Impact Wrestling Genesis

Genesis is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Impact Wrestling. The name was originally used on May 9, 2003, for a two-hour DirecTV special that highlighted early moments in TNA’s history.[1]

Genesis
TNA Genesis Logo
TNA Genesis logo
PromotionsImpact Wrestling
First eventGenesis (2005)
Last eventGenesis (2021)

Genesis was actually not amongst the original names used by TNA for its first twelve pay-per-view events, but ultimately was added to the rotation as the thirteenth pay-per-view name during a time of name shuffling on the part of TNA Management. All events but three have been held in the Impact Zone. Originally, Genesis was held in November, but was moved to January starting in 2009. For this reason, 2008 did not have a Genesis PPV event. There have only been eight World Championship matches in the main event. Genesis was later televised as an Impact Wrestling television special on Spike TV on January 16, 2015, and on Pop in 2017 and 2018.

On December 12, 2020 at Final Resolution, it was announced that Genesis would be revived as a monthly special for Impact Plus on January 9, 2021.[2]

History

The inaugural Genesis event took place on November 13, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[3] Since the fourth Genesis event, which took place on January 11, 2009, at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, TNA begun to present Genesis on January moving forwards, instead of November as the first three Genesis events.[4] On 2017, after Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased a majority stake of TNA, Anthem re-branded TNA as Impact Wrestling.[5] The 12th Genesis event, which took place on January 9, 2021, at the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, was in front of no crowd attendance, as Impact had to present majority of their events behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[6]

Events
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Genesis (2005) November 13, 2005 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) vs. Rhino and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) in a six-man tag team match [3]
2 Genesis (2006) November 19, 2006 Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe
3 Genesis (2007) November 11, 2007 Kurt Angle (c) and Kevin Nash vs. Booker T and Sting in a tag team match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship; person who gained the pinfall won the championship
4 Genesis (2009) January 11, 2009 Charlotte, North Carolina Bojangles' Coliseum Mick Foley and The TNA Front Line (A.J. Styles and Brother Devon) vs. Cute Kip and The Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Steiner) in a six-man tag team hardcore match [4]
5 Genesis (2010) January 17, 2010 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone A.J. Styles (c) vs. Kurt Angle in a Last Chance match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [7]
6 Genesis (2011) January 9, 2011 Impact Zone Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Mr. Anderson for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
7 Genesis (2012) January 8, 2012 Bobby Roode (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [8]
8 Genesis (2013) January 13, 2013 Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode in a three-way elimination match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
7 Genesis (2014) January 16, 2014 Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Ethan Carter III vs. Sting, with Magnus and Rockstar Spud as the special guest referees
January 23, 2014[lower-alpha 1] Magnus (c) vs. Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
8 Genesis (2017) January 27, 2017[lower-alpha 2] Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Eddie Edwards (c) vs. Lashley in a 30-minute Iron Man match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9 Genesis (2018) January 25, 2018[lower-alpha 3] Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Aberdeen Pavilion Eli Drake (c) vs. Alberto El Patron vs. Johnny Impact in a Six Sides of Steel match for the Impact Global Championship
10 Genesis (2021) January 9, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Moose vs. Willie Mack in an "I quit" match [9]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes
  1. The event was taped on January 16, 2014.
  2. The event was taped on January 8, 2017.
  3. The event was taped on August 8 and 10, 2016.

References
  1. "NWA-TNA Presents Genesis". Archived from the original on 2003-05-29. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
  2. "Genesis Returns on IMPACT Plus – IMPACT Wrestling". December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. Caldwell, James (November 13, 2005). "CALDWELL'S TNA GENESIS PPV REPORT 11/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. "January's "Genesis" Coming To Charlotte". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. November 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Gerweck, Steve (2009-11-04). "Locations for first 3 TNA PPVs of 2010". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  8. "Upcoming TNA PPV dates and locations in 2012". Wrestleview. November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  9. Lambert, Jeremy (December 12, 2020). "IMPACT Genesis Announced For January 2021". Fightful. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.