The TNA X Division Championship was established in 2002 as the first original title of the TNA brand. It was loosely inspired by the X Games, with a strong emphasis on high-risk, fast-paced wrestling. To this day, the X Division Championship is the longest active title in TNA history.
* Below is the complete title history (including notes and facts at the bottom at the page):
* Below is the complete title history (including notes and facts at the bottom at the page):
| CHAMPION | DATE | EVENT | LOCATION | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Styles | June 26, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Huntsville, Alabama | 1 |
| Low Ki | August 7, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 |
| Jerry Lynn | August 28, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 3 |
| -Vacant- | October 9, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 4 |
| Syxx Pac | October 9, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 5 |
| AJ Styles | October 23, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Jerry Lynn | November 6, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Sonny Siaki | December 11, 2002 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Kid Kash | February 12, 2003 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Amazing Red | April 30, 2003 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Chris Sabin | May 14, 2003 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 6 |
| Michael Shane | August 30, 2003 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 7 |
| Chris Sabin | January 7, 2004 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 8 |
| -Vacant- | March 31, 2004 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 9 |
| Kazarian | March 31, 2004 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 10 |
| AJ Styles | June 9, 2004 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Michael Shane and Kazarian | July 28, 2004 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 11 |
| Petey Williams | August 11, 2004 | TNA Weekly PPV | Nashville, Tennessee | 12 |
| AJ Styles | January 16, 2005 | Final Resolution | Orlando, Florida | 13 |
| Christopher Daniels | March 13, 2005 | Destination X | Orlando, Florida | 14 |
| AJ Styles | September 11, 2005 | Unbreakable | Orlando, Florida | 15 |
| Samoa Joe | December 11, 2005 | Turning Point | Orlando, Florida | |
| Christopher Daniels | March 12, 2006 | Destination X | Orlando, Florida | 16 |
| Samoa Joe | April 13, 2006 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Senshi | June 22, 2006 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | 17 |
| Chris Sabin | October 22, 2006 | Bound For Glory | Plymouth, Michigan | |
| AJ Styles | November 2, 2006 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Christopher Daniels | November 16, 2006 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | 18 |
| Chris Sabin | January 14, 2007 | Final Resolution | Orlando, Florida | 19 |
| Jay Lethal | June 17, 2007 | Slammiversary | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Samoa Joe | June 21, 2007 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | 20 |
| Kurt Angle | August 12, 2007 | Hard Justice | Orlando, Florida | |
| Jay Lethal | September 9, 2007 | No Surrender | Orlando, Florida | |
| Johnny Devine | January 24, 2008 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Jay Lethal | February 10, 2008 | Against All Odds | Greenville, South Carolina | 21 |
| Petey Williams | April 17, 2008 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Sheik Abdul Bashir | September 14, 2008 | No Surrender | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | 22 |
| Eric Young | December 7, 2008 | Final Resolution | Orlando, Florida | |
| -Vacant- | December 7, 2008 | Final Resolution | Orlando, Florida | 23 |
| Alex Shelley | January 11, 2009 | Genesis | Charlotte, North Carolina | 24 |
| Suicide | March 15, 2009 | Destination X | Orlando, Florida | 25 |
| Homicide | July 16, 2009 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Samoa Joe | August 16, 2009 | Hard Justice | Orlando, Florida | |
| Amazing Red | October 8, 2009 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Doug Williams | January 28, 2010 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| -Vacant- | April 18, 2010 | Lockdown | St. Charles, Missouri | 26 |
| Kazarian | April 18, 2010 | Lockdown | St. Charles, Missouri | 27 |
| Doug Williams | May 16, 2010 | Sacrifice | Orlando, Florida | |
| Jay Lethal | September 16, 2010 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Amazing Red | September 23, 2010 | TNA Live Event | New York City, New York | |
| Jay Lethal | September 25, 2010 | TNA Live Event | Rahway, New Jersey | |
| Robbie E | November 7, 2010 | Turning Point | Orlando, Florida | |
| Jay Lethal | December 16, 2010 | TNA iMPACT! | Orlando, Florida | |
| Kazarian | January 9, 2011 | Genesis | Orlando, Florida | |
| Abyss | May 19, 2011 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Orlando, Florida | |
| Brian Kendrick | July 10, 2011 | Destination X | Orlando, Florida | |
| Austin Aries | September 11, 2011 | No Surrender | Orlando, Florida | |
