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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | January 13, 2013 | ||
| City | Orlando,Florida | ||
| Venue | Impact Zone | ||
| Attendance | 1,100[1] | ||
| Tagline | Do you know who I am? | ||
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The 2013Genesis was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-viewevent produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling that was held on January 13, 2013 at theImpact Wrestling Zone inOrlando, Florida.[2] It was the eighth annualGenesis event. This was the first pay-per-view event of the 2013 calendar to jump start TNA's new business initiative to reduce their regular annual PPVs a year down to four. It was also TNA's final live pay-per-view event to be held in the original Impact Zone (Soundstage 21) before the company began touring.
Nine matches were featured on thecard. In the main event wasJeff Hardy successfully defending theTNA World Heavyweight Championship againstBobby Roode andAustin Aries in aTriple Threat Elimination match. Other top matches includedSting overcomingAces & Eights memberD.O.C. in asingles match, andChristopher Daniels defeatingJames Storm to receive a shot at the TNA World Title.
In October 2017, with the launch of theGlobal Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[3]
| Other on-screen personnel | |
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| Commentator | Todd Keneley |
| Mike Tenay | |
| Taz | |
| Ring announcer | Jeremy Borash |
| Referee | Rudy Charles |
| Mark "Slick" Johnson | |
| Andrew Thomas | |
| Interviewers | Jeremy Borash |
Genesis featured nineprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]
AtFinal Resolution,Bobby Roode fell to defeat in hisTNA World Heavyweight Championship match with the reigning championJeff Hardy, despite the fact that he made a business deal in exchange for help from theAces & Eights group, who didn't follow through accordingly. On the December 13, 2012 edition ofImpact Wrestling, an irate Roode demanded answers for the desertion. In a turn of events, it was disclosed that his rivalAustin Aries had paid off a better bid to the group. Hardy would then criticize Aries' attempt to get help from the Aces & Eights to win back the championship and proposed defending the title against Aries as part of their third encounter the next week. During the match between Aries and Hardy, however, Roode intervened ensuring a loss for Aries while the referee was out. The following week on the December 27 and lastImpact Wrestling episode of the year, Aries admitted Roode was now even with him on screwing each other over, and for Roode's actions of costing him the title match, declared that he would face Roode to determine who would challenge Hardy for the belt. That night, Aries and Roode fought to a double disqualification after the two of them assaulted the referee, who interrupted their argument during the bout; this brought out Hardy who attacked the two of them. On the January 3, 2013 edition ofImpact Wrestling when Hardy was announced as the "2012 TNA Wrestler of the Year", which made Roode and Aries emerge in disagreement to refer to their accolades in the past year, Hardy stated that he would be competing against Roode and Aries at Genesis prior to all three engaging in a physical confrontation.
Another feud featured at Genesis was betweenSting andD.O.C. Sidelined by a storyline injury sustained from blows with a ball-peen hammer by D.O.C. and the Aces & Eights in November, Sting's return was advertised for the date of 1.3.13, which would be the date of the first episode ofImpact Wrestling in the new year. On that night, D.O.C. called out Sting to come out and confront him. In response, abaseball bat fell from the ceiling signifying Sting playing mind games by not showing up. Later in the night, Sting interfered in Aces & Eightssteel cage match withKurt Angle andSamoa Joe, exacting his revenge on Aces & Eights with his signature bat. The next week, Sting said that he would be looking for D.O.C. at Genesis.
On the January 3 edition ofImpact Wrestling,Christopher Daniels (withKazarian) mockedJames Storm for not winning the "2012 TNA Wrestler of the Year" award. A feud began when Storm reacted by spitting in Daniels'Appletini drink. Later that night, Storm defeated Kazarian in a one-on-one match. This feud would extend into the next week where Daniels and Kazarian distracted Storm from teaming with Jeff Hardy in their match against Bobby Roode and Austin Aries.
AtTurning Point,Joseph Park battled D.O.C. in a losing effort. Thereafter, Park, depicted as inexperienced, enrolled in wrestling school with TNA's developmental baseOhio Valley Wrestling leading to a series of videos of Park's trial and errors learning the skill of wrestling. Park returned on the January 10 edition ofImpact Wrestling pleading withTNA General ManagerHulk Hogan to give him a match facing a member of the Aces & Eights after having done everything Hogan asked of him, claiming that he made a comeback as a wrestler and not an attorney. Hogan, annoyed and still thinking he needed more time to train, granted him his request.
