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{{short description|Women's professional wrestling championship}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|name           = TNA Knockouts World Championship
|image          = TNA KO Title.jpg
|image_size     =
|alt            =
|caption        = The current TNA Knockouts World Championship belt
|currentholder  = [[Masha Slamovich]]
|won            = October 26, 2024
|created        = October 14, 2007<ref name="SlamBFG07"/>
|promotion      = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA)
|firstchamp     = [[Gail Kim]]<ref name="titlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://solie.org/titlehistories/wtnaction.html|title=TNA Knockout Championship Title History|last=Oliver|first=Earl|author2=Gonzalo Soto|publisher=Solie.org|access-date=September 21, 2009|archive-date=May 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502222640/http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/wtnaction.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|mostreigns     = [[Gail Kim]]<br />(7 reigns)
|longestreign   = [[Taya Valkyrie]]<br />(377 days)
|shortestreign  = [[Gail Kim]]<br />(7th reign, 18 hours)
|oldest         = [[Mickie James]]<br />({{age in years and days|1979|08|31|2023|01|13}})
|youngest       = [[Taylor Wilde]]<br />({{Age in years and days|1986|1|26|2008|6|24}})
|heaviest       = [[Awesome Kong]]<br />(272 lbs (123 kg))
|lightest       = [[Miss Tessmacher]]<br />(109 lbs (49 kg)
|pastnames      =
* TNA Women's World Championship<br>(2007–2008)
* TNA Women's Knockout Championship<br>(2008–2010)
* TNA Knockouts Championship<br>(2010–2017)
* Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship<br>(2017)
* Unified GFW Knockouts Championship<br>(2017)
* GFW Knockouts Championship<br>(2017)
* Impact Knockouts Championship<br />(2017–2021)
* Impact Knockouts World Championship<br>(2021–2024)
* '''TNA Knockouts World Championship'''<br>(2024–present)
|pastlookimages =
}}
The '''TNA Knockouts World Championship'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://impactwrestling.com/champions/ |title=CHAMPIONS – IMPACT Wrestling |website=impactwrestling.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116023504/https://impactwrestling.com/champions/ |archive-date=2020-11-16}} </ref> is a [[women's professional wrestling]] [[Professional wrestling championship#World championships|world championship]] owned by [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA). The championship debuted on October 14, 2007, at the [[Bound for Glory (2007)|Bound for Glory]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|event]] and the inaugural champion was [[Gail Kim]]. The current champion is [[Masha Slamovich]], who is in her first reign.

==History==

===TNA Knockout===
[[TNA Knockout]], or just Knockout for short, is the term used by TNA to refer to its onscreen female performers; this is similar to TNA's main rival [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] and their [[WWE Diva|Divas]] pseudonym. TNA's first women's accomplishment was announced at TNA's first [[Impact Wrestling#Weekly pay-per-views (2002–2004)|weekly pay-per-view event]] on June 19, 2002.<ref name="WrestleViewPPV1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/1971.shtml|title=Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View results - 6/19/02|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=WrestleView.com|date=June 19, 2002|access-date=September 20, 2009|archive-date=January 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107184450/http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/1971.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> It was called the "Miss TNA" crown. The holder of the crown was determined in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strip matches|lingerie]] [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] on June 19, 2002, which aired on June 26, 2002. The participants in the match were [[Alexis Laree]], [[Elektra (wrestling)|Elektra]], Erin Bray, [[Francine Fournier|Francine]], Miss Joni, Sasha, [[Daffney|Shannon]], Taylor Vaughn, and Teresa Tyler.<ref name="PWHweeklyPPV2">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/2002.html#02|title=TNA Weekly PPV #2|publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com|access-date=September 21, 2009|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401052716/http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/2002.html#02|url-status=live}}</ref> Vaughn last eliminated Elektra to win the crown.<ref name="WrestleViewPPV2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2024.shtml|title=Full NWA-TNA Pay Per View results - 6/26|first=Adam|last=Martin|publisher=WrestleView.com|date=June 26, 2002|access-date=September 20, 2009|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914203338/http://www.wrestleview.com/messages1/2024.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The TNA Knockout of the Year is another award in TNA given to the knockout who achieved the most or had the best run that year.<ref name="bestof2007">{{cite video|people=[[Total Nonstop Action]]|title=TNA Wrestling: Best of TNA 2007|publisher=[[TNA Home Video]]}}</ref> The most recent Knockout of the Year was [[Jordynne Grace]] receiving the award in 2024.<ref name="TNA Knockout of the Year Revealed">{{cite web|url=https://wrestlingheadlines.com/final-roh-final-battle-2024-card-tna-knockout-of-the-year-revealed-mones-warning-to-statlander/|title=Final ROH Final Battle 2024 Card, TNA Knockout Of The Year Revealed, Mone's Warning To Statlander|last=Clark|first=Ryan|date=December 20, 2024|publisher=wrestlingheadlines.com|access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref>

