# OMG! Vol.3 Top 50 Incidents In TNA History

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OMG Vol. 3: The Top 50
Incidents in TNA History

 After
watching OMG Vol. 1 (WWE) and the OMG Vol. 2 (WCW) DVDs we wondered
just what would be TNA Wrestling's Top 50 incidents. So we cracked
down, scowered through thousands of hours of footage and have
compiled the top 50 best, worst, craziest, most shocking, most
violent, and gut-wrenching moments. So here it is as TNA-Furs present
"OMG Vol.3: The Top 50 Incidents in TNA History"

#50. Raven Gets Head Shaved

 On September 17th
2003, it was a flash back to the ECW days as Raven was set to face
Shane Douglas in a Hair vs. Hair Match. With the help of James
Mitchell and Vampiro, Shane Douglas came out as the victor. Before
Raven knew it he was sat down in a chair and James Mitchell started
violently shaving his head. With the razor blade turned the other way
Raven was suddenly covered with blood as his head was filled with
deep cuts and gashes. The commentators were so disgusted with the act
of embarrassment they had to leave the commentary table. One of the
more graphic moments that still stands out in TNA History.

#49. "The Concussion"

 In
November of 2010 on Impact
Immortal
was just beginning to reign as they attacked Mr. Anderson. The newly
deemed "Anti-Christ of Professional Wrestling" Jeff Hardy came
in with a steel chair and swung for Anderson as the chair smashed
against the back of his head. Mr. Anderson suffered a legit
concussion that kept him off TV for nearly 2 months. The post-match
footage was graphic as all hell as a big hole was left in the back of
the head of Anderson. Rumor is that the chair shot was originally
meant for his back but accidentally hit him in the head. Since then
the moment has been censored on television. Jeff Hardy would go on to
call it his new finishing move but thankfully it's life got cut
short. Mr. Anderson was originally supposed to face Jeff for the
title at the next two pay-per-views but was replaced by Matt Morgan
while he recovered. Jeff Hardy, love him or hate him, knows how to
swing a damn chair . . . just ask Brock Lesnar.

#48. Abyss Goes Through Flaming
Table

 Team 3D has had a
history in ECW for putting people through tables that are set on
fire. At the Bound for Glory 2008 pay-per-view
it was a four-team Monster's Ball match for the TNA Tag Team
Championship. Team 3D had Abyss propped up on the stage before
setting fire to the table below. Team 3D picked Abyss up and threw
him off the stage for him to slam back-first through the flaming
table. Abyss rolled off to reveal to the fans that the back of his
white psychiatric ward jumpsuit was engulfed in flames. Thankfully
crew members with extinguishers were nearby to put out the blazing
inferno. One of the many moments that prove Abyss is an absolutely
crazy and talented hardcore legend in this sport.


#47. Fire at
Hard Justice

 That
moment would not be the only time fire was seen in TNA. At the Hard
Justice 2006 pay-per-view
the show opened with X-Division action as Eric Young took on A-1 (not
the steak sauce). However during the pyrotechnics (I believe it was
during one of their entrances) one of the burlap sacks in the rafters
burst into flames. TNA crew tried to use fire extinguishers to put
the fire out which caused the arena to be filled with fire
extinguisher powder. The fans all started chanting/singing "The
roof, the roof, the roof is on fire" as the match continued in the
ring. Shortly after Eric Young got the pin and the building had to be
evacuated for the next 20 minutes. The next match got canceled as
they did 20 minutes of interviews and video packages outside. The
show resumed with a ton of great matches. That's live pay-per-view
for ya.


#46. Electrified
Cage Match

 In
April 2007 Team 3D was feuding with LAX over the NWA Tag Team
Championships. After a series of matches the two teams were set to
blow off their feud in the first ever racially sensitive "Electrified
Cage Match." While the series of street fights they had on
pay-per-view were both epic and awesome, this cage match . . . not so
much. TNA had ton of Vince Russo gimmicky matches in 2007 and while
the James Storm vs. Chris Harris blindfold cage match was less than
satisfying this Electrified Cage match was just a little bit worse.
Every time anyone hit a wall in the cage what would happen is not
electrocution, but a buzzing sound, the lights flickering on and off,
and the wrestlers jirating as they pretended to be electrocuted. It
didn't help that the arena had the Sin Cara lighting set-up for the
match so it was hard to even see what was going on. If you look at it
as a cage match then it's not a bad and a very bloody affair
(especially for Devon), but if you look at it as the Electrified Cage
match it's a good thing there was never a sequel.


#45. Winter

 The
former Katie Lee Burchill from WWE, Winter crossed the line into TNA
in 2011 and set her sights on Angelina Love. Not to wrestler her, but
to . . . take over her mind? All throughout 2011 Angelina Love came
out to the ring with Winter as an emotionless zombie. Winter talked
about how she had a "special" relationship as Winter protected
over Angelina Love. It was hard not to wonder if they were a couple,
or had some type of Master/Pet relationship. But it did lead Winter
to two Knockouts Championships and a Knockout Tag Team title win.
Winter soon disappeared once she lost her title towards the end of
2011.


