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King of the Mountain match

Professional wrestling match type

Summary

Professional wrestling match type

The King of the Mountain match (Queen of the Mountain when female wrestlers are involved) is a professional wrestling match exclusive to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Match format

The TNA ring before a King of the Mountain match with the "penalty box" cage on the right.

The five competitors in the match start out as "ineligible" to win. In order to become "eligible", a wrestler must score a pinfall or submission on an opponent. The opponent who submits or is pinned is forced to spend two minutes in the "penalty box" cage. More than one wrestler can be in the cage. This often results in wrestlers fighting inside the cage or forming some sort of alliance.

Once "eligible", the wrestler may win the match by retrieving the match's prize (usually a championship belt) and hanging it on the hook suspended above the ring with the aid of ladders stationed outside the ring. An official maintains possession of the belt and circles the ring, staying out of the action as much as possible. When a wrestler wishes to hang the belt, he must retrieve it from the official. Once the belt is in play, any other wrestler who is eligible may attempt to steal the belt and hang it. Once the belt has been dropped and no wrestler is attempting to hang it, a referee returns the belt to the official.

These modified rules make King/Queen of the Mountain essentially a reverse ladder match, as the competitors attempt to hang the belt instead of retrieving it.

Stats

As of 2016, Jeff Jarrett has won the most King of the Mountain matches with three, winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice in the process. Also, Samoa Joe is the only wrestler to retain a world championship (The TNA World Heavyweight Championship), while Suicide, Eric Young and Bram are the only other wrestlers to retain a championship in the match (Suicide retained the X Division Championship while Eric Young and Bram retained the King of the Mountain Championship).

Queen of the Mountain

At Slammiversary (2022), the first-ever Queen of the Mountain match took place, with Jordynne Grace defeating champion Tasha Steelz, along with Chelsea Green, Deonna Purrazzo and Mia Yim to win the Impact Knockouts Championship. Four-time Knockouts World Champion Mickie James was the match's enforcer.

Match history

King of the Mountain

#	Match	Stipulations	Event	Date	Location	Ref
1	Jeff Jarrett defeated Ron Killings (c), A.J. Styles, Raven and Chris Harris	For the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	TNA Weekly PPV 97	June 2, 2004	Nashville, TN
2	Raven defeated A.J. Styles (c), Monty Brown, Abyss and Sean Waltman	For the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Slammiversary 2005	June 19, 2005	Orlando, FL
3	Jeff Jarrett defeated Christian Cage (c), Abyss, Ron Killings and Sting	For the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Slammiversary 2006	June 18, 2006	Orlando, FL
4	Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage and Chris Harris	For the inaugural TNA World Heavyweight Championship	Slammiversary 2007	June 17, 2007	Nashville, TN
5
(X Division)	Kaz defeated Chris Sabin, Curry Man, Jimmy Rave and Johnny Devine	For a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship match	TNA Impact!	June 5, 2008	Orlando, FL	url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/796/84/	title=iMPACT: Cage/Rhino v Booker/Roode/X Division King of the Mountain	last=Banks	first=Bill	date=2008-05-30	publisher=TNAwrestling.com	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531144448/http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/796/84/	archive-date=2008-05-31	url-status=dead	access-date=2008-05-30}}
6	Samoa Joe (c) defeated Robert Roode, Booker T, Rhino and Christian Cage	For the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	Slammiversary 2008	June 8, 2008	Southaven, MS
7
(X Division)	Suicide (c) defeated Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley	For the TNA X Division Championship	Slammiversary 2009	June 21, 2009	Auburn Hills, MI	url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1515/84/	title=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on Spike TV! - New Slammiversary Matches Announced	access-date=2009-05-31	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601064930/http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1515/84	archive-date=2009-06-01	url-status=dead }}
8	Kurt Angle defeated Mick Foley (c), Jeff Jarrett, A.J. Styles and Samoa Joe	For the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	Slammiversary 2009	June 21, 2009	Auburn Hills, MI
9	Jeff Jarrett defeated Matt Hardy, Eric Young, Drew Galloway and Bobby Roode	For the reactivated TNA King of the Mountain Championship	Slammiversary 2015	June 28, 2015	Orlando, FL
10	PJ Black defeated Lashley, Chris Mordetzky, Eric Young and Robbie E	For the vacant TNA King of the Mountain Championship	Impact Wrestling	August 12, 2015	Orlando, FL
11	Eric Young (c) defeated Will Ospreay, Big Damo, Bram and Jimmy Havoc	For the TNA King of the Mountain Championship	Impact Wrestling	March 8, 2016	Birmingham, England
12	Bram (c) defeated Eli Drake, Andrew Everett, Jessie Godderz and Eddie Edwards	For the TNA King of the Mountain Championship	Impact Wrestling	May 3, 2016	Orlando, FL

Queen of the Mountain

#	Match	Stipulations	Event	Date	Location	Ref
1	Jordynne Grace defeated Tasha Steelz (c), Chelsea Green, Deonna Purrazzo and Mia Yim	For the Impact Knockouts World Championship	Slammiversary (2022)	June 19, 2022	Nashville, Tennessee

Participant list

King of the Mountain

Wrestler	Victories	Appearances
Jeff Jarrett	3	4
Kurt Angle	2	2
Kaz	1	1
Suicide	1	1
PJ Black	1	1
Raven	1	2
Bram	1	2
Samoa Joe	1	3
Eric Young	1	3
Monty Brown	0	1
Sean Waltman	0	1
Sting	0	1
Curry Man	0	1
Jimmy Rave	0	1
Johnny Devine	0	1
Booker T	0	1
Rhino	0	1
Jay Lethal	0	1
Consequences Creed	0	1
Alex Shelley	0	1
Mick Foley	0	1
Matt Hardy	0	1
Drew Galloway	0	1
Lashley	0	1
Chris Mordetzky	0	1
Will Ospreay	0	1
Big Damo	0	1
Jimmy Havoc	0	1
Eli Drake	0	1
Andrew Everett	0	1
Eddie Edwards	0	1
Robbie E	0	1
Jessie Godderz	0	1
Ron Killings	0	2
Abyss	0	2
Chris Harris	0	2
Chris Sabin	0	2
Robert/Bobby Roode	0	2
Christian Cage	0	3
A.J. Styles	0	4

Queen of the Mountain

Wrestler	Victories	Appearances
Jordynne Grace	1	1
Chelsea Green	0	1
Deonna Purrazzo	0	1
Mia Yim	0	1
Tasha Steelz	0	1

References

(2022-05-12). "Celebrate 20 Years of IMPACT Wrestling at Slammiversary LIVE June 19th on Pay-Per-View".
Banks, Bill. (2008-05-30). "iMPACT: Cage/Rhino v Booker/Roode/X Division King of the Mountain". TNAwrestling.com.
"Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on Spike TV! - New Slammiversary Matches Announced".
Powell, Jason. (June 19, 2022). "6/19 Impact Wrestling Slammiversary results: Powell's live review of Josh Alexander vs. Eric Young for the Impact World Championship, Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship, Queen of the Mountain match for the Knockouts Title, The Briscoes vs. Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson for the Impact Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net.

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