X Division

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The X Division is a high-flying, high-risk style of professional wrestling seen in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Its high-flying style had been one of the key reasons viewers tuned into the former-WCW and ECW promotion's cruiserweight divisions.

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Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this style are under 220 lb (100 kg) by calling it a cruiserweight division, TNA decided to emphasize the high risk nature of the moves these wrestlers perform (there is no upper weight limit on the X Division title, though in practice most, though not all, of the champions have been cruiserweights).

To further emphasize this point, the slogan "It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits" (coined by TNA commentator Mike Tenay during the company's first broadcast) is used to describe the division. Although it was de-emphasized throughout 2004 and 2006, the X Division is generally regarded as one of the key attractions of TNA, and was replicated in several independent promotions.

In November 2005, it was revealed that the X Division wrestlers consider that the division wrestlers are governed by an unwritten "code" (in some ways mimicking the Code of Honor used by Ring of Honor). A.J. Styles confronted Samoa Joe, accusing him of breaching the code by violently attacking his tag team partner Christopher Daniels following their victory at TNA Genesis. Joe would go on to attack Styles, and declare he had no respect for the code.

The X Division is showcased yearly in TNA's DVD series "The Best of The X Division".

Main article: Ultimate X match

The X-Division's special attraction match is Ultimate-X. Similar to a ladder match (usually triple threat or fatal four way), the Ultimate X has the belt (or sometimes a giant red letter X) hanging in the center of the ring via cables suspended from metal poles, or as of late, a tall metal structure.

As the X Division was developed during a time when TNA was a part of the National Wrestling Alliance, many other NWA promotions adopted their own X Division title.

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