Feast or Fired is aprofessional wrestling match concept featured inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The idea is based on theobject on a pole match, which sees wrestlers trying to gain possession of items hanging from poles attached to the ring posts. In this case, the participants in the match try to grab one of four briefcases from the poles. In the match itself, a wrestler can only claim a briefcase if he/she leaves the ring with it and both feet touch the floor.
Inside each of the briefcases is some sort of paperwork. Traditionally. One of the cases holds a contract for aTNA World Championship match, one holds a contract for aTNA X Division Championship match, and one holds a contract for aTNA World Tag Team Championship match (with a partner of that wrestler's choosing). The fourth and final briefcase contains apink slip, which fires the wrestler carrying it.[1] For some matches, alternate championships have been used used, with theTNA King of the Mountain Championship and theTNA Digital Media Championship in place of the X Division Championship in 2016 and 2023, respectively, and theTNA International Championship in lieu of the Tag Team Championship in 2026.
The winners of the briefcases do not reveal what is in them that night. Instead, they are revealed in a segment on a later episode ofImpact!. Before the contents of the cases are revealed, each wrestler is given a choice to keep their case or forfeit it, which protects the wrestler from being fired, but also gives up any potential title match.
Once a wrestler wins a briefcase, it may be (and has been) defended in matches similar to the way championships are.
The allocated time period during which a wrestler must invoke their title opportunity has not been explicitly stated, all that has been said is that the title opportunity can be invoked "anywhere, anytime", making it similar in fashion to the WWEMoney in the Bank ladder match contract, which lasts for one year.
| Year | Event | Date | Case | Winner | Prize | Time | Other competitors | ||
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| 2007 | Turning Point | December 2 | 4 | Petey Williams | TNA X Division Championship match | 3:04 | Chris Harris,Christopher Daniels,Elix Skipper,Hernandez,Homicide,Jimmy Rave,Kip James,Lance Hoyt,Shark Boy, andSonjay Dutt[2] | ||
| 1 | B.G. James | TNA World Tag Team Championship match | 4:53 | ||||||
| 3 | Senshi | Pink slip | 6:27 | ||||||
| 2 | Scott Steiner | TNA World Heavyweight Championship match | 11:54 | ||||||
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| 2008 | Final Resolution | December 7 | 4 | Hernandez | TNA World Heavyweight Championship match | 3:53 | Alex Shelley,B.G. James,Chris Sabin,Consequences Creed,Cute Kip,Jimmy Rave,Lance Rock,Shark Boy, andSonjay Dutt | ||
| 3 | Curry Man | Pink slip | 6:31 | ||||||
| 1 | Homicide | TNA X Division Championship match | 9:33 | ||||||
| 2 | Jay Lethal | TNA World Tag Team Championship match | 12:10 | ||||||
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| 2009 | Final Resolution | December 20 | 2 | Sheik Abdul Bashir | Pink slip | 4:47 | Kiyoshi,Cody Deaner,Consequences Creed,Eric Young,Homicide,James Storm,Jay Lethal, andRobert Roode | ||
| 4 | Rob Terry | TNA X Division Championship match | 5:00 | ||||||
| 1 | Kevin Nash | TNA World Tag Team Championship match | 7:14 | ||||||
| 3 | Samoa Joe | TNA World Heavyweight Championship match | 9:20 | ||||||
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| 2013 | Impact Wrestling | December 12 | 3 | Ethan Carter III | TNA World Tag Team Championship match | 2:06 | Austin Aries,Chris Sabin,Curry Man, Dewey Barnes,Hernandez,James Storm,Norv Fernum, andSamoa Joe | ||
| 2 | Zema Ion | TNA X Division Championship match | 8:39 | ||||||
| 4 | Chavo Guerrero | Pink slip | 12:19 | ||||||
| 1 | Gunner | TNA World Heavyweight Championship match | 14:11 | ||||||
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| 2015 | Impact Wrestling | January 23 | 2 | Velvet Sky | Pink slip | 1:17 | Bram,Crazzy Steve,Davey Richards,DJ Z,Eddie Edwards,Gunner,Jessie Godderz,Robbie E, andSamuel Shaw | ||