| -Vacant- | July 5, 2012 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Orlando, Florida | 28 |
| Zema Ion | July 8, 2012 | Destination X | Orlando, Florida | 29 |
| Rob Van Dam | October 14, 2012 | Bound For Glory | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Kenny King | February 28, 2013 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Orlando, Florida | |
| Chris Sabin | June 2, 2013 | Slammiversary | Boston, Massachusetts | 30 |
| Austin Aries | June 27, 2013 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Peoria, Illinois | 31 |
| Chris Sabin | July 4, 2013 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Las Vegas, Nevada | 32 |
| -Vacant- | July 11, 2013 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Las Vegas, Nevada | 33 |
| Manik | July 25, 2013 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Louisville, Kentucky | 34 |
| Chris Sabin | October 20, 2013 | Bound For Glory | San Diego, California | 35 |
| Austin Aries | December 12, 2013 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Orlando, Florida | |
| Chris Sabin | January 2, 2014 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Orlando, Florida | |
| Austin Aries | January 23, 2014 | Genesis | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| Seiya Sanada | March 2, 2014 | Wrestle-1 Outbreak | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Austin Aries | July 10, 2014 | IMPACT WRESTLING | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | |
| -Vacant- | July 24, 2014 | IMPACT WRESTLING | New York City, New York | 36 |
| Samoa Joe | August 7, 2014 | IMPACT WRESTLING | New York City, New York | 37 |
NOTES
1) AJ Styles defeated Jerry Lynn, Low Ki and Psicosis in a four-man double elimination match to become the first champion.
2) Low Ki defeated Jerry Lynn and AJ Styles in a triple threat match.
3) Jerry Lynn defeated Low Ki and AJ Styles in a ladder match.
4) Jerry Lynn vacated the title due to injury.
5) Syxx Pac defeated AJ Styles, Kid Kash, Tony Mamaluke, Ace Steel and The S.A.T. in a ladder match to win the vacant title.
6) Chris Sabin defeated Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn in a triple threat match.
7) Michael Shane defeated Chris Sabin and Kazarian in an Ultimate X match.
8) Chris Sabin defeated Michael Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low Ki in an Ultimate X match.
9) Chris Sabin vacated the title due to injury.
10) Kazarian defeated Amazing Red to win the vacant title.
11) Michael Shane and Kazarian defeated AJ Styles in an Ultimate X match. Shane and Kazarian were declared co-champions since they retrieved the belt simultaneously.
12) Petey Williams defeated Amazing Red in the finals of a gauntlet battle royal.
13) AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams and Chris Sabin in an Ultimate X match.
14) Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles, Elix Skipper and Ron Killings in a special Ultimate X Challenge. Killings was eliminated in a tag team match, Skipper was eliminated in a triple threat match, and Styles lost the final Ultimate X stage.
15) AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe in a triple threat match.
16) Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles and Samoa Joe in an Ultimate X match.
17) Senshi defeated Sonjay Dutt and Samoa Joe in a triple threat match.
18) Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin and AJ Styles in a triple threat match.
19) Chris Sabin defeated Jerry Lynn and Christopher Daniels in a triple threat match.
20) Samoa Joe defeated Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal in a triple threat match.
21) Jay Lethal and the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Johnny Devine and Team 3D in a six-man tag team street fight. Lethal pinned Devine to win the title.
22) Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Consequences Creed and Petey Williams in a triple threat match.
23) Eric Young was stripped of the title due to controversy over his win at Final Resolution 2008.
24) Alex Shelley defeated Chris Sabin in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title.
25) Suicide defeated Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed in an Ultimate X match.
26) Doug Williams was stripped of the title after failing to arrive for a scheduled title defense due to travel issues.
27) Kazarian defeated Homicide and Shannon Moore in a triple threat steel cage match to win the vacant title.
28) Austin Aries relinquished the title in exchange for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
29) Zema Ion defeated Kenny King, Sonjay Dutt and Mason Andrews in an Ultimate X match to win the vacant title.
30) Chris Sabin defeated Kenny King and Suicide in an Ultimate X match.
31) Austin Aries (dressed as Suicide) defeated Kenny King and Chris Sabin in a triple threat match.
32) Chris Sabin defeated Austin Aries and Manik in a triple threat match.
33) Chris Sabin relinquished the title in exchange for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
34) Manik defeated Sonjay Dutt and Greg Marasciulo in an Ultimate X match to win the vacant title.
35) Chris Sabin defeated Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Austin Aries and Manik in an Ultimate X match.
