TNA Women's Knockout Championship

The TNA Women's Knockout Championship is a professional wrestling women's world championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It is primarily contested for in TNA's women's division. It was debuted on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view (PPV) event under the name the "TNA Women's World Championship";[3] it was later renamed the TNA Women's Knockout Championship in 2008.

It was the only female championship in TNA until the TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship was introduced at their No Surrender PPV event on September 20, 2009.[5] Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 6 wrestlers. The first champion was Gail Kim. The current champion is Tara, who is in her third reign.

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.[13] [14] 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 World Champion.[15] At the event, Gail Kim defeated Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Talia Madison, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Moore, O.D.B., and Angel Williams to become the first champion.[2] [3] The championship was renamed in 2008 to the TNA Women's Knockout Championship.

Belt designs
During the championship's history, it has had one design. It begins with 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 "Womens" above it and the word "Champion" below it. At the very top of the center plate is a queen's crown.

Reigns
Main article: List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions

The inaugural champion was Gail Kim, who defeated Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Talia Madison, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Moore, ODB, and Angel Williams in a 10 knockout gauntlet match on October 24, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event.[2] At 178 days, Kong's second reign is the longest in the title's history. ODB's first reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at 11 days. ODB and Tara have the most reigns, with three reigns each. Tara is the current champion in her third reign.[1] She defeated the previous champion, ODB, on January 17, 2010 at TNA's Genesis PPV event. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 6 wrestlers, with one vacancy.