Sacrifice
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PromotionsTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
First eventSacrifice (2005)

Sacrifice is a professional wrestling event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was originally held as a pay-per-view event between 2005 and 2014. The first Sacrifice event took place 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 take place inside the Impact! Zone. On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that in 2013 will be only four PPVs, dropping Sacrifice.[1] In 2016, Sacrifice was held as a special edition of Impact Wrestling and the promotion revived it as a monthly special for Impact Plus in 2020.

History

The inaugural Sacrifice event took place on August 14, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[2] On the third Sacrifice, which took place on May 13, 2007, at the Impact! Zone in Florida, Kurt Angle became the inaugural TNA World Heavywight Champion, by defeating Christian Cage and Sting in a three-way match.[3] Sacrifice remained a regular TNA's pay-per-view until the last event at the time, which took place on April 27, 2014, at the Impact Zone.[4][5] On April 26, 2016, TNA filmed a special televied Sacrifce event at the Impact Zone, which aired on tape delay on April 26.[6] On 2017, after Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased a majority stake of TNA, Anthem re-branded TNA as Impact Wrestling.[7]

On January 29, 2020, Impact retrieved the Sacrifice event as a monthly special for Impact Plus, where the event itself took part on February 22, at the Davis Arena, in Louisville, Kentucky.[8] Since of April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Impact had to present the majority of its programming from a behind closed doors set at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.[9] The 13th Sacrifice event, which took place on March 5, 2022, at the Paristown Hall in Louisville, saw the return of live attendance.[10]

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]
2 Sacrifice (2006) May 14, 2006 Christian Cage (c) vs. Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3 Sacrifice (2007) May 13, 2007 Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle vs. Sting in a three-way match to crown the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion [3]
4 Sacrifice (2008) May 11, 2008 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 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 Rob Van Dam (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [11]
7 Sacrifice (2011) May 15, 2011 Impact Zone Sting (c) vs. Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [12]
8 Sacrifice (2012) May 13, 2012 Bobby Roode (c) vs. Rob Van Dam in a ladder match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [13]
9 Sacrifice (2014) April 27, 2014 Eric Young (c) vs. Magnus for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10 Sacrifice (2016) April 26, 2016[a] Ethan Carter III vs. Mike Bennett [6]
11 Sacrifice (2020) February 22, 2020 Louisville, Kentucky Davis Arena Ace Austin (c-X Division) vs. Tessa Blanchard (c-World) in a non-title champion vs. champion match [8]
12 Sacrifice (2021) March 13, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Rich Swann (c-Impact) vs. Moose (c-TNA) in a championship unification match for the Impact World Championship and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [14]
13 Sacrifice (2022) March 5, 2022 Louisville, Kentucky Paristown Hall Moose (c) vs. Heath for the Impact World Championship [10]
14 Sacrifice (2023) March 24, 2023 Windsor, Ontario, Canada St. Clair College Frankie Kazarian, Rich Swann and Steve Maclin vs. Time Machine (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Kushida) in a six-man tag team match [15][16]
15 Sacrifice (2024) March 8, 2024
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. ^ The event was taped on March 19, 2016.

References

  1. ^ "NEWS: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Announces Major Changes To 2013 Pay-Per-View Strategy". www.impactwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12.
  2. ^ a b Caldwell, James (August 15, 2005). "8/14 TNA Sacrifice PPV: Caldwell's "Alternative Perspective" Review". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Sokol, Chris (May 14, 2007). "World title picture muddied after good Sacrifice". Slam Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  4. ^ Csonka, Larry (April 27, 2014). "411's TNA Sacrifice Report 4.27.14". 411Mania. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Martin, Adam (April 28, 2014). "TNA Sacrifice PPV Results - 4/27/14 (Eric Young vs. Magnus)". WrestleView. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Powell, Jason (April 26, 2006). "4/26 Powell's TNA Impact Wrestling TV Review: Sacrifice theme with Drew Galloway vs. Tyrus for the TNA Title, Beer Money vs. Decay for the TNA Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Jacobs, Corey (March 2, 2017). "It's Official...The TNA Name Is Dead, Former WWE Star Makes His Impact Wrestling Debut". wrestlingnews.co. Wrestling News. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  8. ^ a b IMPACT Wrestling Staff (January 29, 2020). "Champion vs Champion at Sacrifice". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  9. ^ Middleton, Marc (April 7, 2020). "Impact Wrestling To Tape Matches This Week, Impact Moving Forward With Rebellion Event". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  10. ^ a b IMPACT Wrestling Staff (March 5, 2022). "Sacrifice 2022 Full Results". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  11. ^ Gerweck, Steve (February 18, 2010). "Date and location for TNA Sacrifice". WrestleView. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  12. ^ Martin, Adam (March 9, 2011). "Location and date for TNA's Sacrifice PPV in May". WrestleView. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  13. ^ "Access Manager for Web Login". www.universalorlando.com. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  14. ^ "IMPACT World Title & Knockouts Tag Title Matches Official for Sacrifice". Impact Wrestling. February 23, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  15. ^ Carlan, Lewis (October 25, 2022). "Impact Wrestling Announces Upcoming 2023 Events Including Return to Canada". PWMania. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  16. ^ IMPACT Wrestling Staff (March 24, 2023). "Sacrifice 2023 Full Results". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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