The tournament was won by Ethan Carter III (EC3) On October 7, 2015, it was announced that a tournament would take place, after TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Hardy vacated the title a day prior due to a legal injunction filed by former champion Ethan Carter III after Hardy defeated EC3 and Drew Galloway in a three-way match at Bound for Glory.

On November 12, 2015, TNA announced plans to hold the eliminations rounds of the tournament in Mumbai, India during TNA One Night Only, but the event had to be postponed due to logistical issues, causing them to air the original tournament that was taped back in late July instead.

The winner of the tournament was Ethan Carter III by defeating Matt Hardy in the finals by pinfall.

The first half of the TNA World Title Series took the form of 8 smaller round-robin tournaments.

The second half the TNA World Title Series took on the format of a single-elimination tournament.

Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; CO-Count out; DQ-Disqualification; DDQ-Double disqualification; DCO-Double Count out; TD-Time Limit Draw; NC-No Contest; CH-Group Champions; F4-Group Future 4; KO-Group Knockouts; OR-Group TNA Originals; TT-Group Tag Team Specialists; UK-Group UK; WC-Group Wildcard; XD-Group X Division The semifinals and finals were held on the January 5, 2016, live episode of Impact Wrestling, during its debut on Pop, in which Ethan Carter III defeated Lashley in the semifinals round and Matt Hardy defeated Eric Young to advance to the finals round.