The WEIRD Legacy Of TNA/IMPACT Wrestling Championships

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Following the announcement of IMPACT Wrestling's brand new Digital Media Championship, Tom Campbell is here to take a look at the weird legacy of different championship titles that have been fought over throughout the history of TNA/IMPACT Wrestling.
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@sameoldsameold9239 2 жыл бұрын

When Tom alluded to the history of the TNA Impact title needing a video of its own, he's not kidding, what a mess that was. Global Force Wrestling anyone?

@darrelladams4188 2 жыл бұрын

Truely., if you just listen to what Global Force Wrestling could have been { and forget about the Gold tier investment fuck up, and take Jeff Jarrett face off of it . Smells a hell of a lot like Aew. Did the pandemic turn what was WWE strongest competition in the United States into a better branded version of GFW., with better Financial investors. 🤔🤔🤔🤯🤭🤫😶!

@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, one time NASCAR's a NASCAR announcer did a promotional thing for them that was werid.

@BenPearsonNFFC 2 жыл бұрын

So are we not gonna point out that the World Beer Drinking Championship was the WWE Cena spinner belt? 🤣

@theterminatorcecilpantall1637 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I didn’t see it at first but it’s definitely the wwe spinner belt but with beer bottles on it

@justynbeavin249 7 ай бұрын

thats the whole reason i clicked the video 🤣 im glad i wasnt the only one who noticed

@Jrredwing8 2 жыл бұрын

I think Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) recently trademarked “Internet Championship”, though I’m not sure of the specifics or reach of that particular trademark. But I’m guessing that may have had an influence on landing on “Digital Media”

@BLCKSMTHApparel 2 жыл бұрын

Would love more TNA/IMPACT vids. Especially covering some of the lesser documented but equally as batshit crazy stories from 2000s TNA

@TheOfficialChicoCas 2 жыл бұрын

They only do IMPACT videos when they want to make fun of it.

@Traffic65 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronnie3044 Yeah if you're ignorant and don't watch the product

@Traffic65 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronnie3044 I watched TNA through good and bad years, I'm still watching as true TNA/ IMPACT supporter. All that stuff happed a decade ago and it's irrelevant to who they are now. New management have busting their butts to get that negative stench off the company. This is only company people will ridicule and crucify for their past. This isn't 2010, it's 2021 stop using whatever happened several years ago as an excuse to bash the company. WWE has a history too and people still watch.

@Traffic65 2 жыл бұрын

@SnowmanYTLol same here

@Traffic65 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronnie3044 The history will be there, however i wouldn't try keep bringing it back up to justify why you don't the current roster and product.

@BLCKSMTHApparel 2 жыл бұрын

It’s so good to see so many TNA originals back home. Can’t wait for the TNA reunion show when they get round to doing it again. Would love to see a new face of IMPACT vs TNA originals PPV card especially for the x division- bey, trey, Austin, Alexander vs Shelley, sabin, Daniels, Kaz

@volodymyrbilyk555 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad AJ isn't going to be around. One more Styles vs Daniels is all I need

@DoNotPassGO 2 жыл бұрын

@@volodymyrbilyk555 vs Joe

@fletchdavidson6079 2 жыл бұрын

The TV Title was well designed but poorly booked. In image alone, it could have been some company's world title.

@joshkaid 2 жыл бұрын

Despite the "legacy" of that very convoluted championship... It was a very good looking belt. I really liked that design.

@Runestarr007 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I enjoy when wrestling promotions have 3 Tiers of Championships, feels like it gives every a championship to aim for which honestly in kayfabe should be every wrestlers goal, though yes the name is dumb, idk why they didnt just call it the Impact Digital Championship, sounds a lot nicer and still fits the mo

@shootboxpodcast 2 жыл бұрын

Even Impact+ Title or Impact Insider Title would've been better than Digital Media Title...

@tristonsheldoncutinho3928 2 жыл бұрын

Impact cyber championship

@robw5741 2 жыл бұрын

It's a better name than nwa TV title, while they don't even have a TV deal, and or exclusive to youtube...

@marcusgray6501 2 жыл бұрын

TNA/Impacts history is so diverse and weird I love it… And by the way when are we going to get a ranking of all X division champions… Including Chris Bey 🤘🏾

@meko750 2 жыл бұрын

Poor Bey gonna be near the bottom. XD

@axlfox4048 2 жыл бұрын

I like the fact that the X Division Championship is a mid grade title but it's almost a major title to hold cause if you hold it going into BFG you can turn it in for a shot at the World Title which is a nice turning point for those not necessarily built for

@TrillyThough 2 жыл бұрын

I'd forgotten some of these damn belts ever were a thing and I watched A LOT of TNA/Impact

@thedeadmanfan09 2 жыл бұрын

I always saw the X Division belt as the secondary title and every other title they created was an attempt to find a good tertiary title. Impact has been consistently good for the last few years now tho but not enough people are watching. It's nice to see them try something different. I just wish they would give Moose a REAL World title run or let him loose to AEW.