#44. Death of
Chris Candido

 At
Lockdown 2005
Chris
Candido teamed with Lance Hoyt to take on Apolo & Sonny Siaki in
a cage match. However in the opening moments of the match he left his
feet for a basic dropkick and fractured his fibula and tibia and
dislocated his ankle. He underwent surgery and came back to help
manage The Naturals to a NWA Tag Team Championship win on Impact
but
shortly died from a blood clot brought on from a surgery
complication. At the next pay-per-view Hard
Justice there
was a bell-salute and some of his last moments on Impact were
released on the Lockdown
2005
DVD.



R.I.P. Chris Candido (1972-2005)


#43. VKM

 While
it was great that the New Age Outlaws crossed the line into TNA, I
don't know if I'd say they were used too well, especially when
you get this storyline. The Outlaws (known at the time as the James
Gang) in an attempt to build a feud with WWE the team changed their
named to the Voodoo Kin Mafia or "VKM" (the initials of Vincent
Kennedy McMahon) and went on an anti-WWE tyraid. While the new
D-Generation X was running high in 2006, VKM tried hard to parody
them by badly re-enacting some of their more popular skits from WWE.
They dressed up like Triple H and Shawn Michaels, along with having
cheerleaders (male I think) and their own version of a Big Fat Oily
Guy. They went to a WWE house show with TNA's camera crew to
interview fans and go inside and watch the show (similar to DX
invading WCW in 1998). VKM declared victory in their "war" when
WWE refused to acknowledge them as fans chanted "TNA" and "VKM"
during the January 8th
episode of Raw. Not the best storyline for them to be in, and
thankfully it was cut short . . . sucks their next storyline with
Christy Hemme didn't receive the same result. If anyone remembers
the WWE YouTube show "Are You Serious" Road Dogg talked about how
he did something to anger Mr. McMahon which caused him to be
sidelined into hosting the show where they watched bad WWE clips.
While the reason why he was banished into the bowels of Titan Towers
was never explained I'd probably start with this.


#42. Christopher
Daniels Falls Off Ultimate X

 One
of TNA's best matches was the Ultimate X Match from Bound
for Glory 2009
for the X-Division Championship, and this was an explosive match with
an even more explosive ending. Daniels in the past has had success
jumping from the trusses to the center of the X (an unbelievable feat
of athleticism) however this was one time where the risk went wrong.
Daniels and Suicide were on the X trying to get the championship when
all of a sudden they both fell from the X, Christopher Daniels
falling all the way down before landing on the back of his neck.
Thankfully Daniels avoided serious injury (in fact he main-evented
the next two pay-per-views) but this is still one of TNA's most
shocking moments and another example of how unique and dangerous the
Ultimate X match is.

#41. Toby Keith

 On TNA's first
show from June 19th 2002, it had Toby Keith singing
"Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" for the TNA fans (even
missing playing for the white house to play for the show). However
towards the end Jeff Jarrett came out and shoved him, interrupting
the song before the Gauntlet for the Gold main event to crown the
first NWA World Heavyweight Champion. During the match Toby Keith
made himself an entrant as he entered the ring and hit Jeff Jarrett
with a vertical suplex before eliminating him and himself as well.
You don't mess with the Angry American.

#40. Abyss vs. Mick Foley -
Monster's Ball

 TNA
used to have a tradition of doing a Monster's Ball match at every
Bound for Glory
pay-per-view.
So at Bound for
Glory 2009 it
was the hardcore dream match of Abyss vs. Mick Foley (anyone remember
the storyline, cause I don't). This match was simply bloody and
barbaric, and it was just for the sake of being bloody and barbaric.
Barbed wire, thumbtacks, and everything in between. However, what
lands this on spot #40 in the countdown is what happened to Daffney
near the end of the match. Daffney came out to the ring to interfere
in the match when she was shoved off the top rope and crash-landed
through a barbed wire board. She claimed in a future lawsuit against
TNA that she broker her arm but in actuality suffered a concussion.
Sarah Palin would not be pleased.

#39. Christian Cage Return at
Slammiversary

 WWE
and TNA were in the middle of deal where Ric Flair (who was under TNA
contract at the time) would only be allowed to appear in the WWE Hall
of Fame and the Wrestlemania 28 DVD if TNA could use one of their
stars for a DVD. Flair was allowed on the DVD and the deal started as
a WWE Superstar to appear as an unnamed individual for a DVD
interview but it was changed to WWE Superstar Christian (TNA's
Christian Cage) to appear at Slammiversary
2012 to
introduce Sting for his Hall of Fame announcement. This was actually
while Christian was the WWE Intercontinental Champion. Always awesome
to see the instant classic make one more appearance in TNA.


#38. Bully Ray
Turns on Devon

 Team
3D is one of the most decorated and successful tag teams in the
history of professional wrestling. However it was time for Team 3D to
come to an end (or was it?) as they announced at Bound
for Glory 2010 that
they would be wrestling one more match before officially retiring.
They wrestled the Motor City Machine Guns at Turning
Point 2010 for
the TNA Tag Team Championships but they lost the bout. It was deemed
the only time anyone has ever kicked out of the 3D finishing move.
Soon after the event Brother Ray attacked Devon and set his sights as
a singles star as he transformed himself with a brand new name of
"Bully Ray." They would wrestle a few matches against each other
on pay-per-view but this would signify the end of Team 3D . . . at
least for now.


