List of TNA World Champions

[2] On the same night, TNA were set to host their annual Sacrifice pay-per-view event, in which the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was to be defended by then-champion Christian Cage against Kurt Angle and Sting in a three-way match.

[3][4] He was stripped of the championship later in the program, with Management Director Jim Cornette citing a problematic finish to the title match.

[5] The ownership of the championship was decided on June 17, 2007, at TNA's Slammiversary event in a King of the Mountain match involving Angle and Cage along with A.J.

[6] Despite the championship being primarily contested for by a male roster, it was once won by a female competitor (Tessa Blanchard).

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.