Submission|submission]] leaving only two participants.<ref name="WrestleViewLD06"/> These two men then race to see who escapes the cage first to claim victory.<ref name="xscape">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2008-09-18|title=Lockdown 2007: The Xscape Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXaA_23-qPo|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-04-15|time=0:00 –0:52|quote=eliminations occur through pinfall or submission, until two men are left, with the winner, the first man to escape the cage.}}</ref> ===Creation=== The championship was created and debuted before the main event at the taping of TNA's second weekly PPV event on June&nbsp;19, 2002; the event aired on June&nbsp;26, 2002.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Later, A.J. Styles defeated Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and [[Psicosis]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Four Way Double Elimination match]] to be crowned the inaugural champion;<ref name="Stylesbio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/styles-aj.html|title=A.J. Styles bio|last=Milner|first=John|date=2005-02-18|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=Styles then began wrestling for the newly formed NWA-TNA organization. After teaming with Low-Ki and Jerry Lynn to lose to the Flying Elvises, Styles defeated both of his former partners and Psicosis to win the X Division Championship.}}</ref> this match was announced as being for the NWA X Championship on the onscreen graphic while the [[ring announcer]] stated it was for the "NWA–TNA X Championship".<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> Afterwards, the title was renamed the NWA–TNA X Division Championship and then shortened to just the TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> This is the oldest title in TNA. ===Option C=== Option C is a concept in which the current X Division Champion may voluntarily vacate the championship in exchange for a [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] match at that year's [[TNA Destination X|Destination X]] event. It began in June 2012 when then-champion [[Austin Aries]] said that he was not satisfied with being just the X Division Champion, which led to then-General Manager [[Hulk Hogan]] offering him a match for the World Heavyweight Championship, but only if he first vacated the X Division Championship (as Hogan didn't want the same wrestler holding both titles). Aries agreed to Hogan's terms, on the condition that the X Division Champion be given the same opportunity in future years. Aries would then relinquish the X Division Championship and successfully defeated Bobby Roode for the World title. The following year, Hogan asked then-champion [[Chris Sabin]] if he wanted to vacate the championship and challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, which Sabin accepted, and later defeated [[Bubba Ray Dudley|Bully Ray]] to win the title. On June 24, 2014, a mere five days after regaining the X Division Championship for his fifth reign, Austin Aries invoked Option C once again, but failed to defeat then champion [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]]. On May 10, 2015, one day after regaining the title for his second reign, [[Rockstar Spud]] invoked Option C, and was defeated by then champion [[Kurt Angle]]. On the July 5, 2016 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', TNA World Heavyweight Champion Lashley offered a winner take all match to X Division Champion [[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]] in lieu of Edwards invoking Option C. The match ended in a no-contest after an interference from Mike Bennett and Edwards was attacked the debuting [[Moose (wrestler)|Moose]]. ==Unifications and outside defenses== [[File:Chris Sabin.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Record eight-time champion [[Chris Sabin]].]] In July 2002, the X Division Champion AJ Styles defended the title against Adam Jacobs and David Young at Ring of Honor's Crowning a Champion, the first defense outside TNA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1212|title=X Division Title defended at ROH show|publisher=Cagematch.net|accessdate=2014-05-07}}</ref> In May&nbsp;2003, before the [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[World Wrestling All-Stars]]' (WWA) foreclosure, then NWA–TNA X Division champion [[Chris Sabin]] defeated [[WWA International Cruiserweight Championship|WWA International Cruiserweight Champion]] Jerry Lynn, [[Frankie Kazarian]], and [[Johnny Swinger]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Four Corners]] [[championship unification]] match to unify the X Division Championship with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/tnaxnwa.html|title=TNA X Division Championship history|authors=Eric Roelfsema, Sam Falcitelli; [[Earl Oliver]]|work=Jump City Promotions|publisher=Solie.org|accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref><ref name="SlamSabin">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/sabin_chris.html|title=Chris Sabin (bio)|last=Sokol|date=2006-05-01|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|quote=On May 14th, Sabin defeated Red and Lynn to win the X Division Championship, a title he later unified with the WWA Cruiserweight Championship, when he defeated Lynn (WWA Cruiserweight Champ), Kazarian and Johnny Swinger in a fatal fourway match on World Wrestling All Star's pay-per-view on May&nbsp;25, 2003.}}</ref> On Winter 2004, Petey Williams defended the title in various IWA-Mid South events. During [[Christopher Daniels]]' first reign in mid-2005, he defended the X Division Championship at several [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] shows. The first defense happened at All Star Weekend - Night One on April 1 against [[Alex Shelley]], while the second occurred at All Star Weekend – Night Two on April 2 against [[Chris Hero]]; Daniels won both encounters retaining the championship.<ref name="PWGdefense1">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0025.html|title=All Star Weekend - Night One|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref><ref name="PWGdefense2">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0026.html|title=All Star Weekend - Night two|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> At Jason Takes PWG on May 13, Daniels fought A.J. Styles for the X Division Championship and Styles' [[PWG World Championship|PWG Championship]] to a one-hour time-limit draw.<ref name="PWGdefense3">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0027.html|title=Jason Takes PWG|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> Daniels successfully defended the X Division Title two more times in PWG; once at Guitarmageddon on June 11 against [[El Generico]], while once at The 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night One on July 9 against fellow TNA wrestler Chris Sabin.<ref name="PWGdefense4">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0028.html|title=Guitarmageddon|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref><ref name="PWGdefense5">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0029.html|title=The 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night One|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> In September&nbsp;2005 at TNA's [[TNA Unbreakable|Unbreakable]] PPV event, the TNA X Division Championship was defended in the main event for the first time at a monthly PPV event; then-champion [[Christopher Daniels]] defended the championship against A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe.<ref name="SlamUnbreakable">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/09/12/1213460.html|title=Unbreakable an astounding PPV|last=Lacroix|first=Corey David|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2009-06-17|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The title was once again defended in the main event of a monthly event at TNA's August&nbsp;2007 [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event, where [[Kurt Angle]] defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[Inoki Genome Federation|IGF]]'s version of the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> This win made Angle the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team.<ref name="anglechamp">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-04-29|title=TNA: A Look At Kurt Angle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZwpG1igRQ|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|time=2:07 – 2:23|accessdate=2009-07-01|quote=at one time, he not only became the second Triple Crown Champion in TNA history, but the first to hold all three titles at the same time.