#37. Abyss
Attacks Christian Cage In His Home

 Abyss
and James Mitchell set their sites on Christian Cage and his NWA
World Heavyweight Championship as they prepared for their Steel Cage
match at Lockdown
2006.
James Mitchell had the plan to go Christian Cage's house (his legit
house by the way) and attack him. They brawled throughout the house
before Abyss threw Christian into his own pool and tried to drown
him. Christian Cage eventually reigned victorious at Lockdown
but
this was one of TNA's craziest moments.


#36. Eric Young
Wins World Title During Wrestlemania Week

 Magnus
was reigning throughout the early part of 2014 as the TNA World
Heavyweight Champion once he aligned himself with Dixie Carter.
However in March a No.1 Contender's Gauntlet match was set to name
Magnus' next opponent. The gauntlet was won by Eric Young and he
decided that he didn't want to wait til a later date for his title
shot, he demanded his title match before the end of the night. So
Magnus fought Eric Young in this impromptu World Heavyweight
Championship match which Eric Young had won. 


While Eric Young would go on to hold the title for the next three
months there was controversy on if this was TNA's reaction to
Daniel Bryan winning the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania and the
underdog story (and also because they were both bearded guys but I
find that to be a little too ridiculous). While that question is
still unanswered, Eric Young's World Title win was for real, and
the story of the underdog never reigned truer.



#35. Jay Lethal
def. Kurt Angle

 It
was No Surrender
2007, Kurt
Angle had won all of the TNA Championships (at the time) at the
previous pay-per-view and as a result he was set to run the gauntlet
and defend all three championships at No
Surrender 2007.
Angle had already lost the tag team titles to Team Pacman after he
attacked his tag team partner Sting with an Olympic Slam. Next, Angle
was set to defend the X-Division Championship against Jay Lethal.
Kurt Angle had ground and pounded on Lethal for most of the match.
But Lethal would create the biggest upset when he rolled up Kurt
Angle for the victory and win the X-Division Championship. This would
be the first, and not the last time we would see Jay Lethal make a
big Impact in TNA.


#34. The
Disqualification Rule

 During
the first few years of TNA Wrestling they had a rule where if a
champion gets himself disqualified in a title match that he would
lose the title, and that rule was never driven home more than at
Genesis 2006.
Sting defended his NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Abyss.
The match was violent as hell as the referee got taken out and soon
the weapons were out. Abyss even going as far to Blackhole Slam Sting
into a pile of thumbtacks. Sting retaliated with his back all
bloodied up and hung Abyss in a noose by his ankles and beat the hell
of out him with a steel chair (this moment being censored later on
due to the Benoit tragedy). The match was getting hot and in all of
the high-emotion action Sting clotheslines the referee down on the
ramp and then followed up his aggression by shoving Abyss through set
of barbed-wire boards that were originally set up for him. The
referee disqualified Sting for clothes-lining him and as a result
Abyss won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The rule since has
been lifted but it's no doubt it already did it's damage.


#33. Gail Kim
vs. Awesome Kong

 The
feud between Gail Kim and Awesome Kong was running high and after
their match at the previous pay-per-view ended in a disqualification,
this set the stage for a No-Disqualification Rematch for the TNA
Knockouts Championship at the Final
Resolution 2008 pay-per-view.
While TNA had a small handful of women's hardcore matches in the
past, none stood-out more than this match. Gail and Kong brawled all
throughout the crowd using anything that wasn't nailed down. Gail
Kim would get the victory on this night but would lose the title to
Awesome Kong on the next episode of Impact.
This
was one of the several fantastic Gail vs. Kong matches that truly put
the TNA Knockouts Division on the map. These matches can all be found
on the TNA Knocked Out DVD.


#32. ECW: One
Last Stand

 With
WWE's ECW program being shut down in February of 2010, WWE's
version of ECW left a bad taste in a lot of original ECW fan's
mouths. Tommy Dreamer crossed the line into TNA and asked Dixie
Carter if he and the rest of the ECW Originals could come into the
Impact Zone and do one last ECW pay-per-view event. Matches for the
at the time, Hard
Justice 2010
event were already announced, but plans changed as the pay-per-view
was transformed into Hardcore
Justice 2010 event.
One last time for the original ECW to put on a great show. Dixie
Carter gave Tommy Dreamer the blessing to do the event. This
pay-per-view is still one of the most-bought pay-per-views in TNA
History.




#31. Empty Arena
Match

 In
March of 2009 there was some dissention in the Main Event Mafia
between Kurt Angle and Sting. They decided to settle their
differences in a first for Impact, an Empty Arena Match. They would
have the entire Impact Zone to fight it out without any fans, a
referee, or any repercussions. The show went on like normal before
the fans in the Impact Zone were evacuated before the main event (the
fans seeing the match from monitors outside the arena. Kurt Angle and
Sting brawled through an empty Impact Zone. Chairs were flying as
they fought up the stands. Every shot could be heard in the Impact
Zone that night. It even went as far as Kurt Angle to be thrown over
the top of the bleachers and falling all the way down to the floor.
The match however ended shortly thereafter when the rest of the Main
Event Mafia came out try and make peace. The feud was not settled
that night but was still an amazing moment in TNA History.


#30 Jeff Hardy
Swanton on the Steel Steps

 During
the summer of 2014 TNA moved their tapings to the Manhattan Center in
New York City and they had some of the greatest tapings in the
companies history. One of the matches that exampled this was Bobby
Lashley defending his TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff
Hardy. During this big main event bout Jeff had laid Lashley across
the steel steps. Jeff went to the top rope and went for the Swanton
bomb, but Lashley moved out of the way, causing Jeff to crash
directly on the steps below. The sound of the impact was just
unbelievable. One of the best matches of 2014 and this Swanton Bomb
was one of the reasons why, and it's not the first, nor the last
time Jeff Hardy would do something crazy on this countdown.


