One of the many ways wrestling promotions try to stand out from the crowd is by creating unique match types which can only be seen on their shows.
An example of this being the Ultimate X match which takes place during shows by Impact wrestling.
DAZN breaks down the rules of this particular stipulation and its history withing Impact wrestling.
Ultimate X match rules
An Ultimate X match is usually contested by three wrestlers in the X Division.
Initially the match saw two cables connected to metal structures on the four corners of the ring and like a ladder match, an object, either a championship belt or a large red 'X', was suspended where the cables crossed.
But when Impact wrestling made the transition to a hexagonal ring in June 2004, the cables were then suspended from the four turnbuckles that were not perpendicular to the entrance.
The three wrestlers would then compete to try and grab the suspended object.
How to win an Ultimate X match
The winner of an Ultimate X match would be the first wrestler to claim possession of the hung object.
Ultimate X match history
| No. | Match | Stipulation | Event | Date | Location |
| 1 | Michael Shane def. Chris Sabin (c) and Frankie Kazarian | For the TNA X Division Championship | Weekly PPV 59 | August 20, 2003 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 2 | Chris Sabin def. Michael Shane (c), Christopher Daniels, and Low Ki | For the TNA X Division Championship | Weekly PPV 76 | January 7, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 3 | Chris Sabin (Team TNA) def. Hector Garza (Team Mexico) and Petey Williams (Team Canada) | For the 2004 TNA World X Cup | Weekly PPV 99 | May 26, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 4 | Frankie Kazarian and Michael Shane def. A.J. Styles (c) | For the TNA X Division Championship | Weekly PPV 108 | July 28, 2004 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 5 | Chris Sabin def. Elix Skipper and Sonjay Butt | Number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship | The Best Damn Wrestling Event Period | November 10, 2004 | Orlando, Florida |
| 6 | A.J. Styles def. Petey Williams (c) and Chris Sabin | For the TNA X Division Championship | Final Resolution | January 16, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 7 | Christopher Daniels def. 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 def. Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley | Number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 23, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 9 | Petey Williams def. Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley | Number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship | TNA Impact! | November 3, 2005 | Orlando, Florida |
| 10 | Christopher Daniels def. Samoa Joe (c) and A.J. Styles | For the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | March 12, 2006 | Orlando, Florida |
| 11 | A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels def. The Latin American Exchange (Hernandez and Homicide) | For the NWA World Tag Team Championship | No Surrender | September 24, 2006 | Orlando, Florida |
| 12 | Christopher Daniels def. Elix Skipper, Homicide, Jay Lethal, Kaz, Petey Williams, Puma, Senshi, Shark Boy, and Sonjay Dutt | Number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship | Victory Road | July 15, 2007 | Orlando, Florida |
| 13 | The Latin American Exchange def. Triple X (Elix Skipper and Senshi) | Number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Bound for Glory | October 14, 2007 | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 14 | Johnny Devine and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) def. Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) | Final Resolution | January 6, 2008 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 15 | Volador Jr (Team Mexico) def. Daivari (Team International), Kaz (Team TNA), and Naruki Doi (Team Japan) | For the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament | Victory Road | July 13, 2008 | Houston, Texas |
| 16 | Suicide (Christopher Daniels) def. Alex Shelley (c), Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, and Jay Lethal | For the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | March 15, 2009 | Orlando, Florida |
| 17 | Amazing Red (c) def. Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels, Homicide, and Suicide (Frankie Kazarian) | For the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 18, 2009 | Irvine, California |
| 18 | The Motor City Machine Guns def. Lethal Consequences (Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal) | Number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship | TNA Impact! | October 22, 2009 | Orlando, Florida |
| 19 | Douglas Williams (c) def. Amazing Red, Chris Sabin, and Suicide (Frankie Kazarian) | For the TNA X Division Championship | Live event | January 30, 2010 | London, England |
| 20 | The Motor City Machine Guns def. Generation Me (Jeremy Buck and Max Buck) | Number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Destination X | March 21, 2010 | Orlando, Florida |
| 21 | Douglas Williams (c) def. Brian Kendrick by submission | For the TNA X Division Championship | Victory Road | July 11, 2010 | Orlando, Florida |
| 22 | The Motor City Machine Guns def. Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) | TNA Impact! | August 5, 2010 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 23 | Kazarian def. Mr Anderson | TNA Impact! | October 21, 2010 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 24 | Kazarian (c) def. Jeremy Buck, Max Buck, and Robbie E | For the TNA X Division Championship | Victory Road | March 13, 2011 | Orlando, Florida |
| 25 | Alex Shelley def. Amazing Red, Robbie E, and Shannon Moore | Number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | July 10, 2011 | Orlando, Florida |
| 26 | Brian Kendrick (c) def. Abyss | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | July 28, 2011 | Orlando, Florida |
| 27 | Austin Aries (c) def. Chris Sabin and Zema Ion | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | June 14, 2012 | Orlando, Florida |
