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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The OGK (Wrestling/MattTaven and Wrestling/MikeBennett)''' since September 1, 2022

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The OGK (Wrestling/MattTaven '''[[Wrestling/HeathSlater Heath]] and Wrestling/MikeBennett)''' [[Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} Rhino]]''' since September 1, October 20, 2022
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{ThemeTune}} We own the night!]] [[note]]The current theme music of Impact's weekly show introduced in the Summer of 2020]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{ThemeTune}} We own the night!]] [[note]]The current theme music of Impact's weekly show introduced in the Summer of 2020]]
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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''Death Dollz (Taya Valkyrie and Jessicka)''' since August 12, 2022

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''Death Dollz (Taya Valkyrie and Jessicka)''' since August 12, October 7, 2022
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* '''X-Division Champion:''' '''Mike Bailey''' since June 19, 2022

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* '''X-Division Champion:''' '''Mike Bailey''' '''Wrestling/FrankieKazarian''' since June 19, October 7, 2022



* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''VXT (Deonna Purrazzo and Chelsea Green)''' since August 12, 2022

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''VXT (Deonna Purrazzo '''Death Dollz (Taya Valkyrie and Chelsea Green)''' Jessicka)''' since August 12, 2022
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** Taken UpToEleven in 2019: Thanks to new management introduced the previous year, Impact has slowly begun to make a resurgence. Meanwhile, ROH lost their top talent to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, held events that received mixed-to-negative reviews and earned low buyrates, and was embroiled in a handful of controversies.[[note]]In particular, Joey Mercury revealed ROH allowed then-women's champion Kelly Klein to wrestle dispute suffering a concussion, and promptly fired her despite the fact that Klein still held the title.[[/note]]

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** Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated in 2019: Thanks to new management introduced the previous year, Impact has slowly begun to make a resurgence. Meanwhile, ROH lost their top talent to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, held events that received mixed-to-negative reviews and earned low buyrates, and was embroiled in a handful of controversies.[[note]]In particular, Joey Mercury revealed ROH allowed then-women's champion Kelly Klein to wrestle dispute suffering a concussion, and promptly fired her despite the fact that Klein still held the title.[[/note]]
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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''[[Wrestling/BulletClub The Good Brothers]] ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' since June 19, 2022

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''[[Wrestling/BulletClub The Good Brothers]] ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] '''The OGK (Wrestling/MattTaven and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' Wrestling/MikeBennett)''' since June 19, September 1, 2022
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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Good Brothers ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' since June 19, 2022

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The '''[[Wrestling/BulletClub The Good Brothers Brothers]] ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' since June 19, 2022
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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''VXT (Deonna Purazzo and Chelsea Green)''' since August 12, 2022

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''VXT (Deonna Purazzo Purrazzo and Chelsea Green)''' since August 12, 2022
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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''VXT (Deonna Purazzo and Chealsea Green)'' since August 12, 2022

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''VXT (Deonna Purazzo and Chealsea Green)'' Chelsea Green)''' since August 12, 2022
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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rosemary Rosemary]] and Taya Valkyrie''' since June 19, 2022

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rosemary Rosemary]] '''VXT (Deonna Purazzo and Taya Valkyrie''' Chealsea Green)'' since June 19, August 12, 2022
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* InSeriesNickname: "[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeerAndTheIslandOfMisfitToys The Island of the Misfit Toys]]", coined by Wrestling/EddieEdwards.
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** The faction wars of 2022 between Bullet Club (heels who can play faces vs. other heels because EvilIsCool), Honor No More (heels, with two soon-to-turn-face members in PCO and Vincent) and Violent By Design (unambiguous heels).
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** The Desi Hit Squad was this, made up of Rohit Raju and Raj Singh (the legit son of Stampede legend "Great" Gama Singh), along with Gursinder Singh who disappeared after a while. After that stable broke up, Rohit was a downplayed example.
*** Raj came back to play it straight in 2021, with Impact mainstay Shera as his muscle, and clashed initially with babyface Indian wrestler Bhupinder Gujjar.
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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''Rich Swann''' since May 29, 2022

