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{{Infobox company
|company_name=TNA Entertainment LLC
|company_logo=[[Image:TNA Wrestling.JPG|250px]]
|company_type=[[limited liability company]]
|foundation=May 10, 2002
|founder=[[Jeff Jarrett]]<br>[[Jerry Jarrett]]
|location=[[Nashville, Tennessee]]<br>[[Orlando, Florida]]
|key_people=[[Dixie Carter (professional wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] - [[President#Non-governmental presidents|President]]<br>Jeff Jarrett - [[Vice president#Vice presidents in business|Vice President]]<br>Dean Broadhead - [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]<ref name="HOR" /><br>Andy Barton - [[Vice president#Vice presidents in business|Senior Vice President]], Licensing and International television<ref name="HOR">{{cite web|url=http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20081231140812.pdf| title=Interview of: Dixie Carter|publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]]|date=2007-12-06|accessdate=2008-04-26}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=November 2009}}<br>[[Terry Taylor]] - Director of Talent Relations <ref name="HOR" />
|industry=[[Professional wrestling]]<br/>[[Lucha libre]]<br>[[Hardcore wrestling]]<br>[[Sports entertainment]]
|parent=[[Panda Energy International]]
|homepage=[http://www.tnawrestling.com TNAwrestling.com]
}}

'''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling''' ('''TNA''') is a privately controlled [[integrated arts|integrated-media]] and [[sports entertainment]] company that deals primarily in [[professional wrestling]]. It uses [[television]], the [[Internet]], and live events, with additional major [[revenue|revenue sources]] from product licensing and direct product sales. [[Dixie Carter (professional wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] is the [[President#Non-governmental presidents|president]] of the company and co-founder [[Jeff Jarrett]] is the [[Vice president#Vice presidents in business|Vice President]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/chicago/radio/story?page=ringpost060502|title=TNA Wrestling - Innovative, Indelible, Insanity|last=Hood|first=Johnathan|publisher= ESPN|accessdate=2010-02-18|date=December 8, 2006}}</ref> In 2002, [[Panda Energy International]] purchased the majority of its shares.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/other/story/1204243.html |title=Not just whistling Dixie: Carter's impact on TNA iMPACT|accessdate=2009-11-06|date=2009-08-27| last=Varsallone|first=Jim| publisher=Miami Herald}}</ref>

The company has its headquarters in [[Orlando, Florida]]; its trading company TNA Entertainment, [[Limited liability company|LLC]] operates out of [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. The company previously bore the name "NWA Total Nonstop Action" — at the time of its formation it belonged to the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA). TNA was granted exclusive rights to both the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] and the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]. TNA withdrew from the NWA in 2004, but was permitted to continue to use the championships until the NWA abrogated the agreement in May 2007.<ref name="NWAtitles">{{cite web|url= http://one.revver.com/watch/267425/flv/affiliate/87879|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3-D of NWA branded Championships| publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]|date=2007-05-13|accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref>

TNA became the first American promotion to make exclusive use of a [[hexagon]]al [[wrestling ring|wrestling-ring]] (as opposed to the more conventional four-sided ring). The organization also employed the unconventional rule that a [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] can change hands as the result of a [[Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]] or [[Professional wrestling#Countout|countout]], but has slowly phased out this rule. TNA's business focus is mainly on professional wrestling. TNA is currently the second largest [[professional wrestling promotion]] in North America.

==History==
===Formation===
The concept of TNA originated shortly after the end of [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) in 2001. Bob Ryder, [[Jeff Jarrett]], and [[Jerry Jarrett]] went on a fishing trip and contemplated their futures in the [[business]] of wrestling. The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) remained the only wrestling product on U.S. national [[television]] — WWF had purchased WCW in March 2001, and [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] had filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] in April 2001. Ryder felt that this situation led many television stations to regard wrestling as bad for business and suggested a company that does not need television, but rather just goes straight to [[pay-per-view]]. Of the three, only Jeff Jarrett took the discussion seriously (the other two thought of it as "just fishing talk").

