Impact Wrestling Victory Road
Victory Road was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Impact Wrestling (Formally Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling) in the United States. Victory Road was 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]
Victory Road | |
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Promotion(s) | Impact Wrestling |
First event | Victory Road (2004) |
Last event | Victory Road (2012) |
The PPV event was canceled in December 2012, but Victory Road has since been brought back 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 |
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1 | Victory Road (2004) | November 7, 2004 | Orlando, Florida | 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 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | 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 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | 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 | Impact Zone | Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mick Foley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | |
6 | Victory Road (2010) | July 11, 2010 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | 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 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | Sting (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | [1] |
8 | Victory Road (2012) | March 18, 2012 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | Bobby Roode vs. Sting in a No Holds Barred match | [3] |
9 | One Night Only: Victory Road | May 10, 2014 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | 12-man Gauntlet battle royal match for a future shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | |
10 | Impact!: Victory Road (2017) | September 28, 2017 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Zone | Eli Drake (c) vs. Johnny Impact for the GFW Global Championship | |
11 | Victory Road (2019) | September 14, 2019 | Enid, Oklahoma | Stride Bank Center | Michael Elgin vs. TJP | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match |
References
- "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 (2010-06-04). "TNA Victory Road Location". WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- "Upcoming TNA PPV dates and locations in 2012". Wrestleview. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2011-11-29.