NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) The NWA World Tag Team Championships tournament was held to crown new
NWA World Tag Team Champions after
Jeff and
Jerry Jarrett formed NWA:Total Nonstop Action (
NWA:TNA) to control/feature the
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship and the
NWA World Tag Team Championship as their championships.
AJ Styles and
Jerry Lynn won the tournament to become the first NWA World Tag Team Championships in TNA. AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn were a last minute replacement for James Storm and Chris Harris who were attacked backstage.
NWA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament (2002) An 8-man tournament was held to crown a #1 contender for the
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship which was held at the time by
Ron Killings.
Jeff Jarrett won the tournament and would later win the championship.
TNA Hard 10 Tournament The TNA Hard 10 Tournament was a hardcore tournament for a trophy that would proclaim the winner the most hardcore wrestler in TNA. It featured eight wrestlers competing in matches where a point-scoring system was used to determine the winner. The system was that 1 point was awarded for a direct hit with an object and 5 points for putting your opponent through a table, with 10 points needed to win. The only tournament was held in 2003, which was won by
The Sandman.
TNA Anarchy Alliance Tag Team Tournament The TNA Anarchy Alliance Tag Team Tournament was a tag team tournament held in 2003 to determine the number one contenders for the
NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by
America's Most Wanted (
Chris Harris and
James Storm).
NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2004) The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tag team tournament held in 2004 in order to crown new
NWA World Tag Team Champions, which was won by
Kid Kash and
Dallas.
NWA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2004) The NWA World Heavyweight Championship Number One Contender Tournament was a 4-man tournament held in October 2004 in order to crown new number one contender for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA's first-ever monthly pay-per-view event
Victory Road.
X Cup Tournaments The TNA X Cup Tournaments are
X Division tournaments that feature various
wrestlers and/or Teams from around the
World. So far, there have been two Super X Cup Tournaments, one America's X Cup Tournament, and three World X Cup Tournaments.
Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament Fight for the Right Tournament The Fight for the Right Tournament was a tournament to determine the number one contender for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship and later for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Paparazzi Championship Series The
Paparazzi Championship Series was a tournament that began at
Turning Point 2006 and involved five X Division competitors competing in a variety of matches where points are awarded for victories. These matches included
limbo,
Texas hold 'em,
musical chairs, and a push-up contest, among others. The tournament was created to give the wrestlers airtime while also continuing the
Paparazzi Productions storyline surrounding
Austin Starr, Alex Shelley and
Kevin Nash. Throughout the competitions, Nash kept bringing up
Bob Backlund, which led up to Backlund being a guest judge at
Final Resolution 2007 during the finals of the competition. Shelley defeated Starr in the finals to win a bowling trophy presented by Nash at Final Resolution 2007. The other three participants in the tournament were
Sonjay Dutt,
Jay Lethal and
Senshi. Nash viciously needled the other three (especially Dutt) throughout the challenge, but kept the actual competition fair and even, always inviting the losers of each contest to "feel free to kiss the winner".
Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament The Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament was held during April and May 2008 for the vacant
TNA World Tag Team Championship. It took place on
TNA Impact! and at
Sacrifice on May 11, 2008. It was announced on the April 24, 2008 episode of
Impact! by
Management Director Jim Cornette. It involved twelve teams overall.
TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2009) The tournament was the result of a match for the
TNA X Division Championship at
Final Resolution between
Eric Young and
Sheik Abdul Bashir ending in a controversial fashion, with Young winning the championship thanks to the referee's help. Management Director
Jim Cornette stripped Young of the belt and announced the tournament to crown the new champion. The tournament final took place at
Genesis.
Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament To reinvigorate the tag team division,
Team 3D (
Brother Ray and
Brother Devon) announced on the April 23, 2009 episode of
Impact! that they would be hosting a tag team tournament. The winning team would receive a trophy, a check for
$100,000 and a match for the
TNA World Tag Team Championship (held by Team 3D). The tournament started that same night and matches would be held over the next few weeks and TNA announced that the finals would be held at the
Sacrifice pay-per-view.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009) TNA announced a Knockouts tag team tournament for the new
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship on the August 20, 2009 episode of
TNA Impact!. Round one matches started on the August 27, 2009 episode of
TNA Impact!.
TNA World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament (2009) On the September 3, 2009 episode of
Impact!, a two-bracket one-night tournament was held to determine two competitors that would face
Matt Morgan and
Kurt Angle for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship at
No Surrender.
