# Wrestlers Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes
1 A.J. Styles 1 June 19, 2002 49 Huntsville, Alabama Weekly pay-per-view event #2 Styles defeated Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and Psicosis in a Four-Way Double Elimination match to be crowned the inaugural champion. The event aired on tape delay on June 26, 2002.
2 Low Ki 1 August 7,2002 14 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #8 This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Jerry Lynn.
3 Jerry Lynn 1 August 21, 2002 49 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #11 This was a 3-Way ladder match also involving A.J. Styles. The event aired on tape delay on August 28, 2002.
-- Vacated -- October 9, 2002 -- Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #15 Lynn vacated the championship due to an injury.
4 Syxx-Pac 1 October 9, 2002 14 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #15 Syxx-Pac defeated Kid Kash, Tony Mamaluke, The S.A.T., Ace Steel, and A.J. Styles in a ladder match to win the vacant title.
9 Amazing Red 1 April 30, 2003 14 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #42
10 Chris Sabin 1 May 14, 2003 98 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #44 This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Jerry Lynn. Sabin unified the X Division Championship with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship by defeating champion Lynn, Frankie Kazarian and Johnny Swinger in Auckland, New Zealand on May 25, 2003.
11 Michael Shane 1 August 20, 2003 140 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #58 This was an Ultimate X match also involving Frankie Kazarian.
12 Chris Sabin 2 January 7, 2004 84 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #75 This was an Ultimate X match also involving Christopher Daniels and Low Ki.
-- Vacated -- March 31, 2004 -- Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #87 Sabin vacated the championship due to an injury.
13 Kazarian 1 March 31, 2004 70 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #87 Kazarian defeated Amazing Red to win the vacant championship.
15 Kazarian (2) and Michael Shane (2) 2 July 28, 2004 14 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #104 Shane and Kazarian were declared co-champions after defeating Styles in an Ultimate X match by retrieving the belt at the same time.
16 Petey Williams 1 August 11, 2004 158 Nashville, Tennessee Weekly pay-per-view event #106 Defeated Amazing Red in the finals of 22-man Gauntlet for the Gold.
17 A.J. Styles 4 January 16, 2005 56 Orlando, Florida Final Resolution (2005) This was an Ultimate X match also involving Chris Sabin.
18 Christopher Daniels 1 March 13, 2005 182 Orlando, Florida Destination X (2005) This was an Ultimate X Challenge match also involving Elix Skipper and Ron Killings.
19 A.J. Styles 5 September 11, 2005 91 Orlando, Florida Unbreakable This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Samoa Joe.
20 Samoa Joe 1 December 11, 2005 91 Orlando, Florida Turning Point
21 Christopher Daniels 2 March 12, 2006 29 Orlando, Florida Destination X This was an Ultimate X match also involving A.J. Styles.
22 Samoa Joe 2 April 10, 2006 70 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! The episode aired on tape delay on April 13, 2006.
23 Senshi 2 June 19, 2006 125 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Sonjay Dutt. The episode aired on tape delay on June 22, 2006.
24 Chris Sabin 3 October 22, 2006 2 Plymouth Township, Michigan Bound for Glory
25 A.J. Styles 6 October 24, 2006 13 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Styles won it from Sabin by defeating him in the fourth round of the 2006 Fight for the Right Tournament. The episode aired on tape delay on November 2, 2006.
26 Christopher Daniels 3 November 6, 2006 69 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Chris Sabin. The episode aired on tape delay on November 16, 2006.
27 Chris Sabin 4 January 14, 2007 154 Orlando, Florida Final Resolution This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Jerry Lynn.
28 Jay Lethal 1 June 17, 2007 2 Nashville, Tennessee Slammiversary
29 Samoa Joe 3 June 19, 2007 54 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! The episode aired on tape delay on June 21, 2007.
30 Kurt Angle 1 August 12, 2007 28 Orlando, Florida Hard Justice This match was also for Angle's TNA World Heavyweight and IGF's version of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, as well as for Joe's TNA World Tag Team Championship. Angle became the first person to hold all of TNA's active championships at the same time.
31 Jay Lethal 2 September 9, 2007 134 Orlando, Florida No Surrender
32 Johnny Devine 1 January 21, 2008 20 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! The episode aired on tape delay on January 24, 2008.
33 Jay Lethal 3 February 10, 2008 65 Greenville, South Carolina Against All Odds This was a Six Man Tag Team Street Fight pitting Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) against Devine and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon), in which the person to get the fall would win the title.
34 Petey Williams 2 April 15, 2008 152 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Williams cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge Lethal for the championship and inevitably win the title. The episode aired on tape delay on April 17, 2008.
35 Sheik Abdul Bashir 1 September 14, 2008 84 Oshawa, Ontario Canada No Surrender (2008) This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Consequences Creed.
