Top 10 TNA World Heavyweight Champions

The final tna list comes at you now, crossing the line we will find out the top 10 best or my favourite TNA World Heavyweight Champions!

10) Eric Young - Eric Young’s TNA career was great with him playing just about every role in the company. Despite being known for his comedy, Young had great in-ring skills. Eric Young came out of absolutely nowhere to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in April 2014 from Magnus. EY had been with TNA since the very beginning and had proved himself a versatile and valuable performer, something that will surely continue in NXT and WWE. He deserved the win and i wish he had more of a run and more runs with the title.

9) Jeff Hardy - He has had his up's and down's but Jeff Hardy was one of the biggest stars in tna and still is a big star hell he has been since the 90s. His first two title runs were lame, so was his heel character as a whole and in the time of immortal he was not sober or clean so that adds negatives but despite all this, his third reign was great and i love Jeff Hardy he is such a great talent.

8) Lashley - His first TNA run was a flop with nothing of note coming. TNA gave him another chance and actually made the right call for once and did him better than WWE. Lashley has been TNA World Champion four times over the past few years. All of his reigns have gone well with him playing the dominant heel champion very well. Lashley changed his game to implement more of his MMA style and it worked perfectly when combined with his power moves.

7) Bully Ray - Bully Ray is one of the most talked-about TNA world champions in companies history and one of the most unlikely. For most of his 22-year career, the tag team specialist Bully Ray was a pudgy tag team wrestler. But when he felt Team 3D had run its course he split up the duo and underwent one of the most drastic transformations wrestling had ever seen. He went on to become a fully heel character the Bully who was the Calf-zilla of wrestling and he went on to loose over 100 pounds to slim down a bit to be in best shape of his life to then go on to "marry" Brooke Hogan in a story and betray the Hogans to win the TNA world title by revealing he was the man behind the Aces & Eights. He is great wrestler in ring and he is also great on the mic and so him winning the championship twice holding it for combined days of 196.

6) Austin Aries - One of TNA's better moments took place when Austin Aries faced off with Bobby Roode for the TNA World Championship at Destination X 2012. Roode was the hated heel with a dominant title reign. Aries blossomed into one of the most popular wrestlers in the company via his X-Division work. The moment of Aries upsetting Roode to win the title delivered a massive pop and a rare feel good title change in TNA. Aries did a solid job as champion but didn’t get a long reign. The few months that he did hold the title things went very well until he lost it to Jeff Hardy in another excellent match. Aries defeating Roode is a moment that will be associated with the better memories of TNA.

5) EC3 - WWE dropped the ball with him as Derrick Bateman. His signing by TNA and new name of EC3 allowed him to showcase his personality. Carter instantly became the most entertaining performer in the company. TNA didn’t mess around and pushed him to the moon as one of the new stars to build the promotion around. EC3 defeated Kurt Angle to win the TNA World Championship for the first time. This was a huge moment for him as he rebounded from never getting a chance in the WWE to being the biggest star in TNA. Carter carried himself very well as a World Champion looking the part. Matt Hardy eventually defeated him twice to end both of his title reigns.

4) Aj Styles - No one is more synonymous with the better moments in TNA than A.J. Styles. The homegrown talent grew into one of the best wrestlers in the world and was quite frankly the face of TNA. Styles only held the TNA World Championship twice in his career showing how TNA dropped the ball with him. Despite that, both of his reigns felt right. Styles being the TNA World Champion felt like John Cena being the WWE World Champion. The visual just made sense and represented the company perfectly. Styles always gave his best effort and took pride in being the World Champion. It's a shame he did not have more reigns and did not stay in TNA for longer.

3) Sting - Sting tried his best to make the company grow. The legend held the TNA World Championship on four different occasions. Maybe TNA should have tried to build new stars with the title instead of continuously going back to Sting, but he provided a safety net of a credible name to attract casual fans. Sting delivered enough good matches and took pride in his work as the champion. If the WWE ever purchases the library of TNA’s content, Sting’s underrated run there will be remembered more fondly.

2) Bobby Roode - The first TNA World Championship win for Bobby Roode came in a completely different fashion than expected. Roode faced off with Kurt Angle at Bound for Glory 2011 as the determined face looking to accomplish his dream. Hulk Hogan publicly buried Roode and changed the finish for Angle to win. Angle lost it to James Storm days later. Roode turned heel by cheating to beat his best friend Storm to finally win the title. The delay was worth it with Roode’s character change being for the best. Roode blossomed into the best heel character in TNA history as the leader of the “selfish generation. “ Fans loathed Roode, but he had quite a few great matches during his title reign. TNA put the title on him again years later and he delivered another solid reign. His NXT tenure is adding new star power to Roode’s name, but his current legacy is as an all-time great TNA World Champion and it is why he is the It factor and so GLORIOUS!