On the August 20, 2009 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'', backstage interviewer [[Lauren Brooke (interviewer)|Lauren]] announced that TNA were planning to host an eight-team [[Single-elimination tournament|single elimination tag team tournament]] to crown the first TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.<ref name="PWTorchImpact0820">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_KELLER_S_TAKE_font_11/article_34814.shtml|title=Keller's TNA Impact report 8/20: Results, star ratings, thoughts, observations, quotebook|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=August 27, 2009|publisher=PWTorch.com|access-date=September 21, 2009|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221942/http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_KELLER_S_TAKE_font_11/article_34814.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The tournament began on the following ''Impact!'' and continued on for four weeks, concluding on September 20 at TNA's [[No Surrender (2009)|No Surrender]] PPV event. There, the team of [[Sarah Stock|Sarita]] and [[Taylor Wilde]] defeated [[The Beautiful People (professional wrestling)|The Beautiful People]] ([[Madison Rayne]] and [[Velvet Sky]]) to become the first champions.<ref name="WONS09">{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/10691/|title=TNA No Surrender PPV match-by-match coverage|last=Meltzer|first=Dave|date=September 21, 2009|publisher=Figure Four Online/The Wrestling Observer newsletter|access-date=September 21, 2009|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106073206/http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/10691|url-status=live}}</ref> Two DVDs on the topic of the TNA Knockouts have been released by TNA. The first was named ''Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling Vol.1'' and was released on August 29, 2006.<ref name="1DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.fye.com/Knockouts--The-Ladies-of-TNA-Wrestling--Vol-1-Front-Page_stcVVproductId5408480VVcatId455366VVviewprod.htm |title=Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling Vol.1 |access-date=September 20, 2009 |publisher=[[Trans World Entertainment|For Your Entertainment]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711061944/http://www.fye.com/Knockouts--The-Ladies-of-TNA-Wrestling--Vol-1-Front-Page_stcVVproductId5408480VVcatId455366VVviewprod.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref> ''Knocked Out: The Women of TNA Wrestling'' was the second, released on October 7, 2008.<ref name="2DVD">{{cite web|url=http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9054569&st=Knocked+Out+TNA&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1896703|title=TNA Wrestling: Knocked Out - DVD|access-date=September 21, 2009|publisher=[[Best Buy]]|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925083438/https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tna-wrestling-knocked-out-dvd-2008/9054569.p?skuId=9054569&st=Knocked+Out+TNA&lp=1&cp=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Creation===
TNA first announced in early September 2007 through their TNA Mobile service that they planned to start an official women's division and debut a women's title soon.<ref name="women's1">{{cite web|url= http://www.sescoops.com/tna/TNA_Mobile_Update_Women_s_Title_Ultimate_X_At_BFG.shtml|title=TNA Mobile Update: Women's Title, Ultimate X At BFG|date=September 12, 2007|access-date=June 4, 2009|publisher=Sescoops.com |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013083244/http://sescoops.com/tna/TNA_Mobile_Update_Women_s_Title_Ultimate_X_At_BFG.shtml |archive-date = October 13, 2007}}</ref><ref name="women's2">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1189631627.shtml|title=Possible Women's Title coming to TNA, + 'Ultimate X' returns at BFG PPV|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=September 12, 2007|publisher=WrestleView.com|access-date=June 4, 2009|archive-date=March 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329075014/http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1189631627.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that month, TNA began to promote a 10 knockout gauntlet match to be held on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event to crown the first-ever TNA Women's Champion.<ref name="card">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1189753586.shtml|title=Scheduled card for TNA Bound For Glory PPV on Sunday, Oct. 14; Atlanta|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=September 14, 2007|publisher=WrestleView.com|access-date=June 4, 2009|archive-date=March 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329075026/http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1189753586.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> At the event, [[Gail Kim]] defeated [[Ms. Brooks]], [[Christy Hemme]], [[Awesome Kong]], [[Roxxi Laveaux]], [[Talia Madison]], [[Shelly Martinez]], [[Jacqueline Moore|Jackie Moore]], [[ODB (wrestler)|ODB]], and [[Angel Williams]] to become the first champion.<ref name="SlamBFG07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/10/15/4577676.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629172343/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/10/15/4577676.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2012|title=Angle gets stung at Bound For Glory|first=Chris|last=Sokol|date=October 14, 2007|access-date=September 21, 2009|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="BFG07">{{cite episode|title=Bound for Glory 2007|series=TNA Bound for Glory|series-link=TNA Bound for Glory|credits=[[TNA Home Video]] and [[Navarre Corporation]]|network=[[In Demand]]|airdate=2007-10-14}}</ref> The championship was renamed in 2008 to the TNA Women's Knockout Championship until 2010 when it became simply known as the TNA Knockouts Championship.

