Year Ring name (Birth name) Accolades recognized by Impact Wrestling 2012 Sting (Steve Borden) One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, four-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion 2013 Kurt Angle One-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, one-time TNA X Division Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and two-time King of the Mountain winner (2007, 2009) 2015 Jeff Jarrett Co-founder of TNA, one-time AAA World Heavyweight Champion, six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion and three-time King of the Mountain winner (2004, 2006, 2015) 2015 Earl Hebner TNA's senior referee from 2006–2017 2016 Gail Kim Inaugural and seven-time TNA Knockouts Champion, one-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion and one-time Queen of the Knockouts winner (2013) 2018 Abyss (Christopher Parks) One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, two-time TNA Television Champion, one-time TNA X Division Champion, two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion and one-time Fight for the Right Tournament winner (2006)[12] 2020 Ken Shamrock One-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. First World Champion in the promotion's history[13]