Genesis (2010)

The event began with Amazing Red defending the TNA X Division Championship against a mystery opponent, which was revealed to be Brian Kendrick. After an intense back and forth, high flying contest, Red was on the apron as Kendrick charged him. Red countered the charge into his finisher Code Red and scored the pinfall victory, retaining the championship.[6]

The following contest saw the in-ring debut of Sean Morley as he competed against the villainous Daniels. During the contest the heel Daniels was cheered by the crowd, while the supposed face Morley was booed.[6] The match concluded after Daniels missed the BME, allowing Morley to capitalize and connect with the Money Shot, followed by the pinfall.[6]

The third match of the night, and the second of four championship bouts saw Tara challenge ODB for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship in a two out of three falls match. Tara quickly won the first fall with a roll-up.[6] Tara then won the second fall several minutes later after executing her finisher the Widow's Peak, winning the Championship for the third time.[6]

The next match saw The British Invasion defend their TNA World Tag Team Championship against the number one contenders Matt Morgan and Hernandez. As the match neared its conclusion Hernandez hit his inverted powerslam finisher on Brutus Magnus, which allowed Morgan (the legal man) to connect with the Carbon Footprint on Magnus and score the three count, and simultaneously, the Tag Team Championships with Hernandez.[6]

The fifth contest saw Desmond Wolfe attempt to defeat D'Angelo Dinero in re-match from their bout on the January 4 edition of Impact!, which Dinero had won. Wolfe was successful in the contest after connecting with a lariat and scoring the pinfall.[6]

After a backstage segment in which The Band members Syxx-Pac and Scott Hall competed in a game of rock, paper, scissors to determine who would be Kevin Nash's tag team partner, the following match began.[6] The match saw Nash and Syxx-Pac face Beer Money, Inc., aka Robert Roode and James Storm. As the match neared its finish, Nash attempted his Jackknife Powerbomb, however was distracted by the emergence of Hall, which allowed Storm to hit a Last Call, and Roode to pin him with a roll-up.[6] During Hall's walk to the ring he kayfabe assaulted a fan at ringside by slapping him and pulling him over the barricade to kick him.[6]

The first of Genesis' two main event matches saw Abyss compete against a mystery opponent. Abyss was scheduled to face Bobby Lashley, however Lashley was replaced by Hulk Hogan, after Abyss knocked out Lashley with a computer monitor while defending Eric Bischoff in an altercation between the three.[6] After Abyss' entrance the arena lights were killed momentarily as Mr. Anderson (formerly Mr. Kennedy), made his TNA debut. During the match Anderson played on Hogan's demand (that Abyss not use weapons to prove his abilities), by attempting to use a chair, or throwing the chair in the ring. As Abyss grabbed the chair from the ring he momentarily appeared to contemplate using it, however decided to hand the chair to the referee, which allowed Anderson to retrieve brass knuckles from his tights and hit Abyss with them, which he followed with the pin and the victory.[6]

The eighth and final contest of the event was between A.J. Styles and challenger Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in his last chance for the title. The contest was highly competitive, featuring back and forth action between he two. Eventually Styles connected with the Pelé, providing him with a near fall on Angle.[6] Angle followed this with his finisher the Angle Slam, which provided him with a similar near fall.[6] During the contest Ric Flair made his way to ringside to watch the match. Styles managed to gain momentum once again and attempt a Styles Clash, which Angle countered into the ankle lock submission. Styles managed to make it to the ropes, but only momentarily, as Angle quickly locked the submission in again, though Styles once again countered it. In desperation, Angle attempted a moonsault, which he missed, allowing Styles to capitalize with a 450° splash attempt, which Angle managed to avoid.[6] Angle once again locked in the ankle lock, and after several moments, he followed it by grapevining his legs around Styles' leg. After several moments Styles submitted to the hold, however, the referee did not witness the submission due to Ric Flair suddenly pulling him out of the ring.[6] Angle chased Flair around the ringside, but when he returned to the ring, he ran straight into a clothesline from Styles. Flair then retrieved the championship belt from ringside and slid it to Styles, who thought hard about using it but in the end decided to hit Angle with it, thus turning himself heel.[6] Flair threw the referee back into the ring to make the three count, which meant that Styles retained his championship.[6]