TNA Victory Road
Professional wrestling event series
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
Victory Road is a professional wrestling TNA+ event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Victory Road was initially the first three-hour pay-per-view card held by the promotion in November 2004. In 2006, it became an annual pay-per-view for the month of July. All events except for the 2008 edition have been held inside the Impact Zone . It was announced in January 2011 that the event would be moved from July to March, switching places with TNA's traditional March PPV, Destination X .[ 1]
The PPV event was canceled in December 2012, but has since been revived as a One Night Only PPV in 2014 , a television special in 2017, and as an Impact Plus Monthly Special in 2019 .
History
Victory Road was a pay-per-view event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The inaugural event took place on November 7, 2004 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida . All Victory Road PPVS have taken place at the Impact Zone, except for Victory Road (2008) , which took place at the Reliant Arena in Houston , Texas .
Victory Road (2004) was the very first 3-hour pay-per-view produced by TNA. It did not take place in 2005 as it was replaced by Unbreakable . Beginning in 2006, Victory Road became a permanent PPV on the TNA schedule.
From 2006 to 2010, Victory Road took place in the month of July. Beginning with the 2011 event , it took place in the month of March. Victory Road was switched with TNA's traditional March PPV, Destination X .[ 1]
Events
#
Event
Date
City
Venue
Main Event
Ref.
1
Victory Road (2004)
November 7, 2004
Orlando, Florida
TNA Impact! Zone
Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
2
Victory Road (2006)
July 16, 2006
Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe vs. Scott Steiner vs. Sting in a four-way match to become number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3
Victory Road (2007)
July 15, 2007
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle and TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe vs. TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray ) in a tag team match for all the championships.
4
Victory Road (2008)
July 13, 2008
Houston , Texas
Reliant Arena
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
5
Victory Road (2009)
July 19, 2009
Orlando, Florida
TNA Impact! Zone
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mick Foley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
6
Victory Road (2010)
July 11, 2010
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson in a four-way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
[ 2]
7
Victory Road (2011)
March 13, 2011
Impact Zone
Sting (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
[ 1]
8
Victory Road (2012)
March 18, 2012
Bobby Roode vs. Sting in a No Holds Barred match
[ 3]
9
One Night Only: Victory Road
December 5, 2014[ a]
12-man Gauntlet battle royal match for a future shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10
One Night Only: Victory Road 2016
May 20, 2016[ b]
Ethan Carter III vs. Eli Drake
11
One Night Only: Victory Road – Knockouts Knockdown
April 14, 2017[ c]
Alisha Edwards , Leva Bates , ODB and Santana Garrett vs. Angelina Love , Diamanté , Laurel Van Ness and Rosemary in an eight-woman tag team match
12
Victory Road (2017)
September 28, 2017[ d]
Eli Drake (c) vs. Johnny Impact for the GFW Global Championship
13
Victory Road (2019)
September 14, 2019
Enid, Oklahoma
Stride Bank Center
Michael Elgin vs. TJP
[ 4]
14
Victory Road (2020)
October 3, 2020
Nashville, Tennessee
Skyway Studios
Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards for the Impact World Championship
[ 5]
15
Victory Road (2021)
September 18, 2021
Christian Cage (c) vs. Ace Austin for the Impact World Championship
[ 6]
16
Victory Road (2022)
September 23, 2022
Moose vs. Sami Callihan vs. Steve Maclin in a Three-Way Barbed Wire Massacre match
[ 7]
17
Victory Road (2023)
September 8, 2023
White Plains, New York
Westchester County Center
Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin
[ 8]
18
Victory Road (2024)
September 13, 2024
San Antonio, Texas
Boeing Center at Tech Port
TBD
[ 9]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
Notes
^ The event was taped on May 10, 2014.
^ The event was taped on March 17–19, 2016.
^ The event was taped on March 3–4, 2017.
^ The event was taped on August 20, 2017.
References
^ a b c "Victory Road PPV Moving To March" . TNAWrestling.com. 2011-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-12 .
^ Gerweck, Steve (June 4, 2010). "TNA Victory Road Location" . WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2010 .
^ "Upcoming TNA PPV dates and locations in 2012" . WrestleView . November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011 .
^ Haulotte, Kellie (September 14, 2019). "Impact Victory Road Results: New World Class Revolution Champion Crowned, Michael Elgin Vs. TJP" . Wrestling Inc . Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021 .
^ Coder, Brie (September 22, 2020). "Eric Young To Defend Impact World Championship Against Eddie Edwards At Impact's "Victory Road" " . Wrestling Inc . Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2021 .
^ IMPACT Wrestling Staff (August 20, 2021). "Christian Cage Defends the IMPACT World Title Against Ace Austin at Victory Road" . Impact Wrestling. Retrieved August 22, 2021 .
^ Defelice, Roberts (August 5, 2022). "IMPACT Wrestling Confirms September 2022 Events Will Now Emanate From Nashville" . Fightful Wrestling . Retrieved August 5, 2022 .
^ Lambert, Jeremy (May 26, 2023). "IMPACT Episode 1000 Set To Tape On 9/9, IMPACT Victory Road Announced For 9/8" . Fightful . Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023 .
^ "TNA Wrestling Announces Updates To Live Events Schedule, Including Return To San Antonio, Texas" . July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 .
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