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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''Rich Swann''' '''Brian Myers''' since May 29, July 1, 2022
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* TokenGoodTeammate: PCO in Honor No More; he's technically with the heel group, but so over for his bumps that he's able to convincingly play babyface against guys like Moose and Steve Maclin.
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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie''' since June 19, 2022

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''Rosemary '''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/Rosemary Rosemary]] and Taya Valkyrie''' since June 19, 2022
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* '''X-Division Champion:''' '''Ace Austin''' since April 23, 2022

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* '''X-Division Champion:''' '''Ace Austin''' '''Mike Bailey''' since April 23, June 19, 2022



* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''Wrestling/{{The Briscoe|Brothers}}s''' since May 7, 2022
* '''Knockouts Champion:''' '''Tasha Steelz''' since March 5, 2022
* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Influence (Wrestling/TenilleDashwood and Wrestling/MadisonRayne)''' since March 5, 2022

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''Wrestling/{{The Briscoe|Brothers}}s''' '''The Good Brothers ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' since May 7, June 19, 2022
* '''Knockouts Champion:''' '''Tasha Steelz''' '''Jordynne Grace''' since March 5, June 19, 2022
* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Influence (Wrestling/TenilleDashwood '''Rosemary and Wrestling/MadisonRayne)''' Taya Valkyrie''' since March 5, June 19, 2022
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Matt Cardona dropped the DM belt last week.


* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''Wrestling/MattCardona''' since February 3, 2022

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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''Wrestling/MattCardona''' '''Rich Swann''' since February 3, May 29, 2022
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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Briscoes''' since May 7, 2022

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Briscoes''' '''Wrestling/{{The Briscoe|Brothers}}s''' since May 7, 2022
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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''[[Wrestling/ZackRyder Matt Cardona]]''' since February 3, 2022

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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''[[Wrestling/ZackRyder Matt Cardona]]''' '''Wrestling/MattCardona''' since February 3, 2022
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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''Violent by Design (Wrestling/EricYoung and Joe Doering)''' since March 5, 2022

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''Violent by Design (Wrestling/EricYoung and Joe Doering)''' '''The Briscoes''' since March 5, May 7, 2022
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* '''Impact World Champion:''' '''[[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]]''' since October 23, 2021
* '''X-Division Champion:''' '''Trey Miguel''' since October 23, 2021

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* '''Impact World Champion:''' '''[[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]]''' '''Josh Alexander''' since October April 23, 2021
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* '''X-Division Champion:''' '''Trey Miguel''' '''Ace Austin''' since October April 23, 20212022
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* Spotlighting women's wrestling. The Knockouts division was once regarded as the best source for women's wrestling on national television.
* Attracting a number of ex-WWE, WCW, and ECW talent during their heydays, most prominently Wrestling/KurtAngle and Wrestling/{{Sting}}.

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* Spotlighting women's wrestling. The Knockouts division was once regarded as the best source for women's wrestling on national television.
television. Nowadays, whilst WWE has the market mostly cornered on amazing women's matches since 2016, Impact still prominently features its women in a natural way.
* Attracting a number of ex-WWE, WCW, and ECW talent during their heydays, most prominently Wrestling/KurtAngle and Wrestling/{{Sting}}. This would either lead to a CareerResurrection (Christian Cage, The Pope, Ethan Carter III) or attract the company derision for pushing the new free agent who was clearly phoning it in over homegrown talent (Booker T, Junior Fatu, ''so'' many others).
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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Good Brothers ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' since July 17, 2021
* '''Knockouts Champion:''' '''Wrestling/MickieJames''' since October 23, 2021
* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''The [=IInspiration=] ([[Wrestling/BillieKay Jessie McKay]] and [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce Cassie Lee]])''' since October 23, 2021

