Impact Digital Media Championship

The Impact Digital Media Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It is an intergender championship, open to both male and female wrestlers.[1][2][3] The current and longest reigning champion is Joe Hendry in his first reign.

Impact Digital Media Championship
The Impact Digital Media Championship belt
Details
PromotionImpact Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 30, 2021
Current champion(s)Joe Hendry
Date wonOctober 22, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)Jordynne Grace
Most reignsAll Title Holders (1)
Longest reignJoe Hendry
(200+ days)
Shortest reignRich Swann
(34 days)
Oldest championBrian Myers
(37 years, 72 days)
Youngest championJordynne Grace
(25 years, 232 days)
Heaviest championJoe Hendry
(250 lb (110 kg))
Lightest championJordynne Grace
(150 lb (68 kg))

History
Inaugural champion Jordynne Grace

Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament (2021)

On the September 30 episode of Impact!, the Impact Digital Media Championship was introduced and it was announced that an intergender tournament will be held with the inaugural champion being crowned in the final at Bound for Glory. The first round matches aired on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Impact Plus and on YouTube for Impact Ultimate Insider members, before being distributed to the public across all social media platforms 24 hours later.[4][5]

First round

Final

*Madison Rayne replaced Tenille Dashwood, who was removed from match.[9]

Reigns

As of May 10, 2023, there have been five reigns between five champions. Jordynne Grace was the inaugural champion. Grace is also the youngest champion at the age of 25, while Brian Myers is the oldest, winning the title at 37.

Joe Hendry is the current and longest reigning champion in his first reign. He defeated Brian Myers on October 22, 2022 in Sunrise Manor, Nevada during the Impact tapings to win the title (aired on tape delay on November 10, 2022).[11]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Jordynne Grace October 23, 2021 Bound for Glory Sunrise Manor, NV 1 90 Defeated Chelsea Green, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, John Skyler, and Madison Rayne in a tournament final intergender six-way match to become the inaugural champion. [10]
2 Matt Cardona January 21, 2022 Impact! Pembroke Pines, FL 1 127 The episode aired on tape delay on February 3, 2022. [12]
3 Rich Swann May 28, 2022 Wrestling Revolver's Vegas Vacation Las Vegas, NV 1 34 This was an event promoted by The Wrestling Revolver. [13]
4 Brian Myers July 1, 2022 Against All Odds Atlanta, GA 1 113 This was a Dot Combat match. [14]
5 Joe Hendry October 22, 2022 Impact! Sunrise Manor, NV 1 200+ The episode aired on tape delay on November 10, 2022. [15]

Combined reigns
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Joe Hendry +1200+
2 Matt Cardona1127
3 Brian Myers1113
4 Jordynne Grace190
5 Rich Swann134

References
  1. "Impact announces new championship, single elimination tournament".
  2. "Video: Impact Announces New Digital Media Championship".
  3. "IMPACT! on AXS TV Results: September 30, 2021".
  4. Impact Wrestling Staff (September 30, 2021). "First-Ever IMPACT Digital Media Champion Set to Be Crowned in Single-Elimination Tournament". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  5. Lambert, Jeremy (September 30, 2021). "IMPACT Wrestling Introduces Digital Media Championship, Tournament Announced To Crown First Champ". Fightful. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  6. Lambert, Jeremy (October 6, 2021). "First Two Names Advance In IMPACT Digital Media Championship Tournament". Fightful. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  7. Lambert, Jeremy (October 13, 2021). "Two More Names Advance In IMPACT Digital Media Championship Tournament". Fightful. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  8. Lambert, Jeremy (October 20, 2021). "Final Two Participants Qualify For IMPACT Digital Media Title Match At IMPACT Bound For Glory". Fightful. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  9. Impact Wrestling Staff (October 22, 2021). "Who Will Leave Countdown to Glory as the First-Ever Digital Media Champion?". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  10. Moore, John (October 23, 2021). "10/23 Moore's Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory live review: Christian Cage vs. Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mickie James for the Knockouts Title, Steve Maclin vs. Trey Miguel vs. El Phantasmo for the vacant X Division Title, Call Your Shot gauntlet". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  11. Another Spoiler From Tonight’s Impact Wrestling Taping - 411 Mania.com
  12. Nason, Josh (January 21, 2022). "Impact Wrestling Friday TV taping spoilers: Bullet Club, new ROH faction members". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  13. Guerrero, Diego (May 29, 2022). "Rich Swann gana el IMPACT Digital Media Championship en el evento Wrestling REVOLVER Vegas Vacation 2022". Solo Wrestling (in Spanish). Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  14. Kerin, Ben (May 28, 2022). "New Impact Digital Media Champion Crowned". 411Mania. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  15. Another Spoiler From Tonight’s Impact Wrestling Taping - 411 Mania.com
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