The Jarretts found the help they needed, and the company put on its first show on June 19, 2002. This night, however, in a [[List of professional wrestling terms#D|dark match]] just before they went on the air, a 450[[pound (mass)|lb]] wrestler named Cheex hit the ropes with so much force that one of them broke. The estimated repair time was 30–60 [[minute]]s, which they did not have because the schedule called for them to go live in a few minutes, whether the ring was ready or not. Backstage, the producers shuffled the schedule so that some non-wrestling segments went first to give the ring crew some more time, but they did not have many of them. The ring crew fixed the rope with the help of Ron and Don Harris, and everyone went live hoping for the best.<ref>{{cite video|title=The History of TNA: Year 1|medium=DVD|publisher=TNA Home Video|date=2006}}</ref>

===''TNA Xplosion'' and weekly PPVs===
The original TNA business model differed from that employed by WWE in several key ways. By not touring like other major companies had done, TNA could keep costs down. Until the introduction of the syndicated show, ''[[TNA Xplosion]]'', in late 2002, TNA's weekly [[pay-per-view]] show operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2002/articles/1020970242.php|title=Press Release: Jarretts and NWA announce weekly PPVs|accessdate=2007-03-10|date=2002-05-09|publisher=Lords of Pain}}</ref> These shows started on June 19, 2002 and were held mostly at the [[TNA Asylum|Tennessee State Fairgrounds]] in Nashville to lower production costs.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2002/articles/1027014391.php|title=Austin removed from video game cover, NWA/TNA moving to a new arena, more|accessdate=2007-03-10|date=2002-07-18|publisher=Lords of Pain}}</ref> After 27 months, TNA felt that they had a fanbase that would support three-hour pay-per-views and ceased their weekly shows on September 8, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.alanwojcik.com/id98.html|title=Interview with Jerry Jarrett|accessdate=2007-02-01|date=2004-10-27|last=Wojcik|first= Alan}}</ref> TNA held its first three-hour monthly pay-per-view, [[Victory Road (2004)|Victory Road]], on November 7, 2004.

===''TNA Impact!''===
{{Main|TNA Impact!}}
TNA began airing ''TNA Impact!'' (officially typeset "TNA iMPACT!") on June 4, 2004 on [[Fox Sports Net]], and it soon replaced the weekly pay-per-views as TNA's primary broadcast, while the monthly events became the main source of revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2004/articles/1084322920.php|title=NWA: TNA’s TV deal officially signed, Latest on Hirohito angle, WWE trademarks|accessdate=2007-03-10|date=2004-05-05|lasr=Gray|first=Richard|publisher=Lords of Pain}}</ref> The contract was not renewed one year later with the show getting consistent low ratings. As a result, TNA was left with no television deal other than the monthly pay-per-views, so on July 1, 2005, TNA turned to broadcasting ''Impact!'' from their official website, while seeking a new television outlet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johng.co.uk/2005/06/25/tna-officially-via-bit-torrent/|title=TNA Officially via Bit Torrent|accessdate=2007-03-19|date=2005-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://prowrestlingimpact.blogspot.com/2005/06/tna-reaches-deal-with-real-broadcast.html|title=TNA Reaches Deal With Real Broadcast Network To Stream "iMPACT!" News|accessdate=2007-03-19| date=2005-06-30}}</ref> TNA later secured a deal with [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike TV]] and aired its first episode on October 1, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2005_/articles/1121963008.php| title=Breaking News: Spike TV confirms deal with TNA in press release|accessdate=2007-03-10|date=2005-07-21|last=Cantor|first=Brian|publisher=Lords of Pain}}</ref> ''Impact!'' expanded to a two-hour format on October 4, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1522|title= TNA Wrestling Goes Two Hours On SpikeTV Starting October 4|accessdate=2007-09-16|date=2007-09-09 |publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}</ref>
In 2010, TNA made a new deal with [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike TV]] which would move TNA ''Impact!'' to Monday nights. The first episode is planned to take place March 8, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/item/1772-impact-moves-to-mondays-on-march-8|title=TNA Wrestling Moves To Monday Nights Starting March 8th 2010|accessdate=2010-02-26|date=2010-02-16|publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}</ref>

