TNA Digital Media Championship

Professional wrestling championship

TNA Digital Media Championship

The current TNA Digital Media Championship belt

Details
Promotion| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
Date established| September 30, 2021
Current champion(s)| PCO
Date won| July 20, 2024
Other name(s)

* Impact Digital Media Championship
(2021–2024)
* TNA Digital Media Championship (2024–present)

| Statistics

First champion(s)| Jordynne Grace
Longest reign| Joe Hendry
(266 days)
Shortest reign| Laredo Kid
(29 days)
Oldest champion| PCO
(56 years, 203 days)
Youngest champion| Jordynne Grace
(25 years, 232 days)
Heaviest champion| AJ Francis
(330 lb (150 kg))
Lightest champion| Jordynne Grace
(150 lb (68 kg))

TNA Digital Media Championship is a professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).[1][2] It is an intergender championship, openly available to both male and female wrestlers.[2] The current champion is PCO, who is in his first reign.

## History

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On the September 30 episode of Impact!, the Impact Digital Media Championship was introduced and it was announced that an intergender tournament will be held with the inaugural champion being crowned in the final at Bound for Glory. The first round matches aired on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Impact Plus and on YouTube for Impact Ultimate Insider members, before being distributed to the public across all social media platforms 24 hours later.[3][4]

On October 23, 2021 Jordynne Grace won the intergender six-way match tournament final to become the inaugural Impact Digital Media Championship holder by defeating Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne at Bound for Glory.[5]

Inaugural champion Jordynne Grace. She is also the only woman to win the title.

## Championship tournament(s)

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### Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament (2021)

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First round

* John Skyler defeated Zicky Dice – October 5, 2021[6]
* Crazzy Steve defeated Hernandez – October 6, 2021[6]
* Fallah Bahh defeated Sam Beale – October 12, 2021[7]
* Jordynne Grace defeated Johnny Swinger – October 13, 2021[7]
* Chelsea Green defeated Madison Rayne – October 19, 2021[8]
* Tenille Dashwood defeated Alisha Edwards – October 20, 2021[8]

Final

* Jordynne Grace defeated Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne* – October 23, 2021[9][5]

*Madison Rayne replaced Tenille Dashwood, who was removed from match.[9]

## Championship belt design(s)

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* The original (2021 to 2024) design of the title.

The original design of the Impact Digital Media Championship design is Silver with Gold indented thick lines with Red indented diamond shaped jewels on the sides with two side plates per side equaling to a total of four side plates, with one center plate. The center piece has the words Digital Media Impact Wrestling Champion in the middle with the words Impact Wrestling in the middle center in the color gold and with a red square shaped box in the background only surrounding the words on the outside of it in the very center with the words Digital Media indented above the word Impact Wrestling with a black square shaped box surrounding it as the lettering is gold and the word Champion under the word Impact Wrestling with the same black shape square box design with gold indented lettering.[10]

## Reigns

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Current champion PCO

As of September 21, 2024, there have been 11 reigns between 11 champions. Jordynne Grace was the inaugural champion. Grace is also the youngest champion at the age of 25, while PCO is the oldest, winning the title at 56. Joe Hendry's reign is the longest at 266 days, while Laredo Kid's reign is the shortest at 29 days.

PCO is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated A. J. Francis on July 20, 2024 at Slammiversary in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to win the title.

### Names

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Name  | Years

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Impact Digital Media Championship  | September 30, 2021–January 14, 2024
TNA Digital Media Championship | January 14, 2024 –
Key  No.  | Overall reign number

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Reign  | Reign number for the specific champion
Days  | Number of days held
\+  | Current reign is changing daily
No. | Champion  | Championship change  | Reign statistics  | Notes  | Ref.

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Date  | Event  | Location  | Reign  | Days
| Impact Wrestling
1  | Jordynne Grace | October 23, 2021 | Bound for Glory
Pre-show  | Sunrise Manor, NV | 1  | 90  | Defeated Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne in a tournament final intergender six-way match to become the inaugural champion.  | [5]
2  | Matt Cardona | January 21, 2022 | Impact! | Pembroke Pines, FL | 1  | 127  | The episode aired on tape delay on February 3, 2022.  | [11]
3  | Rich Swann | May 28, 2022 | Wrestling Revolver's Vegas Vacation  | Las Vegas, NV | 1  | 34  | This was an event promoted by The Wrestling Revolver.  | [12]
4  | Brian Myers | July 1, 2022 | Against All Odds
Pre-show  | Atlanta, GA | 1  | 113  | This was a Dot Combat match.  | [13]
5  | Joe Hendry | October 22, 2022 | Impact! | Sunrise Manor, NV | 1  | 266  | The episode aired on tape delay on November 10, 2022.  | [14]
6  | Kenny King | July 15, 2023 | Slammiversary
Pre-show  | Windsor, ON | 1  | 55  |  | [15]
7  | Tommy Dreamer | September 8, 2023 | Victory Road | White Plains, NY | 1  | 128  | This was a Title vs. Career match. Also during this reign the company name was reverted back to the name Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).  | [16]
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
8  | Crazzy Steve | January 14, 2024 | Hard To Kill | Paradise, NV | 1  | 97  | This was a No Disqualification match.  | [17]
9  | Laredo Kid | April 20, 2024 | Rebellion
Pre-show  | Paradise, NV | 1  | 29  |  | [18]
10  | A. J. Francis | May 19, 2024 | Impact! 20th Anniversary Show | Newport, Kentucky | 1  | 62  | The episode aired on tape delay on June 6, 2024.  | [19]
11  |  PCO | July 20, 2024 | Slammiversary | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1  | 63+  | This was a Montreal Street Fight. This was also for Francis' Canadian International Heavyweight Championship.  | [20]

