TNA X Division Championship

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The TNA Wrestling X Division Championship

The TNA X Division Championship, created on June 19, 2002, is a professional wrestling title contested in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It is the only TNA championship that does not represent the National Wrestling Alliance.

X Division

The slogan for the X Division, first coined by TNA announcer Mike Tenay, has been "it's not about weight limits, it's about no limits."

TNA promotes the X Division and the X Division championship as "wrestling reinvented" and views it as the innovative side of professional wrestling, whereas the NWA World Heavyweight Championship is promoted as the "traditional" side to wrestling, representing prestige and history.

On May 25, 2003, Chris Sabin won the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship, unifying it with the X Division Championship as World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) folded after that show.

Current champion

Senshi is the current champion.

Senshi is the current X Division Champion, in his second reign. Senshi defeated Sonjay Dutt and Samoa Joe in a 3-way match on the June 22, 2006 edition of TNA Impact. It should be also noted that the undefeated streak of Samoa Joe remains technically intact, as he was not involved in the decision.

Senshi picked up his first X Division Championship (under the name Low Ki) after defeating AJ Styles in a Triple Threat match (also involving Jerry Lynn) at . He would defend the title the next week at against Sonny Siaki, Jimmy Yang, and Jorge Estrada, but would lose the belt to Jerry Lynn the following week in a Triple Threat Ladder Match with A.J. Styles at TNA's joint taping for the next two PPV's, during the second taping. At ther first taping, he beat The Amazing Red, Jose Maximo and Joel Maximo in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match.

Title history

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Type of Match:	Event:
A.J. Styles	1	June 19 2002	Huntsville, Alabama	Double Elimination Four-Way
Low Ki	1	August 7 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Three-Way
Jerry Lynn	1	August 21 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Three-Way Ladder
Syxx-Pac	1	October 9 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Ladder	NWA-TNA 15
A.J. Styles	2	October 23 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Singles	NWA-TNA 17
Jerry Lynn	2	November 6 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Three-Way	NWA-TNA 19
Sonny Siaki	1	December 11 2002	Nashville, Tennessee	Singles	NWA-TNA 24
Kid Kash	1	February 12 2003	Nashville, Tennessee	Singles	NWA-TNA 31
Amazing Red	1	April 30 2003	Nashville, Tennessee	Singles	NWA-TNA 42
Chris Sabin	1	May 14 2003	Nashville, Tennessee	Three Way	NWA-TNA 44
Michael Shane	1	August 20 2003	Nashville, Tennessee	Ultimate X
Chris Sabin	2	January 7 2004	Nashville, Tennessee	Ultimate X	NWA-TNA 76
Kazarian	1	March 31 2004	Nashville, Tennessee	Singles
A.J. Styles	3	June 9 2004	Nashville, Tennessee	Singles	NWA-TNA 98
Michael Shane & Kazarian	2, 2	July 28 2004	Nashville, Tennessee	Ultimate X	NWA-TNA 105
Petey Williams	1	August 11 2004	Nashville, Tennessee	Gauntlet	NWA-TNA 107
A.J. Styles	4	January 16 2005	Orlando, Florida	Ultimate X	Final Resolution
Christopher Daniels	1	March 13 2005	Orlando, Florida	Ultimate X Challenge	Destination X
A.J. Styles	5	September 11 2005	Orlando, Florida	Three-Way	Unbreakable
Samoa Joe	1	December 11 2005	Orlando, Florida	Singles	Turning Point
Christopher Daniels	2	March 12 2006	Orlando, Florida	Ultimate X	Destination X
Samoa Joe	2	April 10 2006	Orlando, Florida	Singles	iMPACT!
Senshi	2	June 19 2006	Orlando, Florida	Three-Way	iMPACT!

Trivia

• The longest reign as champion is by Christopher Daniels, who held the title for 182 days, from when he beat A.J. Styles for the belt on March 13, 2005, until he lost it back to Styles on September 11, 2005.
• The shortest reign as champion is shared by 6 different wrestlers, all of whom held the title for 14 days: Senshi (as Low Ki; 1st reign), Syxx-Pac, A.J. Styles (2nd reign), The Amazing Red, and Shazarian (the team of Michael Shane and Kazarian).
• Samoa Joe's second title win marked the first time which the title has changed hands during a non-pay per-view event.
• The youngest champion ever was The Amazing Red, who won the title from Kid Kash on April 30, 2003 at age 21.
• The oldest champion ever was Jerry Lynn, who lost his 2nd title to Sonny Siaki on December 11, 2002 at age 39.
• A.J. Styles holds the record for most reigns as champion. He has won the title 5 times to date.
• 2 wrestlers have won both the X Division and WWF Light Heavyweight Championships: Syxx-Pac (as "X-Pac" in WWE), and Jerry Lynn.
• 2 wrestlers have won both the X Division and WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championships: Syxx-Pac (as "Syxx" in WCW and "X-Pac" in WWE), and Kid Kash.
• The lightest champion is Amazing Redat 147 lb (73 kg).
• The heaviest champion is Samoa Joe at 290 lb (127 kg).
• The shortest champion is Amazing Red at 5 ft 6 in (168 cm).
• The tallest champion is Samoa Joe at 6 ft 3 in (188 cm).
• Sonny Siaki and Samoa Joe are the 1st and 2nd Samoan, respectively, to win the championship.
• Matt Bentley, then Michael Shane, and Frankie Kazarian are the only men to date to become co-holders of the X Division Championship, when they were declared co-winners of Ultimate X4.
• Petey Williams is the only man to win the championship in gauntlet.

References

• [Wrestling Information Archive]
• [CygyWrestling.com]

See also

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
• List of TNA X Division Championship reigns by length
• List of TNA X Division Champions by age
• National Wrestling Alliance
• WWA International Cruiserweight Championship

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