Impact Digital Media Championship

The Impact Digital Media Championship is a professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is an intergender championship, open to both male and female wrestlers.^[1][2][3] Despite its name, it has no relation to Impact's original Television championship. The current champion is Tommy Dreamer, who is in his first reign.

Impact Digital Media Championship
The Impact Digital Media Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Impact Wrestling
Date established	September 30, 2021
Current champion(s)	Tommy Dreamer
Date won	September 8, 2023
Other name(s)
Impact Digital Media Championship (2021–2024) TNA Digital Media Championship (2024–present)
Statistics First champion(s) Jordynne Grace Most reigns All Title Holders (1) Longest reign Joe Hendry (266 days) Shortest reign Rich Swann (34 days) Oldest champion Tommy Dreamer (52 years, 207 days) Youngest champion Jordynne Grace (25 years, 232 days) Heaviest champion Tommy Dreamer (265 lb (120 kg)) Lightest champion Jordynne Grace (150 lb (68 kg))

History

 

The inaugural Impact Digital Media Champion Jordynne Grace.

On the September 30 episode of Impact!, the Impact Digital Media Championship was introduced and it was announced that an intergender tournament will be held with the inaugural champion being crowned in the final at Bound for Glory. The first round matches aired on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Impact Plus and on YouTube for Impact Ultimate Insider members, before being distributed to the public across all social media platforms 24 hours later.^[4][5]

Championship Tournament(s)

Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament (2021)

First round

• John Skyler defeated Zicky Dice – October 5, 2021^[6]
• Crazzy Steve defeated Hernandez – October 6, 2021^[6]
• Fallah Bahh defeated Sam Beale – October 12, 2021^[7]
• Jordynne Grace defeated Johnny Swinger – October 13, 2021^[7]
• Chelsea Green defeated Madison Rayne – October 19, 2021^[8]
• Tenille Dashwood defeated Alisha Edwards – October 20, 2021^[8]

Final

• Jordynne Grace defeated Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne* – October 23, 2021^[9][10]

*Madison Rayne replaced Tenille Dashwood, who was removed from match.^[9]

Championship belt design(s)

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  The original (2021) design of the title.

The original design of the Impact Digital Media Championship design is Silver with Gold indented thick lines with Red indented diamond shaped jewels on the sides with two side plates per side equaling to a total of four side plates, with one center plate. The center piece has the words Digital Media Impact Wrestling Champion in the middle with the words Impact Wrestling in the middle center in the color gold and with a red square shaped box in the background only surrounding the words on the outside of it in the very center with the words Digital Media indented above the word Impact Wrestling with a black square shaped box surrounding it as the lettering is gold and the word Champion under the word Impact Wrestling with the same black shape square box design with gold indented lettering.^[11]

Reigns

As of December 12, 2023, there have been six reigns between six champions. Jordynne Grace was the inaugural champion. Grace is also the youngest champion at the age of 25, while Tommy Dreamer is the oldest, winning the title at 52. Joe Hendry's reign is the longest at 266 days, while Rich Swann's reign is the shortest at 34 days.

Tommy Dreamer is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Kenny King in a Title vs. Career match at Victory Road on September 8, 2023, in White Plains, New York.

Names

Name	Years
Impact Digital Media Championship	September 30, 2021–January 13, 2024
TNA Digital Media Championship	January 13, 2024

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	Jordynne Grace	October 23, 2021	Bound for Glory	Sunrise Manor, NV	1	90	Defeated Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne in a tournament final intergender six-way match to become the inaugural champion.	^[10]
2	Matt Cardona	January 21, 2022	Impact!	Pembroke Pines, FL	1	127	The episode aired on tape delay on February 3, 2022.	^[12]
3	Rich Swann	May 28, 2022	Wrestling Revolver's Vegas Vacation	Las Vegas, NV	1	34	This was an event promoted by The Wrestling Revolver.	^[13]
4	Brian Myers	July 1, 2022	Against All Odds	Atlanta, GA	1	113	This was a Dot Combat match.	^[14]
5	Joe Hendry	October 22, 2022	Impact!	Sunrise Manor, NV	1	266	The episode aired on tape delay on November 10, 2022.	^[15]
6	Kenny King	July 15, 2023	Slammiversary	Windsor, ON	1	55		^[16]
7	Tommy Dreamer	September 8, 2023	Victory Road	White Plains, NY	1	95+	This was a Title vs. Career match.	^[17]

References

1. "Impact announces new championship, single elimination tournament".
2. "Video: Impact Announces New Digital Media Championship".
3. "IMPACT! on AXS TV Results: September 30, 2021".
4. Impact Wrestling Staff (September 30, 2021). "First-Ever IMPACT Digital Media Champion Set to Be Crowned in Single-Elimination Tournament". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
5. Lambert, Jeremy (September 30, 2021). "IMPACT Wrestling Introduces Digital Media Championship, Tournament Announced To Crown First Champ". Fightful. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
6. Lambert, Jeremy (October 6, 2021). "First Two Names Advance In IMPACT Digital Media Championship Tournament". Fightful. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
7. Lambert, Jeremy (October 13, 2021). "Two More Names Advance In IMPACT Digital Media Championship Tournament". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
8. Lambert, Jeremy (October 20, 2021). "Final Two Participants Qualify For IMPACT Digital Media Title Match At IMPACT Bound For Glory". Fightful. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
9. Impact Wrestling Staff (October 22, 2021). "Who Will Leave Countdown to Glory as the First-Ever Digital Media Champion?". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
10. Moore, John (October 23, 2021). "10/23 Moore's Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory live review: Christian Cage vs. Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mickie James for the Knockouts Title, Steve Maclin vs. Trey Miguel vs. El Phantasmo for the vacant X Division Title, Call Your Shot gauntlet". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
11. Sinclair, Andrew (December 4, 2021). "Why Has Impact Wrestling Introduced the Digital Media Championship?". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
12. Nason, Josh (January 21, 2022). "Impact Wrestling Friday TV taping spoilers: Bullet Club, new ROH faction members". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
13. Guerrero, Diego (May 29, 2022). "Rich Swann gana el IMPACT Digital Media Championship en el evento Wrestling REVOLVER Vegas Vacation 2022". Solo Wrestling (in Spanish). Retrieved May 30, 2022.
14. Kerin, Ben (May 28, 2022). "New Impact Digital Media Champion Crowned". 411Mania. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
15. Another Spoiler From Tonight’s Impact Wrestling Taping - 411 Mania.com
16. Moore, John (July 15, 2023). "Impact Wrestling Slammiversary results: Moore's live review of Alex Shelley vs. Nick Aldis for the Impact World Championship, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trinity for the Knockouts Title, Scott D'Amore and a mystery partner vs. Bully Ray and Deaner". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
17. Thomas, Jeremy (September 8, 2023). "Tommy Dreamer Avoids Retirement, Wins Digital Media Title at Impact Victory Road". 411Mania. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

External links

• Impact Wrestling Digital Media Championship at Cagematch.net