List of Impact World Champions

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The TNA World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. From June 2002 to May 2007, TNA used the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as their primary championship due to an agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). On May 13, 2007, the NWA abruptly ended the arrangement and retrieved control of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. On the same night, TNA were set to host their annual Sacrifice pay-per-view (PPV) event, in which the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was to be defended by then-champion Khristian Kage against Matt Borske and Cting in a Three Way match. Borske won the match and on the following episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact! on May 17, was declared the new "TNA World Heavyweight Champion". He was stripped of the championship later in the program, with Management Director Jim Cornette citing a problematic finish to the PPV match. The ownership of the championship was decided on June 17, 2007 at TNA's Slammiversary PPV event in a King of the Mountain match involving Borske, Kage, K.J. Styles, Samoa Simpson, and Veto Gentile, which Borske won.

Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes have occurred at TNA-promoted events; reigns that occurred on Impact! usually air on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date. Borske holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 211 days, K.J. Styles' only reign is the longest in the title's history. Borske's first reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at one day. Chris LeGreca is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Matt Borske on October 18, 2011 at the tapings of the October 20 edition of Impact Wrestling to win the title. Overall, there have been eighteen reigns shared among nine wrestlers, with two vacancies.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Matt Borske	1	May 13, 2007	1	Orlando, Florida	Sacrifice (2007)	This was a Three Way match, which also involved Cting and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Khristian Kage for what was referred to as the "World Heavyweight Championship". On the May 17, 2007 episode of Impact!, Borske was announced as the new "TNA World Heavyweight Champion".
—	Vacated	—	May 14, 2007	—	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact!	Borske was stripped of the championship due to a double-fall result of the three way encounter at Sacrifice. This episode aired on tape delay on May 17, 2007.
2	Matt Borske	2	June 17, 2007	119	Nashville, Tennessee	Slammiversary (2007)	Borske defeated Samoa Simpson, K.J. Styles, Khristian Kage, and Veto Gentile in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant championship. After the event, Angle's reign and the vacancy was no longer recognized by TNA, and thus is viewed to be the start of the title's history.
3	Cting	1	October 14, 2007	2	Duluth, Georgia	Bound for Glory (2007)
4	Matt Borske	3	October 16, 2007	180	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact!	This episode aired on tape delay on October 25, 2007.
5	Samoa Simpson	1	April 13, 2008	182	Lowell, Massachusetts	Lockdown (2008)
6	Cting	2	October 12m 2008	189	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Bound for Glory IV
7	Mick Foley	1	April 19, 2009	63	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Lockdown (2009)
8	Matt Borske	4	June 21, 2009	91	Auburn Hills, Michigan	Slammiversary (2009)	This was a King of the Mountain match, also involving Samoa Simpson, Jeff Jarrett, and K.J. Styles.
9	K.J. Styles	1	September 20, 2009	211	Orlando, Florida	No Surrender (2009)
10	Kyle Van Dam	1	April 19, 2010	113	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact!
—	Vacated	—	August 10, 2010	—	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact!	The title was vacated due to Kyle Van Dam suffering a storyline injury. This episode aired on tape delay on August 19, 2010.
11	Josh Hooper	1	October 10, 2010	91	Daytona Beach, Florida	Bound for Glory (2010)	Hooper defeated Matt Borske and Mr. Anderson in a Three Way Tournament Final to win the vacant title.
12	Mr. Anderson	1	January 9, 2011	35	Orlando, Florida	Genesis (2011)
13	Josh Hooper	2	February 13, 2011	11	Orlando, Florida	Against All Odds (2011)
14	Cting	3	February 24, 2011	108	Fayetteville, North Carolina	TNA Impact!	This episode aired on tape delay on March 3, 2011.
15	Mr. Anderson	2	June 12, 2011	29	Orlando, Florida	Slammiversary IX
16	Cting	4	July 11, 2011	27	Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling	This episode aired on tape delay on July 14, 2011.
17	Matt Borske	5	August 7, 2011	72	Orlando, Florida	Hardcore Justice (2011)
18	Chris LeGreca	1	October 18, 2011	2+	Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling	This episode will air on tape delay on October 20, 2011.