}}</ref> On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%252520TNA%252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> ==Belt designs== In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%252520of%252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529"/> On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%252520X-Division%252520Championship%252520belt%252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref> On June 16, 2015, TNA tweaked the title's design by recoloring its accents from blue to green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/94446/why-tna-changed-slammiversary-main-event-and-more-tna-news-and-notes.html?p=1|title=TNA news|publisher=PW Insider|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref> ==Reigns== [[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|2-time and current champion [[Trevor Lee]]] {{Main|List of TNA X Division Champions}} The inaugural champion was A.J. Styles, who won the championship by defeating Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at TNA's second weekly PPV event.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At 301 days, [[Austin Aries]]' first reign holds the record for longest in the title's history.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At less than one day, [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]'s only reign, and Chris Sabin's sixth reign and Rockstar Spud's second reign are the shortest in the title's history.<ref name="SlamFR08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/12/07/7664991.html|title=Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> [[Chris Sabin]] holds the record for most reigns with eight. The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.{{fact|date=January 2017}} ==See also== {{Portal|Professional wrestling}} *[[X Division]] *[[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|Cruiserweight]] *[[WWA International Cruiserweight Championship]] ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==References== *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Year One|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 1|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 2|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} ==External links== *[http://www.tnawrestling.com/ TNAWrestling.com] {{TNA Wrestling}} {{TNA X Division Championship}} {{good article}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tna X Division Championship}} [[Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling championships]] [[Category:X Division championships]]'
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'{{Infobox pro wrestling championship |name=TNA X Division Championship |image = TNA X Divison Championship 2015.jpg |image_size = 270px |caption = |currentholder = [[Trevor Lee]] |created = June 19, 2002<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/history/xdiv.html |title=TNA X Division Championship History|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=Archive.org|accessdate=2009-06-29 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061121092145/http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/history/xdiv.html |archivedate = 2006-11-21}}</ref> |won = January 8, 2017 |retired = |promotion = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) |firstchamp = [[A.J. Styles]]<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> |mostreigns = [[Chris Sabin]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions#List of combined reigns|8 reigns]])<ref name="xtitlehistory2007"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="xtitlehistory2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/218/84/|title=History Of The TNA World Championships (as of August 2008)|publisher=TNA Wrestling.com|accessdate=2009-06-29 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080621092719/http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/218/84/ |archivedate = 2008-06-21}}</ref> |longestreign = [[Austin Aries]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions#Title history|301 days]])<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> |shortestreign = [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]], [[Chris Sabin]] & [[Rockstar Spud]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions#Title history|<1 day]])<ref name="SlamFR08"/> |oldest = [[Rob Van Dam]] (41 years) |youngest = [[Amazing Red]] (21 years) |heaviest = [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]] (350 lbs) |lightest = [[Rockstar Spud]] (140 lbs) |pastnames = *NWA X Championship<ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> *NWA–TNA X Championship<ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> *NWA–TNA X Division Championship<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> |pastlookimages = [[Image:NWATNAFirstXTitle.jpg|70px|alt=A black leather strap decorated with gold and silver plaques. The center plate has an enlarged red letter "X" with the word "Title" written directly below it.]]<br>[[File:TNA_X_Title_2.jpg|70px]]<br>[[Image:New TNA X Division Championship.jpg|70px]] }} The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 68 reigns among 30&nbsp;wrestlers.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship, the NWA–TNA X Championship, and the NWA–TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-07-01|title=June 2002: The First TNA X Title Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8M-i8bjKw|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> ==History== ===X Division=== {{Main|X Division}} [[File:AJ Styles in London Sep 2008.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Inaugural and six-time champion [[A.J. Styles]].]] The TNA [[X Division]] was established on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at Total Nonstop Action's first weekly PPV event with a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six Man Tag Team match]] resulting in [[James Yun|Jimmy Yang]], [[Jorge Estrada]], and [[Sonny Siaki]]—collectively known as The Flying Elvises—defeating [[A.J. Styles]], [[Jerry Lynn]], and [[Low Ki]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2024.shtml|title=Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View Results - 6/26|date=2002-06-26|accessdate=2009-06-17|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=WrestleView.com}}</ref><ref name="Yearone">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Year One|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Home Video|quote=Stated during the [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]] interview.}}</ref> Later that day at the taping of the next weekly PPV event, TNA introduced the X Division Championship—then known as the X Championship—to showcase the division more prominently.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="Yearone"/> The division is described as wrestling reinvented, as it takes traditional wrestling and mixes it with the fast paced, high–risk style of wrestling incorporated in [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight divisions]] and [[lucha libre]].<ref name="Yearone"/> The division was until 2011 promoted under the motto ''"It is not about weight limits, it is about no limits"'' by commentator [[Mike Tenay]].<ref name="Yearone"/><ref name="Xdvd1">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 1|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]|time=Throughout entire DVD}}</ref><ref name="Xdvd2">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 2|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]|time=Throughout entire DVD}}</ref><ref name="Xdvd1review">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/3132|title=TNA's Best of the X Division Volume 1: DVD Review|last=Schomburg|first=Eric|date=2005-10-23|accessdate=2009-06-17|publisher=American Chronicle.com}}</ref> On the August 11, 2011, edition of TNA's primary television program, ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'', TNA authority figure [[Eric Bischoff]] announced that from that point onwards the X Division would have a weight limit of {{convert|225|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2011-08-11|title=Eric Bishoff Imposes New Rules on the X Division|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLkO90LH0Q|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref> Following [[Hulk Hogan]] becoming the new on-screen General Manager in March 2012, the weight limit was ignored on June 10, 2012, at [[Slammiversary (2012)|Slammiversary]] when the {{convert|280|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[Samoa Joe]] was allowed to challenge for the belt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/1567-samoa-joe|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BQzvUcCE|title=Samoa Joe|archivedate=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-15|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/3570-Slammiversary-Results-New-Champions,-1st-TNA-Hall-Of-Famer,-Christian-and-more|title=Slammiversary Results: New Champions, 1st TNA Hall Of Famer, Christian and more!|date=2012-06-10|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|accessdate=2012-06-10}}</ref> In October 2012, the weight limit was officially repealed when {{convert|237|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[Rob Van Dam]] challenged for, and eventually won, the title at [[Bound for Glory (2012)|Bound for Glory]]. In March 2013, the X Division was given a new set of rules, which meant all matches were wrestled in Triple Threat format, and a new weight limit of 230&nbsp;lbs. This proved to be extremely unpopular with fans, and the rules and weight limit were repealed once again in August of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/1816-rob-van-dam|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BQznbztd|title=Rob Van Dam|archivedate=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-11|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/tnaimpact/article_65888.