36 Eric Young 1 December 7, 2008 0 Orlando, Florida Final Resolution
-- Vacated -- December 7, 2008 -- Orlando, Florida Final Resolution Management Director Jim Cornette stripped Young of the championship because his win was controversial.
37 Alex Shelley 1 January 11, 2009 63 Charlotte, North Carolina Genesis Shelley defeated Chris Sabin in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
38 Suicide (Christopher Daniels / Frankie Kazarian)4 / 3 March 15, 2009 102 Orlando, Florida Destination X This was an Ultimate X match also involving Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal. During the championship reign the character of Suicide was played by both Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian.
39 Homicide 1 June 25, 2009 52 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Homicide cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge Suicide for the championship and inevitably win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on July 16, 2009.
40 Samoa Joe 4 August 16, 2009 50 Orlando, Florida Hard Justice
41 Amazing Red 2 October 5, 2009 106 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! This episode aired on tape delay on October 8, 2009.
42 Doug Williams 1 January 19, 2010 89 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Williams cashed in Rob Terry's Feast or Fired contract to challenge Amazing Red for the championship. This episode aired on tape delay on January 28, 2010.
-- Vacated -- April 18, 2010 -- Saint Charles, Missouri Lockdown Williams was stripped of the title after not being able to the defend due to travel restrictions in the aftermath of Icelandic volcanic eruptions.
43 Kazarian 4 April 18, 2010 28 Saint Charles, Missouri Lockdown Kazarian defeated Homicide and Shannon Moore in a Steel Cage match to win the vacant title.
44 Douglas Williams 2 May 16, 2010 113 Orlando, Florida Sacrifice
45 Jay Lethal 4 September 6, 2010 18 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! This episode aired on tape delay on September 16, 2010.
46 Amazing Red 3 September 23, 2010 2 New York City, New York Live event
47 Jay Lethal 5 September 25, 2010 43 Rahway, New Jersey Live event
48 Robbie E 1 November 7, 2010 30 Orlando, Florida Turning Point
49 Jay Lethal 6 December 7, 2010 33 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! This episode aired on tape delay on December 16, 2010.
50 Kazarian 5 January 9, 2011 127 Orlando, Florida Genesis
51 Abyss 1 May 16, 2011 55 Orlando, Florida Impact Wrestling This episode aired on tape delay on May 19, 2011.
52 Brian Kendrick 1 July 10, 2011 63 Orlando, Florida Destination X
53 Austin Aries 1 September 11, 2011 298 Orlando, Florida No Surrender
— Vacated — July 5, 2012 — Orlando, Florida Impact Wrestling Aries vacated the title in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
54 Zema Ion 1 July 8, 2012 98 Orlando, Florida Destination X (2012) This was an Ultimate X match, also involving Kenny King, Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt.
55 Rob Van Dam 1 October 14, 2012 137 Phoenix, Arizona Bound for Glory (2012)
56 Kenny King 1 February 28, 2013 94 Orlando, Florida Impact Wrestling
57 Chris Sabin 5 June 2, 2013 18 Boston, Massachusetts Slammiversary XI This was an Ultimate X match also involving Suicide.
58 Austin Aries 2 June 20, 2013 9 Peoria, Illinois Impact Wrestling Aries dressed himself as Suicide and took his place in a three-way match also involving Kenny King. Aired on tape delay on June 27, 2013.
59 Chris Sabin 6 June 29, 2013 0 Las Vegas, Nevada Impact Wrestling This was a three-way match also involving Manik. Aired on tape delay on July 4, 2013.
— Vacated — June 29, 2013 0 Las Vegas, Nevada Impact Wrestling Sabin vacated the title in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, This episode aired on tape delay on July 11, 2013. 60 Manik 2(1) July 18, 2013 94 Louisville, Kentucky Impact Wrestling This was an Ultimate X match also involving Sonjay Dutt and Greg Marasciulo. This episode aired on July 25, 2013. This was the second reign for the Suicide/Manik character and the first reign for T.J. Perkins.
61 Chris Sabin 7 October 20, 2013 34 San Diego, California Bound for Glory (2013) This was an Ultimate X match also involving Samoa Joe, Jeff Hardy, and Austin Aries.
62 Austin Aries 3 November 23, 2013 11 Orlando, Florida Impact Wrestling This episode aired on tape delay on December 12, 2013.
63 Chris Sabin 8 December 5, 2013 42 Orlando, Florida Impact Wrestling This episode aired on tape delay on January 2, 2014
64 Austin Aries 4 January 16, 2014 45 Huntsville, Alabama Impact Wrestling: Genes is This episode aired on tape delay on January 23, 2014.
65 Sanada 1 March 2, 2014 110 Tokyo, Japan Kaisen: Outbreak
66 Austin Aries 5 June 20, 2014 5 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Impact Wrestling This episode will air on tape delay on July 10, 2014.