==Championship Tournament(s)==
=== Impact Knockouts Championship Tournament (2017) ===
On November 23, 2017, it was announced after Gail Kim [[retired]] and [[Vacation|vacated]] the [[Impact Knockouts Championship]] that it would be a 6-Women [[tournament]] to determine who would be the new Knockouts Champion where two [[Professional wrestling match types|triple threat matches]] will happen and one [[Final (competition)|finals]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Dino |title=Crowning a New Knockouts Queen |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/crowning-new-knockouts-queen/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=November 30, 2017 |website=411Mania.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurel Van Ness vs. Madison Rayne vs KC Spinelli |url=https://m.facebook.com/ImpactWrestling/videos/laurel-van-ness-vs-madison-rayne-vs-kc-spinelli-impact-november-30-2017/429775601356277/ |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=Facebook.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Allie vs. Rosemary vs. Sienna Knockouts Tournament 3-Way {{!}} #IMPACTICYMI Dec. 7th, 2017 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=412YvY6uwNo |url-status=live |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=YouTube.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030215714/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=412YvY6uwNo }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurel Van Ness NEW KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION!!! {{!}} #IMPACTICYMI Dec. 14th, 2017 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNzNfmF-8DY |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=YouTube.com}}</ref>
{{4TeamBracket
|RD1=Semifinals
|seeds=no
|RD1-score1=Pin
|RD1-score2=N/A<ref name="m.facebook.com">{{Cite web |title=Laurel Van Ness vs. Madison Rayne vs KC Spinelli |url=https://m.facebook.com/ImpactWrestling/videos/laurel-van-ness-vs-madison-rayne-vs-kc-spinelli-impact-november-30-2017/429775601356277/ |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=Facebook.com}}</ref>
|RD1-team1='''[[Laurel Van Ness]]'''
|RD1-team2=[[Madison Rayne]] & [[KC Spinelli]]
|RD1-score3=N/A<ref name="m.youtube.com">{{Cite web |title=Allie vs. Rosemary vs. Sienna Knockouts Tournament 3-Way {{!}} #IMPACTICYMI Dec. 7th, 2017 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=412YvY6uwNo |url-status=live |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=YouTube.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030215714/https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=412YvY6uwNo }}</ref>
|RD1-score4=Pin
|RD1-team3=[[Allysin Kay|Sienna]] & [[Allie (wrestler)|Allie]]
|RD1-team4='''[[Rosemary (wrestler)|Rosemary]]'''
|RD2=Finals
|RD2-team1='''[[Laurel Van Ness]]'''
|RD2-team2=[[Rosemary (wrestler)|Rosemary]]
|RD2-score1=Pin
|RD2-score2=N/A<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=Laurel Van Ness NEW KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION!!! {{!}} #IMPACTICYMI Dec. 14th, 2017 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNzNfmF-8DY |access-date=October 24, 2022 |website=YouTube.com}}</ref>}}

==Championship belt designs==
<gallery class="center">
TNA Women's Knockout Championship Belt.png|The original design of the belt.
Gail Kim TNA Knockouts Champion-2.jpg|Inaugural & 7-time Knockouts Champion / Inaugural female [[TNA Hall of Fame]]r [[Gail Kim]] with the 2015 design of the belt.
Gail Kim BFG Knockout Champ.jpg|Gail Kim with the 2017 design of the belt.
Impact KOTitle.jpg|The 2020 design of the title.
</gallery>
During the championship's history, the belt has had four designs. Its first design featured a white leather strap that is covered with two small gold plates that are encrusted with silver. In the center of each plate stands a figure resembling a globe made out of gold. On the outer edge of the plate are red gems, which circle the entire plate. The center golden plate of the belt has TNA's official logo engraved in the very center with the word {{sic|"Womens"}} above it and the word "Champion" below it. At the very top of the center plate is a queen's crown. The word "Knockout" does not appear anywhere on the belt.