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Impact results 10/11/12: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Impact - final PPV hype, triple main event|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2012-10-11|accessdate=2012-10-11|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> ====Speciality matches==== [[File:Ultimate X.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Two men, one in yellow trunks while the other in red trunks, battling, while hanging by red steel ropes, to retrieve a championship belt, which is suspended on the ropes|[[A.J. Styles]] (yellow trunks) and [[Christopher Daniels]] (red trunks) during an [[Ultimate X match]] in 2006]] The Total Nonstop Action X Division has multiple styles of match types used to showcase the talent within the division and to defend the TNA X Division Championship in more marketable matches. Three of the matches used in TNA are the [[Ultimate X match]], [[Professional wrestling match types#Thundercage|The Steel Asylum]], and the [[Professional wrestling match types#Xscape match|Xscape match]]. * The '''Ultimate X''' match was introduced in&nbsp;2003.<ref name="WrestleViewPPV58">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1061449822.shtml|title=Full NWA TNA PPV results - 8/20/03 (NEW X Division Champion and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2003-08-21|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=Michael Shane defeated Chris Sabin & Frankie Kazarian in a first ever Ultimate X Match to become the NEW X Division Champion. The rules of this match is that there is poles on all four corners of the TNA ring and 4 cables connected to each pole to form a giant X above the ring. The X Divison {{sic}} Championship will be hanging in the middle of that X. No ladders are allowed in the match to the competitors must climb the cables to get belt hanging above the ring.}}</ref> It involves multiple competitors racing to retrieve the X Division Championship or a giant red letter "X", which is suspended above the [[Wrestling ring|ring]] by two cables.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> The cables are attached to posts that stand behind the turnbuckles of the ring.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> These cables intertwine to form an "X" over the center of the ring.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> This match has become successful in TNA; it was featured in the 2008&nbsp;DVD "TNA: Ultimate Matches", released by [[TNA Home Video]].<ref name="ultimatematches">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}}</ref> * '''The Steel Asylum''' made its debut in May 2008 at TNA's [[Sacrifice (2008)|Sacrifice]] PPV event, under the name "The TerrorDome".<ref name="SlamSac08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/05/12/5539601.html|title=TNA Sacrifice: Joe retains; LAX regains|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2008-05-13|accessdate=2009-04-15|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> It was used once again in October&nbsp;2008 at their [[Bound for Glory IV]] PPV event, under the new and current moniker "The Steel Asylum".<ref name="steelasylum">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2008-09-18|title=TNA: The Steel Asylum Returns At Bound For Glory|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_60Rbfpjds|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-04-15|time=0:00 –0:52}}</ref><ref name="SlamBFGIV">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/10/13/7066311.html|title=Sting takes title at Bound for Glory|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-10-15|accessdate=2009-06-17|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, this match has only been used to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="SlamSac08"/><ref name="SlamBFGIV"/> The layout of the match involves the ring being surrounded by a giant red steel barred cage with a domed ceiling.<ref name="steelasylum"/> The only way to achieve victory is to escape the cage through a hole in the center of the ceiling.<ref name="WrestleViewPPVSac08">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1210561191.shtml|title=Sacrifice PPV results - 5/11 - Orlando, FL (New main event and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2008-05-11|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=The way to win this match is to be the first to exit the top of the TerrorDome.}}</ref> * The '''Xscape match''' is the third specialty match primarily used in TNA. It is held annually at TNA's [[TNA Lockdown|Lockdown]] PPV event in April—an all–steel cage format PPV event.<ref name="PWTorchLD05">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12927.shtml|title=Keller's TNA Lockdown PPV report 4/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event |last=Keller|first=Wade|date=2005-04-24|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref><ref name="WrestleViewLD06">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1145843643.shtml|title=Lockdown PPV Results - 4/23/06 - Orlando, Florida (Lethal Lockdown)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2006-04-23|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-06-08|quote=Pinfall and submission rules will apply until only two men remain. The winner must then climb out of the cage to win the match.}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/04/16/4034252.html|title=Lockdown pulled down by gimmick matches|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-04-16|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="PWTorchLD08">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_25284.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Lockdown PPV report 4/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Joe vs. Angle PPV|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2008-04-13|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD09">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/04/20/9170541.html|title=TNA's lackluster Lockdown|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2009-04-20|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The first two Xscape matches were held to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship, while, since 2007, it has been contested for the X Division Championship.<ref name="PWTorchLD05"/><ref name="WrestleViewLD06"/><ref name="SlamLD07"/><ref name="PWTorchLD08"/><ref name="SlamLD09"/> The contest involves four to six participants. To win this match, two or more participants—depending on how many are involved in the encounter—must be eliminated by [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinfall]] or [[Professional wrestling#Submission|submission]] leaving only two participants.<ref name="WrestleViewLD06"/> These two men then race to see who escapes the cage first to claim victory.<ref name="xscape">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2008-09-18|title=Lockdown 2007: The Xscape Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXaA_23-qPo|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-04-15|time=0:00 –0:52|quote=eliminations occur through pinfall or submission, until two men are left, with the winner, the first man to escape the cage.}}</ref> ===Creation=== The championship was created and debuted before the main event at the taping of TNA's second weekly PPV event on June&nbsp;19, 2002; the event aired on June&nbsp;26, 2002.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Later, A.J. Styles defeated Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and [[Psicosis]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Four Way Double Elimination match]] to be crowned the inaugural champion;<ref name="Stylesbio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/styles-aj.html|title=A.J. Styles bio|last=Milner|first=John|date=2005-02-18|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=Styles then began wrestling for the newly formed NWA-TNA organization. After teaming with Low-Ki and Jerry Lynn to lose to the Flying Elvises, Styles defeated both of his former partners and Psicosis to win the X Division Championship.}}</ref> this match was announced as being for the NWA X Championship on the onscreen graphic while the [[ring announcer]] stated it was for the "NWA–TNA X Championship".