@canUsaythis 2 жыл бұрын

AJ Styles vs Doug Williams for the TV Title was one of the best match in TNA/Impact that year

@Nbflowers1989 2 жыл бұрын

"DMC title" sounds alright. A bit redundant, but not bad.

@matthewshipman165 2 жыл бұрын

Man I wish videos like this did better numbers than the endless top 10 lists. This video was great! Would love more like it.

@JR0887 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Matt Cardona owns the trademark "Internet Champion" in the United States. I wonder if that had anything to do with the name for the Digital Media Championship. Not a joke by the way, and an absolute legend move by Cardona. The true Internet Champion for ever!

@Joe90h 2 жыл бұрын

Now I'm convinced Tom got his job at Cultaholic because he boasted about printing off every rule 34 image of Waluigi in his application, and nobody can tell me otherwise.

@TheOnemanmoshpit 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the US and TV titles were WCWs secondary titles. The Cruiserweights were a different weight division but still world champions like in boxing.

@retronerds6884 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah in WCW it went heavyweight then us title

@SnapGrapplePop 2 жыл бұрын

100% they were going to call it the Digital Championship, but they realised with Impact in the middle, it’d make it the DIC

@bjf2008 2 жыл бұрын

IDC or DIC either way they were fucked lol

@ASMoney13 2 жыл бұрын

What a way to decide a champion of beer drinkers than a ladder match? Drunk people are great with ladders

@crazinchewie6602 2 жыл бұрын

The Legends/Global/TV title was always one of their best looking championships it’s a shame all the garbage it went through

@lamore5054 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! A beautiful title with a bad reputation :(

@kevinleblank8728 2 жыл бұрын

Now we know why no branding ever went on that thing.

@sammilksword5716 2 жыл бұрын

More of these Tom video essays pls.

@justinrg2002 2 жыл бұрын

Wow The memories this video brought back I think the digital media title could work build feuds up over social media. Give time to people who don’t get on the tv show every week

@machomusprime50 2 жыл бұрын

That (Legends titlr) belt looked so awesome too. Too bad they didn't know what to do with it.

@THEDonnyB 2 жыл бұрын

WCW... World Heavyweight - top guys United States Heavyweight - guys being groomed for a potential world championship run Cruiserweight - the guys who were small, agile and consistently put on great opening matches to get the crowd pumped WWE World Heavyweight - top guys Intercontinental - work horses who were trusted to put on great matches European - guys who were putting on good matches, were reliable, but not what WWE thought of as top tier ECW World Heavyweight - top guys TV - guys who were reliable workhorses who could put on great matches for every TV show FTW - because Taz is awesome and stuff Each of the big three promotions in the 90s had three quality championships, with the lower two usually being for workhorses who could put on great matches so they could have something to strive for, and the top belt being something every wrestler should want to earn. That is how it should be. And upper, mid, and lower card belt.

@zacharysolano6375 2 жыл бұрын

for the digital media championship, we will see how its treated when the first champion is crowned and ya they really should of called it the internet title but as for the design of it i do kinda like it, its not the best its definetly like a 6/10 or 7/10 just for the design cause i cause they did kinda try to make it look like what many think a motherboard or a piece of tech looks like

@themaskedmark92 2 жыл бұрын

Ah the famous tna everchanging-name title

@travishomewood8657 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the king of the mountain name. If you are going to have that match at slamiversary every year then having that belt defended there guaranteed would boost any wrestlers in that match so long as the put in a good performance, and that belt would be relevant at least once per year. Sort of like having the IC title ladder match at mania every year would help boost that. There was a lot to do with it that they failed to capitalize on. the new belt looks ok and we'll see where they go with the DM championship. Here's hoping it gets a better start than some other belts have gotten

@theshadowranger 2 жыл бұрын

The 1000% need another secondary belt. The X-Div title isn't enough. They have a lot of guys who don't wrestle the fast paced, high flying style that people want form the X-Div but also aren't ready for the world title scene. Ex. Fallah, Jake Something, Cardona, Morrisey, Doering. I think they just should have brought back the Grand Championship without the round system. So I'm glad they made a new belt. I like the look. I just hate the name. I don't like the name "Internet Champion". It also doesn't fit because they said it would be defended on Impact TV. I think a better name would be the "Multimedia Championship".

@Steeldragon493 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, Abyss held the TV title for over a year!? That's how I really know that was when I fell off from TNA

@catspunge1 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do Billy Corgans history with Wrestling? Or try getting him on desert island graps?

