Impact Hall of Fame

The Impact Hall of Fame (stylized as IMPACT! Hall of Fame) is a hall of fame that honors professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities who contributed to the history of the U.S. based wrestling promotion Impact Wrestling formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

IMPACT Hall of Fame

Impact HOF logo used since 2017

EstablishedMay 31, 2012
(11 years ago) (2012-05-31)FounderImpact WrestlingInductees9 individuals
1 group (2 members)
(11 total inductees)

It was established in 2012 and created as part of the celebration of the promotion's 10th anniversary. Inductees are usually announced at either Slammiversary or episodes of Impact!, and the ceremony takes place prior to Bound for Glory. Since its inception there have been two years where no inductions have taken place.

As of 2022, there have been 11 inducted in total; nine individually, and one group induction.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Ceremony dates and locations

Date	Location	Venue	Associated event
October 13, 2012	Phoenix, Arizona	Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort^[6]	Bound for Glory
October 19, 2013	San Diego, California	San Diego Marriott Mission Valley^[7]	Bound for Glory^[8]
October 11, 2014	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	Bound for Glory^[9]
June 27, 2015	Orlando, Florida	Universal Studios Florida	Impact Wrestling^[10]
October 3, 2015	Salem, Virginia	Salem Civic Center	Road to Bound for Glory Tour^[11]
October 2, 2016	Orlando, Florida	Universal Studios Florida	Bound for Glory
October 13, 2018	Manhattan, New York	McHale's Pub	Bound for Glory^[12]
October 24, 2020	Nashville, Tennessee	Skyway Studios	Bound for Glory^[13]
October 23, 2021	Sunrise Manor, Nevada	Sam's Town Live	Bound for Glory^[14]
October 7, 2022	Albany, New York	Washington Avenue Armory	Bound for Glory^[15]

Inductees

Individuals

Year		Ring name (Birth name)	Inducted by	Impact Wrestling recognized accolades
2012		Sting (Steve Borden)	Dixie Carter	One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion Four-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion One-time TNA World Tag Team Champion
2013		Kurt Angle	Sting	One-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion One-time TNA X Division Champion Two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Two-time King of the Mountain winner (2007, 2009)
2015		Jeff Jarrett	Dixie Carter	Co-founder of TNA One-time AAA World Heavyweight Champion Six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion One-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion Three-time King of the Mountain winner (2004, 2006, 2015)
		Earl Hebner	Billy Corgan	TNA's senior referee from 2006 to 2017
2016		Gail Kim	Dixie Carter	Inaugural and Seven-time TNA Knockouts Champion One-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Queen of the Knockouts winner (2013)
2018		Abyss (Christopher Parks)	Father James Mitchell	One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion Two-time TNA Television Champion One-time TNA X Division Champion Two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion One-time NWA World Tag Team Champion Fight for the Right Tournament winner (2006)^[12]
2020		Ken Shamrock	The Rock	One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion First World Champion in the promotion's history^[16]
2021		Awesome Kong (Kia Stevens)	Gail Kim	Two-time TNA Knockouts Champion One-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Queen of the Knockouts winner (2015)^[14]
2022		Raven (Scott Levy)	Tommy Dreamer	One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion King of the Mountain winner (2005)^[15]

Group inductions

Year		Group	Inducted by	Impact Wrestling recognized accolades
2014		Team 3D	Tommy Dreamer	One-time NWA World Tag Team Champions Two-time TNA World Tag Team Champions Two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions Recognized by Impact Wrestling as 23-time World Tag Team Champions overall.
	Bully Ray (Mark LoMonaco) – Two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion. In 2022, Ray won the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Devon (Devon Hughes) – Two-time TNA Television Champion.

References

1. Caldwell, James (2012-05-31). "Caldwell's TNA Impact Wrestling results 5/31: Ongoing "virtual-time" coverage of live Impact in new timeslot - Roode vs. Sting". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
2. Caldwell, James (2012-06-01). "TNA official Hall of Fame announcement". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
3. Caldwell, James (2012-06-10). "Caldwell's TNA Slammiversary PPV results 6/10: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Roode vs. Sting headlines 10th Anniv. PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
4. Powell, Jason (June 5, 2017). "Impact Wrestling's latest Hall of Fame inductee revealed". prowrestling.net. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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8. . Archived from the original on 2015-07-16.
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10. "Dixie Carter and Mike Tenay Induct Jeff Jarret into the TNA Hall of Fame". 28 June 2015.
11. . Archived from the original on 2015-11-26.
12. Powell, Jason (October 13, 2018). "Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame ceremony for Abyss streaming online". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
13. "The Rock Inducts Ken Shamrock Into IMPACT Hall of Fame".
14. Impact Wrestling Staff (October 9, 2021). "Awesome Kong to Be Inducted Into the IMPACT Wrestling Hall of Fame at Bound For Glory". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
15. Defelice, Robert (September 23, 2022). "Raven To Be Inducted Into The IMPACT Wrestling Hall Of Fame at Bound For Glory 2022". Fightful Wrestling. from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
16. "411Mania".

External links

• The TNA/Impact Hall of Fame