TNA World Heavyweight Championship facts for kids
Quick facts for kids TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
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| Current champion(s) | Eddie Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | OCTOBER,3,2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | May 13, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
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The TNA World Heavyweight Championship is a special award in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It is given to the best male professional wrestler in the company. This championship is seen as the most important title in TNA. It was first shown on May 17, 2007, during an episode of TNA Impact!.
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History of the Championship
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling used to work with another group called the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Because of this, TNA used the NWA's main wrestling titles, including the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Starting with NWA Titles
When TNA first started, it was known as NWA–TNA. On their very first show, they held a special "Gauntlet for the Gold" match. In this match, twenty wrestlers tried to throw each other out of the ring. The last two wrestlers remaining would then have a normal wrestling match. The winner of that match would become the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Ken Shamrock won this first title by defeating Malice. A famous wrestler named Ricky Steamboat was the special referee for the match.
TNA Creates Its Own Title
On May 13, 2007, the NWA announced that their agreement with TNA was over. This meant TNA could no longer use the NWA championships. Because of this, the NWA said that the champions at the time, Christian Cage (NWA World Heavyweight Champion) and Team 3D (NWA World Tag Team Champions), would lose their titles.
After this, TNA decided to create its own top championship. Kurt Angle won a match against Christian Cage and Sting to become the first "World Heavyweight Champion" under TNA's new system. On May 14, 2007, Kurt Angle showed off the new TNA World Heavyweight Championship belt. He proudly announced that he was the "new TNA World Heavyweight Champion."
Current Champion
The wrestler who holds the TNA World Heavyweight Championship right now is Eddie Edwards. This is his sixth time winning the championship. He won it from the previous champion, Bobby Lashley, on October 3, 2016.
Images for kids
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TNA World Heavyweight Championship
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Kurt Angle was the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion
See also
In Spanish: Impact World Championship para niños
