 
NWA (TNA) World Heavyweight Title History
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Won a Gauntlet For The Gold, featuring Malice, Jeff Jarrett, Buff Bagwell, Lash LeRoux, Norman Smiley, Apolo, K-Krush, Slash, Del Rios, Prince Justice, Konnan, Bruce, Rick Steiner, Scott Hall, Toby Keith, Chris Harris, Vampire Warrior, Devon Storm, Steve Corino, and Brian Lawler, to become the first ever NWA World Heavyweight Champion in TNA, sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance.
To view past champions before TNA, click here. |
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Title Defenses:
• Ken Shamrock defeated Malice in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #3 on July 4, 2002.
• Ken Shamrock lost to Takao Omori via disqualification but still kept the title in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #4 on July 10, 2002.
• Ken Shamrock defeated Sabu in a Ladder Match in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #6 on July 24, 2002. |
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Defeated Ken Shamrock. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #8 |
August 7, 2002 |
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Title Defenses:
• Ron Killings defeated Monty Brown in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #10 on August 21, 2002.
• Ron Killings defeated Jerry Lynn in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #13 on September 18, 2002.
• Ron Killings defeated Low Ki in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #15 on October 2, 2002.
• Ron Killings defeated Curt Hennig in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #17 on October 16, 2002.
• Ron Killings defeated Curt Hennig in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #18 on October 23, 2002.
• Ron Killings defeated Hotstuff Hernandez in Corpus Christi, TX at the NWA 54th Anniversary Show on October 26, 2002.
• Ron Killings defeated Scott Hall in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #19 on October 30, 2002.
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Defeated Ron Killings.
Also wins the WWA World Heavyweight Title, during this reign.
Unification; May 25, 2003 at WWA Retribution '03 in Auckland, New Zealand, Jeff Jarrett defeated WWA World Heavyweight Champion, Sting, to unify the title into the NWA World Heavyweight Title. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #22 |
November 20, 2002 |
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Title Defenses:
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron Killings in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #23 on November 27, 2002.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Nathan Jones in Glasgow, Scotland at the WWA Retribution '02 on December 6, 2002.
• Jeff Jarrett & Buff Bagwell lost to WWA World Heavyweight Champion, Lex Luger & Sting in a Tag Team Title vs. Title Match via disqualification but still kept the title in Manchester, England at a WWA House Show on December 7, 2002.
• Jeff Jarrett & Buff Bagwell lost to WWA World Heavyweight Champion, Lex Luger & Sting in a Tag Team Title vs. Title Match when Bagwell was pinned as the titles did not change hands in Belfast, Ireland at a WWA House Show on December 8, 2002.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Curt Hennig in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #25 on December 11, 2002.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Christopher Daniels in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #27 on January 8, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Elix Skipper in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #27 on January 8, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Low Ki via disqualification in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #27 on January 8, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Christopher Daniels, BG James, and Don Harris in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #29 on January 22, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated BG James with Ricky Steamboat as the special referee in Norfolk, VA at Live Action Wrestling on January 24, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett wrestled Rod Steel to a double-disqualification and kept the title in Pinellas, FL at an IPW Event on January 25, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated AJ Styles in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #33 on February 19, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated D'Lo Brown in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #39 on April 2, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Raven in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #43 on April 30, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated WWA World Heavyweight Champion, Sting in a Title vs. Title Match in Auckland, New Zealand at WWA Reckoning '03 on May 25, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett unifies the WWA World Heavyweight Title into TNA's NWA World Heavyweight Title in Auckland, New Zealand at WWA Reckoning '03 on May 25, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated BG James and Glenn Gilberti in Sussex, NJ on May 31, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Glenn Gilberti in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #48 on June 4, 2003.