===Expansion===
In October 2006, TNA started holding some of its monthly pay-per-views outside of its central filming location. TNA has also expanded into other areas with the development of a [[video game]] with [[Midway Games]], titled ''[[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA Impact!]]'', released in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.midway.com/rxpage/mpr_3634.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071015015909/http://www.midway.com/rxpage/mpr_3634.html|title=Midway Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Videogame Rights to TNA Wrestling|archivedate=2007-10-15|accessdate=2007-01-12|date=2005-11-07|publisher=Midway}}</ref> In April 2006, TNA announced a partnership with [[YouTube]] where TNA supplied YouTube with exclusive video content in exchange for [[File hosting service|hosting]], leading to the production of internet shows. In January 2007, TNA's mobile content deal with New Motion, Inc. led to the introduction of TNA Mobile and mobile fan voting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1126|title=TNA Wrestling Announces Mobile Content Deal - Details|accessdate=2007-01-12|date=2007-01-12| publisher=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling }}</ref> TNA has also launched the TNA U program to help promote the brand and has started airing [[podcast]]s through YouTube which they call TNA U TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/11/100/| title=Info on TNA U|accessdate=2008-03-13|date=2007-11-30|publisher=TNA Wrestling.com}}
</ref>

Apart from their weekly shows, TNA started running [[house show]]s on March 17, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://prowrestlingnewsdirect.com/archives/tna-announces-first-ever-house-show/|title=TNA Announces First Ever House Show| accessdate=2007-03-20|date=2006-01-17|publisher=Pro-Wrestling News Direct}}</ref> In August 2007, live-events coordinator Craig Jenkins stated that TNA intended to stage eight pay-per-views and 96 house shows outside Orlando, Florida in 2008.<ref name="Marvez">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/spotlight_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23962_5656488,00.html|title=Benoit case could slam promoter growth plans |last=Marvez|first=Alex|publisher=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|accessdate=2007-08-04|date=2007-08-03}}</ref> In 2008 TNA conducted its first tour of the UK, with most shows selling out. 2009 saw the promotion first touring Germany.

In May 2009, [[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]] in the UK started airing a new TNA television series called ''[[TNA Epics]]'' which showed past matches and events from the "TNA Video Vault". Epics ran for eight episodes in the UK before going off-air, the rest off the episodes are to be shown on a later date, but all 10 created episodes are still available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

TNA footage appears in the wrestling documentary, ''[[Bloodstained Memoirs]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/244343207.shtml| title=In mainstream media|accessdate=2009-05-18|date=2007-11-30| publisher=TNA Wrestling News.com}}</ref> On June 21, TNA launched an online video vault subscription service, where subscribers could watch past pay-per-views by choosing either one of three payment options.<ref name=tnavideoservice>{{cite web|url= http://www.multichannel.com/article/295409-TNA_Jumps_Into_the_Broadband_Ring.php?rssid=20061&q=TNA+Wrestling|title=TNA Jumps Into the Broadband Ring|date=2009-06-22|first=R. Thomas|last=Umstead|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref>