<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> Afterwards, the title was renamed the NWA–TNA X Division Championship and then shortened to just the TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> This is the oldest title in TNA. ===Option C=== Option C is a concept in which the current X Division Champion may voluntarily vacate the championship in exchange for a [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] match at that year's [[TNA Destination X|Destination X]] event. It began in June 2012 when then-champion [[Austin Aries]] said that he was not satisfied with being just the X Division Champion, which led to then-General Manager [[Hulk Hogan]] offering him a match for the World Heavyweight Championship, but only if he first vacated the X Division Championship (as Hogan didn't want the same wrestler holding both titles). Aries agreed to Hogan's terms, on the condition that the X Division Champion be given the same opportunity in future years. Aries would then relinquish the X Division Championship and successfully defeated Bobby Roode for the World title. The following year, Hogan asked then-champion [[Chris Sabin]] if he wanted to vacate the championship and challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, which Sabin accepted, and later defeated [[Bubba Ray Dudley|Bully Ray]] to win the title. On June 24, 2014, a mere five days after regaining the X Division Championship for his fifth reign, Austin Aries invoked Option C once again, but failed to defeat then champion [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]]. On May 10, 2015, one day after regaining the title for his second reign, [[Rockstar Spud]] invoked Option C, and was defeated by then champion [[Kurt Angle]]. On the July 5, 2016 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', TNA World Heavyweight Champion Lashley offered a winner take all match to X Division Champion [[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]] in lieu of Edwards invoking Option C. The match ended in a no-contest after an interference from Mike Bennett and Edwards was attacked the debuting [[Moose (wrestler)|Moose]]. ==Unifications and outside defenses== [[File:Chris Sabin.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Record eight-time champion [[Chris Sabin]].]] In July 2002, the X Division Champion AJ Styles defended the title against Adam Jacobs and David Young at Ring of Honor's Crowning a Champion, the first defense outside TNA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1212|title=X Division Title defended at ROH show|publisher=Cagematch.net|accessdate=2014-05-07}}</ref> In May&nbsp;2003, before the [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[World Wrestling All-Stars]]' (WWA) foreclosure, then NWA–TNA X Division champion [[Chris Sabin]] defeated [[WWA International Cruiserweight Championship|WWA International Cruiserweight Champion]] Jerry Lynn, [[Frankie Kazarian]], and [[Johnny Swinger]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Four Corners]] [[championship unification]] match to unify the X Division Championship with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/tnaxnwa.html|title=TNA X Division Championship history|authors=Eric Roelfsema, Sam Falcitelli; [[Earl Oliver]]|work=Jump City Promotions|publisher=Solie.org|accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref><ref name="SlamSabin">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/sabin_chris.html|title=Chris Sabin (bio)|last=Sokol|date=2006-05-01|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|quote=On May 14th, Sabin defeated Red and Lynn to win the X Division Championship, a title he later unified with the WWA Cruiserweight Championship, when he defeated Lynn (WWA Cruiserweight Champ), Kazarian and Johnny Swinger in a fatal fourway match on World Wrestling All Star's pay-per-view on May&nbsp;25, 2003.}}</ref> On Winter 2004, Petey Williams defended the title in various IWA-Mid South events. During [[Christopher Daniels]]' first reign in mid-2005, he defended the X Division Championship at several [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] shows. The first defense happened at All Star Weekend - Night One on April 1 against [[Alex Shelley]], while the second occurred at All Star Weekend – Night Two on April 2 against [[Chris Hero]]; Daniels won both encounters retaining the championship.<ref name="PWGdefense1">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0025.html|title=All Star Weekend - Night One|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref><ref name="PWGdefense2">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0026.html|title=All Star Weekend - Night two|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> At Jason Takes PWG on May 13, Daniels fought A.J. Styles for the X Division Championship and Styles' [[PWG World Championship|PWG Championship]] to a one-hour time-limit draw.<ref name="PWGdefense3">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0027.html|title=Jason Takes PWG|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> Daniels successfully defended the X Division Title two more times in PWG; once at Guitarmageddon on June 11 against [[El Generico]], while once at The 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night One on July 9 against fellow TNA wrestler Chris Sabin.<ref name="PWGdefense4">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0028.html|title=Guitarmageddon|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref><ref name="PWGdefense5">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0029.html|title=The 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night One|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> In September&nbsp;2005 at TNA's [[TNA Unbreakable|Unbreakable]] PPV event, the TNA X Division Championship was defended in the main event for the first time at a monthly PPV event; then-champion [[Christopher Daniels]] defended the championship against A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe.<ref name="SlamUnbreakable">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/09/12/1213460.html|title=Unbreakable an astounding PPV|last=Lacroix|first=Corey David|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2009-06-17|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The title was once again defended in the main event of a monthly event at TNA's August&nbsp;2007 [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event, where [[Kurt Angle]] defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[Inoki Genome Federation|IGF]]'s version of the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> This win made Angle the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team.<ref name="anglechamp">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-04-29|title=TNA: A Look At Kurt Angle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZwpG1igRQ|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|time=2:07 – 2:23|accessdate=2009-07-01|quote=at one time, he not only became the second Triple Crown Champion in TNA history, but the first to hold all three titles at the same time.}}</ref> On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520TNA%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> ==Belt designs== In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520of%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529"/> On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X-Division%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520Championship%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520belt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref> On June 16, 2015, TNA tweaked the title's design by recoloring its accents from blue to green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/94446/why-tna-changed-slammiversary-main-event-and-more-tna-news-and-notes.html?p=1|title=TNA news|publisher=PW Insider|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref> ==Reigns== [[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|Two-time and current TNA X Division Champion: [[Trevor Lee]].]] {{Main|List of TNA X Division Champions}} The inaugural champion was A.J. Styles, who won the championship by defeating Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at TNA's second weekly PPV event.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At 301 days, [[Austin Aries]]' first reign holds the record for longest in the title's history.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At less than one day, [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]'s only reign, and Chris Sabin's sixth reign and Rockstar Spud's second reign are the shortest in the title's history.<ref name="SlamFR08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/12/07/7664991.html|title=Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> [[Chris Sabin]] holds the record for most reigns with eight. The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/791997-results-of-the-second-set-of-tna-impact-wrestling-tv-tapings-from-18-spoilers|title=TNA spoilers|publisher=Wrestlezone|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Professional wrestling}} *[[X Division]] *[[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|Cruiserweight]] *[[WWA International Cruiserweight Championship]] ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==References== *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Year One|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 1|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 2|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} ==External links== *[http://www.tnawrestling.com/ TNAWrestling.com] {{TNA Wrestling}} {{TNA X Division Championship}} {{good article}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tna X Division Championship}} [[Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling championships]] [[Category:X Division championships]]'
