TNA Legends Championship
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The TNA Television Championship belt
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 23, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | August 12, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Booker T |
| Final champion(s) | Lashley |
| Most reigns | Eric Young (3 reigns) |
| Longest reign | Abyss (396 days) |
| Shortest reign | PJ Black and Lashley (1 day) |
| Oldest winner | Kevin Nash (49 years) |
| Youngest winner | Robbie E (27 years) |
| Heaviest champion | Abyss (350 Ibs) |
| Lightest champion | Robbie E (201 Ibs) |
The TNA Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) professional wrestling promotion. It was introduced on the October 23, 2008 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact! as the TNA Legends Championship. It was later known as the TNA Global Championship and the TNA King of the Mountain Championship. The title appeared in Global Force Wrestling (GFW), during a talent exchange partnership.
As a professional wrestling championship, it was won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes occurred at TNA-promoted events. Reigns that occurred on TNA Impact!, or its later title Impact Wrestling, usually aired on tape delay. The first champion was Booker T. The final champion was Lashley, as the title was retired on August 12, 2016. There were a total of 25 reigns among 19 wrestlers.
The title was introduced during a storyline that pitted young talent within the company against veterans of professional wrestling. In the weeks leading up to the unveiling of the physical belt, Booker T carried around a steel briefcase. On the October 23, 2008, episode of Impact!, Booker T introduced the belt by removing it from the briefcase, announcing its name as the "TNA Legends Championship", and declaring himself the first champion. He went on to state that the championship was his and that he would defend it when he saw fit; this meant that the championship was unsanctioned by TNA in the storyline.
On March 15, 2009, at TNA's Destination X pay-per-view (PPV) event, A.J. Styles defeated Booker T to win the championship. Afterwards on the March 19, 2009, episode of Impact!, Styles was credited as becoming the first-ever TNA Grand Slam Champion, by winning the World Heavyweight (NWA or TNA), the World Tag Team (NWA or TNA), the TNA X Division Championship, and the Legends Championship.TNA Management Director Jim Cornette then announced that the TNA Legends Championship had become an official TNA sanctioned championship thanks to Styles defeating Booker T for it legally via the contract the two had signed to make the match official.
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