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* '''World Tag Team Champions:''' '''The Good Brothers ([[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Doc Gallows]] '''Violent by Design (Wrestling/EricYoung and Wrestling/KarlAnderson)''' Joe Doering)''' since July 17, 2021
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* '''Knockouts Champion:''' '''Wrestling/MickieJames''' '''Tasha Steelz''' since October 23, 2021
March 5, 2022
* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''The [=IInspiration=] ([[Wrestling/BillieKay Jessie McKay]] Influence (Wrestling/TenilleDashwood and [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce Cassie Lee]])''' Wrestling/MadisonRayne)''' since October 23, 2021
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* AnimalMotifs: Owls, [[FanNickname appropriately dubbed the LOWLTNA]], since the company's makeover by Anthem. [[https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/L_AiDa117Eqq1lEUYPDRkC3hSuw=/0x0:497x369/1020x680/filters:focal(210x146:288x224):format(webp)/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/53465841/AnthemImpact.0.png This was their first logo]].

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* AnimalMotifs: Owls, [[FanNickname appropriately dubbed the LOWLTNA]], LOWLTNA, since the company's makeover by Anthem. [[https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/L_AiDa117Eqq1lEUYPDRkC3hSuw=/0x0:497x369/1020x680/filters:focal(210x146:288x224):format(webp)/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/53465841/AnthemImpact.0.png This was their first logo]].
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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''Jordynne Grace''' since October 23, 2021

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* '''Digital Media Champion:''' '''Jordynne Grace''' '''[[Wrestling/ZackRyder Matt Cardona]]''' since October 23, 2021February 3, 2022

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cleaned up the history section


!!History
NWA : TNA's original business model was concentric on offering low-priced, weekly pay-per-view events broadcasting out of "The Asylum", the nickname for the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena located in Nashville, which was the Jarretts' stomping grounds. Unfortunately, they were unable to attract enough regular buyers to turn a profit, and eventually they was bought out by a power-plant company called Panda Energy. With the considerable financial backing of their new owners, TNA would slowly cut ties from the NWA, changing their name to "Total Nonstop Action Wrestling" (TNA) in 2004, and creating their own championship titles after their agreement to use the NWA's titles came to an end in May 2007. In October 2002, TNA launched their first television series called ''Xplosion!'', which was used to promote the weekly [=PPVs=].

In May 2004, TNA got a new TV deal with Creator/{{Fox}} [=SportsNet=] and began to take on a contemporary business model. TNA's new flagship program, ''iMPACT!'' (later known as ''Impact Wrestling'' from 2011 to 2017), premiered in June 2004, and the company would eventually adopt monthly pay-per-views. When the Fox deal expired in May of 2005, ''Impact'' became a WebOriginal for a few months until Creator/SpikeTV picked up the series in October. This new deal with Spike was lucrative enough for TNA to finally make a profit thanks to television licensing fees. For nine years (2004-2013), TNA taped its programing at the "Impact Zone", a soundstage at Ride/UniversalStudios Florida, while occasionally hosting [=PPVs=] and other events across the U.S and other countries.

While "Impact Zone"'s static location maximized production values at minimum cost, TNA could not make money from entry tickets because it was classified as a theme park attraction. Beginning in March 2013, TNA attempted to permanently leave Universal Studios and tape ''Impact!'' on the road, but they could not sell enough tickets to cover the travel costs. Not only would TNA be forced to return to the Impact Zone, the company would also make drastic cutbacks in almost every area of business. Spike would continue to air TNA programming until the end of 2014.

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!!History
NWA :
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!!NWA Era
TNA's original business model was concentric concentrated on offering low-priced, weekly pay-per-view events broadcasting out of "The Asylum", the nickname for the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena located in Nashville, which was the Jarretts' stomping grounds. Unfortunately, they were unable to attract enough regular buyers to turn a profit, and eventually they was bought out by a power-plant company called Panda Energy. With the considerable financial backing of their new owners, TNA would slowly cut ties from the NWA, changing their name to "Total Nonstop Action Wrestling" (TNA) in 2004, and creating their own championship titles after their agreement to use the NWA's titles came to an end in May 2007. In October 2002, TNA launched their first television series called ''Xplosion!'', which was used to promote the weekly [=PPVs=].

