After a period of inactivity during which Blanchard missed multiple tapings due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions, her contract was terminated by Impact Wrestling and she was stripped of the title.
This was a 30 minute Iron Man match. On March 2, 2017 (aired on March 9), Alberto El Patron defeated Lashley in a controversial fashion to win the championship, now referred as Impact World Heavyweight Championship due TNA changing name and becoming Impact Wrestling.
This was a 3-way also including Drew Galloway and Jeff Hardy as special guest referee. Hardy pinned Galloway, thus ECIII remains unpinned and unsubmitted.
If Magnus was counted out or disqualified he would lose the championship.
Abyss was banned from ringside.
If anyone interfered in the match they would have been fired.
Angle defeated Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, and Chris Harris in a King of the Mountain match to win the vacant championship. After the event, Angle's reign and the vacancy was no longer recognized by TNA, and thus is viewed to be the start of the championship's history.
Angle was stripped of the championship due to a double-fall result of the three way encounter at Sacrifice. This episode aired on tape delay on May 17, 2007.
This was a Three Way match, which also involved Sting and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage for what was referred to as the "World Heavyweight Championship". On the May 17, 2007 episode of Impact!, Angle was announced as the new "TNA World Heavyweight Champion".