Total Nonstop Action Wrestling has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.
The TNA Hard 10 Tournament was a hardcore tournament for a trophy that would proclaim the winner the most hardcore wrestler in TNA. It featured eight wrestlers competing in matches where a point-scoring system was used to determine the winner. The system was that 1 point was awarded for a direct hit with an object and 5 points for putting your opponent through a table, with 10 points needed to win. The only tournament was held in 2003, which was won by The Sandman. The tournament was promptly abandoned by TNA in light of fans complaining about the point system.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Mike Sanders | Pts | ||||||||||||
Brian Lee | |||||||||||||
Mike Sanders | |||||||||||||
New Jack | Pts | ||||||||||||
New Jack | Pts | ||||||||||||
Slash | |||||||||||||
New Jack | |||||||||||||
The Sandman | Pts | ||||||||||||
Sonny Siaki | Pts | ||||||||||||
Vampire Warrior | |||||||||||||
Sonny Siaki | |||||||||||||
The Sandman | Pts | ||||||||||||
The Sandman | Pts | ||||||||||||
Devon Storm |
The TNA Asylum Alliance Tag Team Tournament was a tag team tournament held in 2003 to determine the number one contenders for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was won by America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm).
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Ron Killings and Don Harris | Pin | ||||||||||||
New Jack and Shark Boy | |||||||||||||
Ron Killings and Don Harris | |||||||||||||
David Young and Traci | Pin | ||||||||||||
David Young and Traci | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kid Kash and Trinity | |||||||||||||
David Young and Traci | |||||||||||||
Chris Harris and James Storm | Pin | ||||||||||||
Konnan and BG James | Pin | ||||||||||||
The Sandman and Sonny Siaki | |||||||||||||
Konnan and BG James | |||||||||||||
Chris Harris and James Storm | Pin | ||||||||||||
Chris Harris and James Storm | Pin | ||||||||||||
Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn |
The NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tag team tournament held in 2004 in order to crown new NWA World Tag Team Champions, which was won by Kid Kash and Dallas.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Christopher Daniels and Low Ki | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shane Douglas and Michael Shane | |||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels and Low-Ki | Pin | ||||||||||||
Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens | |||||||||||||
Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens | Pin | ||||||||||||
Konnan and BG James | |||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels and Low-Ki | |||||||||||||
Kid Kash and Dallas | Pin | ||||||||||||
Slash and Sinn | Pin | ||||||||||||
Glenn Gilbertti and David Young | |||||||||||||
Slash and Sinn | |||||||||||||
Kid Kash and Dallas | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kid Kash and Dallas | Pin | ||||||||||||
Simon Diamond and Sonny Siaki |
The TNA X Cup Tournaments are X Division tournaments that feature various wrestlers and/or Teams from around the World. So far, there have been two Super X Cup Tournaments, one America's X Cup Tournament, and three World X Cup Tournaments.
The Chris Candido Memorial Tag Team Tournament was a tag team tournament held to commemorate the memory of Chris Candido. As per Candido's role in TNA (prior to his death) of being the veteran who mentored young rising stars, teams were composed of established veterans pairing up with young rising stars. The tournament was won by Sean Waltman and Alex Shelley in 2005, its only year of existence. In addition to winning the trophy cup, the team was entered into a four-way match with a shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
Teams:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Sabin/Shocker | Pin | ||||||||||||
Diamond/Batts | |||||||||||||
Sabin/Shocker | Pin | ||||||||||||
Killings/Dutt | |||||||||||||
Killings/Dutt | Pin | ||||||||||||
James/Riley | |||||||||||||
Sabin/Shocker | |||||||||||||
Waltman/Shelley | pin | ||||||||||||
Waltman/Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shark Boy/Abyss | |||||||||||||
Waltman/Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Hoyt/Konnan | |||||||||||||
Hoyt/Konnan | Pin | ||||||||||||
James/Williams |
The Fight for the Right Tournament was a tournament to determine the number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and later for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
The Paparazzi Championship Series was a tournament that began at Turning Point 2006 and involved five X Division competitors competing in a variety of matches where points are awarded for victories. These matches included limbo, Texas hold 'em, musical chairs, and a push-up contest, among others. The tournament was created to give the wrestlers airtime while also continuing the Paparazzi Productions storyline surrounding Austin Starr, Alex Shelley and Kevin Nash. Throughout the competitions, Nash kept bringing up Bob Backlund, which led up to Backlund being a guest judge at Final Resolution 2007 during the finals of the competition. Shelley defeated Starr in the finals to win a bowling trophy presented by Nash at Final Resolution 2007. The other three participants in the tournament were Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal and Senshi. Nash viciously needled the other three (especially Dutt) throughout the challenge, but kept the actual competition fair and even, always inviting the losers of each contest to "feel free to kiss the winner".