| 4 | Rockstar Spud | TNA X Division Championship match | 4:20 | ||||||
| 1 | Austin Aries | TNA World Heavyweight Championship match | 5:45 | ||||||
| 3 | Magnus | TNA World Tag Team Championship match | 7:43 | ||||||
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| 2016 | Impact Wrestling | January 26 | 2 | Grado | Pink slip | 4:16 | Aiden O'Shea,Bobby Roode,Bram,Chris Melendez,Eric Young,Jessie Godderz,Robbie E, andRockstar Spud[1] | ||
| 1 | Drew Galloway | TNA World Heavyweight Championship match | 10:07 | ||||||
| 4 | Eli Drake | TNA King of the Mountain Championship match | 12:38 | ||||||
| 3 | James Storm | TNA World Tag Team Championship match | 16:06 | ||||||
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| 2018 | Impact! | March 15 (Taped: January 13) | 2 | Petey Williams | Impact X Division Championship match | 5:53 | Caleb Konley,KM,Rohit Raju,Taiji Ishimori,Trevor Lee, andTyrus | ||
| 4 | Moose | Impact World Championship match | 10:52 | ||||||
| 3 | Ethan Carter III | Pink slip | 14:44 | ||||||
| 1 | Eli Drake | Impact World Tag Team Championship match | 16:44 | ||||||
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| 2023 | Impact 1000 | September 14 (Taped: September 9) | 3 | Chris Bey | Impact World Tag Team Championship match | 2:54 | Alpha Bravo,Bhupinder Gujjar,Black Taurus,Brian Myers,Heath, Jai Vidal,Joe Hendry, John Skyler,Johnny Swinger,Jonathan Gresham,Kevin Knight,Kushida,Laredo Kid,PCO,Sami Callihan, andSteve Maclin | ||
| 1 | Crazzy Steve | Impact Digital Media Championship match | 6:17 | ||||||
| 4 | Yuya Uemura | Pink slip | 9:45 | ||||||
| 2 | Moose | Impact World Championship match | 13:34 | ||||||
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| 2026 | Thursday Night Impact! | January 22 (Aired: January 29) | 1 | Eric Young | TNA X Division Championship match | 3:40 | A. J. Francis,Brian Myers,The Hometown Man, Jason Hotch, John Skyler,Mance Warner,Rich Swann, andRyan Nemeth | ||
| 2 | Steve Maclin | Pink slip | 4:50 | ||||||
| 4 | Trey Miguel | TNA International Championship match | 7:23 | ||||||
| 3 | Eddie Edwards | TNA World Championship match | 8:16 | ||||||
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| Championship | Wins | Losses | NTV | Total | PCT |
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| TNA World Championship Formerly:TNA World Heavyweight Championship,Impact World Championship | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .250 |
| Impact X Division Championship Formerly:TNA X Division Championship | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .667 |
| TNA International Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Impact World Tag Team Championship Formerly:TNA World Tag Team Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .875 |
| Impact Digital Media Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| TNA King of the Mountain Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Total: | 14 | 9 | 1 | 24 | .604 |
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| Won cash-in match but not the championship | |
| Lost cash-in match |
Race for the Case was a similar concept used by Impact in 2017. This was a pole match where different colored briefcases hang from poles. Retrieving a briefcase allows to the participant to challenge any wrestler in any match stipulation on an Open Fight Night episode ofImpact Wrestling. Inside each briefcase contained a number from one to four, which denotes the winning wrestlers placement in being able to make a challenge. Once a wrestler lays down a challenge, the other briefcase holders are no longer able to make the same challenge.[7]
| Year | Event | Date | Case | Winner | Order | Other competitors | Time |
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| 2017 | Impact Wrestling | January 19 | Red | Eli Drake | 4 | Andrew Everett,Crazzy Steve,Jessie Godderz,Kingston,Mahabali Shera,Matt Hardy,Mike Bennett, andTyrus | 13:04 |
| Blue | Trevor Lee | 3 | |||||
| Yellow | Bram | 2 | |||||
| Green | Jeff Hardy | 1 | |||||
Challenges took place on the Open Fight Night episode ofImpact Wrestling on February 2:
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