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has held a variety of
professional wrestling tournament On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein. It has been known for promotions to use title tournament that a ...
s competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.


Sporadic tournaments


NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002)

The NWA World Tag Team Championships tournament was held to crown new
NWA World Tag Team Champions The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World ...
after
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formed NWA:Total Nonstop Action ( NWA:TNA) to control/feature the
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus, who is in ...
and the
NWA World Tag Team Championship The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World ...
as their championships.
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and
Jerry Lynn Jeremy Lynn (born June 12, 1963), better known by the ring name Jerry Lynn, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed with All Elite Wrestling as a producer and coach. He has worked for promotions such as World Championship ...
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
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which was held at the time by
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.
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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
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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 The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World ...
, which was won by
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( Chris Harris and
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).


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 The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World ...
, which was won by
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and
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.


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 The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. The current champion is Tyrus, who is in ...
at TNA's first-ever monthly pay-per-view event Victory Road.


X Cup Tournaments

The TNA X Cup Tournaments are
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that feature various
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and/or Teams from around the
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. 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
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and later for the
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.


Paparazzi Championship Series

The Paparazzi Championship Series was a tournament that began at
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and involved five X Division competitors competing in a variety of matches where points are awarded for victories. These matches included
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, and a push-up contest, among others. The tournament was created to give the wrestlers airtime while also continuing the
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storyline surrounding
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, Alex Shelley and
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. Throughout the competitions, Nash kept bringing up
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, which led up to Backlund being a guest judge at
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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
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,
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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
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. It took place on ''
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'' and at
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on May 11, 2008. It was announced on the April 24, 2008 episode of ''Impact!'' by Management Director
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. It involved twelve teams overall.


TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2009)

The tournament was the result of a match for the
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at
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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
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stripped Young of the belt and announced the tournament to crown the new champion. The tournament final took place at
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Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament

To reinvigorate the tag team division,
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( Brother Ray and
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) 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
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(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
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pay-per-view.


TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament (2009)

TNA announced a Knockouts tag team tournament for the new
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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
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and
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for the
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at
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won the first bracket, and
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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,
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, did not receive his title match. Participants: *
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(Heavyweight Division) *Bobby Lashley (Heavyweight Division) *
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(Heavyweight Division) *
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(X Division) *
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(Heavyweight Division) *
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(Heavyweight Division) *
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(X Division) *
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(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 The Impact Knockouts World Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by Impact Wrestling. It is primarily contested for in Impact's women's division, known as the Impact Knockouts. The championship debuted on Octob ...
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
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in the main event of April's
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pay-per-view.


TNA Tag Team Championship Series

On the June 17, 2010, edition of ''Impact!'' TNA vacated the
TNA World Tag Team Championship TNA may refer to: Organisations * Tamil National Alliance, a political coalition in Sri Lanka * The National Alliance, a political party in Kenya * The National Archives (United Kingdom), a UK public body * Tonga Nurses' Association, a trade union ...
and announced a two-week-long tournament, with the winners facing
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(
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and
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), 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 ''
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,'' TNA announced a two-week-long tournament to determine the number one contenders to the
TNA World Tag Team Championship TNA may refer to: Organisations * Tamil National Alliance, a political coalition in Sri Lanka * The National Alliance, a political party in Kenya * The National Archives (United Kingdom), a UK public body * Tonga Nurses' Association, a trade union ...
. Teams: *
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* Generation Me (Max and Jeremy Buck) * Hernandez and
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*
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TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2010)

On the August 19, 2010, edition of ''TNA Impact!'', the
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was vacated, after champion
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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
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, after one half of the previous champions,
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, 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!''. Teams: * The Beautiful People (
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and
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) *
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and Sarita *
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and Tara *
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and Miss Tessmacher *
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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 The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...
, 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 ''
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,''
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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
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. First round *
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defeated
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and
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(''Impact Wrestling'', June 16, 2011) *
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defeated
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and Federico Palacios (''Impact Wrestling'', June 23, 2011) *
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defeated
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and
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(''Impact Wrestling'', June 30, 2011) * Jack Evans defeated
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and
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(''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 ''
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''. The winner would receive a shot at the
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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,
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, received his title shot on January 27 in
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, in a match taped for ''Xplosion'', but was defeated by the defending TNA World Heavyweight Champion,
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.


