Turning Point is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of December. It originated in 2004 as TNA's second ever monthly pay-per-view event, after TNA Victory Road. Over the first two years, Turning Point has earned a reputation for having at least one outstanding match on the show that will be in contention for "match of the year" honors. The America's Most Wanted vs. Triple X steel cage match from 2004 and the Sabu vs. Abyss barbed wire match from 2005 both earned "TNA Match of the Year" honors as voted by the fans.
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Results
2004
2005
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | December 11 2005 | |
| Venue | iMPACT! Zone | |
| City | Orlando, Florida | |
| Attendance | 900 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Genesis 2005 | Turning Point 2005 | Final Resolution 2006 |
Turning Point 2005 took place on December 11 2005 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[1]
- Pre-Show match: Lance Hoyt and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated Buck Quartermain, Jon Bolen and Joe Doering (7:11)
- Hoyt pinned Bolen after a Blackout.
- Sabu defeated Abyss (w/James Mitchell) in a Barbed Wire Massacre (10:58)
- Sabu pinned Abyss after an Arabian Facebuster with Abyss sandwiched between two barbed wire boards.
- Austin Aries and Matt Bentley (w/Traci) defeated Alex Shelley and Roderick Strong (8:03)
- Bentley pinned Strong after a Superkick.
- Raven defeated Chris K (5:49)
- Raven pinned K after a Raven Effect DDT.
- Team Canada (Petey Williams, Eric Young, Bobby Roode and A-1) (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated 4Live Kru (B.G. James, Konnan, Ron Killings and Kip James) (7:16)
- Roode pinned Kip after Konnan hit Kip with a steel chair.
- After the match, Konnan hit B.G. with a chair as well.
- Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Dale Torborg (w/A.J. Pierzynski) defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (Simon Diamond, David Young and Elix Skipper) (7:58)
- Sabin pinned Diamond after a Cradle Shock and a Hindu Press from Dutt.
- After the match, Johnny Damon handed Pierzynski a home plate to use as a weapon against Diamond.
- Bobby Heenan provided guest commentary for the match.
- Christian Cage defeated Monty Brown (12:38)
- Cage pinned Brown after an Unprettier to become #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
- Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) in a Tables match (10:20)
- Team 3D eliminated Storm with a Death Sentence and Harris with a 3D.
- Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles to win the TNA X Division Championship (18:54)
- Joe made Styles pass out to the Coquina Clutch.
- After the match, Joe continued to attack Styles until Christopher Daniels came out to make the save.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated Rhino to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (17:29)
- Jarrett pinned Rhino after a Stroke onto several chairs.
2006
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | December 10 2006 | |
| Venue | iMPACT! Zone | |
| City | Orlando, Florida | |
| Attendance | 900 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Genesis 2006 | Turning Point 2006 | Final Resolution 2007 |
Turning Point 2006 took place on December 10 2006 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The tagline was "It's Damn Real".
- Pre-Show match: Lance Hoyt and Ron Killings defeated Serotonin (Maverick Matt, Kazarian and Johnny Devine) (w/Raven) (4:37)
- Killings pinned Kazarian after an Axe Kick.
- Paparazzi Championship Series - Elimination match: Senshi defeated Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, Austin Starr and Jay Lethal (14:38)
- Dutt forced Shelley to submit with a camel clutch (7:52)
- Senshi pinned Lethal after a Warrior's Way (8:50)
- Starr pinned Dutt after a 450° splash (13:12)
- Senshi pinned Starr with a roll-up (14:38)
- As the winner of the match, Senshi received five points towards the Series. Starr received four points, Dutt three points, Lethal two points, and Shelley one point.
- Eric Young defeated Ms. Brooks (w/Robert Roode) in a Bikini contest
- Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Sabin (w/Jerry Lynn as Special Guest Referee) to retain the TNA X Division Championship (12:27)
- Daniels pinned Sabin after a Best Moonsault Ever.
- A.J. Styles defeated Rhino (7:31)
- Styles pinned Rhino with a roll-up after faking a knee injury.
- The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (w/Konnan) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (w/Gail Kim) in a Flag match (10:42)
- LAX won the match by hanging the Mexican Flag above the ring, thus earning the right to have the Mexican National Anthem played in the arena.
- Abyss (w/James Mitchell) defeated Sting and Christian Cage (w/Tomko) in a Triple Threat match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (11:55)
- Abyss pinned Sting after a Black Hole Slam.
- Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle (19:17)
- Joe forced Angle to submit with a Coquina Clutch.
2007
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | December 2 2007 | |
| Venue | iMPACT! Zone | |
| City | Orlando, Florida | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Genesis 2007 | Turning Point 2007 | Final Resolution 2008 |
Turning Point 2007 took place on December 2 2007 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida.[2] The tagline was "Silent Night...Bloody Night".
- Johnny Devine and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) in a Tables Match (15:00)
- Lethal put Devine through a table with a Diving Elbow Drop but referee Mark "Slick" Johnson was knocked out. While the referee was knocked out, Team 3D put Devine on top of Lethal and woke up the referee.
- Angelina Love and Velvet Sky defeated ODB and Roxxi Laveaux (6:08)
- Love pinned Laveaux after a combination Russian Legsweep from Sky and Mafia Kick from Love.
- Eric Young defeated James Storm (w/Jackie Moore) (12:23)
- Young pinned Storm with a sunset flip.
- Scott Steiner, Senshi, B.G. James and Petey Williams won the Feast or Fired Battle Royal (11:55)
- Other participants: Shark Boy, Lance Hoyt, Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, Homicide, Hernandez, Kip James, Jimmy Rave, Chris Harris, and Sonjay Dutt
- There were four briefcases in the corners; one had a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, one had a shot at the TNA X Division Championship, one had a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the other contained a pink slip.
- The contents of the cases were revealed on the December 13 edition of iMPACT!. Petey Williams was awarded a TNA World Heavyweight Championship title shot, B.G. James was awarded a TNA World Tag Team Championship shot, Scott Steiner was awarded an TNA X Division Championship title shot, and Christopher Daniels was given the pink slip.
- Christopher Daniels had defeated Senshi on the December 6 edition of iMPACT! with Elix Skipper as the special referee, to win Senshi's briefcase.
- Gail Kim defeated Awesome Kong by disqualification to retain the TNA Women's World Championship (8:49)
- Kong was disqualified after shoving referee Andrew Thomas and excessively choking Kim in the corner.
- Abyss and Raven defeated Rellik and Black Reign in a Match of 10,000 Tacks (14:45)
- Abyss pinned Rellik after a Black Hole Slam onto tacks.
- Rhino was originally scheduled to be Abyss' partner, but pulled out due to injury.
- Kaz and Booker T (w/Sharmell) defeated Christian Cage and Robert Roode (w/Ms. Brooks) (15:58)
- Booker pinned Cage after an Axe Kick.
- Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash and Eric Young, defeated The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) (w/Karen Angle) (9:32)
- Joe pinned Tomko after a Muscle Buster.
- Scott Hall was scheduled to be part of the match, but was replaced by Young after Hall no-showed.[3]
References
- ^ Martin, Finn. "Power Slam Magazine", TNA Turning Point (2005), SW Publishing, 2005-01-21, p. 22.
- ^ TNA Turning Point 2007. TNAWrestling.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
- ^ [1]
External links
- TNAWrestling.com - the official website of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Official website of Turning Point
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Final Resolution • Against All Odds • Destination X • Lockdown • Sacrifice • Slammiversary Victory Road • Hard Justice • No Surrender • Bound for Glory • Genesis • Turning Point |
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Unbreakable (2005) |