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Defeated Jeff Jarrett and Raven, in a Three-Way Match. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #49 |
June 11, 2003 |
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Title Defenses:
• AJ Styles defeated Kid Kash in Gainesville, GA on June 13, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Paul London in Cambridge, MA on June 14, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Chris Sabin in Philadelphia, PA at ROH Wrestlerave on June 28, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Frankie Kazarian in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #52 on July 2, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated D'Lo Brown in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #53 on July 9, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Jimmy Rave in Philadelphia, PA on July 20, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated D'Lo Brown in a Best of 3 Series in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #55 on July 23, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Chance Prophet in Inez, KY on August 2, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated D'Lo Brown in a Cage Match in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #57 on August 6, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Low Ki in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #58 on August 13, 2003.
• AJ Styles lost to Shark Boy via disqualification but still kept the title in South Bend, IN on August 15, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Cru Jones in Texas City, TX on August 22, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Kid Kash in Buffalo, NY on August 24, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Raven in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #59 on August 29, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Kid Kash in Helsinki, Finland on August 30, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Ray Gordy in Rome, GA on September 13, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Jerry Lynn in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #62 on September 17, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Jonny Storm in Helsinki, Finland on September 27, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Dusty Rhodes in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #65 on October 8, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Ray Gordy in Rome, GA on October 11, 2003.
• AJ Styles defeated Michael Havoc in Olsberg, Deutschland on October 18, 2003.
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Defeated AJ Styles. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #67 |
October 22, 2003 |
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Title Defenses:
• Jeff Jarrett lost to Sting via disqualification but still kept the title in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #69 on November 5, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett wrestled Dusty Rhodes to a draw in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #72 on November 26, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated AJ Styles in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #73 on December 3, 2003.
• Jeff Jarrett wrestled El Leon to a draw in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #78 on January 21, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Dory Funk Jr. in Ocala, FL on January 24, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Ricky Murdoch in Greenville, MS on January 30, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Dustin Rhodes in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #80 on February 4, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Jason Styles in Newark, CA on February 27, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Harris in Johnson City, TN on March 6, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Harris in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #86 on March 17, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Latin Lover in Naucalpan, Mexico at AAA Rey de Reyes '04 on March 21, 2004.
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Defeated Jeff Jarrett, in a Steel Cage Match. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #91 |
April 21, 2004 |
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Title Defenses:
• AJ Styles defeated Ron Killings in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #92 on April 28, 2004.
• AJ Styles defeated Raven in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #93 on May 5, 2004.
• AJ Styles defeated Chris Harris in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #94 on May 12, 2004.
• AJ Styles defeated Danny Daniels in Rock Island, IL on May 15, 2004.
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Defeated AJ Styles, Raven, and Chris Harris, in a Deadly Draw Match. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #95 |
May 19, 2004 |
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TNA Wrestling withdraws from the NWA, but attains a deal to keep the
promotional rights of the NWA World Heavyweight Title in TNA until 2014.
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Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #97 |
June 2004 |
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Defeated Ron Killings, AJ Styles, Raven, and Chris Harris, in the first ever King of the Mountain Match.
Also wins the NWA CyberSpace Heavyweight Title, during this reign. |
Nashville, TN |
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #97 |
June 2, 2004 |
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Title Defenses:
• Jeff Jarrett wrestled Ron Killings to a no-contest in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #100 on June 23, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Ken Shamrock, Ron Killings, BG James, Konnan, Onyx, Hernandez, and Chad Collyer in a Gauntlet Match in Nashville, TN at NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #102 on July 7, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Jeff Hardy in Nashville, TN at the NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #111 on September 8, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Glamour Boy Shane in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on October 16, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match in Orlando, FL at TNA Victory Road '04 on November 7, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Jeff Hardy in the Six Sides of Steel in Orlando, FL at the TNA Best Damn Wrestling Event Period on November 11, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Monty Brown in Orlando, FL at TNA iMPACT! on December 3, 2004.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Monty Brown in Orlando, FL at TNA Final Resolution '05 on January 16, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated AJ Styles in Seoul, Korea at an NWA Mid-Atlantic Event on January 22, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Tully Blanchard in Tampa, FL at IWA WrestleReunion on January 29, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron Killings in Wayne, NJ at NWA CyberSpace SuperBrawl Saturday III '05 on February 5, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Kevin Nash in Orlando, FL at TNA Against All Odds '05 on February 13, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Elix Skipper in Chickamauga, GA on February 20, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Rocky Reynolds in Glenville, WV on February 26, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page in Orlando, FL at TNA Destination X '05 on March 13, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated BG James in Irondale, AL at a Nostalgia Show on April 8, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Dusty Rhodes in Lenoir, NC at CCW Legends Show on April 9, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Ray González in Caguas, Puerto Rico at IWA Final Justice V on April 16, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated NWA CyberSpace Heavyweight Champion, Slyck Wagner Brown in a Title vs. Title Match in Wayne, NJ at NWA CyberSpace Retribution '05 on April 30, 2005.
