Ranking Every TNA/Impact Wrestling Heavyweight Champion From Worst To Best

11. Bully Ray

Bully Ray
TNA

Bully Ray made himself the top star in TNA long before he had the belt to prove it, with a terrific post-Team 3D run culminating in him being revealed as the leader of the evil Aces & Eights group in one of the stronger (if slightly silly) pay-per-view payoffs of the year.

Not the first but arguably the best of the Impact heels to have all the cards, Ray was a total piece of sh*t with that strap slung over his shoulder. Chris Sabin and eventually AJ Styles were heroes reborn for taking it from his evil clutches.

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