8 Innovations TNA/Impact Brought To American Wrestling
1. The X Division
Ah, the X Division.
Coming off the back of both WCW and ECW utilising a high-flying style as an important feature of their events, the X Division has provided us with some of the all-time greats to come through the company, some of which are regarded as some of the very best in the world. From AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels to The Amazing Red and Ace Austin, there's rarely been a shortage in star power.
Take this into consideration; the only Impact Wrestling match to ever receive the coveted five stars from Dave Meltzer was the famous X-Division Championship Triple Threat Match between Styles, Daniels, and Samoa Joe at the 2005 Unbreakable pay-per-view. That it's still fondly remembered to this day is no surprise.
In terms of the unique matches on offer from this division, we have the Ultimate X Match, the Elevation X Match, the Steel Asylum Match, the Xscape Match. Some of Impact's greatest ever stipulations stem from this division, the Ultimate X being the most distinguished.
Overall, the X Division will forever be the biggest saving grace on offer from the Impact Zone. Even in their darkest days when the company was rumoured to be going under, the division was still producing banger after banger.