Impact Grand Championship
| Impact Grand Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Global Force Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 2, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Ethan Carter III | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | July 5, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Impact Grand Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Global Force Wrestling.
History
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 new championship. Corgan also announced an eight-man single elimination tournament that would feature new rules that would apply to the title. The new rules would be similar to how bouts were contested in professional wrestling in Europe in which each match would consist of three timed rounds, with a team of judges to determine the outcome based on points, if there is no winner via pin or submission within the time limit. The final match of the tournament took place at Bound for Glory on October 2, with Aron Rex becoming the inaugural champion by defeating Eddie Edwards (replacement for the legitimately injured Drew Galloway).[1][2]
Rules
- Three 3 minute rounds, with special event matches going 5 minutes.
- 10 point must system.
- Judging categories: Physicality, aggressiveness, controlling the action.
- Wins can happen anytime via pin or submission.
- If there is no winner after three rounds, a winner is decided by judge's decision.
Inaugural championship tournament (2016)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Braxton Sutter | 06:43 | |||||||||||||
| Drew Galloway | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Drew Galloway | Split | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Edwards | 09:00 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Edwards | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Mahabali Shera | 06:53 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Edwards † | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Aron Rex | Split | |||||||||||||
| Aron Rex | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Trevor Lee | 04:55 | |||||||||||||
| Aron Rex | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Eli Drake | 08:41 | |||||||||||||
| Jessie Godderz | 08:14 | |||||||||||||
| Eli Drake | Pin | |||||||||||||
- † Edwards replaced Drew Galloway, who was legitimately injured before the finals.
Title history
Reigns
As of August 19, 2017, there have four reigns between three different wrestlers. Aron Rex became the inaugural champion by defeating Eddie Edwards in the tournament final at 2016's Bound for Glory on October 2. Moose holds the most reigns with two, with his second reign being the longest at 174 days, while Drew Galloway's first reign is the shortest at five days.
Ethan Carter III is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Moose on GFW Impact! on July 5, 2017 (aired on August 3).
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aron Rex | 1 | October 2, 2016 | 7 | Orlando, Florida | Bound for Glory | Defeated Eddie Edwards in a tournament final by split decision to become the inaugural champion. Edwards was a substitute for Drew Galloway, who was legitimately injured. | [3] |
| 2 | Moose | 1 | October 9, 2016 | 90 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on December 1, 2016. | [4] |
| 3 | Drew Galloway | 1 | January 7, 2017 | 5 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on January 19, 2017. | [5] |
| 4 | Moose | 2 | January 12, 2017 | 174 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | Won by split decision. This episode aired on tape delay on March 2, 2017. | [6] |
| 5 | Ethan Carter III | 1 | July 5, 2017 | 45+ | Orlando, Florida | GFW Impact! | Won by split decision. This episode aired on tape delay on August 3, 2017. |
Combined reigns
As of August 19, 2017.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days | Combined days recognized by GFW (based on air dates) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moose | 2 | 264 | 203 |
| 2 | Ethan Carter III † | 1 | 45+ | 16+ |
| 3 | Aron Rex | 1 | 7 | 60 |
| 4 | Drew Galloway | 1 | 5 | 42 |
Notes
References
- ↑ Martin, Adam. "SPOILER: TNA retires championship, introduces new title at Impact Wrestling TV tapings from Orlando". Wrestleview. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ Bocook, Gerald. "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – 9/8/16 (#DELETEorDECAY, Billy Corgan makes major announcement)". Wrestleview. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ McMahon, Mike. "10/2 TNA Bound for Glory PPV: McMahon's ongoing coverage – EC3 vs. Lashley, Decay vs. Broken Matt Hardy & Nero". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ↑ Paglino, Nick. "10/9 Big Spoiler From Today's TNA Impact Wrestling Taping (Photo)". Wrestlezone. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- ↑ Killam, Mike. "Complete 1/7 TNA Impact Wrestling TV Taping Results *SPOILERS*". Wrestlezone. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ↑ Pritchard, Bill. "TNA Impact Wrestling TV Taping Results From 1/12 *Spoilers*". Wrestlezone. Retrieved January 12, 2017.