#29. Mr.
Anderson Wins World Title

 Mr.
Anderson suffered a legit concussion due to Jeff Hardy and a steel
chair. Anderson was sidelined for the next two months. However,
Immortal's dislike for Mr. Anderson . . . Anderson left him facing
Matt Morgan in a No.1 Contender's Match to get a shot at Jeff Hardy
and his World Title at Genesis
2011.
After an intense match Mr. Anderson got the win. But suddenly the
Immortal music played as Eric Bischoff came out and said that Mr.
Anderson's future World Title match was going to place right there
and now. Jeff Hardy came out in his street clothes smoking a
cigarette not sweating the recently concussed Mr. Anderson. Anderson
fought the odds as he kicked out of Twist of Fate's but it looked
like Jeff was going to retain when Matt Morgan came back gave Jeff
Hardy a clothesline from hell. Mr. Anderson fought off Immortal
(including the newly instated Matt Hardy) in order to hit the mic
check and win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Thwarting
Immortal's plans of walking out of Genesis
2011 with
all of the gold.


#28. Jesse
Sorensen Breaks His Neck

 It
was Jesse Sorensen facing Zema Ion in a No.1 Contender's Match for
the X-Division Championship at the Against
All Odds 2012
pay-per-view. In the opening minute of the match Sorensen was on the
outside when Zema Ion went to the top rope and hit him with a
moonsault. Ion's leg landed across Sorensen's head knocking him
to the ground. Sorensen was unable to move and had to be stretchered
out of the arena. He soon got feeling back in his body but found out
he had a broken neck. TNA claimed that he would always have a job
behind the scenes in TNA but received negative backlash for cutting
him a year later. TNA later stated Sorensen didn't want to learn a
new job because he wanted to wrestle and received a lot of money upon
the release. He has since retired from wrestling (though he recently
appeared in a match at NXT). The moment is still hard to watch. 



#27. "Joker"
Sting

 In
2011 Sting's pursuit of wrestling the control of TNA Wrestling from
Immortal and giving it back to Dixie Carter his goal hit a major
speed bump when he lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Mr.
Anderson at Slammiversary
2011. The months of
constant problems caused by Immortal had taken his toll on the Icon.
Hogan met with Sting in his office and said he would get his rematch
a month later on Impact. Sting started cutting a promo on Hogan about
how he has gone down the wrong path and is now a total fake. As the
promo intensified, Sting started laughing maniacally and grabbed
Hogan by the throat and started violently painting his face red. As
the weeks grew Sting would only get more and more insane as his mind
games against Immortal got even crazier. From stating he was working
for the network and releasing a crow in Bischoff's office, to
parking lot attacks, poker tables, crazy promos, and everything in
between. People seem to have mixed feelings about the change
(personally I loved it), but there was no doubt that it made for just
pure insanity on Impact Wrestling.


#26. Orlando
Jordan

 Oh
boy . . . here we go . . . In 2010 Orlando Jordan crossed the line
into TNA Wrestling and it was revealed that he was openly bisexual.
TNA took this to the extreme by starting a sexually-themed talk show
called "The O-Zone." The shows got more and more sexually
explicit and controversial, event to the point where there was a
moment where he simulated cumming on camera (a segment Spike TV
refused to air) as he set his sights on Rob Terry and his . . .
Global Championship. After the match his over the top character was
derailed into a tag team with Eric Young where he dressed in leopard
skin outfits and sucked on lollipops. (And to be fair, Jordan tried
to get a bisexual storyline going before his release in WWE).


#25. Bully Ray
Revealed to Be Leader of Aces & 8s

 For
months there was a rival group of unknowns terrorizing the Impact
Zone by attacking many wrestlers and getting involved in matches, the
group was known as the Aces & 8s. The identity of the leader of
the group was heavily rumored until it was revealed that the TV
Champion, Bully Ray's former tag team partner Devon was the leader
of the group. 

 As
the group went along it developed an Aces & 8s vs. TNA storyline
that culminated at the Lockdown
2013 pay-per-view. Bully
Ray had married Hulk Hogan's daughter Brooke and was named No.1
Contender for Jeff Hardy's World Heavyweight Title at Lockdown.
As the main event went
along the members of Aces & 8s tried several times to get
involved in the match. However, Devon smiled and threw Bully Ray the
hammer Aces & 8s had used to lay out other wrestlers and Ray
knocked out Jeff Hardy and pinned him to win the World Title. Bully
Ray said it took 9 months of careful planning to pull over the
biggest con in wrestling history as he revealed he was the president
of the Aces & 8s and was the reason for all the attacks and chaos
the group had orchestrated.


#24. Hogan &
Abyss vs. Styles & Flair


 While
TNA's attempt at a new Monday Night War didn't go as well as
hoped, it did bring forth a big tag team match-up. On the March 8th
2010 episode of Impact
Hogan forced Ric Flair out of retirement to wrestle a tag team match.
It was Abyss teaming up with Hulk Hogan to take on the team of Ric
Flair and the TNA World Heavyweight Champion, AJ Styles. The match
originally opened the show but couple minutes in everyone was shocked
by the sudden return of Sting as he attacked Hulk Hogan and Abyss,
leaving them bloody in the ring. However, that didn't stop Hogan as
he challenged them to restart the match at the end of the night under
a No Disqualification stipulation. This epic once-in-a-lifetime
contest ended once again in a bloody fashion with Hulk Hogan and
Abyss being on the victorious end.