===Celebrity involvement===
Since its inception, several [[celebrity|celebrities]] have appeared with TNA in a variety of roles.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Celebrity
! Date
! Event
! class="unsortable"|Role
! class="unsortable"|Refs
|-
|{{sort|Bonaduce, Danny|[[Danny Bonaduce]]}}
|{{sort|2009 04|April 2009}}
|[[Lockdown (2009)]]
|Wrestled [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]].
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/04/20/9170541.html|title=TNA's lackluster Lockdown|author=Sokol, Chris and Bryan|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2010-02-18|date=April 20, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Diamond, Dustin|[[Dustin Diamond]]}}
|{{sort|2002 09|September 2002}}
|TNA Weekly PPV
|Competed in a boxing match.
|<ref name="Abreu"/>
|-
|{{sort|Eckstein, David|[[David Eckstein]]}}
|{{sort|2007 01|January 2007}}
|TNA Weekly PPV
|Briefly "[[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuded]]" with [[A. J. Pierzynski|A.J. Pierzynski]].
|<ref name="Sokol"/><ref name="Baines"/><ref name="Sokol2"/>
|-
|{{sort|FILTHEE|F.I.L.T.H.E.E.}}
|{{sort|2008 08|August 2008}}
|[[Hard Justice (2008)]]
|Started off the Hard Justice [[pay-per-view]] rapping about TNA with Grandmaster Caz.
|<ref name=caz/>
|-
|{{sort|Grandmaster Caz|[[Grandmaster Caz]]}}
|{{sort|2008 08|August 2008}}
|Hard Justice (2008)
|Started off the Hard Justice pay-per-view rapping about TNA with F.I.L.T.H.E.E.
|<ref name=caz>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2008/08/11/6412566.html|title=Hard Justice delivers action and teases|author=Pollock, John|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2010-02-18|date=August 11, 2008}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Hammond, Jeff|[[Jeff Hammond (sports broadcaster)|Jeff Hammond]]}}
|{{sort|2004 07|July 2004}}
|''[[TNA Impact!]]''
|Became a [[color commentator]] and wrestled two matches before departing in 2005.
|<ref name="Johnson" />
|-
|{{sort|Jones, Adam|[[Adam Jones (American football)|Adam "Pacman" Jones]]}}
|{{sort|2007 07|July 2007}}
|[[TNA Victory Road#2007|Victory Road (2007)]]
|Signed a contract with the promotion. In response, the [[Tennessee Titans]] organization sought a [[Injunction|restraining order]] banning him from working with the company. The Titans and TNA subsequently came to an agreement on Jones participating with TNA, and Jones, with [[Ron Killings]] as "Team Pacman", even won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] from the team of [[Kurt Angle]] and [[Steve Borden|Sting]] during his brief tenure with the company.
|<ref name="SLAM">{{cite web|url= http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/07/30/4379816.html |title=Pacman Jones, TNA apparently close to deal |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2007-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2969037 |title=Titans intend to block Pacman's wrestling appearance|publisher=ESPN |date=2007-08-10 |accessdate=2007-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2969037| title=Titans, Jones agree to modified wrestling restrictions|publisher=ESPN|date=2007-08-11|accessdate=2007-08-11}}</ref>|<ref name="Abreu">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/03/26/51425.html|title=Pacman Catching up on NWA-TNA| publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Abreu|first=Donnie|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2003-03-26}}
</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Keith, Toby|[[Toby Keith]]}}
|2002
|TNA Weekly PPV
|Performed "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" to open the show. Keith then entered the Gauntlet for the Gold main event match to determine the NWA World Heavyweight Champion; he proceeded to [[suplex]] and eliminate Jeff Jarrett from the match.
|
|-
|{{sort|Marlin, Sterling|[[Sterling Marlin]]}}
|2002
|TNA Weekly PPV
|
|
|-
|{{sort|Montoya, Juan Pablo|[[Juan Pablo Montoya]]}}
|{{sort|2008 02|February 2008}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Escorted [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] of [[The Latin American Xchange]] (along with [[Shelly Martinez|Salinas]] and [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]]) in a triple-threat match with [[Chris Sabin]] (with [[Reed Sorenson]] and [[Alex Shelley]]) and [[Jimmy Rave]] of [[The Rock 'n Rave Infection]] (with [[Lance Hoyt]] and [[Christy Hemme]]).
|
|-
|{{sort|Morasca, Jenna|[[Jenna Morasca]]}}
|{{sort|2009 03|March 2009}}
|''TNA Impact!''
| Debuted for the company, portraying herself as a wrestling-fan. She was briefly affiliated with [[The Main Event Mafia]] stable as a financial backer of the group, and even had a singles grudge match with [[Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman|Sharmell]].
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2010/02/03/12730621.html|title=Morasca has put wrestling behind her|author=Powell, John|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2010-02-18|date=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Ortiz, Tito|[[Tito Ortiz]]}}
|{{sort|2005 05|May 2005}}
|[[Hard Justice#2005|Hard Justice (2005)]]
|Referee
|<ref name="Waldman">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/05/13/1038526.html|title=Countdown to TNA Hard Justice |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Waldman|first=Jon|accessdate=2007-08-01|date=2005-05-13}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Ortiz, Tito|Tito Ortiz}}
|{{sort|2005 10|October 2005}}
|[[Bound for Glory (2005)]]
|Referee
|<ref name="Waldman2">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/10/21/1272769.html|title=Countdown to TNA Bound for Glory|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Waldman|first=Jon|accessdate=2007-08-01|date=2005-10-21}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Pierzynski, AJ|[[A. J. Pierzynski]]}}
