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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 30, 2024 | ||
| City | Louisville, Kentucky | ||
| Venue | Old Forester's Paristown Hall | ||
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The 2024Emergence was aprofessional wrestlingevent produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling. It took place on August 30, 2024, at Old Forester's Paristown Hall inLouisville, Kentucky, and aired onTNA+. It was the fifth event under theEmergence chronology.
Eight matches were contested at the event, including two on the Countdown to Emergence pre-show. In the main event,Nic Nemeth defeatedJosh Alexander 3–2 in anIron Man match to retain theTNA World Championship. In another prominent match, which was the opening bout,Zachary Wentz defeated defending championMike Bailey,NXT superstarRiley Osborne, Jason Hotch,Hammerstone andLaredo Kid in anUltimate X match to win theTNA X Division Championship. The event was also notable for the TNA debut ofJohn Layfield.
Emergence is aprofessional wrestlingevent produced byTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The first event was held in 2020, and it is annually held during the month of August.[1] On June 14, 2024, atAgainst All Odds, it was announced that the 2024 Emergence would take place on August 30, 2024, at the Old Forester's Paristown Hall inLouisville, Kentucky.[2]
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.[3]
On the August 1 episode ofImpact!, anUltimate X match was announced for Emergence for theTNA X Division Championship, with qualifying matches to occur for the following weeks.[4][5] On August 8, TNA X Division ChampionMike Bailey would defeatTrent Seven andJake Something to ensure he would defend his title in Ultimate X. Later in the night,Zachary Wentz defeatedKC Navarro andNXT wrestlerDante Chen to be the second man to advance.[6][7] The following week, NXT'sRiley Osborne and Jason Hotch qualified for Ultimate X after defeatingChris Bey and John Skyler, andAce Austin andRich Swann, respectively.[8][9] The week after,Hammerstone defeatedKushida andFrankie Kazarian, andLaredo Kid defeatedBhupinder Gujjar and Jai Vidal, to become the final two participants in Ultimate X.[10]
AtSlammiversary,Nic Nemeth andJosh Alexander both competed in asix-way elimination match for theTNA World Championship, then held byMoose. Both would make it to the final three after Alexander hitJoe Hendry with a low blow before eliminating him, turning heel for the first time since 2021. Nemeth would then eliminate Alexander andFrankie Kazarian to win the title.[11][12] Two weeks later onTNA Impact!, Alexander would lay out Nic's brotherRyan Nemeth after the latter's match with Kazarian, before confronting Nic after his successful title defense againstMustafa Ali.[13][14] The week after, Alexander finally explained his actions at Slammiversary after several refusals, stating that his work paved the way for people like Hendry and Nemeth to thrive in TNA but ultimately went underappreciated. Nemeth then interrupted and attacked Alexander, promising him a title match anytime he wanted.[6][7] The match would happen the following week but unfortunately ended in atime limit draw. When Nemeth demanded five more minutes, Alexander first refused but changed his mind only after hitting Nemeth with a low blow. The result, however, would stand due to Nemeth's compromised condition.[8][9] TNA eventually announced that Nemeth and Alexander would have a rematch for the TNA World Championship at Emergence in a 60-minuteiron man match.[15]
FollowingRebellion,The System (Moose,Brian Myers,Eddie Edwards, andAlisha Edwards) had begun feuding with several wrestlers in TNA."Broken" Matt Hardy, making his full-time return to TNA in over 7 years, attacked Moose following his TNA World Championship match with Nic Nemeth, making his title aspirations clear.[16][17] Joe Hendry would also become an enemy of The System after pinning Myers in a "Champions vs. All-Stars" 16-person intergender tag team match on the May 16 episode ofTNA Impact!.[18][19] AtAgainst All Odds, Hardy challenged Moose for the TNA World Championship in aBroken Rules match. The match saw constant interference by The System and a run-in by Hardy's wifeRebecca Hardy, ultimately ending with Moose retaining the title against Hardy. Post-match, The System and their newest memberJohnny Dango Curtis (JDC) continued to assault Matt and Rebecca until a combined force of Hendry, Nic and Ryan Nemeth, and a returningJeff Hardy ran them all off.[20][21] During the build to Slammiversary, The System would begin to targetMike Santana, who had also returned to TNA at Rebellion with the goal of winning the TNA World Championship. During Santana's "Road to Slammiversary" world title qualifying match against Frankie Kazarian on the June 27TNA Impact!, JDC pushed Santana into the ring post out of the referee's view, causing him to bleed and lose the match by countout.[22] The following week, Hendry would qualify for the world title match at Slammiversary.[23][24] Two weeks later,The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) challenged thenTNA World Tag Team Champions Myers and Edwards for the titles, only to fail thanks again to interference by JDC. After the match, The System would injure Jeff's neck, taking him out of action for about a month. While Jeff was being stretchered out, Matt found that JDC had also attacked Rebecca backstage.[25] This culminated at Slammiversary where Matt defeated JDC and, during the TNA World Title elimination match, Hendry eliminated Moose, causing the latter to lose the title.[11][12] For the next month, The System reignited their rivalry with Santana while also having to deal with Hendry. After a brawl in a parking lot on the August 8TNA Impact!, Moose defeated Santana the following week after The System had attacked him backstage prior to the match. They were about to attack Santana afterward until Hendry came to his aid, who revealed that Moose and JDC would face The Hardys in a tag team match next week[8][9] The Hardys would emerge victorious before getting into a brawl alongside Hendry and Santana against The System.[10] TNA then announced on their website that Hendry, Santana, and The Hardys would face The System (Moose, Myers, Edwards, and JDC) in an eight-man tag team match at Emergence.[26]
On the August 1TNA Impact!,PCO andSteph De Lander partook in a wedding ceremony, a culmination of a budding romance storyline between the two. However, the segment was crashed by a returningMatt Cardona, De Lander's tag team partner on the independent circuit. He initially seemed cordial and even had a gift for the pair, which turned out to be a cinderblock as Cardona attacked PCO and inadvertently struck TNA Director of AuthoritySantino Marella, who presided over the ceremony, as he tried to take De Lander back with him.[13][14] Cardona would also ruin PCO and De Lander's honeymoon, taking PCO out again with the help of two unknown assistants.[6][7] On August 15, Marella threatened to sue Cardona for attacking him during the wedding unless he signed on for a match with PCO that night. Cardona flipped that proposal for a six-man tag team match the next week with him, De Lander, and a mystery partner against PCO,Rhino, andXia Brookside (thebest man andmaid of honor at the wedding, respectively).[8][9] However, Cardona claimed not to be medically cleared from a torn pectoral muscle he previously suffered, thus giving De Lander two new partners inKon andMadman Fulton; unfortunately, they lost, much to Cardona's chagrin and De Lander's relief.[10] PCO and Cardona's singles match would then be signed for Emergence, but Cardona claimed to have reaggravated his injury in training. He then told Marella that he would have another mystery opponent for PCO at the event.[27]
| Score | Fall | Decision | Notes | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–0 | Nic Nemeth | Pinfall | Nemeth pinned Alexander with aninside cradle | 10:55 |
| 2–0 | Nic Nemeth | Pinfall | Nemeth pinned Alexander after aDanger Zone | 24:31 |
| 2–1 | Josh Alexander | Pinfall | Alexander pinned Nemeth after aC4 Spike | 44:03 |
| 2–2 | Josh Alexander | Pinfall | Alexander pinned Nemeth after aC4 Spike | 44:46 |
| 3–2 | Nic Nemeth | Pinfall | Nemeth pinned Alexander after aC4 Spike | 59:49 |