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The current TNA Knockouts Championship belt
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Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | October 14, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Rosemary | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | October 9, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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First champion(s) | Gail Kim |
Most reigns | Angelina Love & Gail Kim (6 reigns) |
Longest reign | Taryn Terrell (238 days) |
Shortest reign | Tara (4 days) |
Oldest winner | Tara ( 41 years, 247 days) |
Youngest winner | Taylor Wilde ( 22 years, 150 days) |
Heaviest champion | Awesome Kong (272 lbs (123kg)) |
Lightest champion | Miss Tessmacher (109 lbs (49kg) |
The TNA Knockouts Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) professional wrestling promotion. It is primarily contested for in TNA's women's division, known as the TNA Knockouts. It debuted on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) event under the name the "TNA Women's World Championship"; it was renamed the TNA Women's Knockout Championship in 2008 through 2010, then simplified to TNA Knockouts Championship to present.
It is currently the only female championship in TNA. It had been complimented by the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, which was introduced at the No Surrender PPV event on September 20, 2009, but was deactivated on June 27, 2013.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Overall, there have been 44 reigns shared between 17 wrestlers. The first champion was Gail Kim.
TNA Knockout, or just Knockout for short, is the term used by TNA to refer to its onscreen female performers; this is similar to TNA's main rival World Wrestling Entertainment and their Divas pseudonym. TNA's first women's accomplishment was announced at TNA's first weekly pay-per-view event on June 19, 2002. It was called the "Miss TNA" crown. The holder of the crown was determined in a lingerie battle royal on June 19, 2002, which aired on June 26, 2002. The participants in the match were Alexis Laree, Elektra, Erin Bray, Francine, Miss Joni, Sasha, Shannon, Taylor Vaughn, and Teresa Tyler. Vaughn last eliminated Elektra to win the crown. The TNA Knockout of the Year is another award in TNA given to the knockout who achieved the most or had the best run that year. The most recent Knockout of the Year was Gail Kim in 2007; no award has been given out since.