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Defeated Jeff Jarrett, with Tito Ortiz as the Special Referee. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA Hard Justice '05 |
May 15, 2005 |
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Title Defenses:
• AJ Styles defeated David Young in Georgia at a Georgia Championship Wrestling event on May 21, 2005.
• AJ Styles defeated Josh Cody at a Championship Wrestling event on May 28, 2005.
• AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams in a Best of 2/3 Falls Match in Rome, Italy at an EWF Event on June 4, 2005.
• AJ Styles defeated Lex Lovett in in Brandon, FL at the NWA Florida: 2005 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup on June 10, 2005.
• AJ Styles defeated James Gibson at a Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event on June 11, 2005.
• AJ Styles defeated Elix Skipper at an Elite Championship Wrestling event on June 12, 2005.
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Defeated AJ Styles, Monty Brown, Abyss, and Sean Waltman, in a King of the Mountain Match. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA Slammiversary '05 |
June 19, 2005 |
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Title Defenses:
• Raven defeated Derek Stone in Lawrence, KS at NWA Central States on June 25, 2005.
• Raven defeated Rainman at a Pro Wrestling Evolution event on July 9, 2005.
• Raven defeated Abyss in a Dog Collar Match in Orlando, FL at TNA No Surrender '05 on July 17, 2005.
• Raven defeated BG James via disqualification in Irondale, AL on August 12, 2005.
• Raven & Craig Keesman defeated Michael Strider & Superstar Steve in Lawrence, KS on August 26, 2005.
• Raven defeated Rhino in a Raven's Rules Match in Orlando, FL at TNA Unbreakable '05 on September 11, 2005.
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Defeated Raven. |
Windsor, ON,
Canada |
TNA/BCW International Incident |
September 15, 2005 |
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Defeated Jeff Jarrett, with Tito Ortiz as the Special Referee.
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Orlando, FL |
TNA Bound For Glory '05 |
October 23, 2005 |
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Defeated Rhino. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA iMPACT! |
November 3, 2005 |
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Title Defenses:
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Rhino in Orlando, FL at TNA Turning Point '05 on December 11, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated BG James via disqualification in Irondale, AL on December 29, 2005.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Harry Smith in Doncaster, England at 1PW No Turning Back Night 1on January 6, 2006.
• Jeff Jarrett lost to AJ Style via disqualification but still kept the title in Emporia, VA at a UWF Event on January 13, 2006.
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Defeated Jeff Jarrett. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA Against All Odds '06 |
February 12, 2006 |
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Title Defenses:
• Christian Cage defeated Rhino in Doncaster, England at 1PW All Or Nothing Night 1 on March 4, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Monty Brown in Orlando, FL at TNA Destination X '06 on March 12, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Jeff Jarrett in Detroit, MI at a TNA House Show on March 17, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Billy Kidman in Bristol, CT at NEW WrestleFest X on March 25, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Jay Lethal in Lodi, NJ at LSW Liberty Brawl on April 8, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Abyss in Farmville, VA at a TNA House Show on April 14, 2006.