## References

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1. ^ HEYDORN, PWTORCH ASSISTANT EDITOR, ZACK. "Impact announces new championship, single elimination tournament". Pwtourch.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
2. ^ a b COULSON, JOSH (October 2021). "Impact Reveals Digital Media Championship, Open To Male And Female Wrestlers". Thesportster.com. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
3. ^ Impact Wrestling Staff (September 30, 2021). "First-Ever IMPACT Digital Media Champion Set to Be Crowned in Single-Elimination Tournament". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
4. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (September 30, 2021). "IMPACT Wrestling Introduces Digital Media Championship, Tournament Announced To Crown First Champ". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
5. ^ a b c Moore, John (October 23, 2021). "10/23 Moore's Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory live review: Christian Cage vs. Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mickie James for the Knockouts Title, Steve Maclin vs. Trey Miguel vs. El Phantasmo for the vacant X Division Title, Call Your Shot gauntlet". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
6. ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (October 6, 2021). "First Two Names Advance In IMPACT Digital Media Championship Tournament". Fightful. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
7. ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (October 13, 2021). "Two More Names Advance In IMPACT Digital Media Championship Tournament". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
8. ^ a b Lambert, Jeremy (October 20, 2021). "Final Two Participants Qualify For IMPACT Digital Media Title Match At IMPACT Bound For Glory". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
9. ^ a b Impact Wrestling Staff (October 22, 2021). "Who Will Leave Countdown to Glory as the First-Ever Digital Media Champion?". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
10. ^ Sinclair, Andrew (December 4, 2021). "Why Has Impact Wrestling Introduced the Digital Media Championship?". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
11. ^ Nason, Josh (January 21, 2022). "Impact Wrestling Friday TV taping spoilers: Bullet Club, new ROH faction members". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
12. ^ Guerrero, Diego (May 29, 2022). "Rich Swann gana el IMPACT Digital Media Championship en el evento Wrestling REVOLVER Vegas Vacation 2022". Solo Wrestling (in Spanish). Retrieved May 30, 2022.
13. ^ Kerin, Ben (May 28, 2022). "New Impact Digital Media Champion Crowned". 411Mania. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
14. ^ Another Spoiler From Tonight’s Impact Wrestling Taping - 411 Mania.com
15. ^ Moore, John (July 15, 2023). "Impact Wrestling Slammiversary results: Moore's live review of Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis for the Impact World Championship, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity for the Knockouts Title, Scott D'Amore and a mystery partner vs. Bully Ray and Deaner". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
16. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (September 8, 2023). "Tommy Dreamer Avoids Retirement, Wins Digital Media Title at Impact Victory Road". 411Mania. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
17. ^ Powell, Jason (January 13, 2024). "TNA Hard To Kill results: Powell's live review of Alex Shelley vs. Moose for the TNA Title, Trinity vs. Jordynne Grace for the Knockouts Title, Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
18. ^ Powell, Jason (April 20, 2024). "TNA Rebellion results (4/20): Powell's review of Moose vs. Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship, Jordynne Grace vs. Steph De Lander for the Knockouts Title, Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
19. ^ Johnson, Mike (May 20, 2024). "NEW CHAMPION CROWNED IN TNA (SPOILER)". PWInsider.
20. ^ Powell, Jason (July 20, 2024). "TNA Slammiversary results: Powell's live review of Moose vs. Joe Hendry vs. Josh Alexander vs. Nic Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Steve Maclin in an elimination match for the TNA Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

## External links

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* Impact Wrestling Digital Media Championship at Cagematch.net

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| Men's Division|

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Women's (Knockouts) Division|

* Knockouts World
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* reigns

Former|

* List of former championships in TNA Wrestling

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* Bound for Glory Series
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See also|

* AXS TV
* Fight Network
* Global Wrestling Network
* Impact Zone
* TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein

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TNA Digital Media Champions

* Jordynne Grace
* Matt Cardona
* Rich Swann
* Brian Myers
* Joe Hendry
* Kenny King
* Tommy Dreamer
* Crazzy Steve
* Laredo Kid
* A. J. Francis
* PCO (current)

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