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'@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ |pastlookimages = [[Image:NWATNAFirstXTitle.jpg|70px|alt=A black leather strap decorated with gold and silver plaques. The center plate has an enlarged red letter "X" with the word "Title" written directly below it.]]<br>[[File:TNA_X_Title_2.jpg|70px]]<br>[[Image:New TNA X Division Championship.jpg|70px]] }} -The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> +The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 68 reigns among 30&nbsp;wrestlers.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship, the NWA–TNA X Championship, and the NWA–TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-07-01|title=June 2002: The First TNA X Title Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8M-i8bjKw|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> @@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ The title was once again defended in the main event of a monthly event at TNA's August&nbsp;2007 [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event, where [[Kurt Angle]] defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[Inoki Genome Federation|IGF]]'s version of the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> This win made Angle the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team.<ref name="anglechamp">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-04-29|title=TNA: A Look At Kurt Angle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZwpG1igRQ|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|time=2:07 – 2:23|accessdate=2009-07-01|quote=at one time, he not only became the second Triple Crown Champion in TNA history, but the first to hold all three titles at the same time.}}</ref> -On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%252520TNA%252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> +On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520TNA%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> ==Belt designs== -In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%252520of%252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529"/> +In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520of%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529"/> -On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%252520X-Division%252520Championship%252520belt%252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref> +On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X-Division%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520Championship%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520belt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref> On June 16, 2015, TNA tweaked the title's design by recoloring its accents from blue to green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/94446/why-tna-changed-slammiversary-main-event-and-more-tna-news-and-notes.html?p=1|title=TNA news|publisher=PW Insider|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref> ==Reigns== -[[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|2-time and current champion [[Trevor Lee]]] +[[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|Two-time and current TNA X Division Champion: [[Trevor Lee]].]] {{Main|List of TNA X Division Champions}} The inaugural champion was A.J. Styles, who won the championship by defeating Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at TNA's second weekly PPV event.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At 301 days, [[Austin Aries]]' first reign holds the record for longest in the title's history.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At less than one day, [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]'s only reign, and Chris Sabin's sixth reign and Rockstar Spud's second reign are the shortest in the title's history.<ref name="SlamFR08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/12/07/7664991.html|title=Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> [[Chris Sabin]] holds the record for most reigns with eight. -The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.{{fact|date=January 2017}} +The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/791997-results-of-the-second-set-of-tna-impact-wrestling-tv-tapings-from-18-spoilers|title=TNA spoilers|publisher=Wrestlezone|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> ==See also== '
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[ 0 => 'The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/>', 1 => 'On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520TNA%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>', 2 => 'In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520of%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529"/>', 3 => 'On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X-Division%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520Championship%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520belt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref>', 4 => '[[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|Two-time and current TNA X Division Champion: [[Trevor Lee]].]]', 5 => 'The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/791997-results-of-the-second-set-of-tna-impact-wrestling-tv-tapings-from-18-spoilers|title=TNA spoilers|publisher=Wrestlezone|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref>' ]
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[ 0 => 'The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/>', 1 => 'On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%252520TNA%252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref>', 2 => 'In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%252520of%252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%252520%252528X%252529"/>', 3 => 'On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%252520X-Division%252520Championship%252520belt%252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref>', 4 => '[[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|2-time and current champion [[Trevor Lee]]]', 5 => 'The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.{{fact|date=January 2017}}' ]
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'{{Infobox pro wrestling championship |name=TNA X Division Championship |image = TNA X Divison Championship 2015.jpg |image_size = 270px |caption = |currentholder = [[Trevor Lee]] |created = June 19, 2002<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/history/xdiv.html |title=TNA X Division Championship History|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=Archive.org|accessdate=2009-06-29 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061121092145/http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/history/xdiv.html |archivedate = 2006-11-21}}</ref> |won = January 8, 2017 |retired = |promotion = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) |firstchamp = [[A.J. Styles]]<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> |mostreigns = [[Chris Sabin]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions#List of combined reigns|8 reigns]])<ref name="xtitlehistory2007"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="xtitlehistory2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/218/84/|title=History Of The TNA World Championships (as of August 2008)|publisher=TNA Wrestling.com|accessdate=2009-06-29 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080621092719/http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/218/84/ |archivedate = 2008-06-21}}</ref> |longestreign = [[Austin Aries]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions#Title history|301 days]])<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> |shortestreign = [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]], [[Chris Sabin]] & [[Rockstar Spud]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions#Title history|<1 day]])<ref name="SlamFR08"/> |oldest = [[Rob Van Dam]] (41 years) |youngest = [[Amazing Red]] (21 years) |heaviest = [[Abyss (wrestler)|Abyss]] (350 lbs) |lightest = [[Rockstar Spud]] (140 lbs) |pastnames = *NWA X Championship<ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> *NWA–TNA X Championship<ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> *NWA–TNA X Division Championship<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> |pastlookimages = [[Image:NWATNAFirstXTitle.jpg|70px|alt=A black leather strap decorated with gold and silver plaques. The center plate has an enlarged red letter "X" with the word "Title" written directly below it.]]<br>[[File:TNA_X_Title_2.jpg|70px]]<br>[[Image:New TNA X Division Championship.jpg|70px]] }} The '''TNA X Division Championship''' is a [[professional wrestling]] [[championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned by the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) [[professional wrestling promotion]]. It is primarily defended in TNA and (as per a talent exchange agreement) also formerly in [[Wrestle-1]] as well.