#23. ECW
Farewell . . . Wooooo

 On
the next episode of Impact
after the epic TNA
Hardcore Justice 2010
successful pay-per-view
event the ECW originals came back out to say goodbye to the fans.
This episode was called The
Whole F'n Show that
presented the main events that were originally set for the
pay-per-view. After Rob Van Dam successfully defended his TNA World
Heavyweight Championship against Abyss in a Stairway to Janice Match
(the name of Abyss' board with nails in it) the ECW originals came
out to thank the fans for buying the ECW-themed event. They came out
to the praises of Hulk Hogan before the lights went out. When the
lights came back on Ric Flair's group of Fortune were in the ring
as they all attacked the ECW originals. Within moments the ring was
covered in tons of blood during this violent and graphic fiasco. But
it got even worse as Rob Van Dam was found backstage, unconscious,
and in a massive pool of blood (okay yeah they overdid this one just
a tad). Rob Van Dam would be stripped of the title and off of Impact
for the next several months. ECW for better or worse, went out in an
extremely violent fashion.


#22. Kurt Angle
Wins All the Titles

 TNA
was set to make history with the "Match of Champions" main event
at the Victory Road 2007
pay-per-view that saw
the World Champion Kurt Angle (as well as IWGP Champion), and
X-Division Champion Samoa Joe to take on the Tag Team Champions of
Team 3D, and the winning team gets all the gold. Samoa Joe eventually
got the pin to single-handedly become the tag team champions (Kane &
Daniel Bryan would be proud). That set the "Winner Taker All"
match at the Hard Justice
2007 pay-per-view where
every single TNA Championship was on the line in one singles match
where the winner would win all the titles. Kurt Angle def. Samoa Joe
with the help of his wife Karen Angle to win every championship.
Unbelievable moment in TNA Wrestling.


#21. Jeff Hardy
Returns to TNA

 On
the legendary January 4th
2010 episode of Impact
that saw the debut of
Hulk Hogan and the signing of many other talents, I don't think
anyone made a bigger impact than the return of Jeff Hardy. During the
Steel Asylum match Jeff Hardy's entrance song "Modest" started
playing throughout the arena. Soon enough Jeff Hardy hopped the
guardrail only to be attacked by Homicide. Jeff Hardy came back with
a huge steel chair shot to Homicide. One helluva way for the
Charasmatic Enigma to make a return.




#20. Riot

 There
was a lot of rivalries going on in 2009, and everything spilled out
of control as Stage 20 at Universal Studios was suddenly the sight of
massive brawl between the entire locker room. TNA and the Main Event
Mafia brawled to the outside and that sparked a chain of kicking ass!
Soon the X-Division started brawling with World Elite, then it panned
to the locker room where TNA officials were trying to keep Samoa Joe
and Lashley separated. It was absolute chaos and that of a prison
break as the entire roster brawled all around the Impact Zone. The
Riot was eventually stopped when police cars and security showed up
to stop the carnage. Proving anything can happen in TNA Wrestling.


#19. Jeff
Hardy's Crash Landing

 It
was the special Lockdown
2015 episode of Impact
Wrestling as the show
opened with the Revolution defending the Tag Team Championship
against the Hardy Boyz inside a Steel Cage Match. Towards the end
Jeff Hardy and James Storm brawled on top of the cage. James Storm
grabbed his cowbell and bashed it against Jeff Hardy's skull,
causing him to come crashing down hard onto the steel steps. The thud
of Hardy on the steps absolutely shocked fans in the Impact Zone as
numerous smart-phone videos of the incident were posted online. It
was so shocking that TMZ caught the story as Jeff appeared to be
knocked out from the fall. While the stunt was meant to be a
storyline injury it is believed he did suffer a legit minor
concussion. He resumed wrestling after TNA returned from the Maximum
Impact Tour and took on James Storm in a singles Lethal Lockdown
match, with Hardy had won.


#18. Elevation X

 In
another TNA first AJ Styles took on Rhino in the first ever Elevation
X Match at Destination X
2007. A big red X type
of scaffold was hung high . . . very high . . . above the 6-sided
ring. The two combatants wrestled each other high up in the air with
the fans all chanting "Please Don't Die." AJ Styles tried to
use his swiftness against the massive Rhino, even trying to hide
inside the Elevation X. However with the help of the fans Rhino found
him and shockingly hit Styles with the gore before knocking Styles
off the scaffold and crashing in the ring. AJ Styles said in his
Highspots Shoot Leaving
An Impact about how fun
the match was but admitted that the Elevation X really was that
high. There has since
been only one other Elevation X match which Rhino had also won.


#17. Rob Van Dam
Wins the World Title

 By
the time April 2010 rolled around AJ Styles was the longest reigning
TNA World Champion at that time. However Rob Van Dam crossed the line
on the March 8th
edition of Impact
defeating Sting. A few days after AJ Styles successfully defended his
World Title at Lockdown
2010 Rob Van Dam
defeated Jeff Hardy in a No.1 Contender's Match and set to face
Styles for the title in the night's main event. Rob Van Dam and AJ
Styles fought in a great match (though I thought their rematch at
Sacrifice 2010 was
better) that eventually led to AJ Styles being pinned after the
Five-Star Frogsplash to become the new TNA World Heavyweight
Champion.


