Bound for Glory (2016)
Promotional poster featuringLashley,Ethan Carter III,Gail Kim, andThe Broken Hardys
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	October 2, 2016
City	Orlando, Florida
Venue	Impact Zone
Attendance	1,100
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The 2016Bound for Glory was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 2, 2016 at theImpact Zone inOrlando, Florida, the first time since the inaugural2005 event to be held at the venue. It was the twelfth event in theBound for Glory chronology, and the last live pay-per-view event under the TNA name until the2024 Hard To Kill event. It included the induction ofGail Kim into theTNA Hall of Fame, withChristy Hemme,Taryn Terrell andAwesome Kong returning to induct her.^[1] The event also featured the official TNA debut ofCody andBrandi Rhodes.^[2]

Eight matches, one of which was a match taped forTNA Xplosion, took place at the event. In the main event,Lashley defeatedEthan Carter III to retain theTNA World Heavyweight Championship, andThe Hardys (Broken Matt andBrother Nero) defeatedDecay (Abyss andCrazzy Steve) in The Great War to become theTNA World Tag Team Champions.

In October 2017, with the launch of theGlobal Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.^[3]

Bound for Glory featuredprofessional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[4]

On July 8, 2016, TNA is announced thatImpact Wrestling would begin airing at 8pm EST on Thursday nights on July 21, the night that would feature the start of the "Bound For Glory Playoff" to determine a new #1 contender to theTNA World Heavyweight Championship. In the first round,Broken Matt,Ethan Carter III,Drew Galloway andMike Bennett advanced to the semifinals with victories overJames Storm,Eli Drake,Bram andJeff Hardy respectively. Second round action lead to Carter pinning Broken Matt Hardy, and Bennett pinning Galloway. In the final, Carter pinned Bennett to become the number one contender. On the August 4 episode ofImpact Wrestling, James Storm defeated Eli Drake to win theTNA King of the Mountain Championship.Lashley would then come out and challenge Storm to a match for his King of the Mountain Championship, whilst putting hisTNA World Heavyweight Championship andTNA X Division Championship on the line as well, which Lashley won.

The title was introduced at the August 13, 2016 tapings of TNA's television programImpact Wrestling after TNA PresidentBilly Corgan announced that theTNA King of the Mountain Championship would be deactivated and retired in favor for the newImpact Grand Championship. Corgan also announced an eight-man single elimination tournament that would feature new rules that would apply to the title. The new rules would be similar to how bouts were contested in professional wrestling in Europe in which each match will consist of three timed rounds, with a team of judges to award the win based on points, if there is no winner via pin or submission within the time limit. The final match was supposed to be scheduled to be at Bound for Glory to determine the inaugural champion, however, TNA Wrestling announced two days before the PPV that Drew Galloway had an undisclosed injury and will not be able to compete at Bound for Glory.^[5]Eddie Edwards was soon announced to be Aron Rex's new opponent for the Impact Grand Championship finals.^[6]

† Edwards replaced Drew Galloway, who was injured before the finals.

On the August 19 episode ofImpact Wrestling,The Hardys won an Ascension to Hell (Ladder match) to become the number one contenders for theTNA World Tag Team Championship againstDecay.

On the September 1 episode ofImpact Wrestling,Mike Bennett failed to win the TNA World Heavyweight Champion from Lashley in a no-disqualification match afterMoose refused to help him. Afterwards, Bennett called Moose "a failed football player" before Moose attacked him, thus ending their partnership and turningface in the process.

On September 15,Gail Kim won a gauntlet match to become the number one contender for theTNA Knockouts Championship, Kim was then scheduled to faceMaria for the title.

Gauntlet entrances and eliminations

On September 22, TNA announced that the Bound for Gold concept will be making a return for this year's twelfth Bound for Glory event.

On October 2, TNA announced thatDJZ will defend hisTNA X Division Championship againstTrevor Lee at Bound for Glory.

The status of the event was called into question in the days preceding it, with reports indicating that the promotion lacked the funds to go forward and was searching for a new buyer^[7][8] After spending the week leading into the PPV negotiating with President Billy Corgan, as well asWWE,New York Post reported that an unidentified third party had given the company the funds needed to proceed with the event.^[9] It was later learned that the third party wasAnthem Sports & Entertainment, which proceeded to purchase TNA.

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