The TNA World Beer Drinking Championship was an unsanctioned professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. The championship was introduced on November 11, 2007 at TNA's Genesis pay-per-view (PPV) event. It was active until February 26, 2008 when the title belt was destroyed at the taping of the March 6, 2008 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact!.
| TNA World Beer Drinking Championship | |||||||||||
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 James Storm (pictured with the TNA World Tag Team Championship) introduced the TNA World Beer Drinking Championship. | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 11, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | February 26, 2008 (aired March 6, 2008) | ||||||||||
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It debuted as a part of a feud between James Storm and Eric Young; they were involved in a storyline that revolved around drinking beer. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match or backstage segment. There were three reigns among two wrestlers in the title's brief history. Storm was the first and last champion.
History
editThe TNA World Beer Drinking Championship was unveiled on November 11, 2007 at TNA's Genesis PPV event, during a backstage segment involving James Storm, Ms. Jackie, and Eric Young.[1] The storyline behind this title began on the October 25, 2007 episode of Impact!, where Storm defeated Young to advance in the 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament. During the contest, Ms. Jackie, who was accompanying Storm, interfered and helped Storm by standing on the ring apron and distracting Young. When Storm was about to attack Young from behind, Young jumped out of the way causing Storm to knock Ms. Jackie off the apron and to the floor. Afterwards, Young went to check on Ms. Jackie, thereby allowing Storm to gain the upper hand and win the match. Following the contest, Ms. Jackie and Storm gave Young a beer, which he guzzled down hastily.[2]
Leading up to Genesis, Young and Storm had a beer drinking contest on the November 1, 2007 episode of Impact!, after Storm lost to Kaz in a semi-final match of The 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament.[3] Young won the championship at Genesis, after Storm passed out during the segment.[4] This led to a bout between Storm and Young at TNA's Turning Point PPV event on December 2, 2007, which Young won.[5] Storm challenged Young to another drinking contest on the January 3, 2008 episode of Impact!.[6] On January 6, 2008 at TNA's Final Resolution PPV event, Storm and Young competed in what was called the Beer Drinking Championship Series, which was a series of drinking contests.[7]
The first round was a "never have I ever" round, in which the participants had to admit to experiences they had never been involved in. If the opponent had partaken in a similar action he was forced to drink a shot. Storm was the victor of this round. The second round was contested with both participants having beer bottles taped to their hands and neither being allowed to go to the bathroom. Young won after Storm wet himself, which was confirmed by Ms. Jackie, now named Jackie Moore. The third round involved the two drinking shots; it was won by Storm after Young passed out because Storm had drugged him. With Storm winning two contests to one, he earned the ability to determine their match at TNA's Against All Odds PPV event on February 10, 2008.[8] At Against All Odds, Young defeated Storm to retain the TNA World Beer Drinking Championship after Rhino interfered attacking Storm.[9] On the February 28, 2008 episode of Impact!, a Ladder match for the World Beer Drinking Championship was held between Storm and Young. Storm won the bout after Moore climbed a ladder and retrieved the championship for Storm without the referee seeing.[10] On the March 6, 2008 episode of Impact!, Rhino stole the title belt from Storm and bashed the belt across a ring post, thus destroying it and ending the storyline surrounding it.[11]
Belt designs
editWhen the title was revealed at Genesis, Chris Sokol of the Canadian Online Explorer spoke of its design in his review of the event. Sokol stated it looked like "a plastic spinner belt with a beer bottle attached to it." The belt was actually a toy WWE Championship.[12]
Reigns
editJames Storm was the first and last champion in the title's history. He also held the record for most reigns with two and the shortest reign in the history at one day. Eric Young holds the record for longest reign at 106 days. There were three reigns among two wrestlers in the title history.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | James Storm | November 11, 2007 | Genesis (2007) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | <1 | James Storm introduced the championship during a backstage drinking contest with Eric Young. | [13] |
| 2 | Eric Young | November 11, 2007 | Genesis (2007) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 106 | Eric Young took the championship after defeating James Storm in a drinking contest. | [14] |
| 3 | James Storm | February 25, 2008 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 1 | This was a Ladder match. This episode aired on tape delay on February 28, 2008 | [10] |
| — | Deactivated | March 6, 2008 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | — | — | Rhino destroys the championship belt, thus deactivating the title. This episode aired on tape delay on March 13, 2008. | [11] |
Combined reigns
edit| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Young | 1 | 106 |
| 2 | James Storm | 2 | 1 |
References
edit- ^ Wilkenfeld, Dan (2007-11-12). "11/10 TNA Genesis PPV report: Wilkenfeld's "alt perspective" analysis of entire event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2007-10-25). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 10/25: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2007-11-01). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 11/1: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ Keller, Wade (2007-11-11). "Keller's TNA PPV report 11/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV event from Orlando". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2011-04-11). "Chaos rules at Turning Point". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Keller, Wade (2008-01-05). "Keller's TNA Impact report 1/3: Four Gauntlet Matches, Styles's Conundrum, Final Resolution Hype". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ Xamin, Mark (2008-01-07). "Styles sides with Angle costing Cage at Final Resolution". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Martin, Adam (2008-01-06). "Final Resolution PPV results - 1/6 - Orlando, FL (Angle vs Cage, more)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2008-02-11). "Against All Odds: Angle still TNA champ". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Keller, Wade (2008-03-04). "Keller's TNA Impact report 2/28: Angle vs. Nash first-time ever, Storm vs. Young in ladder match, Awesome vs. Love". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ a b Keller, Wade (2008-03-09). "Keller's TNA Impact report 3/6: Christian vs. Angle in cage, Tomko vs. Joe first blood, Nash vs. Styles". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2007-11-12). "Booker T the surprise, but Angle still champ after Genesis". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Caldwell, James (2007-11-11). "Caldwell's TNA PPV report 11/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2007-11-11). "Genesis PPV results - 11/11 -Orlando, FL (Booker T debuts and more)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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