TNA International Championship

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The TNA International Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).[1] The current champion is Jason Hotch, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Mustafa Ali at on the July 30, 2026, episode of Thursday Night Impact!.

Date establishedMarch 29, 2025
Current championJason Hotch
Date wonJuly 30, 2026
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TNA International Championship
The standard design of the TNA International Championship belt
Details
PromotionTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
Date establishedMarch 29, 2025
Current championJason Hotch
Date wonJuly 30, 2026
Statistics
First championSteve Maclin
Most reignsSteve Maclin
(2 reigns)
Longest reignSteve Maclin
(162 days)
Shortest reignFrankie Kazarian
(16 days)
Oldest championFrankie Kazarian
(48 years, 53 days)
Youngest championChanning "Stacks" Lorenzo
(28 years, 279 days)
Heaviest championSteve Maclin
(227 lb (103 kg))
Lightest championTrey Miguel
(172 lb (78 kg))
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History

Inaugural and record two-time champion Steve Maclin.

On March 29, 2025, during the TNA Impact! tapings, Director of Authority Santino Marella stripped Steph De Lander of the TNA Digital Media Championship, retiring it while replacing it with the TNA International Championship.[1]

On April 10, 2025, it was announced that their will be four sets of triple threat matches to determine the inaugural TNA International Champion. On the April 10, 2025 episode of TNA Wrestling in the first round A. J. Francis defeated Mance Warner and Sami Callihan to advance in the inaugural championship tournament.[2] On April 17, 2025, at TNA Unbreakable in Las Vegas, Nevada in the semi finals Eric Young defeated Zachary Wentz and JDC via pinfall to advance.[3] On the same night in the semi finals Steve Maclin defeated Eddie Edwards and Ace Austin to advance.[3]

On April 17, 2025, in the TNA pay-per-view Unbreakable's main event, Steve Maclin became the inaugural TNA International Champion by defeating Eric Young and A. J. Francis via pinfall.[3]

Inaugural Championship Tournament

First Round
(TNA Impact!, April 10)
(Unbreakable, April 17)
Final
(Unbreakable, April 17)
Eddie Edwards9:55[3]
Ace Austin
Steve MaclinPin
Zachary Wentz8:50[3]Steve MaclinPin
JDCEric Young
Eric YoungPinA. J. Francis13:40[3]
A. J. FrancisPin
Mance Warner
Sami Callihan7:51[2]

Championship belt designs

The TNA International Championship belt design has a Light blue leather strap and a gold diamond shape center plate with a light blue earth in the middle of it indented with gold as the land with the red TNA logo in the middle of it with multiple country flags circling around the earth and the TNA logo and the word International at the top above all of it. There are a total of four side plates with two on each side between the center plate that are gold square oval shaped plates with a light blue earth in the middle of it indented with gold.[4]

Trey Miguel's custom design of the championship

On the February 19, 2026 episode of TNA Wrestling Trey Miguel debuted his custom Light green leather strap version of the TNA International Championship belt. Where the title design is the same as the original but with a light green strap (as that is Miguel's signature color on his gear) and the plates being silver instead of gold, while the earths on the plates are Light green with silver as the land instead of Light blue with gold as the land.[5][6]

Shortly after Trey Miguel debuted a second look of the green strap International belt where the plates are no longer silver but gold.[7]

Afterwards on the April 17, 2026 episode of TNA Impact the championship appearance reverted to its original look. After Mustafa Ali defeated Trey Miguel for the title at TNA pay-per-view Rebellion.[8]

Reigns

As of August 5, 2026, there have been seven reigns among six wrestlers. Steve Maclin was the inaugural champion and has the most reigns at two. Maclin's inaugural reign is the longest at 162 days, while Frankie Kazarian has the shortest reign at 16 days. Kazarian is also the oldest champion when he won the title at 48 years old, while Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo is the youngest champion when he won it at 28 years old.

Jason Hotch is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Mustafa Ali on July 30, 2026 during a live episode of Impact! in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[9]

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No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
1 Steve Maclin April 17, 2025 Unbreakable Paradise, NV 1 162 Defeated Eric Young and A. J. Francis in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2 Frankie Kazarian September 26, 2025 Victory Road Edmonton, AB 1 16 [10]
3 Steve Maclin October 12, 2025 Bound for Glory Lowell, MA 2 54 [11]
4 Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo December 5, 2025 Final Resolution El Paso, TX 1 70 [12]
5 Trey Miguel February 13, 2026 No Surrender Nashville, TN 1 57 This was Miguel's Feast or Fired cash-in match. [13]
6 Mustafa Ali April 11, 2026 Rebellion Cleveland, OH. 1 110 [14]
7 Jason Hotch July 30, 2026 Thursday Night Impact! Philadelphia, PA 1 6+ [9]
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Combined reigns

As of August 5, 2026.

Indicates the current champion
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