At the end of December 2014, TNA uploaded a photo on their [[Instagram]] account, in which the Knockouts Championship has a new design, replacing the white strap with a black strap, with the red color scheme changed to blue to coincide with the company's color scheme and the plates are now fully gold thus the encrusted silver is removed. As with the previous belt, the word "Knockout" did not appear on the belt, despite its current name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://instagram.com/p/xCM80PM4ts/?modal=true |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/xCM80PM4ts |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=new TNA KO Championship belt|publisher=[[Instagram]]|access-date=February 16, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After [[Slammiversary XV]], the Impact Knockouts Championship and the GFW Women's Championship were carried together, with the unified championship representing the lineage of the Impact Knockouts Championship. At [[Destination X (2017)|Destination X 2017]], a recoloured version of the former GFW Women's Championship was created to represent the championship.<ref group="N" name="beltnameanddesign">This description is based on the name and design of the Knockouts Championship, from 2007 to 2017 the title was called the '''TNA Knockouts Championship''' from 2007 to 2015 the Knockouts title design was of white leather, gold center and side plates, and a red TNA sign in the middle with a red with gold lining crown on top of it. From August 17, 2017 to November 5, 2017 the title was renamed to the '''GFW Knockouts Championship''' taking a unified look of the then '''GFW Women's Championship''' and the 2015 look of the Knockouts Championship which was gold with blue imprints and black leather unified with the then GFW Women's belt appearance as a result the green GFW sign was tookin off and blue and silver replaced it with the Impact sign in the middle and a black leather strap, somewhat resulting the current image at the top of the article with the Impact logo and before the year 2017 was over the title name was changed to the '''Impact Knockouts Championship''' (after a while the title was renamed to the '''Impact Knockouts World Championship'''). During January 2024 the title name was renamed the '''TNA Knockouts World Championship''' as the company name was reverted back to [[TNA Wrestling]] aka Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the January 2024 design of the title is similar to the original design of the TNA Knockouts title but belt and plates plus side plates slightly taller with two extra side plates (one on each side) and without a crown at the top of the title.</ref> This belt was later modified to cover the GFW logo with an Impact Wrestling logo. At [[Impact Wrestling Redemption|Redemption]], Impact revealed new championships. The main plate has Impact Wrestling logo with the "Knockouts Champion" below the logo. On each side of the center plate is a group of four smaller silver plates, with each side featuring separate circular owl symbol and a "KO" Symbol. In 2020, a new belt was made, with red being the dominant color. This belt was gifted to Jordynne Grace, signed by the roster, upon her final match with TNA in January 2024.

==Reigns==
{{Main|List of TNA Knockouts World Champions}}
[[File:Masha Slamovich in April 2025.jpg|thumb|right|175px|One-time and current champion [[Masha Slamovich]]]]
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there have been 65 reigns shared between 27 wrestlers. The inaugural champion was [[Gail Kim]], who defeated [[Ms. Brooks]], [[Christy Hemme]], [[Awesome Kong]], [[Roxxi Laveaux]], [[Velvet Sky]], [[Shelly Martinez]], [[Jacqueline Moore|Jackie Moore]], [[ODB (wrestler)|ODB]], and [[Angelina Love]] in a ten [[TNA Knockout|Knockout]] [[gauntlet match|Gauntlet for the Gold match]] on October 24, 2007, at TNA's [[Bound for Glory (2007)|Bound for Glory]] PPV event. She also holds the record for the most reigns, with seven. Kim also holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history, during her seventh reign at 18 hours, while [[Taya Valkyrie]]'s reign holds the record for longest in the title's history, with {{age in days nts|January 6, 2019|January 18, 2020}} days.

[[Masha Slamovich]] is the current champion in her first reign. She defeated [[Jordynne Grace]] on October 26, 2024, at [[Bound for Glory (2024)|Bound for Glory]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]] to win the title.

==Notes==
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== See also ==
*[[World Women's Championship (disambiguation)]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=650 TNA Knockouts World Championship] at Cagematch.com

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