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
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, held by the team
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and
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, at
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. 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 The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...
, which would take place at
Destination X Destination X is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Impact Wrestling currently in the month of August. The event primarily revolves around the X-Division, the 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 events had Ultimate X matches. It w ...
, where
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would vacate the title for a shot at the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship The Impact World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is the promotion's principal championship. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result o ...
. The tournament was preceded by four qualifying matches featuring wrestlers from the
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. TNA contracted wrestlers Douglas Williams,
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and
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were given automatic spots in the first round of the tournament. The eighth and final spot in the tournament would be filled by the winner of a four-way between the losers of the qualifying matches. At Destination X the eight wrestlers will face each other in four singles matches, with the winners advancing to an
Ultimate X match The Ultimate X match is a type of professional wrestling match created by Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling aka TNA), mainly used in their X Division. It is considered the signature match of the X Division. Match format ...
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 The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...
, held by
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. 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
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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 In professional wrestling, the TNA Gut Check (also known as Impact Wrestling Gut Check) was a tryout program turned Indy wrestling rookies reality series by the American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), now ...
competitor would compete in the
Bound for Glory Series The Bound for Glory Series is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Impact Wrestling in which 12 wrestlers compete in a series of matches over the course of several months (throughout the summer specifically) to determine who receive ...
the finals of the tournament took place at
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. 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 The Bound for Glory Series is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Impact Wrestling in which 12 wrestlers compete in a series of matches over the course of several months (throughout the summer specifically) to determine who receive ...
.


TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2013)

On the
Destination X Destination X is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Impact Wrestling currently in the month of August. The event primarily revolves around the X-Division, the 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 events had Ultimate X matches. It w ...
edition of ''Impact!'' TNA started a tournament to determine a new
TNA X Division Champion The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...
, since the title was vacated after
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traded it in for a shot at the
World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
. 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.


TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2013)

On October 29, 2013, TNA President
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vacated the
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after the previous champion
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left the company with the championship title. On the October 31 edition of ''
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'', 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
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,
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,
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,
James Storm James Allen Cox (born June 1, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name James Storm. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling. He started his career in 1997 and after working on several independent pr ...
,
Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg, Olympic gold medalist in American freestyle wrestling, and former Collegiate wrestling, ...
,
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, and
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. The eighth would be determined later in the night in a gauntlet match, which was eventually won by
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last eliminating Kazarian and
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. 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
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, a Bull Rope match, a
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, a
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, a Full Metal Mayhem match, a Coalminer's Glove match, a
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, a Dixieland match, a Tuxedo match, and
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. 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
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edition of ''Impact!'' TNA started a tournament to determine a new
TNA X Division Champion The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...
, since the title was vacated after
Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...
traded it in for a shot at the
World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
. 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
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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 TNA may refer to: Organisations * Tamil National Alliance, a political coalition in Sri Lanka * The National Alliance, a political party in Kenya * The National Archives (United Kingdom), a UK public body * Tonga Nurses' Association, a trade union ...
, held by The Wolves ( Eddie Edwards and
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).


TNA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2015)

Between March 14 and March 16, 2015 episodes of ''
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'' 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 The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...
, since the title was vacated after
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traded it in for a shot at the
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. 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
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vacated the title a day prior due to a legal injunction filed by former champion
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. 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 ''
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after TNA President
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announced that the
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would be deactivated and retired in favor for the
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. 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
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against
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to determine the inaugural champion.


Impact Knockouts Championship Tournament (2017)

On November 23, 2017 it was announced after Gail Kim
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and
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the
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that it would be a 6-Women
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to determine who would be the new Knockouts Champion where two triple threat matches will happen and one
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.


Mashup Tournament

The Mashup Tournament was held in 2019 to determine the #1 contender for the
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at Bound for Glory. Four qualification matches for the tournament were held on the July 19, 2019 episode of ''
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'', where wrestlers were randomly paired as partners in tag team matches and the winners of the four tag team matches qualified for a fatal four-way elimination match in the main event of that episode and the participants of the winning team qualified for the #1 contender's match at
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.