The TNA Turkey Bowl was a tournament held in 2007 and 2008 that aired on the Thanksgiving night episode of TNA Impact! The tournament consisted of three preliminary three way matches. Each match featured a member of the Heavyweight Division, The X Division, and The Tag Team Division with the winner of the match going on to the finals. The winner of the finals, also a three way match, won $25,000. The wrestler who lost in the finals was forced to put on a turkey suit. In the 2007 tourny, Samoa Joe won the tournament, with A.J. Styles being forced into the turkey suit. In the 2008 tournament, Rhino won the tournament, with Alex Shelley being forced into the turkey suit.
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Chris Sabin | ||||||||||||
Brother Devon | ||||||||||||
Abyss | ||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Chris Sabin | |||||||||||
Kip James | Samoa Joe | |||||||||||
Johnny Devine | A.J. Styles | |||||||||||
A.J. Styles | ||||||||||||
Christian Cage | ||||||||||||
Jay Lethal | Consolation match | |||||||||||
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Rhino | ||||||||||||
Sonjay Dutt | ||||||||||||
Hernandez | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Rhino | |||||||||||
Cute Kip | Alex Shelley | |||||||||||
Consequences Creed | Sheik Abdul Bashir | |||||||||||
Sheik Abdul Bashir | ||||||||||||
Jimmy Rave | ||||||||||||
Matt Morgan | Consolation match | |||||||||||
On the April 24, 2008 edition of TNA Impact!, Management Director Jim Cornette created the Deuces Wild Tournament in order to crown new TNA World Tag Team Champions. Eight well-established tag teams would compete in four matches on Impact! for a place in the main tournament, which would be held at the Sacrifice pay-per-view on May 11. Four more teams were picked at random from an 'Egotistical Eight', two paired on May 1 and the other two paired at Sacrifice. The tournament then took a single elimination format at the pay-per-view.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Sting/Storm | 8:21 | ||||||||||||
Team 3D | Pin | ||||||||||||
Team 3D | Pin | ||||||||||||
Cage/Rhino | 9:55 | ||||||||||||
Booker/Roode | 6:50 | ||||||||||||
Cage/Rhino | Pin | ||||||||||||
Team 3D | 8:50 | ||||||||||||
LAX | Pin | ||||||||||||
K. James/Morgan | 4:06 | ||||||||||||
LAX | Pin | ||||||||||||
LAX | Pin | ||||||||||||
Eric/Styles | 7:31 | ||||||||||||
B. James/Kong | 5:32 | ||||||||||||
Eric/Styles | Pin |
The tournament was the result of a match for the TNA X Division Championship at Final Resolution between Eric Young and Sheik Abdul Bashir ending in a controversial fashion, with Young winning the championship thanks to the referee's help. Management Director Jim Cornette stripped Young of the belt and announced the tournament to crown the new champion.
Quarterfinals (TV - TNA Impact!) |
Semifinals (TV - Impact!) |
Final (PPV - Genesis) |
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Eric Young | Pin | ||||||||||||
Sheik Abdul Bashir | TBA | ||||||||||||
Eric Young | TBA | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Jay Lethal | TBA | ||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | TBA | ||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | Pin | ||||||||||||
Sonjay Dutt | TBA | ||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kiyoshi | TBA | ||||||||||||
Consequences Creed | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kiyoshi | TBA |
To reinvigorate the tag team division, Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) announced on the April 23, 2009 episode of Impact! that they would be hosting a tag team tournament. The winning team would receive a trophy, a check for $100,000 and a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship (held by Team 3D). The tournament started that same night and matches would be held over the next few weeks and TNA announced that the finals would be held at the Sacrifice (2009) PPV.