<ref name="W-1%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X">{{cite web|url=http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201403220002-spnavi|title= X Division Title defense at Wrestle-1 event|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref> It debuted on June 19, 2002 at the [[broadcast delay|taping]] of TNA's second [[Total Nonstop Action#Former programming|weekly pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 68 reigns among 30&nbsp;wrestlers.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> The title has previously been known as the NWA X Championship, the NWA–TNA X Championship, and the NWA–TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-07-01|title=June 2002: The First TNA X Title Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8M-i8bjKw|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> ==History== ===X Division=== {{Main|X Division}} [[File:AJ Styles in London Sep 2008.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Inaugural and six-time champion [[A.J. Styles]].]] The TNA [[X Division]] was established on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at Total Nonstop Action's first weekly PPV event with a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six Man Tag Team match]] resulting in [[James Yun|Jimmy Yang]], [[Jorge Estrada]], and [[Sonny Siaki]]—collectively known as The Flying Elvises—defeating [[A.J. Styles]], [[Jerry Lynn]], and [[Low Ki]].<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2024.shtml|title=Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View Results - 6/26|date=2002-06-26|accessdate=2009-06-17|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=WrestleView.com}}</ref><ref name="Yearone">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Year One|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Home Video|quote=Stated during the [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]] interview.}}</ref> Later that day at the taping of the next weekly PPV event, TNA introduced the X Division Championship—then known as the X Championship—to showcase the division more prominently.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="Yearone"/> The division is described as wrestling reinvented, as it takes traditional wrestling and mixes it with the fast paced, high–risk style of wrestling incorporated in [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight divisions]] and [[lucha libre]].<ref name="Yearone"/> The division was until 2011 promoted under the motto ''"It is not about weight limits, it is about no limits"'' by commentator [[Mike Tenay]].<ref name="Yearone"/><ref name="Xdvd1">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 1|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]|time=Throughout entire DVD}}</ref><ref name="Xdvd2">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 2|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]|time=Throughout entire DVD}}</ref><ref name="Xdvd1review">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/3132|title=TNA's Best of the X Division Volume 1: DVD Review|last=Schomburg|first=Eric|date=2005-10-23|accessdate=2009-06-17|publisher=American Chronicle.com}}</ref> On the August 11, 2011, edition of TNA's primary television program, ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'', TNA authority figure [[Eric Bischoff]] announced that from that point onwards the X Division would have a weight limit of {{convert|225|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2011-08-11|title=Eric Bishoff Imposes New Rules on the X Division|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLkO90LH0Q|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref> Following [[Hulk Hogan]] becoming the new on-screen General Manager in March 2012, the weight limit was ignored on June 10, 2012, at [[Slammiversary (2012)|Slammiversary]] when the {{convert|280|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[Samoa Joe]] was allowed to challenge for the belt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/1567-samoa-joe|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BQzvUcCE|title=Samoa Joe|archivedate=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-15|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/3570-Slammiversary-Results-New-Champions,-1st-TNA-Hall-Of-Famer,-Christian-and-more|title=Slammiversary Results: New Champions, 1st TNA Hall Of Famer, Christian and more!|date=2012-06-10|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|accessdate=2012-06-10}}</ref> In October 2012, the weight limit was officially repealed when {{convert|237|lb|kg|abbr=on}} [[Rob Van Dam]] challenged for, and eventually won, the title at [[Bound for Glory (2012)|Bound for Glory]]. In March 2013, the X Division was given a new set of rules, which meant all matches were wrestled in Triple Threat format, and a new weight limit of 230&nbsp;lbs. This proved to be extremely unpopular with fans, and the rules and weight limit were repealed once again in August of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/1816-rob-van-dam|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6BQznbztd|title=Rob Van Dam|archivedate=2012-10-15|accessdate=2012-10-11|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/tnaimpact/article_65888.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Impact results 10/11/12: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live Impact - final PPV hype, triple main event|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2012-10-11|accessdate=2012-10-11|work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref> ====Speciality matches==== [[File:Ultimate X.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Two men, one in yellow trunks while the other in red trunks, battling, while hanging by red steel ropes, to retrieve a championship belt, which is suspended on the ropes|[[A.J. Styles]] (yellow trunks) and [[Christopher Daniels]] (red trunks) during an [[Ultimate X match]] in 2006]] The Total Nonstop Action X Division has multiple styles of match types used to showcase the talent within the division and to defend the TNA X Division Championship in more marketable matches. Three of the matches used in TNA are the [[Ultimate X match]], [[Professional wrestling match types#Thundercage|The Steel Asylum]], and the [[Professional wrestling match types#Xscape match|Xscape match]]. * The '''Ultimate X''' match was introduced in&nbsp;2003.<ref name="WrestleViewPPV58">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1061449822.shtml|title=Full NWA TNA PPV results - 8/20/03 (NEW X Division Champion and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2003-08-21|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=Michael Shane defeated Chris Sabin & Frankie Kazarian in a first ever Ultimate X Match to become the NEW X Division Champion. The rules of this match is that there is poles on all four corners of the TNA ring and 4 cables connected to each pole to form a giant X above the ring. The X Divison {{sic}} Championship will be hanging in the middle of that X. No ladders are allowed in the match to the competitors must climb the cables to get belt hanging above the ring.}}</ref> It involves multiple competitors racing to retrieve the X Division Championship or a giant red letter "X", which is suspended above the [[Wrestling ring|ring]] by two cables.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> The cables are attached to posts that stand behind the turnbuckles of the ring.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> These cables intertwine to form an "X" over the center of the ring.<ref name="Xdvd1review"/><ref name="WrestleViewPPV58"/> This match has become successful in TNA; it was featured in the 2008&nbsp;DVD "TNA: Ultimate Matches", released by [[TNA Home Video]].<ref name="ultimatematches">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}}</ref> * '''The Steel Asylum''' made its debut in May 2008 at TNA's [[Sacrifice (2008)|Sacrifice]] PPV event, under the name "The TerrorDome".<ref name="SlamSac08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/05/12/5539601.html|title=TNA Sacrifice: Joe retains; LAX regains|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2008-05-13|accessdate=2009-04-15|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> It was used once again in October&nbsp;2008 at their [[Bound for Glory IV]] PPV event, under the new and current moniker "The Steel Asylum".<ref name="steelasylum">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2008-09-18|title=TNA: The Steel Asylum Returns At Bound For Glory|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_60Rbfpjds|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-04-15|time=0:00 –0:52}}</ref><ref name="SlamBFGIV">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/10/13/7066311.html|title=Sting takes title at Bound for Glory|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-10-15|accessdate=2009-06-17|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, this match has only been used to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="SlamSac08"/><ref name="SlamBFGIV"/> The layout of the match involves the ring being surrounded by a giant red steel barred cage with a domed ceiling.