#16. Debut on
Destination America

 On
January 7th
2015 Impact Wrestling made it's debut on Destination America in a
live episode from the Manhattan Center in New York City. The episode
started with a really cool video with all of the heels and babyfaces
taking respective subways about how it's going to be a new chapter
in TNA. The two groups met outside the arena and without missing a
beat Kenny King fired the first punch that led to a big locker room
brawl inside the Manhattan Center with the fight spilling into the
arena (not sure how they can do that from the entrance since the
arena is on the 5th
floor). Everyone, Main-eventers, heavyweights, X-Division, Knockouts,
tag teams, everyone brawled all over the arena to the delight of the
TNA fans as they all chanted TNA and took selfies. The General
Manager Kurt Angle eventually came out and told the wrestlers that
they would be defending their titles that night and saying "This is
New York City! This is the Manhattan Center! This is Impact
Wrestling!" 



#15. Dixie
Carter Fired Jeff Jarrett

 In
the later half of 2009 it was revealed that Jeff Jarrett and and Kurt
Angle's wife Karen had been having an affair while she was still
married. The news led to a very real feud between Kurt Angle and Jeff
Jarrett that affected the company. Kurt asked Dixie to pick between
him or Jeff. Dixie Carter being put in the tough spot, the TNA
president made the decision to relieve Jeff Jarrett from position
running day-to-day operations of TNA Wrestling, the company he had
started. Kurt Angle was left with more power in the company and Jeff
Jarrett was taken off TV for months. To clear up rumors and bad press
TNA filmed a legit interview with Dixie Carter (one of the few times
she appeared on camera at the time) to clear up the rumors. Jeff
Jarrett eventually made his return in January 2010 but now strictly
as a wrestler. Jarrett married Karen in August of 2010 and eventually
left the company towards the end of 2013.


#14. AJ Styles
Wins TNA World Title Before Leaving TNA

 At
the Turning Point 2012
pay-per-view AJ Styles
lost No.1 Contender's match and as a result he would not be allowed
to get a World Title shot until Bound
for Glory 2013. After a
short series of losses AJ Styles left TNA for several months before
coming back as a "Lone Wolf" type character. AJ Styles won the
Bound for Glory series, but in the weeks leading up to the event it
was revealed that AJ Styles was working for TNA without a contract
(reality was his contract had expired but he signed an extension to
keep him on until December 15th).
This led to an in-ring promo where AJ Styles bashed the company, and
mostly the TNA President Dixie Carter. Dixie came out to the ring
with a microphone to talk to AJ Styles but things would turn for the
worse as Dixie verbally bashed AJ and claim he was nothing but a
marketing gimmick. (In AJ Styles Highspots Shoot Leaving
An Impact AJ revealed
that a lot of what Dixie and him had said in their promo was actually
very real).
 Despite
several attempts to eliminate AJ Styles before the Bound
for Glory 2013 pay-per-view
AJ Styles fought the TNA World Champion Bully Ray in a No
Disqualification Match. The match went back and forth that by the
time it ended, the ring canvas was destroyed and AJ Styles hit a 450
splash through the announce table (seriously go watch that it's
freaking insane). AJ Styles won the TNA World Heavyweight
Championship. The next week on Impact
Dixie offered AJ a new
contract as well as a new car but AJ instead took the Championship
and drove away in the car.


#13. Last
Knockout Standing

 Taryn
Terrell had been brought into TNA as a referee for all Knockouts
matches. However Gail Kim at Lockdown
2013 over-stepped her
boundaries when she shoved Terrell down which turned into a brawl
that continued in the backstage area. Taryn was fired from her
position as a referee but was hired to become a TNA Knockout. Gail
Kim challenged her to a Last Knockout Standing Match at Slammiversary
2013. This led to
arguably the most violent and certainly most hard-hitting women's
match in wrestling history. Between chair shots, insane submissions,
dives out to the steel ramp, and the explosive finish of an RKO off
the ramp onto the concrete floor it certainly was one of, if not the
best Knockouts match in TNA History. It was one of the select times
where the Knockouts stole the show.


#12. The
Wooooooo-off

 During
the summer of 2010 Ric Flair's Hall of Fame ring was stolen. The
next week on Impact revealed a stylin' and profilin' Jay Lethal in a
suit impersonating the Nature Boy. The impersonation was spot on,
which angered Ric Flair as he came out to the ring to the chants of
"Double Vision" from the fans. Flair said he was very offended
and demanded his HOF ring back and attacked Jay Lethal. The situation
would only intensify a couple weeks later as Jay Lethal interrupted
Fortune's promo and started going back and forth with Ric Flair
basically trying to see who can "out Ric Flair" the other. This
led to a hilariously awesome "Wooo-off" between the two. They
eventually did wrestle at the Victory
Road 2010 pay-per-view
which Jay Lethal had won.