Sting won the first bracket, and
AJ Styles won the second bracket.
TNA Championship Series The TNA Championship Series took place on the Thanksgiving Day edition of
Impact! on November 26, 2009. The winner of the tournament would earn himself a shot at the Championship of his own division. However, the winner of the tournament,
Bobby Lashley, did not receive his title match. Participants: •
Abyss (Heavyweight Division) • Bobby Lashley (Heavyweight Division) •
Desmond Wolfe (Heavyweight Division) •
Suicide (X Division) •
Kurt Angle (Heavyweight Division) •
D'Angelo Dinero (Heavyweight Division) •
Homicide (X Division) •
Robert Roode (Tag Team Division)
New Year's Knockout Eve Tournament The New Year's Knockout Eve Tournament took place on the December 31, 2009, edition of
Impact!. The winner of the tournament would earn a shot at the
TNA Women's Knockout Championship on the live three-hour Monday night edition of
Impact! on January 4, 2010.
8 Card Stud Tournament The 8 Card Stud Tournament took place on February 14, 2010, at the
Against All Odds pay-per-view and its winner would get to challenge the
TNA World Heavyweight Champion in the main event of April's
Lockdown pay-per-view.
TNA Tag Team Championship Series On the June 17, 2010, edition of
Impact! TNA vacated the
TNA World Tag Team Championship and announced a two-week-long tournament, with the winners facing
The Motor City Machine Guns (
Alex Shelley and
Chris Sabin), who were the number one contenders prior to the titles being vacated, for the titles at
Victory Road.
TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tournament (2010) On the August 4, 2010, edition of
TNA Xplosion, TNA announced a two-week-long tournament to determine the number one contenders to the
TNA World Tag Team Championship. Teams: •
Desmond Wolfe and
Magnus •
Generation Me (Max and Jeremy Buck) •
Hernandez and
Rob Terry •
Ink Inc. (
Jesse Neal and
Shannon Moore)
TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2010) On the August 19, 2010, edition of
TNA Impact!, the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated, after champion
Rob Van Dam suffered a storyline injury. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top eight ranked wrestlers in the
TNA Championship Committee rankings. The finals of the tournament would take place at
Bound for Glory on October 10.
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament (2010) On the December 9, 2010, edition of
Impact! TNA vacated the
TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, after one half of the previous champions,
Hamada, had been released by the promotion, and set up a four–team tournament to determine new champions. The finals of the tournament would take place on the December 23 edition of
Impact!.
*Winter replaced Velvet Sky, who had been attacked backstage by Sarita.
TNA X Division Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2011) On the January 27, 2011, edition of
Impact!, TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the
TNA X Division Championship, held by
Kazarian. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the January 27, February 3 and February 10 editions of
Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place at
Against All Odds on February 13. The finals ended with a double countout, after Jeremy and Max Buck failed to make it to the event due to travel issues.
Xplosion Championship Challenge On the May 24, 2011, edition of
TNA Xplosion, Desmond Wolfe was announced as the new Xplosion Commissioner. His first act as commissioner was setting up a tournament exclusive to Xplosion where the winner would receive a title shot against any active champion in TNA. The finals of the tournament took place at the August 9 tapings of the August 24 edition of
Xplosion.
X Division Showcase On the June 16, 2011, edition of
Impact Wrestling, TNA started a twelve-man tournament for a contract in the promotion's X Division. The finals of the tournament would take place on July 10 at
Destination X.
First round •
Austin Aries defeated
Jimmy Rave and
Kid Kash (
Impact Wrestling, June 16, 2011) •
Low Ki defeated
Jimmy Yang and
Matt Bentley (
Impact Wrestling, June 30, 2011) •
Jack Evans defeated
Jesse Sorensen and
Tony Nese (
Impact Wrestling, July 7, 2011)
Finals • Austin Aries defeated Jack Evans, Low Ki and Zema Ion (Destination X, July 10, 2011)
Maximum Impact Tournament On November 23, 2011, TNA announced the start of the Maximum Impact Tournament, an eight-man tournament, which would take place on
Xplosion. The winner would receive a shot at the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship during TNA's tour of the United Kingdom in January 2012. The finals of the tournament took place on December 13 at the tapings of the January 4, 2012, edition of
Xplosion. The winner,
Samoa Joe, received his title shot on January 27 in
Manchester, in a match taped for
Xplosion, but was defeated by the defending TNA World Heavyweight Champion,
Bobby Roode.
