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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | October 26, 2024 | ||
| City | Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Venue | Wayne State Fieldhouse | ||
| Attendance | 3,000 | ||
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The 2024Bound for Glory was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 26, 2024, atWayne State Fieldhouse inDetroit, Michigan. It was the 20th event under theBound for Glory chronology. Wrestlers fromWWE'sNXT brand andMexico'sLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion appeared on the show due to TNA having partnerships with the respective entities.
Ten matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show. In the main event,The Hardys (Matt Hardy andJeff Hardy) defeated previous championThe System (Brian Myers andEddie Edwards) andABC (Ace Austin andChris Bey) in athree-way Full Metal Mayhem match to win theTNA World Tag Team Championship. In other prominent matches,Nic Nemeth defeatedJoe Hendry to retain theTNA World Championship andMasha Slamovich defeatedJordynne Grace to win theTNA Knockouts World Championship.
Bound for Glory is aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced byImpact Wrestling. The event was created in 2005 to serve as the company's flagship PPV event, similar toWWE'sWrestleMania, in whichwrestlers competed in variousprofessional wrestling match types in what was the culmination of many feuds and storylines that occurred during the calendar year.[1] On the August 8, 2024 episode ofTNA Impact!, it was announced that TNA would hold their 2024 Bound for Glory pay-per-view event at Wayne State Fieldhouse on October 26, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.[2][3]
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Tom Hannifan |
| Matthew Rehwoldt | |
| Ring announcer | Jennifer Chung |
| Referees | Daniel Spencer |
| Paige Prinzivalli | |
| Frank Gastineau | |
| Frankie Kazarian(TNA World Title match) | |
| Interviewer | Gia Miller |
The event featured severalprofessional wrestling matches, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existingscriptedfeuds,plots, andstorylines. Wrestlers portrayedheroes,villains, orless distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on the company's weekly programs,Impact! andXplosion.[4]
On the September 19 episode ofImpact!,Joe Hendry declared his intention to challenge for theTNA World Championship after defeatingJosh Alexander by submission atVictory Road.Frankie Kazarian interrupted him and denounced his victory by accusing him of using a protective cup to avoid loss. Kazarian then demanded a title shot against TNA World ChampionNic Nemeth until theDirector of AuthoritySantino Marella announced that Hendry and Kazarian would compete in a match on the following week'sImpact! and the winner would become the #1 contender for the title against Nemeth at Bound for Glory.[5][6] The following week, Hendry defeated Kazarian after the match was restarted to become the #1 contender for the TNA World Championship, confirming his title match against Nemeth at Bound for Glory.[7] However, on the October 18 episode, Kazarian confronted Nemeth and Hendry, announcing that he will be thespecial guest referee for their match at the event.[8]
On the August 1 episode ofImpact!,Matt Cardona made his return to TNA, crashing the wedding ceremony betweenPCO andSteph De Lander by attacking PCO with a cinderblock.[9][10] Since then, Cardona has repeatedly targeted PCO to take back De Lander, whom he deemed his "property." At the same time, Cardona had been avoiding the idea of a match against PCO, claiming he was medically unable to compete. On the September 5Impact!, De Lander finally confronted Cardona about his actions against PCO and herself, to which Cardona revealed a contract De Lander had signed when the two began their partnership on the independent circuit two years ago. In it, the contract effectively made De Lander subservient to Cardona, thereby making her his to use in Cardona's mind.[11][12] At Victory Road, it seemed as though PCO and Cardona would have some sort of match together, with PCO andRhino facing Cardona and De Lander in a tag team match. However, before the match started, De Lander revealed that she would be stepping away due to neck surgery. She and PCO would leave the arena together, only for Cardon to jump Rhino right after.[13][14] Two weeks later onImpact!, Santino Marella, having had enough of Cardona dodging a match with PCO, declared to Cardona that he would not only face PCO for hisTNA Digital Media Championship andInternational Heavyweight Wrestling Championship at Bound for Glory, but that it will be contested in aMonster's Ball match.[15]
Since returning to TNA atRebellion,Mike Santana aimed to win the TNA World Championship, held at the time byMoose ofThe System. As such, Moose and The System (Brian Myers,Eddie Edwards,JDC, andAlisha Edwards) did what they could ensure Santana would not have a world title opportunity, costing him his "Road to Slammiversary" qualifying match on the July 4 episode ofImpact! by having JDC attack him and lose by count out.[16][17] After Slammiversary, Santana would be involved with numerous matches and altercations with The System, Moose in particular. On the August 15Impact!, The System attacked Santana backstage before his match with Moose, and despite Santana's resilience and insistence to have the match, he still lost.[18][19] Over a month later, Santana gained retribution on JDC by defeating him in aTexas Deathmatch, only to again be attacked by Moose.[5][6] Santana would invade The System's locker room the following week and attack them with a chain.[20] On the October 10Impact!, Santana called Moose out, declaring that he was never going to be safe as long as he was around. Moose would come out while flanked by personal security; Santana claimed that he and Moose were similar in that they both had hard upbringings but stated that Moose forgot where he came from. The System then ambushed Santana before he was saved byThe Hardys (Matt Hardy andJeff Hardy) andABC (Ace Austin andChris Bey), to which Santino Marella officially announced that Moose and Santana would have a proper match at Bound for Glory.[21]