|{{sort|2005 12|December 2005}}
|[[TNA Turning Point#2005|Turning Point (2005)]]
|Served as a [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] and interfered in a match.
|<ref name="Sokol">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/12/10/1347129.html|title=Impact: Baseball becomes basebrawl|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2005-12-10}}</ref><ref name="Baines">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/12/18/1358695.html|title=Orton used to running with big dogs| publisher=[[Ottawa Sun]]|last=Baines|first=Tim|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2005-12-18}}</ref><ref name="Sokol2">{{cite web|url= http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/02/11/3595707.html|title=Christian retains belt Against All Odds|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2007-02-11}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Pierzynski, A.J.|A.J. Pierzynski}}
|{{sort|2007 01|January 2007}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Briefly "[[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuded]]" with [[David Eckstein]].
|<ref name="Sokol"/><ref name="Baines"/><ref name="Sokol2"/>
|-
|{{sort|Rison, Andre|[[Andre Rison]]}}
|{{sort|2007 02|February 2007}}
|
|Promoted ''[[Pros vs. Joes]]'' in an in-ring interview before [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] "attacked" ([[kayfabe]]) him.
|<ref name="Sokol3"/>
|-
|{{sort|Rock, Chris|[[Chris Rock]]}}
|{{sort|2002 10|October 2002}}
|TNA Weekly PPV
|Interviewed while filming a scene for the film ''[[Head of State (film)|Head of State]]'' and promo it.
|<ref name="Abreu" />
|-
|{{sort|Rodman, Dennis|[[Dennis Rodman]]}}
|{{sort|2004 07|July 2004}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Accompanied [[3Live Kru]] to ringside for a match against [[Team Canada (TNA)|Team Canada]].
|
|-
|{{sort|Sadler, Hermie|[[Hermie Sadler]]}}
|2002
|TNA Weekly PPV
|Wrestled in several matches
|<ref name="Johnson">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/07/12/pf-537161.html|title=Impact looks to hook racing fans|last=Johnson|first=Steven|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2004-07-09}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Schirripa, Steve|[[Steve Schirripa]]}}
|{{sort|2007 02|February 2007}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Appeared as a relative (kayfabe) of [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]].
|<ref name="Sokol3">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/02/23/3658543.html|title=Impact: Ladders and a Belting Pot|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2007-07-31|date=2007-02-23}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Sorenson, Reed|[[Reed Sorenson]]}}
|{{sort|2008 02|February 2008}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Escorted [[Chris Sabin]] of [[The Motor City Machineguns]] (along with [[Alex Shelley]]) in a triple-threat match with [[The Latin American Xchange|LAX]] [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] (with [[Shelly Martinez|Salinas]], [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]] and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]) and [[Jimmy Rave]] of [[The Rock 'n Rave Infection]] (with [[Lance Hoyt]] and [[Christy Hemme]]).
|
|-
|{{sort|Spencer, Jimmy|[[Jimmy Spencer]]}}
|{{sort|2008 02|February 2008}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Joined [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]] and [[Mike Tenay]] to call a match.
|
|-
|{{sort|Urlacher, Brain|[[Brian Urlacher]]}}
|{{sort|2004 01|January 2004}}
|TNA Weekly PPV
|Interfered in a match.
|<ref name="Wheeler">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingwire.net/indy/archive.php?Action=ShowNews&NewsID=188|title=NWA TNA Preview| publisher=WrestlingWire.net|last=Wheeler|first=Nate|accessdate=2007-08-08|date=2004-01-29}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Vanden Bosch, Kyle|[[Kyle Vanden Bosch]]}}
|{{sort|2007 06|June 2007}}
|[[Slammiversary (2007)]]
|Accompanied Frank Wycheck and Jerry Lynn in their tag match against James Storm and Ron Killings.
|<ref name=slam07/>
|-
|{{sort|Wycheck, Frank|[[Frank Wycheck]]}}
|{{sort|2007 06|June 2007}}
|Slammiversary (2007)
|Tagged with Jerry Lynn against James Storm and Ron Killings.
|<ref name=slam07>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/06/17/4268988.html|title=TNA scores with Slammiversary|author=Clevett, Jason|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2010-02-18|date=June 18, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Wylde, Zakk|[[Zakk Wylde]]}}
|{{sort|2009 10|October 2009}}
|[[Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound For Glory (2009)]]
|Performed "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", interfered in the Full Metal Mayhem tag team match.
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2009/10/19/11447881.html|title=Sting loses but doesn't retire, capping off night of ups and downs at Bound for Glory|author=Tylwalk, Nick|publisher=SLAM! Wrestling|accessdate=2010-02-18|date=October 22, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Young, Ace|[[Ace Young]]}}
|{{sort|2008 05|May 2008}}
|[[Slammiversary (2008)]]
|Took part in the storyline wedding of [[Jay Lethal]] and [[SoCal Val]].
|
|-
|[[GRITS]]
|{{sort|2009 05|May 2009}}
|''TNA Impact!''
|Performed [[A.J. Styles]]'s theme song.
|<ref>http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1512/84/</ref>
|-
|{{sort|Fatone, Joey|[[Joey Fatone]]}}
|{{sort|2009 10|October 2009}}
|[[Bound for Glory (2009)]]
|Co-hosted the live pre-show alongside [[Jeremy Borash]].
|
|}