• Christian Cage wrestled TNA X-Division Champion, Samoa Joe to a no-contest but still kept the title in a Title vs. Title Match in Palmyra, VA at a TNA House Show on April 15, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Abyss in the Six Sides of Steel in Orlando, FL at TNA Lockdown '06 on April 23, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Abyss in Missassauga, ON, Canada at a BSE Event on May 7, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem Match in Orlando, FL at TNA Sacrifice '06 on May 14, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Steve Corino in Doncaster, England at IPW Know Your Enemy Night 1 on May 26, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated Abyss in Newburgh, NY at the NEW Spring Slam Tour on June 1, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated AJ Styles in Danbury, CT at the NEW Spring Slam Tour on June 2, 2006.
• Christian Cage defeated AJ Styles in Toms River, NJ at a Children's Benefit Show on June 3, 2006.
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Defeated Christian Cage, Sting, Abyss, and Ron Killings, in a King of the Mountain Match. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA Slammiversary '06 |
June 18, 2006 |
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Title Defenses:
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Jay Lethal in Orlando, FL at TNA iMPACT! on July 20, 2006.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Sting in Orlando, FL at TNA Hard Justice '06 on August 13, 2006.
• Jeff Jarrett lost to Dennis Condrey via disqualification but still kept the title in Irondale, AL at NWA Wrestle Birmingham on September 22, 2006.
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Defeated Jeff Jarrett, in a "Title vs. Career" Match, with Kurt Angle as the Special Enforcer. |
Detroit, MI |
TNA Bound For Glory '06 |
October 22, 2006 |
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Defeated Sting, via disqualification. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA Genesis '06 |
November 19, 2006 |
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Title Defenses:
• Abyss defeated Sting and Christian Cage in a Triple Threat Match in Orlando, FL at TNA Turning Point '06 on December 10, 2006.
• Abyss defeated TNA X-Division Champion, Christopher Daniels in Raleigh, NC at a TNA House Show on December 15, 2006.
• Abyss defeated Brother Runt in a Hardcore Tables Match in South Hill, VA at a TNA House Show on December 16, 2006.
• Abyss defeated Christian Cage in Lisbon, Portugal at a TNA House Show on January 5, 2007.
• Abyss defeated Christian Cage in a Street Fight in Oporto, Portugal at a TNA House Show on January 6, 2007.
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Defeated Abyss and Sting, in a Triple Threat Elimination Match.
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Orlando, FL |
TNA Final Resolution '07 |
January 14, 2007 |
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Title Defenses:
• Christian Cage defeated Kurt Angle in Orlando, FL at TNA Against All Odds '07 on February 11, 2007.
• Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe in Orlando, FL at TNA Destination X '07 on March 11, 2007.
• Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe in Corinth, MS at a TNA House Show on April 7, 2007.
• Christian Cage defeated Kurt Angle in Springfield, MO at a TNA House Show on April 13, 2007.
• Christian Cage defeated Kurt Angle in Louisville, KY at a TNA House Show on April 20, 2007.
• Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe in Bristol, CT at NEW WrestleFest XI on April 22, 2007.
• Christian Cage defeated Sting via disqualification in Orlando, FL at TNA iMPACT! on April 26, 2007.
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Defeated Christian Cage and Sting, in a Triple Threat Match.
Stripped; on May 13, 2007 the National Wrestling Alliance removed their titles and recognition from TNA Wrestling after both sides severed their business relationship. Angle was not awarded the new TNA World Heavyweight Title due to the controversy surrounding his win at TNA Sacrifice. |
Orlando, FL |
TNA Sacrifice '07 |
May 13, 2007 |
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TNA and NWA sever their business relationship; the NWA World Heavyweight Title is
stripped and replaced with the new TNA World Heavyweight Title, while a tournament begins to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion in the National Wrestling Alliance.
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Orlando, FL |
TNA Sacrifice '07 |
May 13, 2007 |
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