TNA Turning Point

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Turning Point is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of December. It originated in 2004 as TNA's second ever monthly pay-per-view event, after TNA Victory Road.

Over the first two years, Turning Point has earned a reputation for having at least one outstanding match on the show that will be in contention for "match of the year" honors. The America's Most Wanted vs. Triple X steel cage match from 2004 and the Sabu vs. Abyss barbed wire match from 2005 both earned "TNA Match of the Year" honors as voted by the fans, while the Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle match for 2006 placed high in several MOTY awards rankings, including PWTorch and Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

1 2004
2 2005
3 2006
4 External links

[edit] 2004

Turning Point 2004

Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	December 5, 2004
Venue	Universal Orlando Resort
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	700
Pay-per-view chronology
Victory Road 2004	Turning Point 2004	Final Resolution 2005

Turning Point 2004 took place on December 5, 2004 from Soundstage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. Both the promotional poster and DVD cover prominently featured Monty Brown.

Pre-Show match: The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated Mikey Batts and Jerrelle Clark (4:21)
- Stevens pinned Batts after a Natural Disaster.
Team Canada (Eric Young and Bobby Roode) (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated 3Live Kru (B.G. James and Ron Killings) (w/Konnan) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (8:30)
- Roode pinned James following interference from Johnny Devine.
Sonny Siaki, Héctor Garza and Sonjay Dutt defeated Kid Kash, Michael Shane and Kazarian (w/Traci Brooks) (11:01)
- Garza pinned Kazarian after a corkscrew moonsault.
Monty Brown defeated Abyss in a Serengeti Survival match (12:17)
- Brown won after an Alabama Slam on Abyss onto the thumbtacks.
Pat Kenney and Johnny B. Badd defeated The New York Connection (Johnny Swinger and Glenn Gilberti) (w/Trinity) (w/Jacqueline as Special Guest Referee) (7:50)
- Badd pinned Gilberti after a TKO.
Diamond Dallas Page defeated Raven (12:03)
- Page pinned Raven after a Diamond Cutter.
Petey Williams (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated Chris Sabin to retain the TNA X Division Championship (18:11)
- Williams pinned Sabin after hitting him with brass knuckles.
Jeff Hardy, A.J. Styles, and Randy Savage defeated The Kings of Wrestling (Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (17:52)
- Savage pinned Jarrett with a small package.
America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in a Six Sides of Steel match (21:01)
- Storm pinned Skipper after a Powerplex.
- Per the pre-match stipulation, Triple X was forced to disband following the match.

[edit] 2005

Turning Point 2005

Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	December 11, 2005
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	900
Pay-per-view chronology
Genesis 2005	Turning Point 2005	Final Resolution 2006

Turning Point 2005 took place on December 11, 2005 from the iMPACT! Zone (Soundstage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort) in Orlando, Florida. The promotional poster and DVD cover prominently featured Team 3D.

Pre-Show match: Lance Hoyt and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated Buck Quartermain, Jon Bolen and Joe Doering (7:11)
- Hoyt pinned Bolen after a Blackout.
Sabu defeated Abyss (w/James Mitchell) in a Barbed Wire Massacre (10:58)
- Sabu pinned Abyss after an Arabian Facebuster with Abyss sandwiched between two barbed wire boards.

Austin Aries and Matt Bentley (w/Traci) defeated Alex Shelley and Roderick Strong (8:03)
- Bentley pinned Strong after a Superkick.
Raven defeated Chris K (5:49)
- Raven pinned K after a Raven Effect DDT.
Team Canada (Petey Williams, Eric Young, Bobby Roode and A-1) (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated 4Live Kru (B.G. James, Konnan, Ron Killings and Kip James) (7:16)
- Roode pinned Kip after Konnan hit Kip with a steel chair.
- After the match, Konnan hit B.G. with a chair as well.
Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Dale Torborg (w/A.J. Pierzynski) defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (Simon Diamond, David Young and Elix Skipper) (7:58)
- Sabin pinned Diamond after a Cradle Shock and a Hindu Press from Dutt.
- After the match, Johnny Damon handed Pierzynski a home plate to use as a weapon against Diamond.
- Bobby Heenan provided guest commentary for the match.
Christian Cage defeated Monty Brown (12:38)
- Cage pinned Brown after a Unprettier to become #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) in a Tables match (10:20)
- Team 3D eliminated Storm with a Death Sentence and Harris with a 3D.
Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles to win the TNA X Division Championship (18:54)
- Joe made Styles pass out to the Coquina Clutch.
- After the match, Joe continued to attack Styles until Christopher Daniels came out to make the save.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Rhino to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (17:29)
- Jarrett pinned Rhino after a Stroke onto several chairs.

[edit] 2006

Turning Point 2006

Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	December 10, 2006
Venue	iMPACT! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	900
Pay-per-view chronology
Genesis 2006	Turning Point 2006	Final Resolution 2007

Turning Point 2006 took place on December 10, 2006 from the iMPACT! Zone (Soundstage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort) in Orlando, Florida. Promotional items for the event featured Kurt Angle. The tagline was It's Damn Real.