==Features==
===Ring shape and locations===
[[Image:TNA ring.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The six sided [[TNA Impact! Zone|Impact! Zone]] ring, used from 2004 to 2010]]Distinctively in the United States [[professional wrestling promotion]] scene, TNA has used a hexagonal ring as opposed to the traditional square ring which was used during the NWA-TNA era of the company. Steel-cage matches, referred to as ''Six Sides of Steel'' matches, also take place in the ring; in addition, the promotion holds a {{As of|2009|alt=now}} annual pay-per-view called [[TNA Lockdown|Lockdown]] which features every match on the card inside the cage. Also, although TNA runs some house shows and a few PPV events in arenas, TNA holds most of its events at a set location, referred to as the [[TNA Impact! Zone]], in [[Universal Orlando Resort|Universal Studios]], Orlando, Florida as opposed to an arena, presenting more of a regional promotion atmosphere. At the 2010 edition of [[Genesis (2010)|Genesis]], TNA returned to a four-sided ring. The company, however, still utilizes the six sided ring in [[House show|live events]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1264894966.php?style=dark|title=1/30 TNA Results: London, England|date=2010-01-30|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|accessdate=2010-01-31|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref>

===X Division===
{{Main|X Division}}

The high-flying, high-risk style of wrestling had become one of the features of [[World Championship Wrestling]] and [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] in the late 1990s. Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this style are under 220&nbsp;lb (100&nbsp;kg) by calling it a [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight]] division, TNA decided to emphasize the high-risk nature of the moves that these wrestlers perform. There is no upper weight limit on the X Division or its title, though in practice, most of the wrestlers in this division have been cruiserweights, with [[Sonny Siaki]], [[Samoa Joe]], and [[Kurt Angle]], being notable exceptions. To further emphasize this point, the slogan ''"It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits"'' is used to describe the division. Although it was de-emphasized throughout 2007 and throughout 2009, the X Division is generally regarded as one of the key attractions of TNA and was replicated in several [[Independent circuit|independent promotions]].

==Personnel==
===Creative team===
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Jeff and Jerry Jarrett did the initial booking, followed by [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]]; while [[Vince Russo]] focused more on writing. At times, the position of booker has been coterminous with the on-screen position of Director of Authority.