#11. Austin
Aries Contract Match

 In
2011 TNA had a special X-Division night at the Destination
X 2011 as it was Austin
Aries vs. Low-Ki vs. Zema Ion vs. Jack Evans in a Fatal 4 Way Match
with the winner receiving a TNA contract. This match turned into an
absolute spectacle, it truly was total non-stop action as these four
men fought and gave everything they had and then some to win a TNA
contract. This match turned into a fantastic X-Division showcase that
by the time the match was nearly over the crowd was chanting "Sign
Them All." The winner was Austin Aries who received a contract and
would go on to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship just one
year later.


#10. Love
Triangle

 We
already covered the story of the real-life situation between Kurt
Angle and Jeff Jarrett over Karen Angle. But in 2011 it would erupt
inside the ring. Kurt Angle lost a match at Bound
for Glory 2010 where he
said if he didn't win then he would retire. Angle stated he was not
pinned and therefore should be allowed to remain on the TNA roster.
Jeff Jarrett came out and attacked Kurt Angle, sidelining him for
months. Jeff Jarrett started doing this MMA Exhibition and Kurt Angle
accepted for the Genesis
2011 pay-per-view.
However Jarrett attacked and bloodied Kurt Angle during the bout.
Regardless Kurt Angle was reinstated.
 Karen
Angle entered into the mix which led to a series of very emotional
promos about what tore their marriage apart. Kurt Angle would do
everything he could to get revenge on Jeff Jarrett. This would all
culminate at Slammiversary
2011 where Jeff Jarrett
claimed he had taken everything away from Kurt Angle except one
thing, his olympic gold medal. They wrestled for it with Kurt Angle
being victorious. The next week on Impact they fought one final time
in a parking lot brawl that Kurt Angle had won. 


This truly was a very emotional storyline based on real-life events.
The storyline at times tended to get very dark but soon added more
players and had it's enjoyable moments. Certainly one of the most
emotionally-invested storylines in TNA history.


#9. Jeff Hardy
TNA Debut

 In
the early years TNA was running on all cylinders at the Asylum in
Nashville. This night was set for a match between AJ Styles and Kid
Kash for the X-Division Championship. However, Kid Kash was taken out
of the match due to injury, leaving AJ Styles to face a mystery
opponent. Suddenly the Impact Zone went dark as the original song
"Modest" started playing. A video flashed on the screen that
read, "See You in the Future" before the name "JEFF HARDY"
flashed. The TNA Asylum absolutely erupted as Jeff Hardy made his
debut in TNA Wrestling to take on AJ Styles. The match was sadly cut
short when Kid Kash & Lance Hoyt came out to attack Styles but
there was no doubt, Jeff Hardy made a massive Impact debuting in TNA
Wrestling.


#8. Hulk Hogan
vs. Sting

 Immortal
reigned and ruled over Impact Wrestling for an entire year. Sting
made it his mission to get the real
Hulk Hogan to stand up
again and do what is right and give the company back to Dixie Carter.
In the process Sting went insane and tormented Immortal for months
with only one goal in mind, to wrestle Hulk Hogan in one more match.
Sting defeated Ric Flair which allowed Sting to get a match with
Hogan. Hogan tried to get out of the match by claiming he was
officially retired. Sting came out during Hogan's retirement
ceremony wearing red and yellow colors and showed Hogan footage of
him backstage talking about how the fake retirement ceremony plans
were going to pan out. Hulk Hogan got so angry he challenged Sting to
a Street Fight at Bound
for Glory 2011 and that
if Sting won, Hogan would give the company back to Dixie Carter.

The match turned into a big bloody affair but there was now another
wrench in the works as it was revealed that the referee was the son
of Eric Bischoff. The referee begrudgingly called for the bell when
Hogan submitted to the Scorpion Death Lock. The rest of Immortal came
out to attack Sting. Bischoff's son tried to get involved only to
get attacked himself. Sting pleaded with Hogan to help him. Hogan
stood up and tore the shirt off and attacked his own Immortal
faction, leaving Immortal for good and giving the company back to
Dixie Carter, A huge storyline with a happy ending, there's nothing
better. One of the best stories TNA ever told.


#7. Bobby Roode
Wins World Title

 Bobby
Roode was unable to defeat Kurt Angle at Bound
for Glory 2011. The new
commissioner of TNA, Sting, in response made Kurt Angle defend the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Bobby Roode's Beer Money
tag-team partner James Storm. James Storm hit Angle with the
superkick and won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. James Storm
then gave his best friend the first title shot for the following week
on Impact.
During the match the referee was knocked out of the ring which gave
Bobby Roode the opportunity to hit James Storm with his own beer
bottle and get the pin and become the new TNA World Heavyweight
Champion. This was a moment that became bigger than it really should
have as these two had a great series of violent matches and Bobby
Roode would have the longest World Title reign in TNA History. The
leader of the selfesh generation was here to stay.


#6. Elix Skipper
Walks the Top of the Cage

 Turning
Point 2004, it was
America's Most Wanted vs, Triple X in a Steel Cage Match with the
losing team disbanding. Towards the end of the match Chris Harris was
sitting and resting on the top of the cage with Elix Skipper climbing
to the top on the other side. The crowd went quiet in shock as Elix
Skipper walked across the top of the cage, fearing one inch too far
would send him falling 15 feet to the floor, but instead he walked
across the thin wall of the cage, jumped up, and took down Chris
Harris in a hurricanrana from the top of the cage. Simply one helluva
risk, was never tried again, a once in a lifetime unbelievable moment
brought to us by "Primetime" Elix Skipper.