Rob Van Dam putKenny King down for the victory at Final Resolution. On the followingImpact Wrestling episode, Kenny King was able to defeat Van Dam sneakily using the ropes as leverage for a pinfall. King the next week claimed that he had nothing against Van Dam than wanting to get even. When pit to partner with Van Dam that night againstJoey Ryan andMatt Morgan, King bailed on Van Dam, leaving Ryan and Morgan to secure the win. King confident Van Dam would call him out for a match, Van Dam instead called out who he said he respected,Christian York, on the December 27, 2012 Open Fight Fight edition ofImpact Wrestling, beating York in the proceedings. York entered the X Division Tournament a week later advancing over Kid Kash, while King defeated Zema Ion the following week, essentially setting up a match between York and King at Genesis, where the winner would face Van Dam for theTNA X Division Championship at the same event.
Samoa Joe versusMr. Anderson was another match scheduled for the event. This match was made amidst a rekindled feud among Kurt Angle and Mr. Anderson, who had recently joined the villainous Aces & Eights group. With Samoa Joe being allies with Angle, who was taken out of commission with a ball-peen hammer by Aces & Eights memberMike Knox, the match between Joe and Anderson was set.
After both teams ofChavo Guerrero Jr. andHernandez as well asJoey Ryan andMatt Morgan collected wins for over two weeks, Hernandez squared off with Joey Ryan in a match that ended in a disqualification when Morgan interfered to hit aclothesline offensive maneuver on Hernandez. A brawl the next week between the two teams cemented their match for theTNA World Tag Team Championship at Genesis.
AGauntlet match was scheduled to decide a number one contender to theTNA Knockout Championship betweenVelvet Sky,ODB,Miss Tessmacher,Mickie James, andGail Kim.
| No. | Results[5] | Stipulations | Times | ||
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| 1 | Chavo Guerrero andHernandez (c) defeatedJoey Ryan andMatt Morgan | Tag team match for theTNA World Tag Team Championship | 11:30 | ||
| 2 | Mr. Anderson defeatedSamoa Joe | Singles match | 10:45 | ||
| 3 | Christian York defeatedKenny King | Singles match | 10:12 | ||
| 4 | Rob Van Dam (c) defeated Christian York | Singles match for theTNA X Division Championship | 05:30 | ||
| 5 | Devon defeatedJoseph Park | Singles match | 11:17 | ||
| 6 | Velvet Sky won by last eliminatingGail Kim | Gauntlet match to determine the #1 contender to theTNA Women's Knockout Championship | 11:55 | ||
| 7 | Christopher Daniels (withKazarian) defeatedJames Storm | Singles match | 13:25 | ||
| 8 | Sting defeatedD.O.C. | Singles match | 05:53 | ||
| 9 | Jeff Hardy (c) defeatedAustin Aries andBobby Roode | Three-Way Elimination match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship | 20:32 | ||
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| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Kid Kash | 3:44 | |||||||
| 4 | Christian York | Pin | |||||||
| Christian York | Pin | ||||||||
| Kenny King | 10:12 | ||||||||
| 3 | Zema Ion | 3:05 | |||||||
| 2 | Kenny King | Pin | |||||||
| Elimination | Entered | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time |
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| 1 | 2 | Miss Tessmacher | Gail Kim | Pinned after anEat Defeat | 02:43 |
| 2 | 3 | ODB | Gail Kim | Pinned after falling off the top rope | 06:14 |
| 3 | 4 | Mickie James | Gail Kim | Pinned by aschoolgirl | 09:19 |
| 4 | 1 | Gail Kim | Velvet Sky | Pinned after anIn Yo' Face | 11:55 |
| Winner: | Velvet Sky | ||||
| Elimination | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time | |
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| 1 | Bobby Roode | Austin Aries and Jeff Hardy | Pinned by abackslide pin by Aries and asplit leg pin by Hardy | 18:50 | |
| 2 | Austin Aries | Jeff Hardy | Pinned after aSwanton Bomb | 20:32 | |
| Winner: | Jeff Hardy | ||||