Sacrifice is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of May. The first one was held 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. All Events have been held inside the Impact! Zone.
[edit] Events
| # |
Event |
Date |
City |
Venue |
Main Event |
Ref |
| 01 !1 |
Sacrifice 2005 !Sacrifice (2005) |
02005-08-14 August 14, 2005 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Jeff Jarrett and Rhino versus Raven and Sabu in a Tag Team match |
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| 02 !2 |
Sacrifice 2006 !Sacrifice (2006) |
02006-05-14 May 14, 2006 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Christian Cage (c) versus Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship |
|
| 03 !3 |
Sacrifice 2007 !Sacrifice (2007) |
02007-05-13 May 13, 2007 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Christian Cage (c) versus Kurt Angle versus Sting in a Three Way match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
|
| 04 !4 |
Sacrifice 2008 !Sacrifice (2008) |
02008-05-11 May 11, 2008 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Samoa Joe (c) versus Kaz versus Scott Steiner in a Three Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
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| 05 !5 |
Sacrifice 2009 !Sacrifice (2009) |
02009-05-24 May 24, 2009 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Mick Foley (c) versus Jeff Jarrett versus Kurt Angle versus Sting in a Four Way Ultimate Sacrifice match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
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| 06 !6 |
Sacrifice 2010 !Sacrifice (2010) |
02010-05-16 May 16, 2010 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone |
Rob Van Dam (c) versus A.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
[1] |
| 07 !7 |
Sacrifice 2011 !Sacrifice (2011) |
02011-05-15 May 15, 2011 |
Orlando !Orlando, Florida |
Impact Wrestling Zone !Impact Wrestling Zone |
Sting (c) versus Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
[2] |
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(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match
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[edit] Results
Sacrifice (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 14, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Sacrifice chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.
Sacrifice (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on May 14, 2006 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Sacrifice chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.
- Jushin Liger (with Black Tiger IV, Minoru Tanaka, and Hirooki Goto) defeated Petey Williams (with Eric Young, Johnny Devine, and Tyson Dux) in a World X Cup match (07:16)
- Liger pinned Williams after a CTB.
- America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (15:30)
- Harris pinned Styles after hitting him with a nightstick thrown down from the rafters by Gail Kim.
- Raven defeated A-1 (with Larry Zbyszko) (05:19)
- Bobby Roode (with Coach D'Amore) defeated Rhino (12:07)
- The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (09:35)
- B.G. pinned Devon after hitting him with a lead pipe.
- Petey Williams won a World X Cup Gauntlet (19:21)
- Also in the match: Minoru Tanaka, Puma, Chris Sabin, Hirooki Goto, Incognito, Johnny Devine, Sonjay Dutt, Black Tiger IV, Magno, Eric Young, Alex Shelley, Jushin Liger, Shocker, Tyson Dux, and Jay Lethal.
- Williams pinned Puma after a Canadian Destroyer.
- After the match, Kevin Nash entered the ring and delivered a Jackknife Powerbomb to Puma.
- Sting and Samoa Joe defeated Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner (with Gail Kim) (14:24)
- Christian Cage defeated Abyss (with James Mitchell) in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (26:01)
- Cage grabbed the belt to win the match and reclaim the physical title belt, which had been stolen by Abyss at Lockdown.
Sacrifice (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on May 13, 2007 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Sacrifice chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.
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