In May 2004, TNA got a new TV deal with Creator/{{Fox}} [=SportsNet=] and began to take on a contemporary business model. TNA's new flagship program, ''iMPACT!'' (later known as ''Impact Wrestling'' from 2011 to 2017), premiered in June 2004, and the company would eventually adopt monthly pay-per-views. When the Fox deal expired in May of 2005, ''Impact'' became a WebOriginal for a few months until Creator/SpikeTV picked up the series in October. This new deal with Spike was lucrative enough for TNA to finally make a profit thanks to television licensing fees. For nine years (2004-2013), TNA taped its programing at the "Impact Zone", a soundstage at Ride/UniversalStudios Florida, while occasionally hosting [=PPVs=] and other events across the U.S and other countries.

!! Impact Zone Era
While "Impact Zone"'s static location maximized production values at minimum cost, TNA could not make money from entry tickets because it was classified as a theme park attraction. That ultimately did little to dissuade TNA, as while the booking could be a bit mercurial, it quickly began to distinguish itself on Spike by both snapping up established talent from WCW and ECW, such as Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner, but also talents that were either on their way out from the WWE or looking for their big break on TV from ROH; such as Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, and AJ Styles. Supplementing all of this was the "X-Division", an openweight division largely known for it's high work-rate and excellent opening matches on PPVs; showcasing smaller, cruiserweight talent in a way that had previously only been done in WCW. Things were progressing smoothly for TNA, though never entirely free from controversy or haphazard decisionmaking, it produced a competent alternative to the Fed's content that fans fell in love with.

And then, in October of 2009, President Dixie Carter announced that TNA had signed up with Wrestling/EricBischoff and Wrestling/HulkHogan.

!!Hogan Era
Hogan and Bischoff were hired primarily to be creative consultants, but that also meant they mostly had the ability to do what they wanted, which was felt right away. Their tenure featured a litany of very unpopular changes throughout 2010; less focus on the talents that had come to define TNA and more on friends of Bischoff and Hogan, the loss of the beloved six-sided ring, nonsensical invasion angles, and an increased dependence on purely ex-WWE talent to attempt to draw crowds, all wrapped up in a disastrous attempted switch to being promoted live opposite to Monday Night RAW, which crushed it soundly through every week, before they returned to Thursday nights without any fanfare. This would coincide with a series of negative business decisions that all but ensured TNA's gains were for naught; they would never again see the kind of highs they had seen in the late 00's.

Beginning in March 2013, TNA attempted to permanently leave Universal Studios and tape ''Impact!'' on the road, but they could not sell enough tickets to cover the travel costs. Not only would TNA be forced to return to the Impact Zone, the company would also make drastic cutbacks in almost every area of business. business, and fans could feel it. An exodus of talent would occur throughout late 2013, and Spike would continue to air TNA programming until the end of 2014.
2014, when it refused to renew it's contract with the company.

!! Channel Hopping Sagas and Anthem Sale



!! Anthem Era



After the Pop deal ended, Impact's weekly TV show began airing on the Anthem-owned Pursuit Channel in 2019, in addition to streaming on Twitch to make for the former's low distribution. Later that year, Anthem bought a majority share of AXS TV, prompting ''Impact!'' to move to the network on October 29.

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After the Pop deal ended, Impact's weekly TV show began airing on the Anthem-owned Pursuit Channel in 2019, in addition to streaming on Twitch to make for the former's low distribution. Later that year, Anthem bought a majority share of AXS TV, prompting ''Impact!'' to move to the network on October 29.
29, where they have been ever since.
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* '''Impact World Champion:''' '''Moose''' since October 23, 2021

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* '''Impact World Champion:''' '''Moose''' '''[[Wrestling/QuinnOjinnaka Moose]]''' since October 23, 2021
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* '''Impact World Champion:''' '''Josh Alexander''' since October 23, 2021

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* '''Impact World Champion:''' '''Josh Alexander''' '''Moose''' since October 23, 2021
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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''The [=IInspiration=] ([[Wrestling/BillieKay Jessica McKay]] and [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce Cassie Lee]])''' since October 23, 2021

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* '''Knockouts Tag Team Champions:''' '''The [=IInspiration=] ([[Wrestling/BillieKay Jessica Jessie McKay]] and [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce Cassie Lee]])''' since October 23, 2021

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