TNA Sacrifice

Sacrifice is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of May. The first one was held in August 2005. When event names were shuffled by TNA for 2006, the event was moved to May. Sacrifice has had a tradition of being the final round of tournaments. Sacrifice 2005 saw Samoa Joe defeat A.J. Styles to win the Super X Cup. Sacrifice 2006 was the final round of the World X Cup Tournament. Sacrifice 2008 continued the tradition with the finals of the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament. All Events have been held inside the Impact! Zone.

Contents 1 Events 2 Results 2.1 2005 2.2 2006 2.3 2007 2.4 2008 2.5 2009 2.6 2010 2.7 2011 3 References 4 External links

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
01 !1	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2005)	02005-08-14 August 14, 2005	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Jeff Jarrett and Rhino vs. Raven and Sabu in a Tag Team match
02 !2	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2006)	02006-05-14 May 14, 2006	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Christian Cage (c) vs. Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
03 !3	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2007)	02007-05-13 May 13, 2007	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Christian Cage (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Sting in a 3-Way Dance for the World Heavyweight Championship
04 !4	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2008)	02008-05-11 May 11, 2008	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Samoa Joe (c) vs. Kaz vs. Scott Steiner in a 3-Way Dance for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
05 !5	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2009)	02009-05-24 May 24, 2009	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Mick Foley (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle vs Sting in a Four Way Ultimate Sacrifice match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
06 !6	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2010)	02010-05-16 May 16, 2010	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Rob Van Dam (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	[1]
07 !7	Sacrifice !Sacrifice (2011)	02011-05-15 May 15, 2011	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Sting (c) vs. Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	[2]
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match

Results

2005

Sacrifice (2005)
Promotional poster featuring Raven
Tagline(s)	"Pain"
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	August 14, 2005
Attendance	775[3]
Venue	TNA Impact! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
No Surrender (2005) Sacrifice (2005) Unbreakable
Sacrifice chronology
First Sacrifice (2005) Sacrifice (2006)

Sacrifice (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 14, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Sacrifice chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

• Pre-Show Match: Apolo and Sonny Siaki defeated Mikey Batts and Jerrelle Clark (04:25)
  • Siaki pinned Batts after a Gorilla press slam/Cutter combination.
• Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Shark Boy defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (Simon Diamond, David Young and Elix Skipper) (07:24)
  • Sabin pinned Skipper with a Small Package.
• Alex Shelley defeated Shocker (08:55)
  • Shelley pinned Shocker with his feet on the ropes.
• Abyss (with James Mitchell) defeated Lance Hoyt (09:12)
  • Abyss pinned Hoyt after a Black Hole Slam.
• 3Live Kru (Ron Killings and Konnan) defeated Kip James and Monty Brown (with B.G. James as Special Guest Referee) (07:31)
  • Konnan pinned Kip after a Facejam after B.G. James intercepted Kip's chair and attacked him.
• Christopher Daniels defeated Austin Aries (09:30)
  • Daniels pinned Aries after the Angel's Wings.
  • Aries was selected in an internet poll over Roderick Strong, Jay Lethal and Matt Sydal.
• Jerry Lynn defeated Sean Waltman (15:23)
  • Lynn pinned Waltman with a Victory Roll.
  • After the match, an irate Waltman attacked Lynn until Shark Boy, Chris Sabin, and Sonjay Dutt came out to help Lynn.
• Team Canada (Petey Williams, Bobby Roode, Eric Young and A-1) (with Coach D'Amore) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) and The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (with Jimmy Hart) in an Eight Man Tag Team match (11:10)
  • Roode pinned Stevens with a Small Package.
• Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles to win the 2005 Super X Cup Tournament (15:05)
  • Joe forced Styles to submit with the Coquina Clutch to earn a shot at the TNA X Division Championship.
• Jeff Jarrett and Rhino defeated Raven and Sabu (13:09)
  • Rhino pinned Raven after a Gore through a table set up in the corner.

