TNA Wrestling begins Knockouts TV Championship tournament with several familiar faces vying for title

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced on Sunday at Slammiversary a tournament would take place to crown the first Knockouts TV champion.

TNA legend Traci Brooks addressed the Boston crowd with the news of the new championship hitting the women’s division. She said a 16-woman tournament would begin on "Impact" on Thursday. The belt would also be defended exclusively on the television show.

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The bracket features some fresh faces to TNA and wrestlers fans may be familiar with.

Indi Hartwell vs. Vicki Venuto, Harley Hudson vs. Thea Hail, Elayna Black vs. Wendy Choo and M by Elegance vs. Rosemary on the left side of the bracket. Jade Stone vs. Alisha Edwards, Jody Threat vs. Gabby Forza, Mara Sadè vs. Tasha Steelz and Heather by Elegance vs. Allie on the other side.

The winner of the tournament will begin their first reign as Knockouts TV champion.

The first matches will be aired on AMC on Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET.

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Heather by Elegance will take on Allie. The two met at Slammiversary for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, which Allie and Rosemary won over Heather and M by Elegance. In the second match, Sadè takes on Steelz.

"Impact" is also expected to feature matches between Leon Slater and Eddie Edwards, Ryan Nemeth vs. KC Navarro and an X Division Championship No. 1 contenders match with Fabian Aichner, Mr. Elegance, BDE, Rich Swann and Home Town Man.

New TNA world champion Nic Nemeth, TNA women’s champion Xia Brookside and Ricky Sosa are expected to address the crowd as well.