Impact Wrestling Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a professional wrestling event held by Impact Wrestling. It was originally held as a pay-per-view event by the company under its previous name Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) 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.
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Promotion(s) | Impact Wrestling |
First event | Sacrifice (2005) |
Events
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref |
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1 | Sacrifice (2005) | August 14, 2005 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | Jeff Jarrett and Rhino vs. Raven and Sabu in a Tag team match | |
2 | Sacrifice (2006) | May 14, 2006 | Orlando, Florida | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Zone | Sting (c) vs. Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | [3] |
8 | Sacrifice (2012) | May 13, 2012 | Orlando, Florida | Impact 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 Zone | Eric Young (c) vs. Magnus for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | |
10 | Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice (2016) | April 26, 2016 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | Ethan Carter III vs. Mike Bennett | |
11 | Sacrifice (2020) | February 22, 2020 | Louisville, Kentucky | Davis Arena | Tessa Blanchard vs. Ace Austin | |
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match | ||||||
References
- http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy
- Gerweck, Steve (2010-02-18). "Date and location for TNA Sacrifice". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- Martin, Adam (2011-03-09). "Location and date for TNA's Sacrifice PPV in May". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
- "Access Manager for Web Login". www.universalorlando.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.