Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
Genesis is an annualprofessional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV)event promoted byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The name was originally used on May 9, 2003, for a two-hourDirecTV special that highlighted early moments in TNA’s history.[ 1]
Genesis was actually not amongst the original names used by TNA for its first twelve pay-per-view events, but ultimately was added to the rotation as the thirteenth pay-per-view name during a time of name shuffling on the part of TNA Management. All events but three have been held in theImpact Zone . Originally, Genesis was held in November, but was moved to January starting in 2009. For this reason, 2008 did not have a Genesis PPV event. There have only been eight World Championship matches in the main event. Genesis was later televised as anImpact Wrestling Spike TV on January 16, 2014, and onPop in 2017 and 2018.
On December 12, 2020 atFinal Resolution , it was announced that Genesis would be revived as amonthly special forImpact Plus on January 9, 2021.[ 2]
On October 26, 2024, atBound for Glory , it was announced that Genesis will return as a TNA pay-per-view event on January 19, 2025.[ 3]
Theinaugural Genesis event took place on November 13, 2005, at theTNA Impact! Zone inOrlando, Florida .[ 4] fourth Genesis event, which took place on January 11, 2009, at theBojangles' Coliseum inCharlotte, North Carolina , TNA begun to present Genesis on January moving forwards, instead of November as the first three Genesis events.[ 5] Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased a majority stake of TNA, Anthem re-branded TNA as Impact Wrestling.[ 6] 12th Genesis event, which took place on January 9, 2021, at the Skyway Studios inNashville, Tennessee , was in front of no crowd attendance, as Impact had to present majority of their eventsbehind closed doors due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States .[ 7]
On October 26, 2024, atBound for Glory ,Santino Marella announced that Genesis would return on January 19, 2025, at theCurtis Culwell Center inGarland, Texas .[ 8]
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref. 1 Genesis (2005) November 13, 2005 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone Jeff Jarrett andAmerica's Most Wanted (Chris Harris andJames Storm ) vs.Rhino andTeam 3D (Brother Ray andBrother Devon ) in asix-man tag team match [ 4] 2 TNA Genesis (2006) November 19, 2006 Kurt Angle vs.Samoa Joe 3 Genesis (2007) November 11, 2007 Kurt Angle (c) andKevin Nash vs.Booker T andSting in atag team match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship ; person who gained thepinfall won the championship4 Genesis (2009) January 11, 2009 Charlotte, North Carolina Bojangles' Coliseum Mick Foley andThe TNA Front Line (A.J. Styles andBrother Devon ) vs.Cute Kip andThe Main Event Mafia (Booker T andScott Steiner ) in asix-man tag team hardcore match [ 5] 5 Genesis (2010) January 17, 2010 Orlando, Florida TNA Impact! Zone A.J. Styles (c) vs.Kurt Angle in aLast Chance match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship [ 9] 6 Genesis (2011) January 9, 2011 Impact Zone Jeff Hardy (c) vs.Mr. Anderson for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 7 Genesis (2012) January 8, 2012 Bobby Roode (c) vs.Jeff Hardy for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship [ 10] 8 Genesis (2013) January 13, 2013 Jeff Hardy (c) vs.Austin Aries vs.Bobby Roode in athree-way elimination match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 9 Genesis (2014) January 16, 2014 Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Center Ethan Carter III vs.Sting , withMagnus andRockstar Spud as thespecial guest referees January 23, 2014[ a] Magnus (c) vs.Sting for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 10 Genesis (2017) January 27, 2017[ b] Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Eddie Edwards (c) vs.Lashley in a 30-minuteIron Man match for theTNA World Heavyweight Championship 11 Genesis (2018) January 25, 2018[ c] Ottawa ,Ontario ,Canada Aberdeen Pavilion Eli Drake (c) vs.Alberto El Patron vs.Johnny Impact in aSix Sides of Steel match for theImpact Global Championship 12 Genesis (2021) January 9, 2021 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Moose vs.Willie Mack in an"I quit" match [ 11] 13 TNA Genesis (2025) January 19, 2025 Garland, Texas Curtis Culwell Center Nic Nemeth (c) vs.Joe Hendry for theTNA World Championship [ 8] (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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