<ref name="steelasylum"/> The only way to achieve victory is to escape the cage through a hole in the center of the ceiling.<ref name="WrestleViewPPVSac08">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1210561191.shtml|title=Sacrifice PPV results - 5/11 - Orlando, FL (New main event and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2008-05-11|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=The way to win this match is to be the first to exit the top of the TerrorDome.}}</ref> * The '''Xscape match''' is the third specialty match primarily used in TNA. It is held annually at TNA's [[TNA Lockdown|Lockdown]] PPV event in April—an all–steel cage format PPV event.<ref name="PWTorchLD05">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12927.shtml|title=Keller's TNA Lockdown PPV report 4/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event |last=Keller|first=Wade|date=2005-04-24|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref><ref name="WrestleViewLD06">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1145843643.shtml|title=Lockdown PPV Results - 4/23/06 - Orlando, Florida (Lethal Lockdown)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2006-04-23|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-06-08|quote=Pinfall and submission rules will apply until only two men remain. The winner must then climb out of the cage to win the match.}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/04/16/4034252.html|title=Lockdown pulled down by gimmick matches|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-04-16|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="PWTorchLD08">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_25284.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Lockdown PPV report 4/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Joe vs. Angle PPV|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2008-04-13|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-06-08}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD09">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/04/20/9170541.html|title=TNA's lackluster Lockdown|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2009-04-20|accessdate=2009-06-08|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The first two Xscape matches were held to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship, while, since 2007, it has been contested for the X Division Championship.<ref name="PWTorchLD05"/><ref name="WrestleViewLD06"/><ref name="SlamLD07"/><ref name="PWTorchLD08"/><ref name="SlamLD09"/> The contest involves four to six participants. To win this match, two or more participants—depending on how many are involved in the encounter—must be eliminated by [[Pin (professional wrestling)|pinfall]] or [[Professional wrestling#Submission|submission]] leaving only two participants.<ref name="WrestleViewLD06"/> These two men then race to see who escapes the cage first to claim victory.<ref name="xscape">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2008-09-18|title=Lockdown 2007: The Xscape Match|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXaA_23-qPo|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-04-15|time=0:00 –0:52|quote=eliminations occur through pinfall or submission, until two men are left, with the winner, the first man to escape the cage.}}</ref> ===Creation=== The championship was created and debuted before the main event at the taping of TNA's second weekly PPV event on June&nbsp;19, 2002; the event aired on June&nbsp;26, 2002.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/> Later, A.J. Styles defeated Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and [[Psicosis]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Four Way Double Elimination match]] to be crowned the inaugural champion;<ref name="Stylesbio">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/styles-aj.html|title=A.J. Styles bio|last=Milner|first=John|date=2005-02-18|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-24|quote=Styles then began wrestling for the newly formed NWA-TNA organization. After teaming with Low-Ki and Jerry Lynn to lose to the Flying Elvises, Styles defeated both of his former partners and Psicosis to win the X Division Championship.}}</ref> this match was announced as being for the NWA X Championship on the onscreen graphic while the [[ring announcer]] stated it was for the "NWA–TNA X Championship".<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="4wayXtitlematch"/> Afterwards, the title was renamed the NWA–TNA X Division Championship and then shortened to just the TNA X Division Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> This is the oldest title in TNA. ===Option C=== Option C is a concept in which the current X Division Champion may voluntarily vacate the championship in exchange for a [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] match at that year's [[TNA Destination X|Destination X]] event. It began in June 2012 when then-champion [[Austin Aries]] said that he was not satisfied with being just the X Division Champion, which led to then-General Manager [[Hulk Hogan]] offering him a match for the World Heavyweight Championship, but only if he first vacated the X Division Championship (as Hogan didn't want the same wrestler holding both titles). Aries agreed to Hogan's terms, on the condition that the X Division Champion be given the same opportunity in future years. Aries would then relinquish the X Division Championship and successfully defeated Bobby Roode for the World title. The following year, Hogan asked then-champion [[Chris Sabin]] if he wanted to vacate the championship and challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, which Sabin accepted, and later defeated [[Bubba Ray Dudley|Bully Ray]] to win the title. On June 24, 2014, a mere five days after regaining the X Division Championship for his fifth reign, Austin Aries invoked Option C once again, but failed to defeat then champion [[Bobby Lashley|Lashley]]. On May 10, 2015, one day after regaining the title for his second reign, [[Rockstar Spud]] invoked Option C, and was defeated by then champion [[Kurt Angle]]. On the July 5, 2016 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', TNA World Heavyweight Champion Lashley offered a winner take all match to X Division Champion [[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]] in lieu of Edwards invoking Option C. The match ended in a no-contest after an interference from Mike Bennett and Edwards was attacked the debuting [[Moose (wrestler)|Moose]]. ==Unifications and outside defenses== [[File:Chris Sabin.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Record eight-time champion [[Chris Sabin]].]] In July 2002, the X Division Champion AJ Styles defended the title against Adam Jacobs and David Young at Ring of Honor's Crowning a Champion, the first defense outside TNA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1212|title=X Division Title defended at ROH show|publisher=Cagematch.net|accessdate=2014-05-07}}</ref> In May&nbsp;2003, before the [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[World Wrestling All-Stars]]' (WWA) foreclosure, then NWA–TNA X Division champion [[Chris Sabin]] defeated [[WWA International Cruiserweight Championship|WWA International Cruiserweight Champion]] Jerry Lynn, [[Frankie Kazarian]], and [[Johnny Swinger]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Four Corners]] [[championship unification]] match to unify the X Division Championship with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship.<ref name="xtitlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/tnaxnwa.html|title=TNA X Division Championship history|authors=Eric Roelfsema, Sam Falcitelli; [[Earl Oliver]]|work=Jump City Promotions|publisher=Solie.org|accessdate=2009-04-15}}</ref><ref name="SlamSabin">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/sabin_chris.html|title=Chris Sabin (bio)|last=Sokol|date=2006-05-01|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|quote=On May 14th, Sabin defeated Red and Lynn to win the X Division Championship, a title he later unified with the WWA Cruiserweight Championship, when he defeated Lynn (WWA Cruiserweight Champ), Kazarian and Johnny Swinger in a fatal fourway match on World Wrestling All Star's pay-per-view on May&nbsp;25, 2003.}}</ref> On Winter 2004, Petey Williams defended the title in various IWA-Mid South events. During [[Christopher Daniels]]' first reign in mid-2005, he defended the X Division Championship at several [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] shows. The first defense happened at All Star Weekend - Night One on April 1 against [[Alex Shelley]], while the second occurred at All Star Weekend – Night Two on April 2 against [[Chris Hero]]; Daniels won both encounters retaining the championship.<ref name="PWGdefense1">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0025.html|title=All Star Weekend - Night One|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref><ref name="PWGdefense2">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0026.html|title=All Star Weekend - Night two|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> At Jason Takes PWG on May 13, Daniels fought A.J. Styles for the X Division Championship and Styles' [[PWG World Championship|PWG Championship]] to a one-hour time-limit draw.