Sacrifice (2011)

Not to be confused with Sacrifice (2011 film).

Sacrifice (2011)
Promotional poster featuring Sting and Rob Van Dam
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	May 15, 2011
City	Orlando, Florida
Venue	Impact Zone
Attendance	1,100[1]
Tagline(s)	"Will One Man's Legacy Fulfill Another Man's Dream? "
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Lockdown Next → Slammiversary IX
Sacrifice chronology
← Previous 2010 Next → 2012

The 2011 Sacrifice was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on May 15, 2011 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh Sacrifice event.

The event featured the return of Chyna to in-ring competition for the first time since 2002; in what would ultimately be her last match.

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.^[2]

Storylines

Other on-screen personnel
Commentator	Mike Tenay
	Taz
Ring announcer	Jeremy Borash
Referee	Rudy Charles
	Mark "Slick" Johnson
	Andrew Thomas
Interviewers	Jeremy Borash

Sacrifice featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[3]

The primary storyline which was featured at Sacrifice was between defending champion Sting and Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. At Lockdown Sting defeated both RVD and Mr. Anderson in a Three Way Steel Cage match to retain his championship after he pinned Anderson, also during the match RVD refused to hit Sting with steel pipe when Hulk Hogan gave it to him. On the following edition of Impact April 21, Sting chose RVD to be his opponent at Sacrifice due to his good actions at Lockdown.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Mexican America (Anarquia and Hernandez) (with Rosita and Sarita) defeated Ink Inc. (Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore)	Tag team match	09:39
2	Brian Kendrick defeated Robbie E (with Cookie)	Singles match	06:41
3	Mickie James (c) defeated Madison Rayne	Singles match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship	06:57
4	Kazarian (c) defeated Max Buck	Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship	11:21
5	Crimson defeated Abyss	Singles match	10:43
6	Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) (c) defeated Immortal (Chris Harris and Matt Hardy)	Tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship	13:51
7	Tommy Dreamer defeated A.J. Styles	No Disqualification match	13:04
8	Chyna and Kurt Angle defeated Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett by submission	Mixed tag team match	10:19
9	Sting (c) defeated Rob Van Dam	Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship	12:43
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. "Sacrifice 2011". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
2. "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

External links

• Tnasacrifice.com
• TNA Wrestling.com