The Ultimate X match is a type of professional wrestling match created by IMPACT Wrestling, mainly used in the X Division. It is considered the signature match of the X Division.
Ultimate X is contested by three or more wrestlers of the X Division. Two cables, connected to metal structures rising from the four corners of the ring, cross 15 feet above the middle of the ring. Similar to a ladder match, an object (usually a championship belt or a large red "X") is suspended from where the cables cross. The winner is the first person to take possession of the hung object. After TNA made the transition to a hexagonal ring in June 2004, the cables were suspended from the four turnbuckles that were not perpendicular to the entrance ramp.
TNA official Don Callis received on-screen credit for the idea for the Ultimate X match. The tagline "No Limits and No Ladders" was added to the first match to emphasize the change. In this first match, bare steel wires, which were not secured in the center, were used above the ring, allowing them to bounce separately and causing the belt to tear off twice, requiring it to be reattached. In all future matches, standard ring cables were used, and the ropes were secured at their crossing.
Elevation X[]
Elevation X was a variant of Ultimate X that combined the standard match with a scaffold match. It took place only twice, in 2007 and 2008, both at Destination X. In the shape of giant X, the platforms were raised 15 feet above the ring. The two participants would start at the ground level, climb their way up, and finish the match there. The loser is the wrestler who falls from the scaffold into the ring below. After 2008, the match would no longer be contested due to safety concerns. Rhino has participated in and won both matches as he defeated AJ Styles the first year and James Storm in the second and final year of the match. After the match was scrapped, the scaffolds would be occasionally used for Ultimate X matches, especially when there was a high number of wrestlers in the match.
Ultimate X matches[]
| No. | Match | Stipulation | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Shane defeated Chris Sabin (c) and Frankie Kazarian | For the TNA X Division Championship | NWA-TNA PPV #58 | August 20, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2 | Chris Sabin defeated Michael Shane (c), Christopher Daniels and Low Ki | For the TNA X Division Championship | NWA-TNA PPV #76 | January 7, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 3 | Chris Sabin (Team TNA) defeated Petey Williams (Team Canada) and Hector Garza (Team Mexico) | For the 2004 World X Cup | NWA-TNA PPV #96 | May 26, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 4 | Michael Shane and Frankie Kazarian defeated A.J. Styles (c) | For the TNA X Division Championship | NWA-TNA PPV #105 | July 28, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 5 | Chris Sabin defeated Elix Skipper and Sonjay Dutt | #1 Contender to the TNA X Division Championship | The Best Damn Wrestling Event Period | November 10, 2004 | Orlando, Florida |
| 6 | A.J. Styles defeated Petey Williams (c) and Chris Sabin | For the TNA X Division Championship | Final Resolution | January 16, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 7 | Christopher Daniels defeated A.J. Styles (c), Elix Skipper and Ron Killings | For the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | March 13, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 8 | Petey Williams defeated Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin | #1 Contender to the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 23, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 9 | Petey Williams defeated Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin | #1 Contender to the TNA X Division Championship | TNA iMPACT! | November 3, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 10 | Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe (c) and A.J. Styles | For the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | March 12, 2006 | Orlando, Florida |
| 11 | A.J. Styles & Christopher Daniels defeated Latin American Xchange (Hernandez & Homicide) | For the NWA World Tag Team Championship | No Surrender | September 24, 2006 | Orlando, Florida |
| 12 | Christopher Daniels defeated Jay Lethal, Kaz, Homicide, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy, Elix Skipper, Puma, Senshi and Petey Williams | #1 Contender to the TNA X Division Championship | Victory Road | July 15, 2007 | Orlando, Florida |
| 13 | Latin American Xchange (Hernandez & Homicide) defeated Triple X (Elix Skipper & Senshi) | #1 Contender to the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Bound for Glory | October 14, 2007 | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 14 | Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) & Johnny Devine defeated Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) | Final Resolution | January 6, 2008 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 15 | Volador Jr. (Team Mexico) defeated Daivari (Team International), Kaz (Team TNA) and Naruki Doi (Team Japan) | For the 2008 World X Cup Tournament | Victory Road | July 13, 2008 | Houston, Texas |
| 16 | Suicide defeated Alex Shelley (c), Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed | For the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | March 15, 2009 | Orlando, Florida |
| 17 | Amazing Red (c) defeated Homicide, Daniels, Suicide, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin | For the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 18, 2009 | Irvine, California |
| 18 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed) | #1 Contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship | TNA iMPACT! | October 22, 2009 | Orlando, Florida |
| 19 | Doug Williams (c) defeated Daniels, Suicide, Amazing Red and Chris Sabin | For the TNA X Division Championship | Live event | January 30, 2010 | London, England |
| 20 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated Generation Me (Jeremy Buck & Max Buck) | #1 Contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Destination X | March 21, 2010 | Orlando, Florida |
