TNA Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced every October by the American professional wrestling promotion, Total Nonstop Action (TNA). The event was created in 2005 to be their premier event of the year, similar to the company's main rival World Wrestling Entertainment with their WrestleMania event.

Since its inception in 2005, the event has only been held in the United States. It has been held in three U.S. states, where every event has been held in an indoor arena. Each event featured talent from TNA competing in various professional wrestling match types. Since the inaugural event, three championship matches have taken place in the main event. In all three bouts the championship was lost, which means no one has retained the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event at Bound for Glory thus far. The fourth event is scheduled to take place on October 12, 2008 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

History

Bound for Glory is a pay-per-view (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. There have been a total of three events under this name to take place as of 2008. The first Bound for Glory event took place on October 23, 2005 and aired live on PPV from the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1130122788.shtml|title=Bound for Glory PPV Results - 10/23/05 - Orlando (New World Champ)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2005-10-23|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=WrestleView.com] The Impact! Zone is a soundstage owned by Universal Studios and operated within Universal Studios Florida; it is the home to TNA's primary television program TNA Impact!, from which the soundstage gets its name. The 2006 edition was the first TNA three hour monthly PPV event to take place outside of the Impact! Zone. This was the beginning of TNA trying to hold more of its monthly PPVs on the road. The next event held by TNA to follow this new decision was TNA's third main PPV Lockdown, which was held in April 2007.cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1176692333.shtml|title=Lockdown PPV Results - 4/15/07 St. Louis, Missouri (Lethal Lockdown)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-04-15|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=WrestleView.com] In 2007 TNA held Bound for Glory again outside of the Impact! Zone, this time in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, at the Gwinnett Center on October 14, 2007.cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_23190.shtml|title=10/14 TNA Bound for Glory PPV Report: Schwimmer's "alt perspective" detailed rundown|last=Schwimmer|first=Ryan J.|date=2007-10-16|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=PWTorch.com] Two notable facts about this event are: It was TNA's PPV debut in the Atlanta area and was the fourth TNA monthly PPV event held outside of the Impact! Zone. The 2008 event is scheduled to take place on October 12 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois; this will be TNA's long awaited debut in the area, as stated by TNA.

2005

The inaugural event was Bound for Glory 2005. It was held on October 23, 2005 at the Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_15202.shtml|title=10/23 TNA Bound for Glory PPV: Caldwell's "Alternative Perspective" review|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2005-10-23|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=PWTorch.com] It featured ten professional wrestling matches; before the event aired live, a match took place to hype up the crowd before the show, also known as a dark match.cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/glory.html#2005|title=Bound for Glory 2005 at Pro Wrestling History.com|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com] The official tagline for the event was "A Time for Greatness". The show was dedicated to Reggie "The Crusher" Lisowski, who had died the night before the event. The event had an a attendance of 900, which is the maximum capacity that the Impact! Zone can hold. The event grossed $45,000. The originally scheduled main event was supposed to have been Jeff Jarrett versus Kevin Nash for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Tito Ortiz (Jacob Ortiz) as the Special Guest Referee, but the day before the event, Nash began to feel chest pains and called 9-1-1.cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1130049441.shtml|title=Breaking News: Kevin Nash rushed to hospital; PPV title match jeopardy|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2005-10-23|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=WrestleView.com] This left no one to challenge for the NWA Championship in the main event. At the event, Rhino (Terry Gerin) was chosen to take Nash's place, after he was scripted to win a ten man Gauntlet for the Gold match.

Not only did the event feature Jeff Jarrett versus Rhino for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Special Guest Referee Tito Ortiz but it also featured a 30 minute Iron Man match for the TNA X Division Championship between A.J. Styles (Allen Jones) and Christopher Daniels (Daniels Covell).cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/909/84/|title=Angle vs. Sting Added To BFG Historical|last=Bank|first=Bill|date=2008-09-11|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=TNA Wrestling.com] There were multiple matches featured on the undercard, mainly a Monster's Ball match between Jeff Hardy, Abyss (Chris Parks), Sabu (Terry Brunk), and Rhino; an Ultimate X match for number one contendership to the TNA X Division Championship between Petey Williams (Peter Williams III), Chris Sabin (Joshua Harter), and Matt Bentley; and an encounter pitting Samoa Joe (Joe Seanoa) against Jushin Liger (Keiichi Yamada).

2006

The second Bound for Glory event was Bound for Glory 2006. It was held on October 22, 2006 at the Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan.cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1161572378.shtml|title=Bound For Glory PPV Results 10/22/06 in Plymouth, MI (New Champs)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2006-10-22|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=WrestleView.com] It featured eight professional wrestling matches; before the event aired live, TNA held a dark match.cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/glory.html#2006|title=Bound for Glory 2006 at Pro Wrestling History.com|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com] The theme song for the event was Enemy by Fozzy. The event had an attendance of 3,600, which was 900 off of the maximum capacity of the arena (4,500).

