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.
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[edit] Results
[edit] 2004
[edit] 2005
| Turning Point 2005 | ||
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| 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 chronology | ||
| Turning Point 2004 | Turning Point 2005 | Turning Point 2006 |
Turning Point 2005 took place on December 11, 2005 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[1]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- 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.
- Hoyt Replaced Jeff Hardy, who no-showed after he missed his flight.
- 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 an 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 | ||
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| 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 chronology | ||
| Turning Point 2005 | Turning Point 2006 | Turning Point 2007 |
Turning Point 2006 took place on December 10, 2006 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The tagline was "It's Damn Real".
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Pre-Show match: Lance Hoyt and Ron Killings defeated Serotonin (Maverick Matt, Kazarian and Johnny Devine) (w/Raven) (4:37)
- Killings pinned Kazarian after an Axe Kick.
- Paparazzi Championship Series - Elimination match: Senshi defeated Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, Austin Starr and Jay Lethal (14:38)
- Dutt forced Shelley to submit with a camel clutch (7:52)
- Senshi pinned Lethal after a Warrior's Way (8:50)
- Starr pinned Dutt after a 450° splash (13:12)
- Senshi pinned Starr with a roll-up (14:38)
- As the winner of the match, Senshi received five points towards the Series. Starr received four points, Dutt three points, Lethal two points, and Shelley one point.
- Eric Young defeated Ms. Brooks (w/Robert Roode) in a Bikini contest after the fans of Orlando voting him as the winner.
- After the contest, Robert Roode sent Eric Young into the ropes for an attack but Eric Young ducked and bailed from the ring heading to the back.
- Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin (w/Jerry Lynn as Special Guest Referee) to retain the TNA X Division Championship (12:27)
- Daniels pinned Sabin after a Best Moonsault Ever.
- A.J. Styles defeated Rhino (7:31)
- Styles pinned Rhino with a roll-up after faking a knee injury.
- The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (w/Konnan) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (w/Gail Kim) in a Flag match (10:42)
- LAX won the match by hanging the Mexican Flag above the ring, thus earning the right to have the Mexican National Anthem played in the arena.
- Abyss (w/James Mitchell) defeated Sting and Christian Cage (w/Tomko) in a Triple Threat match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (11:55)
- Abyss pinned Sting after a Black Hole Slam.
- Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle (19:17)
- Joe forced Angle to submit with a Coquina Clutch.
[edit] 2007
| Turning Point 2007 | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | December 2, 2007 | |
| Venue | iMPACT! Zone | |
| City | Orlando, Florida | |
| Attendance | 900 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Genesis 2007 | Turning Point 2007 | Final Resolution 2008 |
| Turning Point chronology | ||
| Turning Point 2006 | Turning Point 2007 | Turning Point 2008 |
Turning Point 2007 took place on December 2, 2007 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[2] The tagline was "Silent Night...Bloody Night".
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Johnny Devine and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) in a Tables Match (15:00)
- Lethal put Devine through a table with a Diving Elbow Drop but referee Mark "Slick" Johnson was knocked out. While the referee was knocked out, Team 3D put Devine on top of Lethal and woke up the referee.
- Angelina Love and Velvet Sky defeated ODB and Roxxi Laveaux (6:08)
- Love pinned Laveaux after a combination Russian Legsweep from Sky and Mafia Kick from Love.
- Eric Young defeated James Storm (w/Jackie Moore) (12:23)
- Young pinned Storm with a sunset flip.
- Scott Steiner, Senshi, B.G. James and Petey Williams won the Feast or Fired Battle Royal (11:55)
- Other participants: Shark Boy, Lance Hoyt, Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, Homicide, Hernandez, Kip James, Jimmy Rave, Chris Harris, and Sonjay Dutt
- There were four briefcases in the corners; one had a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, one had a shot at the TNA X Division Championship, one had a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the other contained a pink slip.
- Christopher Daniels defeated Senshi on the December 6 edition of iMPACT! with Elix Skipper as the special referee, to win Senshi's briefcase.
- The contents of the cases were revealed on the December 13 edition of iMPACT!. Petey Williams was awarded a TNA World Heavyweight Championship title shot, B.G. James was awarded a TNA World Tag Team Championship shot, Scott Steiner was awarded an TNA X Division Championship title shot, and Christopher Daniels was given the pink slip.
- Gail Kim defeated Awesome Kong by disqualification to retain the TNA Women's World Championship (8:49)
- Kong was disqualified after shoving referee Andrew Thomas and excessively choking Kim in the corner.
- Abyss and Raven defeated Rellik and Black Reign in a Match of 10,000 Tacks (14:45)
- Abyss pinned Rellik after a Black Hole Slam onto tacks.
- Rhino was originally scheduled to be Abyss' partner, but pulled out due to injury.
- Kaz and Booker T (w/Sharmell) defeated Christian Cage and Robert Roode (w/Ms. Brooks) (15:58)
- Booker pinned Cage after an Axe Kick.
- Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash and Eric Young, defeated The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) (w/Karen Angle) (9:32)
- Joe pinned Tomko after a Muscle Buster.
- Scott Hall was scheduled to be part of the match, but was replaced by Young after Hall no-showed.[3]
[edit] 2008
[edit] References
- ^ Martin, Finn. "Power Slam Magazine", TNA Turning Point (2005), SW Publishing, 2005-01-21, p. 22.
- ^ TNA Turning Point 2007. TNAWrestling.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
- ^ Rajah.com - Scott Hall Update: Kevin Nash's Reaction & More Backstage News
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