===Authority figures===
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When TNA first launched, it billed the on-air authority figure as a representative appointed by the National Wrestling Alliance. It did this for storyline purposes only, however, and the actual "representatives" already worked in some capacity for TNA. From February 19, 2003, TNA had no active authority figure until July 23, 2003 when [[Erik Watts]] made his return to TNA as the Director of Authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1059024602.shtml|title=Full NWA TNA PPV Results - 7/23/03|date=2003-07-24|accessdate=2007-05-31|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=WrestleView}}</ref> Watts started feuding with [[Don Callis]] (TNA Management Consultant), ending with Watts forced to quit. On February 18, 2004, TNA named Vince Russo the new Director of Authority, a position he held until November 7, 2004 when [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] defeated and replaced him.

The NWA Championship Committee, established in 2004, comprised a group of wrestling veterans who acted as arbitrators, determining a winner in the event of a time-limit draw. The committee consisted of [[Harley Race]], [[Larry Zbyszko]] and [[Terry Funk]], with Funk later replaced by [[Roddy Piper]] without ever having appeared on TNA television. After Race and Piper left TNA, the Committee essentially ceased to exist as a physical on-screen body, although Zbyszko continued to be referred to as a member of the committee while simultaneously acting as on-screen authority figure, booking matches and giving [[championship (professional wrestling)|title]] shots.

In October 2005, [[Larry Zbyszko]] began to repeatedly reference an ambiguous authority within TNA known only as "TNA Management". "TNA Management" has, in the past, appeared in the form of "special referee" [[Earl Hebner]], "consultant" [[Dave Hebner]] and "messenger" [[Christy Hemme]]. The current face of "TNA Management" emerged at [[Slammiversary (2006)|Slammiversary 2006]] in the form of [[Jim Cornette]], who has been called the "Management Director" in press releases following that pay-per-view. On October 23, 2008, on the first [[High-definition television|high-definition]] episode of ''Impact!'', TNA announced that [[Mick Foley]] had become TNA's Executive Shareholder. In September 2009, Cornette was released from his TNA contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1253463875.php|title=More on Cornette and James releases|publisher=Wrestle View|date=2009-09-20|accessdate=2009-10-09|first=Adam|last=Martin}}</ref> In January 2010, [[Hulk Hogan]] and [[Eric Bischoff]] enunciated their on-air co-partnership in running TNA, disputably while in a power struggle with Foley and TNA Co-Founder, Jeff Jarett.

==Championships==
TNA originally recognized the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|World Heavyweight]] and [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team]] Championships, in addition to the [[TNA X Division Championship|X Division Championship]], the only championship controlled and owned exclusively by TNA. Traditionally, NWA World Champions regularly defended their titles against local contenders in the various NWA territories. This did not often happen when TNA used the titles, with TNA leasing the titles from the NWA in order to free the champion from these obligations. Wrestlers who win all three titles have won the [[Triple Crown Championship#List of TNA Triple Crown Champions|TNA Triple Crown]].

On May 13, 2007, the NWA withdrew recognition of TNA's champions, leaving the two NWA titles vacant.<ref name="NWAtitles" /> TNA invented new titles, the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] and the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]], and unveiled them later in that week. TNA credits wrestlers who held the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships as former TNA champions; for example, it bills [[Ron Killings]] as a two-time TNA World Champion, yet his two reigns involved the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Along with this, TNA redesigned the X Division title belt.

The [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship|TNA Women's World Championship]] commenced on October 14, 2007 at [[Bound for Glory (2007)|Bound for Glory]]. [[Gail Kim]] won a 10-woman gauntlet match to become the first Women's Champion in TNA. She is also the first to hold both the TNA Women's World Championship and the [[WWE Women's Championship]]. On October 23, 2008 on a live edition of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' from Las Vegas, [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] opened a briefcase and revealed the [[TNA Global Championship|TNA Legends Championship]] and declared himself the first champion. Following the victory of this title by [[A.J. Styles]] on March 15, 2009, it established him as the first [[Grand Slam Championship#List of TNA Grand Slam Champions|TNA Grand Slam]] winner, as he already achieved the Triple Crown. TNA also recognizes when their wrestlers hold a Championship sanctioned by [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]. On the August 20 episode of ''Impact!'', TNA announced plans to create a [[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship|Knockouts' Tag Team Championship]], which were later won by the team of [[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] and [[Sarah Stock|Sarita]].

