Destination X

The TNA Destination X logo as of 2011.

Destination X was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of March and more currently in the month of July. The event primarily revolves around the X-Division, the 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 events had Ultimate X matches.^[1] It was announced on TNA Wrestling's official website in January 2011 that Destination X was moving from March to July, switching places with TNA's traditional July PPV, Victory Road.^[2] On the June 21, 2012 edition of Impact, it was announced that every year the current X Division Champion will have an opportunity to give up their title for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X. On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that in 2013 there would be only four PPVs, not including Destination X, although Destination X would be featured as a special episode of Impact Wrestling on July 18, 2013.^[3]

Events

Results

2005

2006

Destination X (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on March 12, 2006 from the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Destination X chronology. Eight matches were featured on the event's card.

• Pre-Show match: Shannon Moore defeated Cassidy Riley (03:21)
  • Moore pinned Riley after a Halo.
• Pre-Show match: The Diamonds in the Rough (David Young and Elix Skipper) (with Simon Diamond) defeated Shark Boy and Norman Smiley (03:17)
  • Young pinned Smiley after a side slam by Skipper.
• Alex Shelley defeated Jay Lethal (10:08)
  • Shelley pinned Lethal after a Sliced Bread #2.
• Lance Hoyt defeated Matt Bentley (with Traci Brooks) (07:59)
  • Hoyt pinned Bentley after a Boot From Hell.
• Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young) (with Coach D'Amore and A-1) defeated The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (12:24)
  • Roode pinned Douglas after Young hit Douglas with a hockey stick.
• The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James) and Bob Armstrong defeated The Latin American Exchange (Homicide, Hernandez and Machete) (w/Konnan) (06:38)
  • Kip pinned Machete after a One and Only.
• Chris Sabin defeated Petey Williams, Sonjay Dutt and Puma in a Four Way match (14:57)
  • Sabin pinned Puma after a Cradle Shock.
• Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (with James Mitchell and Gail Kim) defeated Rhino, Ron Killings, and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) in an 8-Man War (20:10)
  • Jarrett pinned Killings after a Stroke.
• Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe (c) and A.J. Styles in an Ultimate X match to win the TNA X Division Championship (13:26)
  • Daniels unlatched the X Division title to win.
• Christian Cage (c) defeated Monty Brown to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (17:11)
  • Cage pinned Brown after an Unprettier.
  • After the match, America's Most Wanted, Abyss, Alex Shelley, Team Canada, Jeff Jarrett, and Brown attacked Cage. Rhino came down to help Cage, and eventually Sting made his return and attacked Jarrett and locked him in the Scorpion Death Lock. Scott Steiner then made his debut in TNA, attacking Sting and placed him in the Steiner Recliner.

2007

Destination X (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on March 11, 2007 from the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Destination X chronology. Nine matches were featured on the event's card.

• The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (with Konnan) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (with Johnny Rodz) in a Ghetto Brawl (14:49)
  • Homicide pinned Devon after Alex Shelley hit Devon with a camera and then a Frog Splash through a table.
• James Storm and Jacqueline Moore defeated Petey Williams and Gail Kim in a Double Bullrope match (07:52)
  • Storm pinned Williams after a superkick.
• Senshi defeated Austin Starr in a Crossface Chickenwing match (11:09)
  • Senshi forced Starr to submit with the Crossface Chickenwing.
  • After the match, Starr attacked Bob Backlund (who had come to ringside during the match) and put him in the Crossface Chickenwing.
• The Voodoo Kin Mafia (B.G. and Kip James) defeated The Heartbreakers (Antonio Thomas and Romeo Roselli) (with Christy Hemme) (09:02)
  • B.G. pinned Antonio after a Pumphandle Slam.
• Chris Sabin (c) defeated Jerry Lynn in a Two out of Three Falls Match to retain the TNA X Division Championship (12:18)
  • Lynn pinned Sabin after a Tornado DDT (05:51)
  • Sabin pinned Lynn using the ropes for leverage (08:51)
  • Sabin pinned Lynn with the Cradle Shock after the distraction of a masked man (12:18)
  • After the match, the masked man (Christopher Daniels) hit the Angel's Wings on Sabin and hit Lynn with the X Division Title belt.
• Rhino defeated A.J. Styles in an Elevation X match (09:05)
  • Rhino knocked Styles off the structure to win.
• Kurt Angle defeated Scott Steiner (12:42)
  • Angle pinned Steiner after a Sunset Flip off the top-rope.
• Sting defeated Abyss in a Last Rites match (10:41)
  • Sting won the match after putting Abyss in the casket and shutting the lid.
• Christian Cage (c) defeated Samoa Joe to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (17:57)
  • Cage pinned Joe after flipping over while in the Coquina Clutch and using the ropes for leverage.