<ref name="PWGdefense3">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0027.html|title=Jason Takes PWG|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> Daniels successfully defended the X Division Title two more times in PWG; once at Guitarmageddon on June 11 against [[El Generico]], while once at The 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night One on July 9 against fellow TNA wrestler Chris Sabin.<ref name="PWGdefense4">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0028.html|title=Guitarmageddon|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref><ref name="PWGdefense5">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2005/show0029.html|title=The 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza - Night One|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> In September&nbsp;2005 at TNA's [[TNA Unbreakable|Unbreakable]] PPV event, the TNA X Division Championship was defended in the main event for the first time at a monthly PPV event; then-champion [[Christopher Daniels]] defended the championship against A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe.<ref name="SlamUnbreakable">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/09/12/1213460.html|title=Unbreakable an astounding PPV|last=Lacroix|first=Corey David|date=2008-01-15|accessdate=2009-06-17|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The title was once again defended in the main event of a monthly event at TNA's August&nbsp;2007 [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event, where [[Kurt Angle]] defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA X Division and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight]] and [[Inoki Genome Federation|IGF]]'s version of the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]].<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2009-07-01}}</ref> This win made Angle the only person in the history of TNA to hold every active championship at the same time; TNA World, X Division, and World Tag Team.<ref name="anglechamp">{{cite video|people=TNA Wrestling|date=2009-04-29|title=TNA: A Look At Kurt Angle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HZwpG1igRQ|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|time=2:07 – 2:23|accessdate=2009-07-01|quote=at one time, he not only became the second Triple Crown Champion in TNA history, but the first to hold all three titles at the same time.}}</ref> On March 4, 2014, The title was defended in [[Japan]] as part of [[Kaisen: Outbreak]] - a supershow event promoted by [[Wrestle-1]] in partnership with TNA - where the title was won by Wrestle-1 star [[Seiya Sanada]].<ref name="Sanada%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520TNA%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/roster/Wrestler-Roster/item/5590-Sanada|title=Sanada bio|publisher=[[TNA Wrestling]]|accessdate=2014-03-23}}</ref> On March 22, Sanada defended and successfully retained the title on a Wrestle-1 show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.w-1.com.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1461|title=Sanada's W-1 X Title Defense|publisher=[[Wrestle-1]]|accessdate=2014-03-26}}</ref> ==Belt designs== In May&nbsp;2007, the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) ended their five-year partnership with TNA, which allowed the NWA to regain control over the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championships]] that TNA had controlled since June&nbsp;2002.<ref name="end%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520of%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-04-15|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> TNA then introduced a new TNA X Division Championship belt on the May&nbsp;16, 2007 edition of TNA's online podcast ''[[TNA Today]]''.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|date=2007-05-16|title=The 5/16 "TNA Today" - New X Title Revealed!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frvIaUVPN6I|work=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|time=0:25 –1:40|quote=Borash: All week long we are debuting the brand new TNA titles for the very first time.... Cornette: X Division Champion Chris Sabin for the official presentation of the brand new X Division Championship belt}}</ref><ref name="new1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179185475.shtml|title=Antonio Inoki backstage at tapings in Orlando + TNA to unveil new titles|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-14|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=Borash will also unveil the new TNA Tag Team Titles and TNA X Division Title on Wednesday and Thursday as well.}}</ref><ref name="new2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1179332616.shtml|title=TNA reveals new X Division Title belt, weekend ratings + Sacrifice photos|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-16|accessdate=2009-06-10|publisher=WrestleView.com|quote=The latest edition of "TNA Today" for Wednesday features a presentation of the new TNA X Division Title belt to champion Chris Sabin.}}</ref> Jeremy Borash and [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] [[Jim Cornette]], TNA's on-screen authority figure at the time, unveiled the new belt and awarded it to then-champion Chris Sabin.<ref name="newbelt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520%2525252525252525252525252525252525252528X%2525252525252525252525252525252525252529"/> On July 19, 2013, former TNA President [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] unveiled a new design for the championship, with blue accents to match the color scheme of the company.<ref name="Nex%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520X-Division%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520Championship%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520belt%2525252525252525252525252525252525252520unveiled">{{cite web|url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4880-First-Look-The-New-TNA-X-Division-Championship|title=Nex X-Division Championship belt unveiled|last=Carter|first=Dixie|date=2013-07-19|accessdate=2013-07-24|publisher=impactwrestling.com}}</ref> On June 16, 2015, TNA tweaked the title's design by recoloring its accents from blue to green.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/94446/why-tna-changed-slammiversary-main-event-and-more-tna-news-and-notes.html?p=1|title=TNA news|publisher=PW Insider|accessdate=2015-06-16}}</ref> ==Reigns== [[file:Trevor Lee (RoH 2014).jpg|right|thumb|175px|Two-time and current TNA X Division Champion: [[Trevor Lee]].]] {{Main|List of TNA X Division Champions}} The inaugural champion was A.J. Styles, who won the championship by defeating Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four Way Double Elimination match on June&nbsp;19, 2002 at TNA's second weekly PPV event.<ref name="WrestleViewweeklyPPV2"/><ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At 301 days, [[Austin Aries]]' first reign holds the record for longest in the title's history.<ref name="xtitlehistory"/> At less than one day, [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]'s only reign, and Chris Sabin's sixth reign and Rockstar Spud's second reign are the shortest in the title's history.<ref name="SlamFR08">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/12/07/7664991.html|title=Final Resolution: The Mafia makes strides|last=Sokol|first=Chris|author2=Sokol, Bryan |date=2008-12-11|accessdate=2009-06-29|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> [[Chris Sabin]] holds the record for most reigns with eight. The current champion is [[Trevor Lee]], who defeated [[Zema Ion|DJZ]] in a [[ladder match]] on January 8, 2017, in [[Orlando, Florida]] during the ''[[Impact Wrestling]]'' tapings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/791997-results-of-the-second-set-of-tna-impact-wrestling-tv-tapings-from-18-spoilers|title=TNA spoilers|publisher=Wrestlezone|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Professional wrestling}} *[[X Division]] *[[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|Cruiserweight]] *[[WWA International Cruiserweight Championship]] ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==References== *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Ultimate Matches|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Year One|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 1|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} *{{Cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: The Best of the X Division Vol. 2|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}} ==External links== *[http://www.tnawrestling.com/ TNAWrestling.com] {{TNA Wrestling}} {{TNA X Division Championship}} {{good article}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tna X Division Championship}} [[Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling championships]] [[Category:X Division championships]]'
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