The main event at the 06' edition saw Jeff Jarrett (c) versus Sting (Steve Borden) for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Title vs. Career match with Kurt Angle as Special Outside Enforcer. Another main event match was a Six Sides of Steel cage match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship between A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels (c) and The Latin American Xchange (Homicide [Nelson Erazo] and Hernandez [Shawn Hernandez] ). There were two matches featured on the undercard: Christian Cage (William Reso) versus Rhino in a 8 Mile Street Fight and Senshi (Brandon Silvestry) (c) versus Chris Sabin for the TNA X Division Championship.

2007

The latest Bound for Glory event was Bound for Glory 2007. It was held on October 14, 2007 at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia.cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_23166.shtml|title=KELLER'S TNA BOUND FOR GLORY PPV REPORT 10/14: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=2007-10-14|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=PWTorch.com] It featured nine professional wrestling matches; before the event aired live, TNA held two dark matches. The tagline for the event was "Redemption". The event had an attendance of 4,000, which was less than a third of the maximum capacity of the arena (13,100).cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/tna/glory.html#2007|title=Bound for Glory 2007 at Pro Wrestling History.com|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=Pro Wrestling History.com]

The main event at the 07' edition saw Kurt Angle (c) versus Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The predominate main event pitted Christian Cage against Samoa Joe with Matt Morgan as Special Outside Enforcer. Two main matches were featured on the undercard: a Monster's Ball match between Abyss, Raven (Scott Levy), Rhino, and Black Reign (Dustin Runnels); also a Gauntlet for the Gold match to crown the first ever TNA Women's Champion.

2008

The next scheduled Bound for Glory event is Bound for Glory IV. It will be held on October 12, 2008cite web|url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/445/84/|last=Banks|first=Bill|title=Upcoming TNA Pay-Per-Views and "iMPACT!" in Orlando live events|date=2007-12-30|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=TNAwrestling.com] at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. As of October 3, the event features five professional wrestling matches. The theme song for the event is Tarantula by The Smashing Pumpkins.cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1062/84/|title=TNA Teams With The Smashing Pumpkins|last=Banks|first=Bill|date=2008-09-14|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=TNA Wrestling.com] The maximum capacity of the arena is 11,000, TNA is expected to fill at least half of the arena by the day of the event. This is the first event under the Bound for Glory name to have roman numerals in its title.

The scheduled main event at IV is Samoa Joe (c) versus Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The predominate main event is pitting Jeff Jarrett against Kurt Angle.

Reception

Bound for Glory has been regraded to be a very successful event thus far. With each year marking in at a high rating. Thus far no event has been rated under 7 stars out of a 10 star rating system. The inaugural event in 2005 was rated a 9 out of 10 stars, by the Canadian Online Explorer's writer Bob Kapur.cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/10/24/1276228.html|title=Rhino upsets Jarrett at Bound for Glory|last=Kapur|first=Bob|date=2005-10-24|accessdate=2008-09-29|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer] The second inception in 2006 was rated a 7 out of 10 stars, this time by the Canadian Online Explorer's writer Chris Sokol.cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2006/10/23/2104975.html|title=Sting new champ after Bound For Glory|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2006-10-23|accessdate=2008-09-29|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer] The 2007 edition of Bound for Glory was rated a 7.5 out of 10 stars, also by Chris Sokol.cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/10/15/4577676.html|title=Angle gets stung at Bound For Glory|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-10-15|accessdate=2008-09-29|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer]

Total Nonstop InterAction

Total Nonstop InterAction is a special event TNA holds at each of its top pay-per-view events, such as Lockdown, Slammiversary, and of course Bound for Glory.The event is mainly what TNA calls a fanfest. At each event, fans of the promotion come to meet stars of the promotion and get their autographs. The first event was held the Saturday before the inaugural Bound for Glory event in 2005.cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2005/1130019371.shtml|title=Report from TNA's Bound for Glory Fanfest earlier today in Orlando, FL...|last=Martin|Adam|date=2005-10-22|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=WrestleView.com] Fans could pay $60 in advance or $70 at the door to receive admission; they also received first priority seating to the Bound for Glory event, since Universal discouraged charging admission to the pay-per-view. TNA has since then hosted a fanfest at each year's event. The next fanfest is scheduled to take place on October 11, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois; the event will start at 11 a.m.cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1057/84/|title=Sting Added To The TNA Chicago Fanfest|date=2008-09-11|accessdate=2008-10-03|publisher=TNA Wrestling.com]

Events

ee also

*List of TNA pay-per-view events
*WrestleMania
*Starrcade
*ECW November to Remember

References

External links

* [http://www.tnawrestling.com TNA Wrestling.com]
* [http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/909/84/ TNA Bound for Glory results at TNA Wrestling.com]