Posted on 10/12/126 by Colin Vassallo
It was a bad night for champions last night at Bound For
Glory as all reigning champions who walked in with titles
around their waist, left Tampa with nothing to show for.
Bound For Glory had five title matches, with five new
champions crowned, including one for a vacant championship.
A seven-way scramble for the vacant TNA X Division title
kicked things off and the newly minted TNA Hall of Famer
Amazing Red won the title, his fourth reign with this
particular championship. The X Division title was vacated by
Leon Slater a few months ago to go for the TNA World title.
Zoey Serrano and Shayna Baszler the former WWE team known as
Pure Fusion Collective, also won the TNA Knockouts Tag Team
titles on their first try. It was Baszler’s TNA debut and
the two beat Allie and Kiera Hogan, ending their title reign
after 105 days. Hogan replaced Rosemary as a champion
following an injury.
Jason Hotch became the new TNA International champion in a
four-way match involving The Order members John Skyler,
Special Agent 0, and then-champion Mustafa Ali. Ali lasted
49 days as champion, with Hotch regain the title he lost at
Lockdown.
Indi Hartwell dethroned Xia Brookside for the TNA Knockouts
title in a match where TNA Hall of Famer Mickie James served
as the special guest referee. This is Hartwell’s first run
with the championship, ending Brookside’s 105-day reign
after she won it at Slammiversary.
And last and certainly not least, Leon Slater became the
youngest TNA World champion ever after he defeated Nic
Nemeth in the main event. This was Slater’s “Option C,”
where he vacated the X Division title in exchange for a TNA
World title opportunity. Nemeth’s reign also lasted 105
days, winning it at Slammiversary from Mike Santana.