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The TNA King of the Mountain Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It was introduced on the October 23, 2008 episode of TNA's television program ''TNA Impact!'' as the "TNA Legends Championship". It has since been known as the "TNA Global Championship" and the "TNA Television Championship". The title is currently appearing in TNA and in Global Force Wrestling (GFW), with whom TNA has a talent exchange partnership. As a professional wrestling championship, it is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes occurred at TNA-promoted events so far. Reigns that occurred on ''TNA Impact!,'' or its later title ''Impact Wrestling,'' usually air on tape delay. The first champion was Booker T, while the current champion is Bobby Roode, who is in his first reign. There have been a total of 20 reigns among 15 wrestlers as of . ==History== The title was introduced during a storyline that pitted young talent within the company against veterans of professional wrestling. In the weeks leading up to the unveiling of the physical belt, Booker T carried around a steel briefcase. On the October 23, 2008 episode of ''Impact!'', Booker T introduced the belt by removing it from the briefcase, announcing its name as the "TNA Legends Championship", and declaring himself the first champion. He went on to state that the championship was his and that he would defend it when he saw fit; this meant that the championship was unsanctioned by TNA in the storyline. On March 15, 2009 at TNA's Destination X pay-per-view (PPV) event, A.J. Styles defeated Booker T to win the championship. Afterwards on the March 19, 2009 episode of ''Impact!'', Styles was credited as becoming the first-ever TNA Grand Slam Champion, by winning the World Heavyweight (NWA or TNA), the World Tag Team (NWA or TNA), the TNA X Division Championship, and the Legends Championship. TNA Management Director Jim Cornette then announced that the TNA Legends Championship had become an official TNA sanctioned championship thanks to Styles defeating Booker T for it legally via the contract the two had signed to make the match official. On the October 29, 2009 episode of ''Impact!'', then-champion Eric Young renamed the title the "TNA Global Championship". He went on to declare that he was not going to defend it against any American wrestlers nor on American soil. However, Young's first defense was on the December 10, 2009 episode of ''Impact!'' in Orlando, Florida against Japanese female wrestler Hamada. Young's second, third and fourth defenses lived up to his earlier decree, when he defended against Suicide in Glasgow, Hamada in Bournemouth, and unsuccessfully against Welsh wrestler Rob Terry in Cardiff, Wales at a live event on January 27, 2010. On the July 22, 2010 episode of ''Impact!'', Terry lost the Global Championship to A.J. Styles. Styles then renamed the title the "TNA Television Championship" on the July 29, 2010 episode of ''Impact!''. On the April 19, 2012 episode of the newly titled ''Impact Wrestling'', TNA General Manager Hulk Hogan ordered that the TNA Television Championship had to be defended every week. The weekly title defenses lasted until the June 21, 2012, episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On July 3, 2014, TNA Executive Director Kurt Angle declared the championship inactive. The title was reactivated on June 25, 2015 by TNA under the new name the "TNA King of the Mountain Championship." TNA announced that a new champion would be determined in a King of the Mountain match at their Slammiversary PPV event on June 28. Jeff Jarrett defeated Matt Hardy, Eric Young, Drew Galloway, and Bobby Roode to win the newly titled championship at the event. Due to Jarrett having founded and currently running GFW, it was suspected in the storyline that Jarrett may defend the championship in that promotion. The title ended up appearing in GFW at a July 9 live event where Young attacked Jarrett and stole the championship belt. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TNA King of the Mountain Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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