Teams:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Beer Money, Inc. | Pin | ||||||||||||
Lethal Consequences | |||||||||||||
Beer Money | Pin | ||||||||||||
Young/Holliday | |||||||||||||
No Limit | |||||||||||||
Young/Holliday | Pin | ||||||||||||
Beer Money | Pin | ||||||||||||
British Invasion | |||||||||||||
The Motor City Machineguns | |||||||||||||
Suicide/Red | Pin | ||||||||||||
Suicide/Red | |||||||||||||
British Invasion | Pin | ||||||||||||
The Latin American Xchange* | |||||||||||||
The British Invasion | Pin |
* Before the match, The British Invasion attacked Hernandez backstage causing Homicide having to compete alone.
TNA announced a Knockouts tag team tournament for the new TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship on the August 20, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!. Round one matches started on the August 27, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!.
Teams:
Round One (TNA Impact!) |
Round Two (TNA Impact!) |
Finals (No Surrender) |
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Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed | Pin | ||||||||||||
Traci Brooks and Sharmell | 03:00[1] | ||||||||||||
Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed | 03:00[2] | ||||||||||||
Sarita and Taylor Wilde | Pin | ||||||||||||
Sarita and Taylor Wilde | Pin | ||||||||||||
Daffney and Alissa Flash | 05:00[3] | ||||||||||||
Sarita and Taylor Wilde | |||||||||||||
Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky | 05:00[4] | ||||||||||||
Angelina Love and Velvet Sky | Pin | ||||||||||||
Madison Rayne and Roxxi | 03:00[3] | ||||||||||||
Angelina Love and Velvet Sky | Pin | ||||||||||||
Tara and Christy Hemme | 04:00[2] | ||||||||||||
Hamada and Sojo Bolt | N/A | ||||||||||||
Tara and Christy Hemme | Pin |
The TNA Championship Series took place on the Thanksgiving Day edition of Impact! on November 26, 2009. The winner of the tournament would earn himself a shot at the Championship of his own division.[5]
Participants:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Abyss | |||||||||||||
Bobby Lashley | Sub | ||||||||||||
Bobby Lashley | DQ | ||||||||||||
Desmond Wolfe | |||||||||||||
Desmond Wolfe | Pin | ||||||||||||
Suicide | |||||||||||||
Bobby Lashley | Pin | ||||||||||||
Robert Roode | |||||||||||||
Kurt Angle | Pin | ||||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | |||||||||||||
Kurt Angle | |||||||||||||
Robert Roode | Count-out | ||||||||||||
Homicide | |||||||||||||
Robert Roode | Pin |
The New Year's Knockout Eve Tournament took place on the December 31, 2009, edition of Impact!. The winner of the tournament would earn herself a shot at the TNA Women's Knockout Championship on the live three hour Monday night edition of Impact! on January 4, 2010.[6]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Madison Rayne | Pin | ||||||||||||
Hamada | 04:25[6] | ||||||||||||
Hamada | Pin | ||||||||||||
Roxxi | 07:49[6] | ||||||||||||
Velvet Sky | Pin | ||||||||||||
Roxxi | 02:13[6] | ||||||||||||
Hamada | Pin | ||||||||||||
ODB | 14:34[6] | ||||||||||||
Traci Brooks | Pin | ||||||||||||
ODB | 04:16[6] | ||||||||||||
ODB | Pin | ||||||||||||
Awesome Kong | 09:41[6] | ||||||||||||
Daffney | Pin | ||||||||||||
Awesome Kong | 03:30[6] |
The 8 Card Stud Tournament took place on February 14, 2010, at the Against All Odds pay-per-view and its winner would get to challenge the TNA World Heavyweight Champion in the main event of April's Lockdown pay-per-view.[7]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | Pin | ||||||||||||
Desmond Wolfe | 07:38[7] | ||||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | Pin | ||||||||||||
Matt Morgan | 08:30[7] | ||||||||||||
Hernandez | Pin | ||||||||||||
Matt Morgan | 08:58[7] | ||||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | Pin | ||||||||||||
Mr. Anderson | 15:45[7] | ||||||||||||
Kurt Angle | Pin | ||||||||||||
Mr. Anderson | 09:49[7] | ||||||||||||
Mr. Anderson | Pin | ||||||||||||
Abyss | 08:07[7] | ||||||||||||
Mick Foley* | Pin | ||||||||||||
Abyss* | 07:44[7] |
*This was a No Disqualification match
On the June 17, 2010, edition of Impact! TNA vacated the TNA World Tag Team Championship and announced a two-week long tournament, with the winners facing The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), who were the number one contenders prior to the titles being vacated, for the titles at Victory Road.[11]