| 28 | Zema Ion def. Kenny King, Mason Andrews, and Sonjay Dutt | For the vacant TNA X Division Championship | Destination X | July 8, 2012 | Orlando, Florida |
| 29 | King Kenny def. Mason Andrews, Rubix, and Zema Ion | X-Travaganza | January 12, 2013 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 30 | Chris Sabin def. Kenny King (c) and Suicide (T.J. Perkins) | For the TNA X Division Championship | Slammiversary XI | June 2, 2013 | Orlando, Florida |
| 31 | Manik def. Greg Marasciulo and Sonjay Dutt | For the vacant TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | July 18, 2013 | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 32 | Chris Sabin def. Manik (c), Austin Aries, Jeff Hardy, and Samoa Joe | For the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 20, 2013 | San Diego, California |
| 33 | Low Ki def. Ace Vedder, Kenny King, Rashad Cameron, Sonjay Dutt, and Tigre Uno | X-Travaganza 2 | April 12, 2014 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 34 | The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) def. The Revolution (The Great Sanada and Manik) and The BroMans (DJZ and Jessie Godderz) | For the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Impact Wrestling | January 30, 2015 | London, England |
| 35 | Rockstar Spud def. Crazzy Steve, DJ Z, Kenny King, Manik, and Tigre Uno | X-Travaganza 3 | February 15, 2015 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 36 | The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) def. The Dirty Heels (Austin Aries and Bobby Roode), Bram and Ethan Carter III, and The Beat Down Clan (Kenny King and Low Ki) | For the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship | Impact Wrestling | March 16, 2015 | Orlando, Florida |
| 37 | Tigre Uno (c) def. Andrew Everett, DJZ, and Manik | For the TNA X Division Championship | Bound for Glory | October 4, 2015 | Concord, North Carolina |
| 38 | Eddie Edwards def. Mike Bennett (c), Andrew Everett, Braxton Sutter, DJZ, Mark Andrews, Rockstar Spudd, and Trevor Lee | For the TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | June 15, 2016 | Orlando, Florida |
| 39 | DJZ def. Andrew Everett, Braxton Sutter, Mark Andrews, Rockstar Spud and Trevor Lee | For the vacant TNA X Division Championship | Impact Wrestling | September 1, 2016 | Orlando, Florida |
| 40 | The Helms Dynasty (Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee) def. The BroMans | X-Travaganza 4 | July 14, 2016 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 41 | Low Ki def. Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee | Impact Wrestling | May 18, 2017 | Orlando, Florida | |
| 42 | Rich Swann def. Ethan Page, Jake Crist, and Trey Miguel | For the vacant Impact X Division Championship | Homecoming | January 6, 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| 43 | Johnny Impact def. Ace Austin, A. R. Fox, Jake Crist, and Pat Buck | Number one contender for the Impct X Division Championship | United We Stand | April 4, 2019 | Rahway, New Jersey |
| 44 | Josh Alexander (c) def. 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 def. Alisha Edwards, Chelsea Green, Jordynne Grace, Lady Frost, and Rosemary | Number one contender for the Impact Knockouts Championship | Hard To Kill | January 8, 2022 | Dallas, Texas |
| 46 | Trey Miguel (c) def. 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 def. Ace Austin (c), Alex Zayne, Andrew Everett, Kenny King and Trey Miguel | For the Impact X Division Championship | Slammiversary | June 19, 2022 | Nashville, Tennessee |
Can I watch IMPACT on DAZN in my country?
The great news is that IMPACT Wrestling will be available in most parts of the world, including countries with big IMPACT fan followings such as the UK, Ireland and Canada!
For a rundown of which countries will not have IMPACT on DAZN, please see below.
IMPACT on DAZN: Excluded countries
IMPACT has signed a deal with DAZN worldwide, except for the following countries:
United States, India, American Samoa, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Helena and Ascension Island, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
In addition, select countries (including Germany) will be excluded from the deal for the time being due to contractual obligations elsewhere. Please watch this space for updates, if you reside in a country that isn't listed above but nonetheless does not have IMPACT appear on the DAZN app.
Will IMPACT be exclusive to DAZN?
The following countries will be able to watch IMPACT Wrestling exclusively on DAZN:
Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden.
Everywhere else, IMPACT will be non-exclusive or unavailable on DAZN (see above list of exclusions)
Which IMPACT shows will be on DAZN and when?
DAZN will air:
- IMPACT! The weekly flagship television show lands on DAZN the day after it has aired in the United States, except for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, who can watch the episodes seven days after they first air in the US.
- Before The IMPACT! The weekly show, which airs just before the main IMPACT! offering in the United States, will also land on DAZN the following day. For this show, that includes the above CIS countries.
- IMPACT! in 60: The weekly archive show will also be available each week on DAZN.
Can I watch IMPACT PPV events on DAZN?
All 12 annual specials - including eight events such as Throwback Throwdown and Sacrifice, and four tentpole events - Hard To Kill, Rebellion, Slammiversary and Bound For Glory - will arrive on DAZN seven days after they first air.
Will DAZN show PPV events live in the future?
Watch this space!
Can I watch classic IMPACT! and TNA on DAZN?
Select matches, shows and classic moments from the 20-year-plus IMPACT! archives will indeed be available not only on the DAZN subscription service, but via DAZN social media channels including Twitter and YouTube.
Where can I watch the entire IMPACT/TNA archive on demand?
Check out iMPACT's own service, IMPACT Plus, for full unrestricted access to the 20-year-plus archive.