| 21 | Douglas Williams defeated Brian Kendrick by submission | For the TNA X Division Championship | Victory Road | July 11, 2010 | Orlando, Florida |
| 22 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm & Robert Roode) | TNA iMPACT! | August 5, 2010 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 23 | Kazarian defeated Mr. Anderson | TNA iMPACT! | October 21, 2010 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 24 | Kazarian defeated Jeremy Buck, Max Buck and Robbie E | For the TNA X Division Championship | Victory Road | March 13, 2011 | Orlando, Florida |
| 25 | Alex Shelley defeated Amazing Red, Robbie E and Shannon Moore | #1 Contender to the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | July 10, 2011 | Orlando, Florida |
| 26 | Brian Kendrick defeated Abyss | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | July 28, 2011 | Orlando, Florida |
| 27 | Austin Aries defeated Chris Sabin and Zema Ion | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | June 14, 2012 | Orlando, Florida |
| 28 | Zema Ion defeated Kenny King, Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt | For the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | July 8, 2012 | Orlando, Florida |
| 29 | Kenny King defeated Zema Ion, Rubix and Mason Andrews | One Night Only: X-Travaganza | January 12, 2013 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 30 | Chris Sabin defeated Kenny King and Suicide | For the TNA X Division Championship | Slammiversary XI | June 2, 2013 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 31 | Manik defeated Greg Marasciulo and Sonjay Dutt | For the Vacant TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | July 18, 2013 | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 32 | Chris Sabin defeated Manik (c) Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe and Austin Aries | For the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 20, 2013 | San Diego, California |
| 33 | Low Ki defeated Rashad Cameron, Kenny King, Ace Vedder, Sonjay Dutt and Tigre Uno | One Night Only: X-Travaganza | April 12, 2014 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 34 | The Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) defeated The Revolution (The Great Sanada & Manik) and The BroMans (DJZ & Jessie Godderz) | For the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Impact Wrestling | January 31, 2015 | London, England |
| 35 | Rockstar Spud defeated DJ Z, Kenny King, Tigre Uno, Crazzy Steve and Manik | One Night Only: X-Travaganza | February 15, 2015 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 36 | The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) defeated Beat Down Clan (Kenny King & Low Ki), Ethan Carter III & Bram and Bobby Roode & Austin Aries | For the Vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship | Impact Wrestling | March 16, 2015 | Orlando, Florida |
| 37 | Tigre Uno (c) defeated DJZ, Manik, and Andrew Everett | For the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 4, 2015 | Concord, North Carolina |
| 38 | Eddie Edwards defeated Mike Bennett (c), DJZ, Mandrews, Trevor Lee, Braxton Sutter, Rockstar Spud and Andrew Everett | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | June 15, 2016 | Orlando, Florida |
| 39 | DJZ defeated Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, Rockstar Spud, Mandrews and Braxton Sutter | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | September 1, 2016 | Orlando, Florida |
| 40 | The Helms Dynasty (Trevor Lee & Andrew Everett) defeated The BroMans (Jessie Godderz & Robbie E) | One Night Only: X-Travaganza | July 14, 2016 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 41 | Low Ki defeated Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee | Impact Wrestling | May 18, 2017 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 42 | Rich Swann defeated Ethan Page, Jake Crist and Trey Miguel | For the Vacant TNA X Division Championship | Homecoming | January 6, 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 43 | Johnny IMPACT defeated Ace Austin, Dante Fox, Jake Crist and Pat Buck | #1 Contender for the IMPACT X Division Championship | United We Stand | April 4, 2019 | Rahway, New Jersey |
| 44 | Josh Alexander (c) defeated Ace Austin, Chris Bey, Petey Williams, Rohit Raju and Trey Miguel | For the IMPACT X Division Championship | Slammiversary | July 17, 2021 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 45 | Tasha Steelz defeated Alisha Edwards, Chelsea Green, Jordynne Grace, Lady Frost and Rosemary | #1 Contender for the IMPACT Knockouts World Championship | Hard to Kill | January 8, 2022 | Dallas, Texas |
| 46 | Trey Miguel defeated Blake Christian, Chris Bey, Jordynne Grace, Rich Swann and Vincent | For the IMPACT X Division Championship | Multiverse of Matches | April 1, 2022 | Dallas, Texas |
| 47 | Mike Bailey defeated Ace Austin (c), Kenny King, Trey Miguel, Andrew Everett and Alex Zayne | For the IMPACT X Division Championship | Slammiversary | June 19, 2022 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 48 | The ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defeated Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) | For the IMPACT World Tag Team Championships | Rebellion | April 16. 2023 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 49 | KUSHIDA defeated Alan Angels, Jake Something, Jonathan Gresham, Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey | #1 Contender for the IMPACT X Division Championship | Slammiversary | July 15, 2023 | Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| 50 | Alan Angels defeated Ace Austin, Mike Bailey, Rich Swann, Samuray Del Sol and Zachary Wentz | #1 Contender for the IMPACT X Division Championship | IMPACT! 1000 | September 21, 2023 | White Plains, New York |
| 51 | Gisele Shaw defeated Alisha Edwards, Dani Luna, Jody Threat, Tasha Steelz and Xia Brookside | #1 Contender for the TNA Knockouts World Championship | Hard to Kill | January 13, 2024 | Las Vegas, Nevada |