Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced the first ever World Title Series to determine a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. The rules are as followed:
Background[]
On October 7, 2015, it was announced that a tournament would take place, after TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Hardy vacated the title a day prior due to a legal injunction filed by former champion Ethan Carter III. The World Title Series places 32 wrestlers into 8 groups of 4, with the first round being under a round-robin format which was called Group Play. Also, for the first time ever, the Knockouts will have a chance to compete for the World Heavyweight Title.
Each winner in the round-robin matches is awarded 3 points, and a draw is worth 1 point for each, with each match having a 15-minute time limit. The two members of each group with the most points will advance to the final 16, where at that point the tournament switches to a single elimination format. So far, there have been two draws in the Aries/Carter (time limit) and Micah/Drake (count out) matches.
The winner of the tournament will become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
Group Play[]
- These wrestlers qualified for the Round of 16 to become the TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
- These wrestlers were mathematically eliminated from the tournament during Group Play.
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TNA World Heavyweight Championship tournament[]
Round of 16 (Impact Wrestling 12/2/15) |
Round of 8 (Impact Wrestling 12/9/15) |
Semifinals (Impact Wrestling 1/5/16) |
Finals (Impact Wrestling 1/5/16) | |||||||||||
Ethan Carter III | Pin | |||||||||||||
DJ Z | 6:13 | |||||||||||||
Ethan Carter III | Pin | |||||||||||||
Davey Richards | ||||||||||||||
Bram | 6:56 | |||||||||||||
Davey Richards | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ethan Carter III | ||||||||||||||
Lashley | ||||||||||||||
Lashley | Pin | |||||||||||||
Drew Galloway | 10:39 | |||||||||||||
Lashley | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mahabali Shera | ||||||||||||||
Mahabali Shera | Pin | |||||||||||||
Eli Drake | 3:20 | |||||||||||||
Ethan Carter III | ||||||||||||||
Matt Hardy | ||||||||||||||
Tigre Uno | Pin | |||||||||||||
Gail Kim | 5:33 | |||||||||||||
Tigre Uno | ||||||||||||||
Eric Young | Pin | |||||||||||||
Eric Young | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kenny King | 6:19 | |||||||||||||
Eric Young | ||||||||||||||
Matt Hardy | ||||||||||||||
Jessie Godderz | Pin | |||||||||||||
Awesome Kong | 3:12 | |||||||||||||
Jessie Godderz | ||||||||||||||
Matt Hardy | Pin | |||||||||||||
Bobby Roode | 6:31 | |||||||||||||
Matt Hardy | Pin |