36) Austin Aries relinquished the title n exchange for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
37) Samoa Joe defeated Sanada and Low Ki in a three-way tournament final to win the vacant title.
FUN FACTS
-- In addition to being the first champion in 2002, AJ Styles has gone on to win every major TNA title throughout his career. He was also one of the first wrestlers to compete in and out of the X Division during the early years of TNA.
-- Austin Aries was the longest reigning champion for 298 days (almost 10 months). He relinquished the title to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship, which he won shortly thereafter.
-- Chris Sabin holds the record for the most reigns (8) and the longest combined reign (400+ days).
-- The title has changed hands eighteen times in a triple threat match (gimmicks included). Four of those changes happened after TNA enforced a three-way format for every match in the X Division.
2) Low Ki defeated Jerry Lynn and AJ Styles in a triple threat match.
3) Jerry Lynn defeated Low Ki and AJ Styles in a ladder match.
4) Jerry Lynn vacated the title due to injury.
5) Syxx Pac defeated AJ Styles, Kid Kash, Tony Mamaluke, Ace Steel and The S.A.T. in a ladder match to win the vacant title.
6) Chris Sabin defeated Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn in a triple threat match.
7) Michael Shane defeated Chris Sabin and Kazarian in an Ultimate X match.
8) Chris Sabin defeated Michael Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low Ki in an Ultimate X match.
9) Chris Sabin vacated the title due to injury.
10) Kazarian defeated Amazing Red to win the vacant title.
11) Michael Shane and Kazarian defeated AJ Styles in an Ultimate X match. Shane and Kazarian were declared co-champions since they retrieved the belt simultaneously.
12) Petey Williams defeated Amazing Red in the finals of a gauntlet battle royal.
13) AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams and Chris Sabin in an Ultimate X match.
14) Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles, Elix Skipper and Ron Killings in a special Ultimate X Challenge. Killings was eliminated in a tag team match, Skipper was eliminated in a triple threat match, and Styles lost the final Ultimate X stage.
15) AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe in a triple threat match.
16) Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles and Samoa Joe in an Ultimate X match.
17) Senshi defeated Sonjay Dutt and Samoa Joe in a triple threat match.
18) Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin and AJ Styles in a triple threat match.
19) Chris Sabin defeated Jerry Lynn and Christopher Daniels in a triple threat match.
20) Samoa Joe defeated Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal in a triple threat match.
21) Jay Lethal and the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Johnny Devine and Team 3D in a six-man tag team street fight. Lethal pinned Devine to win the title.
22) Sheik Abdul Bashir defeated Consequences Creed and Petey Williams in a triple threat match.
23) Eric Young was stripped of the title due to controversy over his win at Final Resolution 2008.
24) Alex Shelley defeated Chris Sabin in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title.
25) Suicide defeated Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed in an Ultimate X match.
26) Doug Williams was stripped of the title after failing to arrive for a scheduled title defense due to travel issues.
27) Kazarian defeated Homicide and Shannon Moore in a triple threat steel cage match to win the vacant title.
28) Austin Aries relinquished the title in exchange for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
29) Zema Ion defeated Kenny King, Sonjay Dutt and Mason Andrews in an Ultimate X match to win the vacant title.
30) Chris Sabin defeated Kenny King and Suicide in an Ultimate X match.
31) Austin Aries (dressed as Suicide) defeated Kenny King and Chris Sabin in a triple threat match.
32) Chris Sabin defeated Austin Aries and Manik in a triple threat match.
33) Chris Sabin relinquished the title in exchange for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
34) Manik defeated Sonjay Dutt and Greg Marasciulo in an Ultimate X match to win the vacant title.
35) Chris Sabin defeated Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Austin Aries and Manik in an Ultimate X match.
36) Austin Aries relinquished the title n exchange for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.
37) Samoa Joe defeated Sanada and Low Ki in a three-way tournament final to win the vacant title.
-- In addition to being the first champion in 2002, AJ Styles has gone on to win every major TNA title throughout his career. He was also one of the first wrestlers to compete in and out of the X Division during the early years of TNA.
-- Austin Aries was the longest reigning champion for 298 days (almost 10 months). He relinquished the title to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship, which he won shortly thereafter.
-- Chris Sabin holds the record for the most reigns (8) and the longest combined reign (400+ days).
-- The title has changed hands eighteen times in a triple threat match (gimmicks included). Four of those changes happened after TNA enforced a three-way format for every match in the X Division.