Impact World Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

A tournament was held to determine the new #1 contender for the
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from the May 12, 2020 to June 2, 2020 episodes of '' Impact!''. †Trey was attacked before his match and his
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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,
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,
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, and
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, 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,
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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
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pay-per-view in January 2021. At Hard To Kill,
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(
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and
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) 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
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on July 31, 2021.


Knockouts Knockdown Tournament (2021)

On the September 23 episode of '' Impact!'', producer
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announced an eight-woman, one night tournament for the Knockouts Knockdown event, where the winner will earn a future shot at the
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.


Impact X Division Championship Tournament (2021)

On the September 23 episode of ''Impact!'', Impact started a tournament to determine the new
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, since the title was vacated after
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invoked
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to challenge for the
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. 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
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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
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and on
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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 Nick Zoppo, best known as Zicky Dice is an American professional wrestler currently under contract with Impact Wrestling. In 2019 he worked with the National Wrestling Alliance, where he became NWA World Television Champion. Career Dice was trai ...
– October 5, 2021 *
Crazzy Steve Steven Scott (born March 4, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently signed with Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Crazzy Steve, where he is a former Impact World Tag Team Champion. He also wrestles on the independent circuit fo ...
defeated Hernandez – October 6, 2021 *
Fallah Bahh Francis Flores (born August 12, 1985) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with Impact Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Fallah Bahh. He began his wrestling career on New Jersey's independent circuit, wre ...
defeated Sam Beale – October 12, 2021 *
Jordynne Grace Patricia Forrest Parker (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional wrestler and powerlifter currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she performs under the ring name Jordynne Grace. She is currently the Impact Knockouts World Champion ...
defeated
Johnny Swinger Joseph Dorgan (born July 3, 1975) is an American professional wrestler currently under contract to Impact Wrestling, using the ring name Johnny Swinger. Dorgan is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Champ ...
– October 13, 2021 *
Chelsea Green Chelsea Anne Cardona (born April 4, 1991) is a Canadian professional wrestler, stuntwoman and model. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling where she is a former impact Knockouts champion and Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion. ...
defeated
Madison Rayne Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also the coach of the women's division. She is best known ...
– October 19, 2021 *
Tenille Dashwood Tenille Averil Dashwood (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Emma. Dashwood started training for professional wrestling in Australia i ...
defeated
Alisha Edwards Alisha Maher (née Inacio; born January 7, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling under the ring name Alisha Edwards (most frequently under the mononym Alisha). Professional wrestling career New England ...
– October 20, 2021 Final *
Jordynne Grace Patricia Forrest Parker (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional wrestler and powerlifter currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she performs under the ring name Jordynne Grace. She is currently the Impact Knockouts World Champion ...
defeated
Chelsea Green Chelsea Anne Cardona (born April 4, 1991) is a Canadian professional wrestler, stuntwoman and model. She is best known for her time in Impact Wrestling where she is a former impact Knockouts champion and Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion. ...
,
Crazzy Steve Steven Scott (born March 4, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently signed with Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Crazzy Steve, where he is a former Impact World Tag Team Champion. He also wrestles on the independent circuit fo ...
(with
Black Taurus Black Taurus (born March 11, 1987) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, He is currently under contract with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, in addition to making appearances for Impact Wrestling. He is primarily kno ...
),
Fallah Bahh Francis Flores (born August 12, 1985) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with Impact Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Fallah Bahh. He began his wrestling career on New Jersey's independent circuit, wre ...
, John Skyler, and
Madison Rayne Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also the coach of the women's division. She is best known ...
* – October 23, 2021 :


Impact X Division Championship Tournament (2022)


Annual tournaments


Bound for Glory Series

The
Bound for Glory Series The Bound for Glory Series is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Impact Wrestling in which 12 wrestlers compete in a series of matches over the course of several months (throughout the summer specifically) to determine who receive ...
are a tournament in which 12 wrestlers compete in a series of matches over several months to determine who receives a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory.


Feast or Fired

The
Feast or Fired Feast or Fired is a professional wrestling match concept featured in Impact Wrestling. The idea is based on the object on a pole match, which sees wrestlers trying to gain possession of items hanging from poles attached to the ring posts. In thi ...
match is a pole match featured in
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
. In the match, all four ring posts have poles attached, and a briefcase hangs from each pole. The match features a large group of participants, who attempt to scale the turnbuckles and grab the cases. Each case contains a different item, either a title shot or a pink slip.