Wild Card Tournament On the December 15, 2011, edition of
Impact Wrestling, TNA started a tag team tournament to determine the number one contenders for the
TNA World Tag Team Championship, held by the team
Crimson and
Matt Morgan, at
Genesis. The pairings were, in storyline, decided by a random draw.
TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2012) On the June 28, 2012, episode of
Impact Wrestling, TNA announced a tournament for the
TNA X Division Championship, which would take place at
Destination X, where
Austin Aries would vacate the title for a shot at the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The tournament was preceded by four qualifying matches featuring wrestlers from the
independent circuit. TNA contracted wrestlers
Douglas Williams,
Kid Kash and
Zema Ion were given automatic spots in the first round of the tournament. At Destination X the eight wrestlers will face each other in four singles matches, with the winners advancing to an
Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship.
TNA X Division Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2013) On the January 3, 2013, edition of
Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the
TNA X Division Championship, held by
Rob Van Dam. The tournament consisted of two singles semifinal matches, taking place on the January 3 and January 10 editions of
Impact!, with the finals taking place at
Genesis on January 13.
TNA Gut Check Tournament (2013) The
TNA Gut Check Tournament was a 4-man tournament held from May 9 thru June 2, 2013 in order to determine which
TNA Gut Check competitor would compete in the
Bound for Glory Series the finals of the tournament took place at
Slammiversary XI. Sam Shaw advanced to the finals of the tournament after Silva was no longer able to compete.
Jokers Wild Tag Team Tournament On the July 11, 2013 edition of
Impact a tournament was held where the twelve Bound for Glory Series participants were randomly paired up into six tag teams. There were then three tag matches with the winning teams advancing to a six-man
Gauntlet Battle Royal. Once there were two competitors left in the match, the match became a regular singles match with the winner earning 25 points in the
Bound for Glory Series. {{6Team3wayFinal
TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2013) On the
Destination X edition of
Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new
TNA X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after
Chris Sabin traded it in for a shot at the
World Championship. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the July 18 edition of
Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place on July 25, 2013. {{6Team3wayFinal
TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2013) On October 29, 2013, TNA President
Dixie Carter vacated the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship after the previous champion
A.J. Styles left the company with the championship title. On the October 31 edition of
Impact Wrestling, Carter announced an eight-man tournament to determine a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, that would begin on November 7. Seven of the eight men were former TNA World Heavyweight Champions including
Jeff Hardy,
Chris Sabin,
Bobby Roode,
James Storm,
Kurt Angle,
Austin Aries, and
Samoa Joe. The eighth would be determined later in the night in a gauntlet match, which was eventually won by
Magnus last eliminating
Kazarian and
Sting. Also later that night, Carter announced the "Wheel of Dixie" in which she would spin a wheel full of different stipulation that the competitors would compete in. The stipulations on the "Wheel of Dixie" were a
Falls Count Anywhere match, a
Bull Rope match, a
Submission match, a
Ladder match, a
Full Metal Mayhem match, a
Coalminer's Glove match, a
Tables match, a
Dixieland match, a
Tuxedo match, and
Last Man Standing match. The Storm/Roode match was originally a
Bull Rope match but Storm asked Carter to change it to a
Florida Death match, which was not on the "Wheel of Dixie", which Carter agreed to.
TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2014) On the
Destination X edition of
Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new
TNA X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after
Austin Aries traded it in for a shot at the
World Championship. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the July 31 edition of
Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place on August 7, 2014.
Gold Rush Tournament (2014) On September 17, 2014 TNA Executive Director
Kurt Angle announced a "Gold Rush" tournament. Which took place on September 24, 2014. Where the winners of 5 qualifying matches would advance to the main event later that night. The winner of the main event would earn a championship match against any TNA champion, at any time.
TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2014) On the October 15, 2014, edition of
Impact Wrestling, TNA started an eight tag team tournament to determine the number one contenders for the
TNA World Tag Team Championship, held by
The Wolves (
Eddie Edwards and
Davey Richards).
TNA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2015) Between March 14 and March 16, 2015 episodes of
Impact Wrestling a tournament was held to crown new
TNA World Tag Team Champions.
TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2015) On the Destination X 2015 edition of
Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new
TNA X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after
Rockstar Spud traded it in for a shot at the
World Championship. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the June 10th edition of
Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place on June 27, 2015.