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Destination X (2013) (aka Impact Wrestling: Destination X) was a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on July 18 at the Broadbent Arena in Louisville, Kentucky. It was the ninth event under the Destination X chronology. Unlike the previous events, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and was instead featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.

Background

Destination X featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that there would only be four PPVs in 2013, dropping Destination X as a PPV. However during Slammiversary XI on June 2, 2013, after the Ultimate X Match where Chris Sabin won the X Division Championship, TNA general manager Hulk Hogan announced that just like in 2012, the reigning X Division champion would have the option to voluntarily vacate the title in exchange for a World Heavyweight Championship match at the 2013 Destination X event, which would now be a special episode of TNA's primary weekly television program Impact Wrestling.^[7][8]

Sabin was noncommital as to whether he was going to cash in for the World Heavyweight title shot. On the June 27 edition of Impact Wrestling, Sabin lost the title in a three-way match (also involving Kenny King) to Suicide. Hogan then came out and announced that the real Suicide (T.J. Perkins) had been knocked out backstage and that the Suicide in the ring was an imposter. Hogan then gave Suicide until the end of the night to either unmask or be stripped of the championship. Suicide then unmasked, revealing himself to be Austin Aries. Aries confessed to being the person who jumped T.J. Perkins, explaining as he was the one who came up with the idea of the X Division Champion having the yearly right to exchange the X title for a match for the World title (and the one who traded in and won last year) Aries announced that he would be challenging Bully Ray for the World Championship.

At the June 29 tapings in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hulk Hogan announced a three-way match for the X Division Championship also involving Chris Sabin and T.J. Perkins (now going by Manik), which was won by Sabin (aired July 4). In the portion of the tapings that aired on July 11, Sabin voluntarily vacated the title in exchange for a match to wrestle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X against champion Bully Ray on July 18.^[9]

Results

Aftermath

On the July 25 edition of Impact Wrestling Manik defeated Sonjay Dutt and Greg Marasciulo in the Ultimate X finals to win the new X Division Championship.

Bully Ray and Chris Sabin continued their feud over the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after Destination X. The week after Destination X on the July 25 episode of Impact Wrestling it was announced that on the Hardcore Justice special Chris Sabin will defend his title against Bully Ray in a Steel Cage match, which was won by Bully Ray.

2014

Destination X (2014) (aka Impact Wrestling: Destination X) is a professional wrestling event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It is the tenth event under the Destination X chronology. Like the previous year's event, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and was instead featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling. It was taped on June 26 and aired on July 31.

Background

On June 23 TNA confirmed on their website that the company will be returning to the six-sided ring starting at the Impact Wrestling tapings in New York City.

TNA continued the tradition that began in June 2012 Destination X event where the current X Division Champion can invoke "Option C" - a concept in which the current X Division Champion may voluntarily vacate the championship in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at this year's Destination X event. On June 24, Aries agreed to give up the title to face World Champion Lashley at Destination X for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

On June 24 TNA announced that The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) would be competing at the Destination X. Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy reunited and they challenged the TNA Tag Team Champions The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards).

At Destination X TNA started a tournament to determine the new TNA X Division Champion, after the title was vacated by Austin Aries when he invoked Option C. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches.

Results

Aftermath

On the August 7th edition of Impact Wrestling (taped June 27) Samoa Joe, Sanada and Low Ki wrestled in a three way tournament final to crown the new X Division Champion, in which Joe was victorious.

2015

Destination X (2015) (aka Impact Wrestling: Destination X) was a professional wrestling event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It was the 11th event under the Destination X chronology. Like the previous year's event, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and was instead featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling. It was taped on May 17 and aired on June 10.

Background

TNA continued the tradition that began in 2012 where the current X Division Champion can invoke "Option C" - a concept in which the current X Division Champion may voluntarily vacate the championship in exchange for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match at that year's Destination X event. On June 3, Spud agreed to give up the TNA X Division Championship to face World Champion Kurt Angle at Destination X for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

The same night Austin Aries decided to invoke his TNA Feast or Fired title opportunity for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, challenging the Angle-Spud winner in the Destination X main event.

TNA also started a tournament to determine the new TNA X Division Champion, after the title was vacated by Rockstar Spud when he invoked Option C. The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches.

Results

References

External links

• TNAWrestling.com - the official website of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling