TNA Victory Road

Victory Road is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the US. It was originally the name for the first three-hour pay-per-view card held by TNA 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.

History

Victory Road is 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 TNA 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 has become 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 now takes place in the month of March. Victory Road was switched with TNA's traditional March PPV, Destination X.

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event	Ref
01 !1	Victory Road 2004 !Victory Road (2004)	02004-11-07 November 7, 2004	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Jeff Jarrett (c) versus Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
02 !2	Victory Road 2006 !Victory Road (2006)	02006-07-16 July 16, 2006	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Christian Cage versus Samoa Joe versus Scott Steiner versus Sting in a Four Way match to become number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
03 !3	Victory Road 2007 !Victory Road (2007)	02007-07-15 July 15, 2007	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle and TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe versus TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) in a Tag Team match for all the championships.
04 !4	Victory Road 2008 !Victory Road (2008)	02008-07-13 July 13, 2008	Houston !Houston, Texas	Reliant Arena !Reliant Arena	Samoa Joe (c) versus Booker T for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
05 !5	Victory Road 2009 !Victory Road (2009)	02009-07-19 July 19, 2009	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Kurt Angle (c) versus Mick Foley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
06 !6	Victory Road 2010 !Victory Road (2010)	02010-07-11 July 11, 2010	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Rob Van Dam (c) versus Abyss versus Jeff Hardy versus Mr. Anderson in a Four Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
07 !7	Victory Road 2011 !Victory Road (2011)	02011-03-13 March 13, 2011	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone !TNA Impact! Zone	Sting (c) versus Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
08 !8	Victory Road 2012 !Victory Road (2012)	02012-03-18 March 18, 2012	Orlando !Orlando, Florida	Impact Wrestling Zone !Impact Wrestling Zone
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Results

2004

Main article: Victory Road (2004)

2006

Victory Road (2006)
Promotional poster featuring Sting, Christian Cage, Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	July 16, 2006
Attendance	900
Venue	TNA Impact! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Slammiversary (2006) Victory Road (2006) Hard Justice (2006)
Victory Road chronology
Victory Road (2004) Victory Road (2006) Victory Road (2007)

Victory Road (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on July 16, 2006 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Victory Road chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

• Pre-Show match: Johnny Devine (with Alex Shelley) defeated Shark Boy (03:30)
  • Devine pinned Shark Boy after a Devine Intervention.
• The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (with Shane Douglas) defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (Elix Skipper and David Young) (with Simon Diamond) (05:27)
  • Douglas pinned Skipper after a Last Breath.
• Monty Brown fought Rhino to a no contest (04:56)
  • The match was declared a no contest after referee Andrew Thomas was knocked out twice and Rhino and Brown fought into the crowd.
• The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (with Konnan) defeated Sonjay Dutt and Ron Killings (10:07)
  • Hernandez pinned Dutt after a Border toss.
• Senshi (c) defeated Kazarian to retain the TNA X Division Championship (11:19)
  • Senshi pinned Kazarian after a Warrior's Way.
• Raven defeated Larry Zbyszko in a Hair vs. Hair Match (03:48)
  • Raven pinned Zbyszko after a Raven Effect DDT.
  • Afterwards Raven shaved Zbyszko bald. Zbyszko resisted violently, threatening to fire everybody involved, and eventually kicking a taunting Mark "Slick" Johnson in the groin when Slick showed him a mirror.
• Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal defeated The Paparazzi (Kevin Nash and Alex Shelley) (with Johnny Devine) (09:07)
  • Sabin pinned Shelley with a roll-up.
• The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James) and Abyss (with James Mitchell) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray, Brother Devon and Brother Runt) (10:24)
  • Abyss pinned Runt after a Black Hole Slam through a table.
• Sirelda, A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels (c) defeated Gail Kim and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) in a Mixed Tag Team match to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (11:52)
  • Styles pinned Storm after Storm was accidentally hit with a steel chair by Harris.
• Sting defeated Scott Steiner, Samoa Joe, and Christian Cage in a Road To Victory Match (14:09)
  • Sting pinned Steiner after a Scorpion Death Drop to become number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
  • Early in the match, Jeff Jarrett(c), who was disguised as a cameraman, used a squirt bottle to squirt gasoline in Sting's eyes. Sting came back with one eye bandaged and finished the match.

2007

Victory Road (2007)
Promotional poster featuring Gail Kim and various TNA wrestlers
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	July 15, 2007
Attendance	900
Venue	TNA Impact! Zone
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Slammiversary (2007) Victory Road (2007) Hard Justice (2007)
Victory Road chronology
Victory Road (2006) Victory Road (2007) Victory Road (2008)

Victory Road (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on July 15, 2007 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Victory Road chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

• Dark match: Serotonin (Havok and Martyr) defeated Akira Raijin and Brute Issei (04:20)
  • Martyr pinned Raijin.
• Christopher Daniels won an Ultimate X Gauntlet match (18:48)
  • Daniels grabbed the "X" with the help of Skipper and Senshi to become number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship.
  • The match also involved: Jay Lethal, Puma, Homicide, Sonjay Dutt, Petey Williams, Shark Boy, Elix Skipper, Kaz and Senshi.
  • The match started out as a Gauntlet, but became a standard Ultimate X match once all ten wrestlers were in the ring.
• The Voodoo Kin Mafia (B.G. James and Kip James) (with Roxxi Laveaux) defeated Basham and Damaja (with Christy Hemme and Lance Hoyt) (07:03)
  • Kip pinned Damaja after B.G. hit Damaja with a steel chair.
• James Storm defeated Rhino (10:26)
  • Storm pinned Rhino after hitting him with a beer bottle.
  • Jackie Moore was banned from ringside, but came out to help Storm attack Rhino after the match.
• The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) (with Kevin Nash) defeated Jerry Lynn and Bob Backlund (08:44)
  • Sabin pinned Lynn after an Enzuigiri / Superkick combination.
  • During the match, Nash interfered on Sabin and Shelley's behalf.
• Eric Young and Gail Kim defeated Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks (08:17)
  • Kim pinned Brooks after Roode inadvertently hit her with an elbow drop.
• Christian Cage defeated Chris Harris (13:58)
  • Cage pinned Harris with a roll-up after Dustin Rhodes hit Harris in the back with a pair of handcuffs.
• Sting and Abyss defeated A.J. Styles and Tomko (15:33)
  • Abyss pinned Tomko after a Black Hole Slam.
• TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle and TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe defeated TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) (18:25)
  • Joe pinned Ray after Scott Steiner hit Ray with a steel pipe and Kurt hit an Olympic slam.
  • Per the pre-match stipulation, Joe won the Tag Team Championship and was allowed to pick his partner.
  • Angle's World Heavyweight Championship and Joe's X Division Championship were also on the line.
  • During the match, The Steiner Brothers (Scott and Rick Steiner) interfered and attacked Team 3D.

2008

Main article: Victory Road (2008)

2009

Main article: Victory Road (2009)

2010

Main article: Victory Road (2010)

2011

Main article: Victory Road (2011)

2012

Main article: Victory Road (2012)

External links

• TNAwrestling.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling)
• TNAVictoryRoad.com (Official Website of TNA Wrestling's "Victory Road" Pay-Per-View)