TNA Turning Point

Turning Point
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PromotionsTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
First eventTurning Point (2004)

Turning Point is a professional wrestling TNA+ event, produced by American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The event was created in 2004 and was originally held annually in December, until the 2008 event where TNA changed its scheduled date to November. The 2004 event was the second TNA PPV to be produced annually. Since its inception, the event has been held exclusively in an indoor arena in Orlando, Florida, with all events taking place in the Impact Zone until 2019. Each event features talent from TNA competing in various professional wrestling match types. Since the inaugural event, eight championship matches have taken place in the main event.

TNA discontinued the majority of the monthly pay-per-views in 2013 in favor of new pre-recorded One Night Only events. Turning Point was held as a special episode of Impact Wrestling in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and, in 2019, was revived as an Impact Plus Monthly Special event.

History

Turning Point is a pay-per-view event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The first event was held December 5, 2004 and aired live on PPV, and was the second event held by TNA to be established as an annual PPV.[1] Since then, TNA has produced the event in December until 2007. However, in 2008, TNA chose without explanation to hold the event in November and produce Final Resolution in December. On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that only four pay-per-view events would be held that year, dropping Turning Point and the majority of its other PPV events.[2] Each Turning Point event has been held in an indoor arena, with all events taking place in the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida until 2019.

Events

# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref
1 Turning Point (2004) December 5, 2004 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) vs. Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match [3][4]
2 Turning Point (2005) December 11, 2005 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Rhino for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [5][6]
3 Turning Point (2006) December 10, 2006 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe [7][8][9]
4 Turning Point (2007) December 2, 2007 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Eric Young, Kevin Nash, and Samoa Joe vs. The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles, and Tomko) in a Six Man Tag Team match [10][11][12]
5 Turning Point (2008) November 9, 2008 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Sting (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [13][14][15]
6 Turning Point (2009) November 15, 2009 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone A.J. Styles (c) vs Daniels vs. Samoa Joe in a Three Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [16]
7 Turning Point (2010) November 7, 2010 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Matt Morgan for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [17][18]
8 Turning Point (2011) November 13, 2011 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Roode (c) vs. A.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [19]
9 Turning Point (2012) November 11, 2012 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Austin Aries in a Ladder match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10 Turning Point (2013) November 21, 2013 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bully Ray vs. Mr. Anderson in a No Disqualification match
11 One Night Only: Turning Point September 5, 2014 Charlottesville, Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Jeff Hardy vs. MVP (broadcast aired January 9, 2015)
12 Turning Point (2015) July 28, 2015 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Ethan Carter III (c) vs. P.J Black for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (broadcast aired August 19) [20]
13 Turning Point (2016) August 12, 2016 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Ethan Carter III vs. Drew Galloway (broadcast aired August 25) [21]
14 One Night Only: Turning Point 2017 April 22, 2017 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Moose for the Impact World Championship
15 Turning Point (2019) November 9, 2019 Hazleton, Pennsylvania Holy Family Academy Sami Callihan (c) vs. Brian Cage for the Impact World Championship [22]
16 Turning Point (2020) November 14, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Rich Swann (c) vs. Sami Callihan for the Impact World Championship [23]
17 Turning Point (2021) November 20, 2021 Sunrise Manor, Nevada Sam's Town Live Moose (c) vs. Eddie Edwards in a Full Metal Mayhem match for the Impact World Championship [24]
18 Turning Point (2023) November 3, 2023 Newcastle upon Tyne, England Walker Activity Dome Will Ospreay vs. Eddie Edwards
19 Turning Point (2024) November 29, 2024 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Benton Convention Center
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match

References

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