Victory Road
PromotionsTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
First eventVictory Road (2004)

Victory Road is a professional wrestling TNA+ event held by TNA Wrestling. Victory Road was initially 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]

The PPV event was canceled in December 2012, but has since been revived 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.
1 Victory Road (2004) November 7, 2004 Orlando, Florida TNA 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 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 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 TNA Impact! Zone Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mick Foley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
6 Victory Road (2010) July 11, 2010 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 Impact Zone Sting (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [1]
8 Victory Road (2012) March 18, 2012 Bobby Roode vs. Sting in a No Holds Barred match [3]
9 One Night Only: Victory Road December 5, 2014[lower-alpha 1] 12-man Gauntlet battle royal match for a future shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10 One Night Only: Victory Road 2016 May 20, 2016[lower-alpha 2] Ethan Carter III vs. Eli Drake
11 One Night Only: Victory Road – Knockouts Knockdown April 14, 2017[lower-alpha 3] Alisha Edwards, Leva Bates, ODB and Santana Garrett vs. Angelina Love, Diamanté, Laurel Van Ness and Rosemary in an eight-woman tag team match
12 Victory Road (2017) September 28, 2017[lower-alpha 4] Eli Drake (c) vs. Johnny Impact for the GFW Global Championship
13 Victory Road (2019) September 14, 2019 Enid, Oklahoma Stride Bank Center Michael Elgin vs. TJP [4]
14 Victory Road (2020) October 3, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards for the Impact World Championship [5]
15 Victory Road (2021) September 18, 2021 Christian Cage (c) vs. Ace Austin for the Impact World Championship [6]
16 Victory Road (2022) September 23, 2022 Moose vs. Sami Callihan vs. Steve Maclin in a Three-Way Barbed Wire Massacre match [7]
17 Victory Road (2023) September 8, 2023 White Plains, New York Westchester County Center Josh Alexander vs. Steve Maclin [8]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. ↑ The event was taped on May 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ The event was taped on March 17–19, 2016.
  3. ↑ The event was taped on March 3–4, 2017.
  4. ↑ The event was taped on August 20, 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Victory Road PPV Moving To March". TNAWrestling.com. 2011-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  2. ↑ Gerweck, Steve (June 4, 2010). "TNA Victory Road Location". WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Upcoming TNA PPV dates and locations in 2012". WrestleView. November 29, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ Haulotte, Kellie (September 14, 2019). "Impact Victory Road Results: New World Class Revolution Champion Crowned, Michael Elgin Vs. TJP". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  5. ↑ Coder, Brie (September 22, 2020). "Eric Young To Defend Impact World Championship Against Eddie Edwards At Impact's "Victory Road"". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ IMPACT Wrestling Staff (August 20, 2021). "Christian Cage Defends the IMPACT World Title Against Ace Austin at Victory Road". Impact Wrestling. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ Defelice, Roberts (August 5, 2022). "IMPACT Wrestling Confirms September 2022 Events Will Now Emanate From Nashville". Fightful Wrestling. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  8. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (May 26, 2023). "IMPACT Episode 1000 Set To Tape On 9/9, IMPACT Victory Road Announced For 9/8". Fightful. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
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