1) Kurt Angle - Kurt Angle joined TNA in 2006 and spent a decade in the company which is longer than his wwe time prior to his return in wwe. His work ethic was inspiring. As a highly paid legend, Angle could have been lazy like Booker T or Rob Van Dam. Instead, he stepped up his game and kept up with the younger stars. Angle had classic title bouts against A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe and countless others. His record breaking six TNA World Championship reigns helped bring in new fans to the program. TNA could not hook the viewers, in but Angle did his job of adding credibility. Angle was actually the first official TNA World Champion when the company ditched the NWA Championship for a title under their own name. Angle had a legendary run in TNA and served as a great World Champion.

And that's the end of this list and my tna champions list, thanks for popping in and having a browse. Remember to come back for more every week!

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Top 10 WWE Intercontinental Champions

What's up everyone? Back again for more i see? Well the wrestling month continues. You may notice i don't post on the weekends this month. Why? It's so i can have a break is all and you all can catch up if you missed anything :) 

Let's get back to the wrasslin now with a list of the top 10 WWE intercontinental champions! 

10) Pat Patterson

I have only ever seen Pat as one of the stooges or in his hof induction or during anytime he has appeared over the past 20 years in WWE. I never seen the guy wrestle but he is the first intercontinental champion and for that he has to be on my list. 

9) Stone Cold Steve Austin

What can i say about this legend? He won the title first with a broken fricken neck! A two-time Intercontinental Champion, Austin's first title win came at SummerSlam 1997 where a piledriver snapped his neck. Rather than quit, The Bionic Redneck managed to summon the strength to roll up Owen Hart for the victory. This devastating injury caused Austin to vacate the title, but the WWE Hall of Famer would make an amazing return to the ring to capture the championship again that very same year. Expect Austin to feature in more lists down the line...

8) Jeff Hardy

Alright Jeff is one of my all time faves and he is normally the first person who comes to my mind when talking about the IC title. Although he wasn't the biggest man in the WWE locker room, Jeff Hardy was never the kind of Superstar who would back down from a fight. So it should come as no surprise that The Charismatic Enigma defeated dominant competitors like Triple H and Umaga on his way to winning an impressive four Intercontinental Championships. Due to his high-risk style, the majority of Hardy's reigns were brief, but his title matches were always exciting.

7) RVD

RVD is another fave of mine (there are many faves on mine on these lists i do of course). Rob Van Dam's six reigns as Intercontinental Champion are impressive enough, but consider what RVD accomplished with the title and his runs are even more remarkable. In 2002, Mr. Monday Night defeated European Champion Jeff Hardy and Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer to unify those two titles with the Intercontinental Championship and bring an even greater legacy to the title. On top of that, his wild Ladder Matches against Eddie Guerrero and Christian were some of the genre’s best. At a time when WWE was inundated with flashy new titles, Van Dam made sure that the Intercontinental Championship — much like himself — remained one of a kind. 

6) HHH

There's more than one reason as to why he is called THE GAME. A five-time champion over the span of a decade, The Game first grabbed the title in 1996 when he was relatively new to the ring. By the time he was the most dominant man in WWE, Triple H reclaimed the Intercontinental Championship in memorable battles with Jeff Hardy and Kane and even defeated The Devil’s Favorite Demon at No Mercy in 2002 to unify Kane's Intercontinental Championship with the World Heavyweight Championship. 

5) The Rock

Just like Triple H, Rocky captured the title when he was new to the scene but this was a clear indicator of a star in the making. He may have been champion, but his nauseating perkiness caused the WWE Universe to chant, "Die, Rocky, die!" which all built up to a change in Rocky Mavia to become....The Rock. An arrogant, eyebrow-raising villain with a bad attitude and a $500 shirt. With this newfound edge, The People's Champion had a second Intercontinental Championship run that lasted for an impressive 265 days and helped establish his reputation as The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment.

4) Shawn Michaels 

The IC title is where HBK first made a name for himself let's be honest. A "Showstopper" even then, HBK's classic Ladder Matches against Razor Ramon are considered some of the best bouts of their era, and his battles against Jeff Jarrett, Diesel and Bret "Hit Man" Hart were just as good. Too often, Michaels' reigns ended in controversy, but his days as Intercontinental Champion were always exhilarating.

3) The Miz

As of writing he is still the IC Champ and his reigns have been damn fine. His talking smack rant was and still is amazing. He makes the title matter again and he is on his seventh reign.

2) The Honky Tonk Man

The man with the longest reign as IC Champ is the one and only Honky Tonk Man at a staggering 454 days! Defeating Ricky Steamboat for the championship in 1987, Honky Tonk Man kept his guitar-strumming fingers on the title for more than a year by any means necessary, including but not limited to getting counted out or disqualified on purpose. It may not have been the noblest reign of all time, but it earned the rock 'n' roller his place in WWE history.

1) Chris Jericho

Quality matches and a quality champion of nine times. No Superstar even comes close to Chris Jericho's record-setting number of Intercontinental Title reigns. First winning the championship from Chyna in winter 1999, Jericho went on to defeat everyone from Jeff Hardy to Rob Van Dam to capture a staggering nine titles over the next decade.

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