@BoringThingsILike 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the design of the TNA Legends title.

@killingragethrowback 2 жыл бұрын

TNA makes sense when you realize its a case of too many writers in charge cancelling each other out, because all of them are nuts.

@omarpop8706 2 жыл бұрын

Jay lethal was the Best TV tittle champion

@SuperBenjiZero 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the love! You're a good lad too Tom!

@edensthings 2 жыл бұрын

They'll rebrand it as either the Digital Champion or even the DMC TItle before long. It's just a bit of a mouthful

@cmpcmg 2 жыл бұрын

These videos never need a 2 minute intro.

@cmpcmg 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomcampbell920 thank you, that would be much appreciated.

@cmpcmg 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomcampbell920 also, you just admitted that you turn short vids into poorly made 15 minute videos.

@cmpcmg 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomcampbell920 I say “this video sucks” to the videos that do suck. You guys are capable of making good content but choose the Easy/ lazy way out at times. You know that, and you would be lying if you disagreed with me.

@cmpcmg 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomcampbell920 lol you are so hurt, why so soft? Grow a set of bolloks and stop crying. Make better vids.

@TheOriginalBendejo 2 жыл бұрын

Beer drinking belt is the John Cena WWE spinner belt with more shit stuck to it. Why wouldn't you talk about that?

@ciscokid1214 2 жыл бұрын

The digital media championship look like if the attitude era women's title and the aew title had a baby

@dimitrios1798 2 жыл бұрын

Digital Media and AEW title were designed by the same guy actually

@justusphillips2480 Жыл бұрын

The TNA Legends title should’ve always been the TNA United States Championship.

@michaelh5156 2 жыл бұрын

I knew I wasn't crazy! I remember that beer money belt but I couldn't find a picture of it!

@bigcee9539 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Why didn’t they just call it the internet title or simply the television title.

@RipperJack77 2 жыл бұрын

maybe they are afraid WCPW will sue them if they use Internet title xD

@gabrielmendesdacunha6346 2 жыл бұрын

one thing has to be said TNA/impact always make good looking championships

@kevinhover461 5 ай бұрын

I LOVED the design of the Legend’s title. The rules for it should’ve been simple. To challenge for it, one has had to have been a recognized world champion in any major promotion.

@hugoalynstephens9166 2 жыл бұрын

Should we not just say both the Legeds/Global/TV/KOTM and Digital Media Championships are TERTIARY titles in the TNA History Books rather than secondary? I mean X Division is secondary by default anyway like Tom said right? That's what we've all long accepted even if TNA/Impact apparently took longer to do so themselves?

@markmelo2779 8 ай бұрын

"The beginning is the end is the beginning" nice Smashing Pumpkins reference.

@phantomechelon3628 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Worth watching just for "petrol station of doom" and "unleaded petrol of creative indifference". 😂

@seanmahoney7117 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid, Tom.

@Mr.Majestic77 8 ай бұрын

The championship designs in the TNA era of Impact Wrestling looks light years better than their current designs.

@nickmontoya3001 2 жыл бұрын

The Streaming Network Championship

@kinglegault 2 жыл бұрын

Without TNA impacts pardon the pun here impact on women's wrestling we wouldn't have women's wrestling the way it is today they were trendsetters on that. And then as far as the exhibition goes it started the high octane wrestling style getting really popular which is what companies like aew have found it they're wrestling style on without TNA impact I don't think we would have aew and we wouldn't have the women's revolution

@glenncross4987 2 жыл бұрын

With respect cult, Markyd123 did a better history run of these bonkers belts

@robertbradshaw5281 2 жыл бұрын

Real talk the more Tom talking the better

@glenncross4987 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertbradshaw5281 that I can agree with. We need more Tom

@jmonster19993 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot bram and Eli drake had a run with king of the mountain title

@thechriscrowing 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely lost it at the Waluigi reference

@barryparker4733 2 жыл бұрын

Digital Media Title? Sounds like Cardona's old Internet Title upgraded.

@killer11736 2 жыл бұрын

They can’t call the Internet title because Matt Cardona has a copyright over it doesn’t he?

@lennytimmins 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of accidental Smashing Pumkins references in this 🤘

@Nbflowers1989 2 жыл бұрын

Great list!!

@michaelspikes8076 2 жыл бұрын

I loved all of the tna impact wrestling titles

@Hydro_9293 2 жыл бұрын

Matt cardona is the current impact online champ

@diocomaglinte4991 2 жыл бұрын

Since Sting is in AEW I want him to return to TNA so badly

@chaosdromanah8620 2 жыл бұрын

What a horrendous name for a belt

@carloslondono6150 2 жыл бұрын

they can't call the digital media championship the internet title. Matt Cardona legally owns the trademark for "Internet Champion".

