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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | September 13, 2024 | ||
| City | San Antonio, Texas | ||
| Venue | Boeing Center at Tech Port | ||
| Attendance | 2,000[1] | ||
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The 2024Victory Road was aprofessional wrestlingevent produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling. It took place on September 13, 2024, at theBoeing Center at Tech Port inSan Antonio, Texas, and aired onTNA+. It is the 18th event under theVictory Road chronology.
Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the Countdown to Victory Road pre-show. In the main event,Nic Nemeth defeatedMoose to retain theTNA World Championship. In other prominent matches,Jordynne Grace defeatedNXT superstarWendy Choo to retain theTNA Knockouts World Championship,The System (Brian Myers andEddie Edwards) defeatedABC (Ace Austin andChris Bey) to win theTNA World Tag Team Championship, andJoe Hendry defeatedJosh Alexander.
Victory Road was an annualprofessional wrestlingevent produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling between 2004 and 2012. In 2013, TNA discontinued most of its monthly pay-per-view events in favor of the new pre-recordedOne Night Only events.[2] Victory Road would be revived as a "One Night Only" event in2014,[3] a special edition of Impact's weekly television series in2017,[4] and has been amonthly special forTNA+ since the2019 event.[5]
On June 14, 2024, atAgainst All Odds, it was announced that Victory Road would take place on September 13, at theCleveland Masonic Temple inCleveland, Ohio.[6] However, on July 22, TNA announced that the event will be moved to theBoeing Center at Tech Port inSan Antonio, Texas.[7]
The event will feature severalprofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existingscriptedfeuds,plots, andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayheroes,villains, orless distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines are produced on TNA's weekly programs,Impact! andXplosion.[8]
At the end ofHard To Kill,Nic Nemeth made his TNA debut, attacking newTNA World ChampionMoose.[9][10] The resulting feud between the two culminated in a title match atRebellion three months later, where Moose would retain the title. Nemeth continued to feud on and off with Moose and his stable,The System (Brian Myers,Eddie Edwards,Alisha Edwards, andJohnny Dango Curtis (JDC)) for the next few months. This led to asix-way elimination match for the TNA World Championship atSlammiversary, where Nemeth would finally capture the title; albeit he didn't pin or submit Moose to do so.[11][12] AtEmergence the following month, after The System had competed in an eight-man tag team match, Moose called out Nemeth for his contractual rematch.[13][14] Later in the night after the show went off air, Nemeth, who defended the title in aniron man match withJosh Alexander, accepted the challenge for Victory Road.[15][16]
AtSacrifice, The System's Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards captured theTNA World Tag Team Championship fromABC (Ace Austin andChris Bey).[17][18] The System would reign as champions for over four months as ABC worked out their chemistry, occasionally moving into singles competition before returning to tag team action. ABC would eventually enact their rematch clause at Slammiversary where they defeated The System to regain the titles.[11][12] On theTNA Impact! following Emergence, The System kicked off the show, where Myers and Edwards announced that they would invoke their rematch clause for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, setting up a rubber match with ABC at Victory Road.[19]
AtUnder Siege,The Malisha (Alisha Edwards andMasha Slamovich) defeated Spitfire (Dani Luna andJody Threat) to win theTNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship, with Edwards hitting Luna with a kendo stick before the end of the match.[20][21] As The Malisha continued to reign, Spitfire were put through several trial matches by their mentorLars Frederiksen before they thought about their rematch. The rematch would soon come on the Countdown to Slammiversary pre-show, but again, The Malisha won and retained due to cheating when Threat slammed her head into one of the titles placed on the corner by Edwards.[11][12] Spitfire would get a measure of payback at Emergence after they andTNA Knockouts World ChampionJordynne Grace defeated The Malisha andAsh by Elegance in a six-knockout tag team match.[13][14] On the followingTNA Impact!, as The System stood in the ring, Spitfire confronted them to announced they secured another title match with The Malisha at Victory Road. However, should Spitfire lose, they must disband as a team. Unfortunately, on the day of Victory Road, TNA announced that Edwards, after suffering an injury at Emergence, was medically unable to compete, and would be replaced byTasha Steelz.[19]
At Slammiversary,Josh Alexander turned heel after delivering a low blow toJoe Hendry, eliminating him from the TNA World Championship match.[11][12] After weeks of refusing to explain himself, Alexander finally addressed his actions on the August 8TNA Impact!, stating that his work in TNA for the past four years that paved the way for the rise of Hendry and Nic Nemeth had gone overlooked.[22][23] Following Emergence, after Alexander defeatedKushida in an impromptu match, Hendry comforted Kushida before being confronted by Alexander, saying he didn't forget what he did to him at Slammiversary. During the main event, when Hendry teamed withMike Santana against They System (Moose and JDC), Alexander, who situated himself at commentary, cost Hendry and Santana the match after again low-blowing Hendry.[24][25] TNA later announced a match between Alexander and Hendry to take place at Victory Road.[19]
At Emergence,Zachary Wentz won theTNA X Division Championship in anUltimate X match, overcoming then-championMike Bailey,Laredo Kid,Hammerstone, Jason Hotch, andNXT wrestlerRiley Osborne.[13][14] On the followingTNA Impact!, Wentz celebrated winning his first singles championship in the ring before being interrupted by Bailey, who declared he would have his rematch with Wentz for the title at Victory Road.[19]
On the September 5TNA Impact!, Jordynne Grace hosted an open challenge for her TNA Knockouts World Championship, which was answered byNXT wrestlerKarmen Petrovic. AsRosemary watched on from a balcony, Grace would retain her title, only to be the victim of a lights-out attack; the only evidence left behind was a pillow.[24][25] Five days later, Grace would host another open challenge onWWE NXT, marking the first time a TNA championship was defended on WWE television. The challenge was answered bySol Ruca, but it ended in a no contest after Grace was ambushed by Rosemary and her NXT allyWendy Choo.[26] The following day, Grace challenged Choo to a title match at Victory Road, which TNA made official.[27]
On the August 1 episode ofTNA Impact!, in the culmination of a budding romance storyline,PCO andSteph De Lander had an in-ring wedding ceremony, presided by TNA Director of AuthoritySantino Marella. Unfortunately, the ceremony would be crashed byMatt Cardona, De Lander's tag team partner on the independent scene. There, he attacked PCO with a cinderblock disguised as a present while inadvertently striking Marella.[28][29] Cardona would go on to ruin the couple's honeymoon the following week, attack PCO again with the help of two people (later revealed to beMadman Fulton andKon).[22][23] Marella then threatened to sue Cardona for attacking him unless he agreed to a match with PCO onTNA Impact!, to which Cardona had it made a six-person tag team match the following week with him, De Lander, and a mystery partner against PCO,best manRhino, andmaid of honorXia Brookside. However, Cardona then claimed to be medically disqualified from competing due to a torn pectoral muscle, and so sent Fulton and Kon to be De Lander's partners. PCO's team would still be victorious, much to De Lander's delight and Cardona's chagrin.[30] A match between PCO and Cardona was then set for Emergence. Still, Cardona again claimed medical problems and thus had another opponent for PCO, who was revealed to beShera. Even then, PCO managed to defeat Shera.[13][14] On the subsequent episode ofTNA Impact!, De Lander finally confronted Cardona in the ring for his actions. There, Cardona revealed that when he and De Lander teamed up over two years ago, De Lander had signed a contract with Cardona that lent her services to him in exchange for several benefits, which he claims effectively made her his "property."[24][25] TNA eventually scheduled a tag team match for Victory Road between PCO and Rhino, and Cardona and a partner of his choosing, for which he selected De Lander.[31][a]