TNA Sacrifice

Sacrifice
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Promotion(s)	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
First event	Sacrifice (2005)

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. Sacrifice 2009 featured Beer Money, Inc. defeating The British Invasion in the finals of the Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament. All events have been held inside the Impact! Zone. On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that in 2013 will be only four PPVs, dropping Sacrifice.^[1]

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event	Ref
1	Sacrifice (2005)	August 14, 2005	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone	Jeff Jarrett and Rhino vs. Raven and Sabu in a Tag Team match
2	Sacrifice (2006)	May 14, 2006	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone	Christian Cage (c) vs. Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3	Sacrifice (2007)	May 13, 2007	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone	Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle vs. Sting in a Three Way match to crown the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion
4	Sacrifice (2008)	May 11, 2008	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone	Samoa Joe (c) vs. Kaz vs. Scott Steiner in a Three Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
5	Sacrifice (2009)	May 24, 2009	Orlando, Florida	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
6	Sacrifice (2010)	May 16, 2010	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone	Rob Van Dam (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	[2]
7	Sacrifice (2011)	May 15, 2011	Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling Zone	Sting (c) vs. Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	[3]
8	Sacrifice (2012)	May 13, 2012	Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling Zone	Bobby Roode (c) vs. Rob Van Dam in a Ladder match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	[4]
9	Sacrifice (2014)	April 27, 2014	Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling Zone	Eric Young (c) vs. Magnus for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10	Sacrifice (2016)	April 26, 2016	Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling Zone	Ethan Carter III vs. Mike Bennett
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match

Results

2005

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) eventproduced 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 matches were featured on the event'scard.

• Jushin Thunder Liger (with Black Tiger, 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 Crash Thunder Buster.
• 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, Magno, Eric Young, Alex Shelley, Jushin Thunder 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)
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 matches were featured on the event's card. On this morning, before the airing of the event, Vice President of the National Wrestling Alliance stripped Christian Cage of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and Team 3D of the NWA World Tag Team Championships due to Cage's refusal to defend the World Title in various NWA Territories. The NWA severed all ties with TNA, although the affected champions still had physical possession of the belts. The affected champions defended their "status" as champions.

• Chris Sabin defeated Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt in a Three Way match for 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, 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 for the NWA 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 in a Three Way match to crown the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion (10:45)
  • Angle forced Sting to submit with the Ankle Lock while he had Cage pinned. The referee declared Angle the winner.
  • Angle's victory was later revoked as the final decision resulted in the new title being vacated.

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2014

2016

Sacrifice (2016)
Tagline(s)	Free on Pop TV
Theme song(s)	"Roustabout" by Billy Corgan
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	March 19, 2016 Aired April 26, 2016
Attendance	1,100
Venue	Impact Wrestling Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Sacrifice chronology
Sacrifice (2014) Sacrifice (2016) TBA

Sacrifice (2016) was a professional wrestling television special produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), The show was taped on March 19, 2016 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida and Aired on Pop TV on April 26, 2016. It was the tenth event under the Sacrifice chronology. Unlike the previous events, this event won't be held on pay-per-view (PPV) and instead, was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV.

No.	Matches	Stipulations	Times
1	Drew Galloway (c) defeated Tyrus	Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	7:55
2	Rosemary defeated Gail Kim	Singles match	6:08
3	Decay (Crazzy Steve and Abyss) (with Rosemary) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (Bobby Roode and James Storm) (c)	Valley of Shadows match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship	14:10
4	Bram defeated Eric Young (c)	Falls Count Anywhere match for the TNA King of the Mountain Championship	6:34
5	Mike Bennett defeated Ethan Carter III	No Disqualification match	11:11
(c) - refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy
2. Gerweck, Steve (2010-02-18). "Date and location for TNA Sacrifice". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
3. Martin, Adam (2011-03-09). "Location and date for TNA's Sacrifice PPV in May". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
4. http://www.universalorlando.com/Shows/Impact-Wrestling.aspx

External links

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