TNA Turkey Bowl

The
TNA Turkey Bowl The Impact Turkey Bowl (formerly the TNA Turkey Bowl) is a special match that airs on the Thanksgiving night episode of '' Impact!'' Initially, it was a tournament held in 2007 and 2008 that aired on the Thanksgiving night episode of ''TNA Impact!' ...
was a tournament held in 2007 and 2008 aired on the
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Netherlander town of Leiden and ...
night episode of ''
TNA Impact! ''Impact!'' (stylized as ''IMPACT!''), also known as ''IMPACT! on AXS TV'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion Impact Wrestling (formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)) tha ...
'' The tournament consisted of three preliminary three way matches. Each match featured a member of the Heavyweight Division, The X Division, and The Tag Team Division with the winner of the match going on to the finals. The winner of the finals, also a three-way match, won $25,000. The wrestler who lost in the finals was forced to put on a turkey suit. The TNA Turkey Bowl returned with a different format in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016 which aired on the
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Netherlander town of Leiden and ...
night episode of ''
Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
''.


One Night Only

Impact One Night Only ''One Night Only'' was a series of professional wrestling events held by Impact Wrestling launched in April 2013. The concept was announced on January 11, 2013 by then-Total Nonstop Action (TNA) President Dixie Carter as a part of a change to their ...
is a periodic series of PPV events held around a particular theme. This section is for annual One Night Only events.


Joker's Wild

Joker's Wild consists of seven tag team matches, where partners are picked by a random lottery. The winning teams advance to the main event, a 14-man battle royal for the chance to win a $100,000 prize.


Queen of the Knockouts

Knockouts Knockdown is an event where current members of the
TNA Knockout Knockout is a term used by Impact Wrestling to refer to its female talent. The term is applied universally to wrestlers, backstage interviewers, and managers/valets. History The term Knockouts is relatively new and was not used when Impact Wres ...
s Division take on female wrestlers from the independent circuit, with the winners advancing to the main event, a gauntlet battle royal where the winner will be crowned "Queen of the Knockouts."


World Cup

Teams of wrestlers from around the World compete in Heavyweight,
X Division The X Division is a high-flying, high-risk, fast-paced style of professional wrestling seen in Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) and since then in various NWA member promotions. Its tagline is that "It's not about weight ...
, Tag Team and Knockouts Division matches, the winning team members gaining points for their respective teams. The two teams with the most points face off in the main event in a Five-on-Five Elimination tag team match to crown the winners of the TNA World Cup. In January 2019 taping, Impact brought back the World Cup name for a tournament in partnership with
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre (professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its or ...
. Team Impact consisted of
Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, currently signed with Impact Wrestling and is a former Impact World Champion. He also wrestled for Luch ...
,
Eli Drake Shaun Ricker (born November 1, 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name LA Knight. Ricker is known for his time in Impact Wrestling as Eli Drake. Ricke ...
, Eddie Edwards and
Fallah Bahh Francis Flores (born August 12, 1985) is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with Impact Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Fallah Bahh. He began his wrestling career on New Jersey's independent circuit, wre ...
, and Team AAA consisted of
Aero Star Aero Star (real name unrevealed; born October 22, 1984) is a Mexican luchador, which is a masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Aero Star won the 2008 ''Alas de Oro'' tournament and is known for his hig ...
,
El Hijo del Vikingo Emmanuel Roman Morales (born April 29, 1997), better known by the ring name El Hijo del Vikingo, is a Mexican ''luchador'' (or professional wrestler) currently working for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, where he is the current AAA Mega Champion in his ...
,
Puma King Puma King (born July 6, 1990) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestlin ...
and
Psycho Clown Psycho Clown (born December 16, 1985) is the ring name of a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Psycho Clown's ring character is that of a nightmarish clown a ...
. The match, which aired the February 15 ''Impact!'', was a 4 on 4 single elimination match. The match came down to Edwards and Clown with, Clown eliminating Edwards, after Drake hit Edwards with a kendostick.


See also

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Professional wrestling tournament On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein. It has been known for promotions to use title tournament that a ...


References

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