@tristonsheldoncutinho3928 2 жыл бұрын

They could have named ott championship too as it was mainly defended in ott platform

@greatone10 2 жыл бұрын

You can tell the Grand Championship belt was supposed to be the new world title because the label on the belt that says GRAND does not match the CHAMPION part of the belt. They just stuck a sticker that said GRAND over the part that said WORLD.

@MasterSartorius 2 жыл бұрын

If you guys are hiring, I'd be more than happy to do weekly reviews of the impact shows.

@Kobra6510 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot about Gunner (now Jaxson Ryker) holding the TV championship for a while before Eric Young officially beat him for it back in 2011.

@nothingislogical 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair about the name of the Global Championship being similar to the World Championship, it's not really any different from WWE having an Intercontinental title and a World title.

@IAmLeegion 2 жыл бұрын

Intercontinental was named for their old North American title being merged with the South American Heavyweight Championship, after a fictional tournament.

@nothingislogical 2 жыл бұрын

@@IAmLeegion Right, I understand the origin, but the name "Intercontinental" essentially means the world.

@EmperorMAR 2 жыл бұрын

Love thar obscure Eric Young winning all versions fact, that I knew of course

@Paradoxownsjoo 2 жыл бұрын

BENJI!!! I haven't thought about him since Redacted! Happy to see he's holding gold.

@ZRtheHedgehog77 9 ай бұрын

I always like the red belt version

@liamhemstock2286 2 жыл бұрын

An inter-gender title could work. I wish they just called it that and not “Digital Media” or I don’t know, just stick with the X-Division title as the secondary title

@natureswhisper1397 2 жыл бұрын

The Digital Media title still looks better than most of the championships in WWE nowadays! 😂

@catspunge1 2 жыл бұрын

Is see what you did there, good deep dive pumpkins reference there chap.

@sandomonium9849 2 жыл бұрын

if you name the championship based on its shape, would be know as the "Impact Wrestling Cauliflower Championship".

@the13th 2 жыл бұрын

They can't call it the Internet Title as Matt Cardona owns the copyright on it.

@geeshep4836 2 жыл бұрын

I just Remembered something What about The Impact Grand Championship Anyone?

@dwailand 2 жыл бұрын

Good vid Tom

@TheLonelySoulja 2 жыл бұрын

This guys reminds me of King Ross

@treflosho 2 жыл бұрын

they should have named it the "Internet TV Championship."

@OGPlays318 2 жыл бұрын

Tom got the list of his belt

@jeremybird3467 2 жыл бұрын

The grand championship was originally intended to be a new world title belt...in it's earliest photos it says impact world championship...but they went with the grand title and i liked it at 1st...and I wouldn't be against a revival...but when they brought it out impacts future wasnt so solid...so the title fizzled out quickly....

@jerryjanik480 2 жыл бұрын

Something Alan Partridge would say

@RichardSmith-mw2nj 2 жыл бұрын

the "GLOBAL" title couldn't be won in the champion's home turf, nor a challenger of the same home country

@Dead_in__side__ 2 жыл бұрын

I think they should call it the Federation Online champion

@realtalunkarku 2 жыл бұрын

i like the look of the grand slam championship i use it for aew impact in universe mode

@jimithearchivist3847 2 жыл бұрын

Was 5:21 a sly Bill Hicks reference?

@hiro120 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the TNA World Beer Drinking Championship. They literally took the spinner belt from WWE and put a beer bottle on it 🤣

@thomasofone 2 жыл бұрын

I believe the King of the Mountain pre dates 2015

@jestagamer5557 2 жыл бұрын

Tuts weird seeing the lead singer of smashing pumpkins in Tina and even weird as an authority figure

@tehjboney4972 2 жыл бұрын

TNA Beer Title could have just been used as a design for the TNA World Tag Team Titles with Beer Money Incorporated revealing their Tag Team Titles to the TNA crowd and fans,TNA Legends Title should have been a status title being given to Hall Of Famers of wrestling mostly being the National Wrestling Alliance and Total NonStop Action Wrestling.TNA Global Title would be created to be the equivalent to the Intercontinental Title and United States Title,The TV Title should have been created for TNA to be its equivalent to both the ECW World TV Title and WCW World TV Title with the title be an exclusive to TNA,The King Of The Mountain should have been the equivalent to the King Of The Ring,The Grand Title should have been used to be given to winners of the TNA Grand Slam,X Division Title should have been the Cruiserweight Title of TNA,Digital Media Title should be used as a belt for Social Media with TNA matches being broadcasted on Instagram,FaceBook,and KZfaq.

@mringram 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@BLCKSMTHApparel 2 жыл бұрын

Impact has consistently put on the best PPVs over the last 3 years. Unfortunately their awful production and lack of a UK tv deal really let them down in the anthem era