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The '''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) World Heavyweight Championship''' is the primary [[professional wrestling]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).

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|date_of_birth=[[1 April]], [[1929]]

|place_of_birth=[[Portland, Oregon]], [[USA]]

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'''Jane Powell''' (born [[April 1]], [[1929]]) is an American [[singer]], entertainer and [[actor]]. She was the petite blonde with an operatic singing voice in many [[MGM]] musicals in the [[1940s]] and [[1950s]].

==History==

Born '''Suzanne Lorraine Burce''' in [[Portland, Oregon]], she sang on the radio as a child, and performed in theater before her film career began in [[1944]]. She appeared in her first film, ''Song of the Open Road'' (1944), at age 15. Her first MGM musical was ''Holiday in Mexico'' ([[1946]]), which brought her to the public's attention, and she was later billed as the co-star in several films including ''[[A Date with Judy]]'' (1948), and ''Nancy Goes to Rio'' (1950).

===The start of the company===

In 2002, [[Jeff Jarrett]] and [[Jerry Jarrett]] formed [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|National Wrestling Alliance: Total Nonstop Action]], in the process negotiating a licensing deal with the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA) that granted them rights to the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] and the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]].

TNA withdrew from the NWA in 2004, but secured the right to continue to use the two NWA championships until 2014. TNA were permitted to use the titles any way they saw fit, without requiring approval of the NWA Board of Directors. While these titles were still defended in several NWA territories and federations, control of the titles was exclusive to TNA.

Powell got the chance to sing and dance with [[Fred Astaire]] in ''[[Royal Wedding]]'' (1951), when she was brought in as a replacement for both [[June Allyson]] and [[Judy Garland]]. Her best known film is probably ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' ([[1954]]), which gave her the opportunity to play a more mature character than previous films. Her other films include: ''Rich, Young and Pretty'' (1951), ''Small Town Girl'' (1953), ''Three Sailors and a Girl'' (1953), ''[[Athena (film)|Athena]]'' (1954), ''Deep in My Heart'' (1954), ''[[Hit the Deck]]'' (1955), and ''The Girl Most Likely'' (1957). In 1956 Powell recorded a song, "True Love", that rose to 107 on the pop charts, according to the [[Joel Whitburn]] compilation. This was her only single to make the charts.

===Title creation—NWA title vacated===

By the end of the 1950s, [[Hollywood]] musicals began to lose popularity, and her film career ended. Since then Powell has continued to work in television, radio, and live performances. Her stage roles include the touring productions of [[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]], [[The Sound of Music]], [[Oklahoma!]], [[My Fair Lady]], [[Carousel]], ''The Girl Next Door and How She Grew'', and [[Irene]], in which she made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut, following [[Debbie Reynolds]] in the title role.

The agreement ended early on [[May 13]] [[2007]] when the NWA and TNA agreed to end their ongoing business relationship, with the NWA formally stripping the reigning NWA World Heavyweight Champion of the title. The champion, [[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]], continued to be recognized as the champion by TNA, thus becoming the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion. A new championship belt was unveiled on TNA's website on [[May 15]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1246|title=TNA Today Exclusive: New World Heavyweight Title Revealed|date=2007-05-15|accessdate=2007-05-15|author=Banks, B.|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]}}</ref>

==Statistics==

During the 1960s and 1970s Powell appeared regularly on [[television]]. For example, she did a stint as one of the [[What's My Line? Mystery Guests]] on the popular Sunday Night [[CBS-TV]] program. Later, Powell appeared as a guest panelist on the same show.

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|'''Record holder:'''

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|Most reigns

|[[Kurt Angle]]

|2

|N/A

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|Longest reign

|[[Kurt Angle]]

|1 day<!-- As of June 18, 2007. -->

|Current

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|Shortest reign

|[[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]]

|<1 day

|Cage, the NWA Champion, was stripped of the title and immediately named the TNA Champion. Cage was then defeated by Kurt Angle later that night.

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|Oldest champion

|[[Kurt Angle]]

|38 years, 224 days

|N/A

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|Youngest champion

|[[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]]

|33 years, 163 days

|N/A

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|Heaviest champion

|[[Kurt Angle]]

|238 lb (108 kg)

|N/A

|----

|Lightest champion

|[[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]]

|228 lb (103 kg)

|N/A

|}

==Current champion==

Powell lives in [[Connecticut]], with her fifth husband, former child actor [[Dickie Moore (actor)|Dick Moore]]. She still acts and performs to the present day, most recently in a 2002 episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.

The current champion is [[Kurt Angle]], who is in his first reign. He defeated [[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]], [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]], [[Samoa Joe]] and [[A.J. Styles]] in a [[King of the Mountain match]] at [[TNA Slammiversary (2007)|Slammiversary]] on [[June 17]], [[2007]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].

==See also==

She has four children from her first two marriages.

*[[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions]]

*[[List of TNA World Heavyweight Championship reigns by length]]

*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]

==References==

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==External Links==

*''[[Song of the Road]]'' ([[1944]])

*[http://www.cygywrestling.com/titlehistories/tnaworldheavyweighttitle.html CygyWrestling.com - TNA World Heavyweight Title History]

*''[[Delightfully Dangerous]]'' ([[1945]])

*''[[Holiday in Mexico]]'' ([[1946]])

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*''[[Luxury Liner]]'' ([[1948]])

*''[[Three Daring Daughters]]'' ([[1948]])

[[Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling championships]]

*''[[A Date with Judy (film)|A Date with Judy]]'' ([[1948]])

[[Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships]]

*''[[Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.]]'' ([[1949]]) (short subject)

*''[[Nancy Goes to Rio]]'' ([[1950]])

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*''[[Two Weeks with Love]]'' ([[1950]])

[[it:TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]

*''[[Royal Wedding]]'' ([[1951]])

*''[[Rich, Young and Pretty]]'' ([[1951]])

*''[[Small Town Girl]]'' ([[1953]])

*''[[Three Sailors and a Girl]]'' ([[1953]])

*''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' ([[1954]])

*''[[Athena (film)|Athena]]'' ([[1954]])

*''[[Deep in My Heart]]'' ([[1954]])

*''[[1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration]]'' ([[1955]]) (short subject)''[[The Girl Most Likely]]'' ([[1957]])

*''[[The Female Animal]]'' ([[1958]])

*''[[Enchanted Island (film)|Enchanted Island]]'' ([[1958]])

*''[[Tubby the Tuba]]'' ([[1976]]) (voice)

*''[[Marie (film)|Marie]]'' ([[1985]])

*''[[Picture This (film)|Picture This]]'' ([[1999]])

*''[[Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There]]'' ([[2003]]) (documentary)