Teams:
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
The Band | Pin | |||||||
Ink Inc. | 07:00[11] | |||||||
Ink Inc. | Pin | |||||||
Beer Money, Inc. | 06:00[12] | |||||||
Team 3D | Pin | |||||||
Beer Money, Inc. | 05:00[11] |
On the August 4, 2010, edition of TNA Xplosion TNA announced a two-week long tournament to determine the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
Teams:
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
Hernandez and Rob Terry | Pin | |||||||
Desmond Wolfe and Magnus | [13] | |||||||
Desmond Wolfe and Magnus | Pin | |||||||
Ink Inc. | [14] | |||||||
Generation Me | Pin | |||||||
Ink Inc. | [13] |
On the August 19, 2010, edition of TNA Impact!, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated, after champion Rob Van Dam suffered a storyline injury. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top eight ranked wrestlers in the TNA Championship Committee rankings. The finals of the tournament would take place at Bound for Glory on October 10.[15][16]
Quarterfinals (TV - TNA Impact!) |
Semifinals (PPV - No Surrender) |
Finals (PPV - Bound for Glory) |
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Jeff Hardy | Pin | ||||||||||||
Rob Terry | 03:17[15] | ||||||||||||
Jeff Hardy* | NC | ||||||||||||
Kurt Angle* | 30:00[17] | ||||||||||||
Kurt Angle | Sub | ||||||||||||
Douglas Williams | 04:52[15] | ||||||||||||
Jeff Hardy / Kurt Angle | Pin | ||||||||||||
Mr. Anderson | 18:37[18] | ||||||||||||
Jay Lethal | Pin | ||||||||||||
Mr. Anderson | 04:11[15] | ||||||||||||
Mr. Anderson | Pin | ||||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | 16:58[17] | ||||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | Pin | ||||||||||||
Matt Morgan | 04:46[15] |
* Angle and Hardy wrestled another draw on the September 16 edition of Impact!, which led to Eric Bischoff making the final match at Bound for Glory a three–way.[19]
On the December 9, 2010, edition of Impact! TNA vacated the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship, after one half of the previous champions, Hamada, had been released by the promotion, and set up a four–team tournament to determine new champions.[20] The finals of the tournament would take place on the December 23 edition of Impact!.[21]
Teams:
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
Love/Sky | Pin | |||||||
Daffney/Sarita | 04:00[20] | |||||||
Love/Winter* | Pin | |||||||
Rayne/Tara | 05:00[21] | |||||||
Rayne/Tara | Pin | |||||||
James/Tessmacher | 04:00[22] |
*Winter replaced Velvet Sky, who had been attacked backstage by Sarita.
On the January 27, 2011, edition of Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship, held by Kazarian. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the January 27, February 3 and February 10 editions of Impact!, with the finals, another three–way match, taking place at Against All Odds on February 13.[23][24][25] The finals ended with a double countout, after Jeremy and Max Buck failed to make it to the event due to travel issues.[26]
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Amazing Red | ||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | ||||||||||||
Max Buck | ||||||||||||
Douglas Williams | Max Buck | |||||||||||
Jay Lethal | Jeremy Buck | |||||||||||
Jeremy Buck | Robbie E | |||||||||||
Brian Kendrick | ||||||||||||
Robbie E | ||||||||||||
Suicide | Consolation match | |||||||||||
On the May 24, 2011, edition of TNA Xplosion Desmond Wolfe was announced as the new Xplosion Commissioner.[27] His first act as commissioner was setting up a tournament exclusive to Xplosion where the winner would receive a title shot against any active champion in TNA.[28] The finals of the tournament took place at the August 9 tapings of the August 24 edition of Xplosion.[29][30]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | Pin | |||||||||||||
Suicide | [27] | |||||||||||||
D'Angelo Dinero | [31] | |||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | |||||||||||||
Okada | ||||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | |||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | Pin | |||||||||||||
Douglas Williams | [32] | |||||||||||||
Hernandez | Pin | |||||||||||||
Max Buck | [33] | |||||||||||||
Hernandez | ||||||||||||||
Douglas Williams | Pin | |||||||||||||