On the September 12 episode ofImpact!, The Hardys defeated Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards of The System in a tag team match.[22] However, the following night at Victory Road, The System regained theTNA World Tag Team Championship from ABC.[13][14] In the following month, while The System dealt with Mike Santana, ABC and The Hardys debated over who would get the next opportunity at the tag team titles, as ABC was owed a rematch but The Hardys did beat Myers and Edwards prior. On the October 10Impact!, a match between the two teams was interrupted by The System. An exhausted Santino Marella would come out again and declare that not only would The System defend the titles against both The Hardys and ABC, but had also made it aFull Metal Mayhem match.[23]
AtBound for Glory two years ago,Jordynne Grace retained theTNA Knockouts World Championship againstMasha Slamovich, breaking the latter's then-undefeated streak.[24][25] Two years later, on the October 10Impact!, Slamovich, now a babyface after breaking her alliance with The System after attacking Alisha Edwards at Victory Road, teamed with Grace andNXT wrestlerSol Ruca to defeatRosemary,Tasha Steelz, and NXT'sWendy Choo, although there were signs of tension between Grace and Slamovich. Later in the show, Grace searched for Slamovich backstage, finding a mural of "death warrants" (pictures of TNA Knockouts crossed out in blood, save for Grace's) in Slamovich's locker room. Grace then called out Slamovich in the ring, challenging her to a Knockouts World Championship match at Bound for Glory. Slamovich, believing Grace was keeping her close after defeating her two years ago, accepted before handing Grace a death warrant. TNA would later make the match official.[26]
On October 15, TNA announced on their website thatLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) wrestlerEl Hijo del Vikingo would make his return to the company at Bound for Glory.[27] His match would be announced three days later onImpact!, where a video package revealed he would challengeMike Bailey for theTNA X Division Championship at the event.[8]
After losing to Joe Hendry at Victory Road, Josh Alexander returned to TNA on the September 26Impact!, addressingEric Young who had tried to steer him on a more righteous path. He initially seemed to heed Young's advice and offered to walk to the back with him, only to then attack him and proclaim the person he is now is the one he needed to be.Steve Maclin, who promised to stand by Young after the two faced off atEmergence, tried to intervene, only to be stopped by the tag team Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams), who aligned with Alexander.[20] The trio would later unite under the name "The Northern Armory." On the October 10 episode, Alexander defeated Young thanks to interference from The Northern Armory, before leading an assault that ended with Alexander hitting Young's knee with a steel chair.[28][29] It was also revealed that The Northern Armory attacked Maclin backstage to prevent his involvement. The following week, Maclin called out The Northern Armory and got into a heated exchange with Alexander before the trio executed an attack on Maclin, tying his hands behind him with zip ties.[30][31] TNA would later announce a match between Maclin and Alexander would be made official for Bound for Glory.[8]
As is tradition, theCall Your Shot Gauntlet – a 20 wrestlerguantlet stylebattle royal (open to both men and women) for a championship opportunity at the time and place of the winner's choosing – will take place at Bound for Glory, with the 2024 edition occurring during the Countdown to Bound for Glory pre-show.[8] On the October 24Impact!,A. J. Francis won asix-way match also involving Frankie Kazarian,Sami Callihan,Laredo Kid,Jake Something, and Jason Hotch, claiming the twentieth and final spot in the match; by being pinned, Kazarian would be forced to enter the match first.[32][33]
As has become tradition in recent years, TNA held new inductions into itsHall of Fame during theCountdown to Bound for Glory preshow. 2024 inductees included Detroit nativeRhino, who has wrestled for TNA (on and off) since 2005, is a formerNWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion (when TNA used it as its primary title), a two-timeTNA World Tag Team Champion, and main evented theinaugural Bound for Glory in 2005, where he defeatedJeff Jarrett to win the NWA World Title.Bob Ryder, a former online wrestling journalist who was a co-founder of TNA in 2002 withJerry and Jeff Jarrett and worked as an executive in the company until his death in 2020, was posthumously inducted.[34]
| Draw | Entrant | Eliminated by | Order | Elimination(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie Kazarian | Winner | – | 2 |
| 2 | Zachary Wentz | A. J. Francis and Jake Something^ | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Jake Something | Zachary Wentz | 15 | 2 |
| 4 | Trey Miguel | Hammerstone | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Hammerstone | Zachary Wentz | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Rohit Raju | Rhino | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Laredo Kid | Hammerstone | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Sami Callihan | Rhino | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | John Skyler | Rhino | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Bhupinder Gujjar | Rhino | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Trent Seven | A. J. Francis | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | KC Navarro | Zachary Wentz | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Rhino | Frankie Kazarian | 19 | 6 |
| 14 | Tasha Steelz | Léi Ying Lee | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Léi Ying Lee | Frankie Kazarian | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | Jason Hotch | Jake Something | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Leon Slater | JDC | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | Jonathan Gresham | A. J. Francis | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | JDC | Rhino | 17 | 0 |
| 20 | A. J. Francis | Rhino | 18 | 3 |