2006

Sacrifice (2006)
Tagline(s)	Global Turmoil
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	May 14, 2006
Attendance	900
Venue	TNA Impact! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Lockdown (2006) Sacrifice (2006) Slammiversary (2006)
Sacrifice chronology
Sacrifice (2005) Sacrifice (2006) Sacrifice (2007)

Sacrifice (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on May 14, 2006 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Sacrifice chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

• Jushin Liger (with Black Tiger IV, Minoru Tanaka, and Hirooki Goto) defeated Petey Williams (with Eric Young, Johnny Devine, and Tyson Dux) in a World X Cup match (07:16)
  • Liger pinned Williams after a CTB.
• America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (15:30)
  • Harris pinned Styles after hitting him with a nightstick thrown down from the rafters by Gail Kim.
• Raven defeated A-1 (with Larry Zbyszko) (05:19)
  • Raven pinned A-1 after a Raven Effect DDT.
• Bobby Roode (with Coach D'Amore) defeated Rhino (12:07)
  • Roode pinned Rhino after a Northern Lariat.
• The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (09:35)
  • B.G. pinned Devon after hitting him with a lead pipe.
• Petey Williams won a World X Cup Gauntlet (19:21)
  • Also in the match: Minoru Tanaka, Puma, Chris Sabin, Hirooki Goto, Incognito, Johnny Devine, Sonjay Dutt, Black Tiger IV, Magno, Eric Young, Alex Shelley, Jushin Liger, Shocker, Tyson Dux, and Jay Lethal.
  • Williams pinned Puma after a Canadian Destroyer.
  • After the match, Kevin Nash entered the ring and delivered a Jackknife Powerbomb to Puma.
• Sting and Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner (with Gail Kim) (14:24)
  • Joe pinned Jarrett after a Muscle Buster.
  • After the match, Steiner and Jarrett attacked Sting until The James Gang, Rhino, and Christopher Daniels (among others) came out to help Sting.
• Christian Cage defeated Abyss (with James Mitchell) in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (26:01)
  • Cage grabbed the belt to win the match and reclaim the physical title belt, which had been stolen by Abyss at Lockdown.

2007

Sacrifice (2007)
Promotional poster featuring Scott Steiner, Tomko, and Christian Cage
Tagline(s)	"Give Nothing... but Take All"
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	May 13, 2007
Attendance	900
Venue	TNA Impact! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Lockdown (2007) Sacrifice (2007) Slammiversary (2007)
Sacrifice chronology
Sacrifice (2006) Sacrifice (2007) Sacrifice (2008)

Sacrifice (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on May 13, 2007 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Sacrifice chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

• Chris Sabin defeated Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt in a Three Way match to retain the TNA X Division Championship (13:00)
  • Sabin pinned Dutt with a roll-up.
  • After the match, Dutt attacked Kevin Nash.
• Robert Roode (with Ms. Brooks) defeated Jeff Jarrett (11:21)
  • Roode pinned Jarrett with the Payoff.
• Christopher Daniels defeated Rhino (10:01)
  • Daniels pinned Rhino after hitting him with a baseball bat.
• Basham and Damaja (with Christy Hemme) defeated Kip James in a Handicap match (04:26)
  • Basham pinned James after a diving headbutt.
  • B.G. James was scheduled for the match, but was attacked by Basham and Damaja beforehand.
• Chris Harris defeated James Storm in a Texas Death match (17:14)
  • Harris won the match when he pinned Storm after hitting him with a beer bottle and Storm could not answer the 10 count.
• Jerry Lynn defeated Tiger Mask IV, Alex Shelley, and Senshi in a Four-Corners match (10:43)
  • Lynn pinned Shelley with a roll-up.
  • After the match, Shelley and Chris Sabin attacked Lynn until Bob Backlund made the save.
• Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated Scott Steiner and Tomko and The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) in a Three-Way Dance to retain the World Tag Team Championship (12:38)
  • Ray pinned Tomko after a 3D
  • After the match, Tomko attacked Steiner but he was saved by his brother Rick Steiner
• Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles (12:48)
  • Joe pinned Styles after a rear naked choke suplex.
• Kurt Angle defeated Sting and Christian Cage (c) in a Three Way match to win the World Heavyweight Championship (10:45)
  • Angle forced Sting to submit with the Ankle Lock while he had Cage pinned. The referee declared Angle the winner.
  • The NWA severed all business relationships with TNA earlier in the day, regaining control of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Tag Team Championship, stripping Cage and Team 3D of the titles before the event.^[4]
  • Angle's victory was later revoked as the final decision resulted in the new title being vacated.^[5]

2008

2009

2010

2011

References

External links

• TNAwrestling.com TNA Wrestling Official Website
• TNASacrifice.com TNA Sacrifice Mini Site
• Results at Pro Wrestling History

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view events Sacrifice 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 Current Genesis · Against All Odds · Victory Road · Lockdown · Sacrifice · Slammiversary · Destination X · Hardcore Justice/Hard Justice · No Surrender · Bound for Glory · Turning Point · Final Resolution Former TNA Unbreakable (2005) • Weekly pay-per-view events (2002–2004)