Douglas Williams | Pin | |||||||||||||
Amazing Red | [34] | |||||||||||||
Alex Shelley | [29] | |||||||||||||
Magnus | Pin | |||||||||||||
Magnus | Pin | |||||||||||||
Orlando Jordan | ||||||||||||||
Magnus | Pin | |||||||||||||
Shannon Moore | [35] | |||||||||||||
Shannon Moore | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jeremy Buck | ||||||||||||||
Magnus | Bye | |||||||||||||
Robbie E | ||||||||||||||
Crimson | Pin | |||||||||||||
Crimson | Draw | |||||||||||||
Devon | [36] | |||||||||||||
Anarquia | [34] | |||||||||||||
Devon | Pin |
On the June 16, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA started a twelve man tournament for a contract in the promotion's X Division. The finals of the tournament would take place on July 10 at Destination X.[37]
On the June 16, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA announced a twelve man tournament to determine the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at October's Bound for Glory. The twelve men would face each other in matches on pay-per-view, television and at untelevised house show events and would be given points based on their performance, with a submission victory giving a wrestler 10 points, a pinfall victory 7, a countout victory 5, a disqualification victory 3 and a draw 2 points, while a disqualification loss will cost a wrestler 10 points. A special ladder match on the July 21 edition of Impact Wrestling also gave out 10 points for the winner. The top four wrestlers would be facing each other in the tournament finals at September's No Surrender.[41][42] At the finals, Bully Ray defeated James Storm via disqualification, while Bobby Roode defeated Gunner via submission, giving both 52 points and setting up a tiebreaker match between the two. In the tiebreaker match, Roode defeated Ray via pinfall to win the tournament.[43]
Rank | Wrestler | Points | Matches |
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1 | Bobby Roode | 59 | 16 |
2 | Bully Ray | 52 | 16 |
3 | Gunner | 42 | 20 |
4 | Rob Van Dam | 35 | 13 |
5 | James Storm | 30 | 13 |
6 | A.J. Styles | 24 | 11 |
7 | Scott Steiner | 21 | 10 |
8 | Samoa Joe | -10 | 10 |
DNF | Crimson | 50 | 102 |
DNF | Devon | 30 | 152 |
DNF | Matt Morgan | 24 | 51 |
DNF | D'Angelo Dinero | 17 | 172 |
1 Morgan was forced to pull out of the tournament on the July 28 edition of Impact Wrestling, after tearing his pectoral muscle.[45]
2 Devon, Dinero and Crimson pulled out of the tournament after suffering storyline injuries at the hands of Samoa Joe on the August 18 and 25 editions of Impact Wrestling.[46][47]
On November 23, 2011, TNA announced the start of the Maximum Impact Tournament, an eight man tournament, which would take place on Xplosion. The winner would receive a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship during TNA's tour of the United Kingdom in January 2012.[48]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | Pin | ||||||||||||
Eric Young | [49] | ||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | Pin | ||||||||||||
Devon | |||||||||||||
Devon | Pin | ||||||||||||
Rob Terry | |||||||||||||
Christopher Daniels | |||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Sub | ||||||||||||
Douglas Williams | |||||||||||||
Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kazarian | |||||||||||||
Kazarian | Pin | ||||||||||||
Magnus | [50] |
On the December 15, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA started a tag team tournament to determine the number one contenders for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, held by the team Crimson and Matt Morgan, at Genesis.[51] The pairings were, in storyline, decided by a random draw.[52]
Teams:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Abyss/Steiner | Pin | ||||||||||||
Hernandez/Terry | 4:13[52] | ||||||||||||
Abyss/Steiner | 7:00[53] | ||||||||||||
Styles/Kazarian | Pin | ||||||||||||
Styles/Kazarian | Pin | ||||||||||||
Daniels/Van Dam | 5:00[54] | ||||||||||||
Styles/Kazarian | |||||||||||||
Magnus/Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
Magnus/Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
Williams/Robbie | 3:58[52] | ||||||||||||
Magnus/Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
Young/ODB | 5:00[53] | ||||||||||||
Young/ODB | Pin | ||||||||||||
Anarquia/Moore | 4:00[54] |
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