TNA Wrestling Introducing New Championship
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TNA is switching things up a bit with a new championship.
TNA Wrestling has been one of the more popular wrestling shows for a while now. Now, the promotion has introduced a brand new championship. During the latest set of tapings, TNA Wrestling's Director of Authority Santino Marella revealed that a brand new championship will be introduced at the upcoming TNA Pay-per-view Unbreakable.
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During the most recent set of TNA Impact tapings, the Director of Authority Santino Marella stripped Steph De Lander of the TNA Digital Media Championship.
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Following that, Marella also announced that a new championship would be introduced in TNA. The new champion will be crowned at TNA Unbreakable.
The new championship is the brand new TNA International Championship. The inaugural champion will be crowned via a tournament. Each match in the tournament will be a three-way match.
Despite the new title being announced after Santino stripped Steph De Lander of her Digital Media Championship, it is unclear if the International Championship will replace the Digital Media Championship or have a new lineage.
The TNA Digital Media Championship (then Impact Wrestling Digital Media Championship) was introduced at TNA Bound For Glory in 2021. Jordynne Grace was the inaugural champion, and there were 12 total champions in all, including De Lander. Joe Hendry had the longest reign at 266 days, while Laredo Kid had the shortest at 29.
Who do you think will be the inaugural TNA International Champion?
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