#5. Jeff Hardy
Swanton Off the Stage

 We
bring you back to the world of the Monster's Ball as it was Rhino
vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Sabu vs. Abyss in a Monster's Ball match at
Bound for Glory 2005.
This is one of my most
favorite matches and it's largely due to this next moment. Abyss
was laid out on the floor on a table and Jeff Hardy climbed a ladder
until he was on top of the Impact Zone stage. He then found a small
platform and made his way even higher . . . 


Okay, lets get something straight, Jeff Hardy did something similar
in WWE when he delivered a huge Swanton Bomb off the Raw set onto
Randy Orton, but it was clearly on a pad. However in TNA there was no
pad. Jeff Hardy delivered a huge swanton on Abyss with nothing but
the table to break his fall. Jeff Hardy admitted in an interview he
was terrified during the entire match because he knew he was going to
have to do this stunt. Just a truly unbelievable moment.


#4. Dixie Carter
Goes Through a Table

 During
2014 Bully Ray was obsessed with putting Dixie Carter through a
table. Bully Ray fought in matches against Dixie Carter's
administration to do whatever he could to get his hands on the TNA
President. Dixie retaliated by dressing up as a bearded cameraman at
Sacrifice 2014 and
shoving Bully Ray off the top rope, sending him crashing through a
table. Bully Ray would soon get his wish as his team won a big Eight
Man Tag Team Hardcore War Match. Dixie Carter did everything possible
to escape her fate. She insulted the New York City crowd, fired her
bodyguards, and her administration was sent to jail. It was crazy as
the entire TNA roster circled around the ring as Bully Ray
power-bombed Dixie Carter through a table. Dixie Carter would legit
suffer a back injury and would be taken off TV for nearly a year. 



#3. Victory Road

 I'd
be an idiot to leave out this moment. At Victory
Road 2011 pay-per-view
the main event was advertized for Sting to defend his newly-won TNA
World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Hardy. Sting came out
first and then Jeff Hardy's music played. Half of the song went on
before Jeff finally stumble-walked down to the ring. Eric Bischoff
soon followed and whispered in Sting's ear before making the match
a No DQ Match. The bell rang and Jeff played with the crowd when he
tried to throw his shirt into the crowd. He eventually dropped the
shirt as Sting attacked. Sting quickly got Jeff up and hit the
Scorpion Death Drop on Jeff and pinned him, retaining his title, the
main event only lasted 88 seconds.

It was reported that TNA officials found Jeff Hardy 10-minutes
before the match, drugged and unable to compete. Bischoff gave Sting
orders to end the match as quickly as possible. After the match Jeff
Hardy was written off of TV for seven months and TNA was forced to
give all the viewers that purchased the ppv a free month of TNA Video
Vault. Since then Jeff Hardy has been to rehab and is clean and they
even turned it into a Road to Redemption storyline as he would win
the TNA World Title from Austin Aries at Bound for Glory 2012.


#2. Hulk Hogan
Joins TNA

 In
September of 2009 at Madison Square Garden was the sight of a major
announcement from Hulk Hogan that he was officially joining TNA
Wrestling. He would make his debut on the historic January 4th
2010 edition of Impact announcing that he and Eric Bischoff would be
running the company their way with Dixie Carter. Since then many new
talents were signed, they changed the ring, got more exposure and
rating during their time. Whether you love or hate Hulk Hogan, he
certainly changed TNA Wrestling forever.


#1 . 10.10.10

 During
the summer of 2010 Abyss started proclaiming that "They" were
coming to take over TNA Wrestling and destroy anyone who got in their
way. Sting came back to TNA claiming that everyone at TNA is being
conned. He spoke in tongues by saying everyone is falling into
someone's master plan. After a series of unprovoked attacks on
certain TNA stars like Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy, Sting was
suspended. He came back with Kevin Nash as they warned everyone that
something bad was going to happen at Bound
for Glory 2010.
Meanwhile, Abyss went on a rampage attacking superstars and nearly
killing Rob Van Dam. Abyss sunk to a new low as he held Dixie Carter
hostage threatening to attack her as well. Abyss eventually let Dixie
go with reasoning from Eric Bischoff. Dixie Carter demanded that TNA
offices to get termination papers ready and Eric Bischoff brought her
a contract and signed for Abyss to be fired right after his Monster's
Ball match against Rob Van Dam at Bound
for Glory 2010.
 The
main event saw Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy in a triple
threat match for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship. At
the end of the match Eric Bischoff came down to the ring to, what
appeared to be, attack Kurt Angle. Hulk Hogan came out on crutches to
try and stop him which started a jaw-jacking between Hogan and
Bischoff. Jeff Hardy got in between them and took away the crutches .
. . only to turn around and smash a crutch across the back of Kurt
Angle. He took the other and smashed it against Mr. Anderson before
pining him and becoming the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

Afterwards, Jeff Jarrett and Abyss came out as they all celebrated
their plan coming together. It was revealed in the following days
that the contract Dixie signed was actually her signing away control
of the company. Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Jeff Jarrett, Abyss and
Jeff Hardy would go on to take over TNA for the foreseeable future.

Never had a storyline with so many different pieces been put
together in this fashion, and for a company that was never known for
producing good, long-term stories, had created this amazing story
that had so many different variables that had a huge payoff. Easily
the best story TNA had ever done and was a pleasure to watch all the
way through.

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