===Current champions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Championship
!Champion
!Date won
!Date aired
!Event
!Previous Champion
|-
|[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]
|[[A.J. Styles]]
|September 20, 2009
|September 20, 2009
|[[No Surrender (2009)]]
|[[Kurt Angle]]
|-
|[[TNA Global Championship]]
||[[Rob Terry]]
|January 27, 2010
|N/A
|[[House show|Live event]]
|[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]
|-
|[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]
|[[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] and [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]]
|January 17, 2010
|January 17, 2010
|[[Genesis (2010)]]
|[[The British Invasion (professional wrestling)|The British Invasion]] ([[Nick Aldis|Brutus Magnus]] and [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]])
|-
|[[TNA X Division Championship]]
|[[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]]
|January 19, 2010
|January 28, 2010
|''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''
|[[Amazing Red]]
|-
|[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]
|[[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]]
|January 17, 2010
|January 17, 2010
|Genesis (2010)
|[[Jessica Kresa|ODB]]
|-
|[[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]
|[[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] and [[Ayako Hamada|Hamada]]
|January 4, 2010
|January 4, 2010
|''Impact!''
|[[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] and [[Sarah Stock|Sarita]]
|}

===Former championships===
====Sanctioned====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Former Title
!Last TNA holder
!Date won
!Date aired
!Event
!Previous champion
|-
|[[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_18914.shtml| title=CALDWELL'S FINAL RESOLUTION PPV REPORT 1/14: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV|last=Caldwell|first=James|date= 2007-01-14|work=PWTorch|accessdate=2010-02-03}}</ref>
|[[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]]
|January 14, 2007
|January 14, 2007
|[[Final Resolution#2007|Final Resolution]]
|[[Chris Parks|Abyss]]
|-
|[[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_20015.shtml| title=KELLER'S TNA LOCKDOWN PPV 4/15: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=2007-04-15|work= PWTorch|accessdate=2010-02-03}}</ref>
|[[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]])
|April 15, 2007
|April 15, 2007
|[[Lockdown (2007)|Lockdown]]
|[[The Latin American Xchange]] ([[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] and [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]])
|-
|}

====Unsanctioned====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Championship
!Last TNA holder
!Date won
!Date aired
!Event
!Previous champion
|-
|TNA World Beer Drinking Championship
|[[James Storm]]
|February 25, 2008
|February 28, 2008
|[[TNA Impact!|TNA iMPACT!]]
|[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]]
|}

===Other accomplishments===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Accomplishments
!Latest Winner
!Date won
!Event
|-
|[[TNA Knockout#Queen of the Cage|Queen of the Cage]]
|[[Jessica Kresa|ODB]]
|April 19, 2009
|[[Lockdown (2009)]]
|-
|[[King of the Mountain match|King of the Mountain]]
|[[Kurt Angle]]
|June 21, 2009
|[[Slammiversary (2009)]]
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Professional wrestling|break=yes}}
*[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling employees]]
*[[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling}}
*[http://www.tnawrestling.com TNAwrestling.com]
*[http://shoptna.com ShopTNA.com]
*[http://www.uktna.com UKTNA.com]
*[http://www.tnaeurostore.com TNAeurostore.com]
*[http://www.tnavideovault.com TNAvideovault.com]
*[http://figurecollections.com/line.php?id=9 TNA Figure Collection Database]
*[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/ TNA Title Histories]
*[http://www.myspace.com/tnaimpactcommunity TNA] at [[MySpace]]
*[http://www.facebook.com/TotalNonstopAction TNA] at [[Facebook]]
*[http://www.youtube.com/tnawrestling TNA] at [[YouTube]]

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