TNA World Title Series (2015) On October 7, 2015, it was announced that a tournament would take place, after
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Hardy vacated the title a day prior due to a legal injunction filed by former champion
Ethan Carter III. The World Title Series places 32 wrestlers into 8 groups of 4, with the first round being under a
round-robin format. Also, for the first time ever, the Knockouts were given an opportunity to compete for the World Heavyweight Title. Each winner in the round-robin matches is awarded 3 points, and a draw is worth 1 point for each, with each match having a 15-minute time limit. The two members of each group with the most points will advance to the final 16, where at that point the tournament switches to a single elimination format.
Impact Grand Championship Tournament (2016) The title was introduced at the August 13, 2016 tapings of TNA's television program
Impact Wrestling' after TNA President
Billy Corgan announced that the
TNA King of the Mountain Championship would be deactivated and retired in favor for the
Impact Grand Championship. Corgan also announced an 8-man single elimination tournament that would feature new rules that would apply to the title. The new rules would be similar like the UFC in which each match will be three timed rounds, with a team of judges to award the win based on points, if there is no winner via pin or submission within the time limit. The final match was at 2016's
Bound for Glory, where, due to injury
Eddie Edwards subbed for
Drew Galloway against
Aron Rex to determine the inaugural champion.
Impact Knockouts Championship Tournament (2017) On November 23, 2017 it was announced after Gail Kim
retired and
vacated the
Impact Knockouts Championship that it would be a 6-Women
tournament to determine who would be the new Knockouts Champion where two
triple threat matches will happen and one
finals. †Trey was attacked before his match and his
The Rascalz teammate Wentz took his place in the finals.
Impact Knockouts Tag Team Revival Championship Tournament (2020–2021) Over the course of 2020, Impact Wrestling (which had been renamed from TNA in 2017) signed several female talents such as
Nevaeh,
Tasha Steelz,
Deonna Purrazzo, and
Kimber Lee, all of which were paired with already established names on the roster. After months of competition between the tag teams in the
Knockouts division, on October 24 at the
Bound for Glory pay-per-view,
Madison Rayne announced that after nearly eight years of inactivity, Impact Wrestling is reviving the Knockouts Tag Team Championship. It was also announced that an eight-team tournament would take place over the next two months to determine the next champions. The brackets were announced in November, with the final taking place at the
Hard To Kill pay-per-view in January 2021. At Hard To Kill,
Fire 'N Flava (
Kiera Hogan and
Tasha Steelz) defeated
Havok and
Nevaeh in the tournament final to win the revived titles. ;Tournament Bracket
Homecoming Tournament A tournament featuring
mixed tag teams was held to determine the "King and Queen" at
Homecoming on July 31, 2021.
Knockouts Knockdown Tournament (2021) On the September 23 episode of
Impact!, producer
Gail Kim announced an eight-woman, one night tournament for the
Knockouts Knockdown event, where the winner will earn a future shot at the
Impact Knockouts Championship.
Impact X Division Championship Tournament (2021) On the September 23 episode of
Impact!, Impact started a tournament to determine the new
Impact X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after
Josh Alexander invoked
Option C to challenge for the
Impact World Championship. The tournament consist of three
three–way semi-final matches, with the finals, another three–way match, will taking place at
Bound for Glory.
Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament (2021) On the September 30 episode of
Impact!, the
Impact Digital Media Championship was introduced and it was announced that an intergender tournament will be held with the inaugural champion being crowned in the final at
Bound for Glory. The first round matches will air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on
Impact Plus and on
YouTube for Impact Ultimate Insider members, before being distributed to the public across all social media platforms 24 hours later.
First round • John Skyler defeated
Zicky Dice – October 5, 2021 •
Crazzy Steve defeated
Hernandez – October 6, 2021 •
Jordynne Grace defeated
Johnny Swinger – October 13, 2021 •
Tenille Dashwood defeated
Alisha Edwards – October 20, 2021
Impact X Division Championship Tournament (2022) On October 20, 2022, after
Frankie Kazarian vacated the Impact X Division Championship for a shot at the
Impact World Championship it was announced that there will be an eight-man tournament to determine who will be the new Impact X Division Champion on November 18, 2022, at Impact Pay-per-view
Over Drive.
Impact World Tag Team Championship #1 Contendership Tournament (2023) On August 2, 2023 a new four man tag team tournament was announced where the winners will face
Subculture (
Mark Andrews and
Flash Morgan Webster) (with their female valet
Dani Luna in their corner) for the
Impact World Tag Team Championships at Impact Pay-per-view
Emergence of year 2023. ==Annual tournaments==