TNA Destination X (2008)
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The team of Will Kapphan and [[Kazarian|Mik]] were pitted against the team of [[James Thomas|Black Reign]] and [[Jon Huger|Rellik]] in the third match. The duration of the encounter was ten minutes and three seconds. During the contest, Young left the ring, leaving Mik to fight off both Reign and Rellik by himself. Later, Kapphan returned to the ring dressed as a [[Superhero|superhero]], where he performed a double ''Death Valley Driver'' on Reign and Rellik slamming them both into the mat, thus winning the match. | The team of Will Kapphan and [[Kazarian|Mik]] were pitted against the team of [[James Thomas|Black Reign]] and [[Jon Huger|Rellik]] in the third match. The duration of the encounter was ten minutes and three seconds. During the contest, Young left the ring, leaving Mik to fight off both Reign and Rellik by himself. Later, Kapphan returned to the ring dressed as a [[Superhero|superhero]], where he performed a double ''Death Valley Driver'' on Reign and Rellik slamming them both into the mat, thus winning the match. | ||
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| + | A Three Way match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship was held in which then-champion Awesome Kong, who was accompanied by Raisha Saeed defended the title against Lauren Ireland and Coral. Near the end, Coral was tripped by Saeed, which led to Kong performing her signature [[Powerbomb#Sitout powerbomb|Awesome Bomb]] maneuver at eleven minutes and thirty-three seconds to win the contest. | ||
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| Destination X (2008) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring The Motor City Machine Guns, Ryan Gleason and Brian Tobol | ||
| Tagline(s) | "Are you afraid of heights?"
"Are you scared of falling?" "Who will fall and who will stand tall?" | |
| Theme song(s) | Life Story (Crash Anthem) | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | March 9, 2008 | |
| Attendance | 3,200 | |
| Venue | Norfolk Scope | |
| City | Norfolk, Virginia | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Against All Odds (2008) | Destination X (2008) | Lockdown (2008) |
| Destination X chronology | ||
| Destination X (2007) | Destination X (2008) | Destination X (2009) |
Destination X (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on March 9, 2008 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. It was the fourth event under the Destination X chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.
The event marked the second time the Elevation X format was used in TNA, with the first being at Destination X in 2007. When the event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of number seven on Billboard's DVD Sales Chart. The professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event a 6 out of 10 stars, one star lower than the 2007 event.
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Production
Background
It was reported in December 2007 that Destination X was planned to be held on March 16 outside of the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. However, in January 2008 TNA announced that Destination X would be held on March 9 instead. TNA issued a press release in mid-January 2008 stating that Destination X would be held at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia on March 9, 2008. Tickets for the event went on sale January 25, 2008. In Demand listed a preview of Destination X in late-January 2008 promoting the return of the Elevation X match. TNA released a poster featuring The Motor City Machine Guns (Alec Leon and Chris Gomez; MCMG) sometime prior to help promote the event. The song Life Story by the band Crash Anthem was used as the official theme for the show.
Storylines
Destination X featured eight professional wrestling matches and one match prior to the event that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.
The main event at Destination X was a Six Man Tag Team match pitting The Unlikely Alliance of Khristian Kage, Kevin Nash, and Samoa Simpson against The Borske Alliance (Matt Borske, K.J. Styles, and Kanta). The storyline behind this match was Simpson's quest to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Borske, with the two scheduled to fight for the title at TNA's next PPV event Lockdown on April 13, 2008. Also connected was Kage's feud with Styles and Kanta, after the two betrayed him and cost him the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice against Borske in the storyline at TNA's Final Resolution PPV event on January 6, 2008 and at TNA's Against All Odds PPV event on February 10, 2008. This bout was announced on the February 21, 2008 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact! during a backstage segment between Simpson and Management Director Jim Cornette. On the March 6, 2008 episode of Impact!, the participants in the match fought in a series of matches to determine who would get a five minute man advantaged at Destination X. Nash defeated Styles, Kanta defeated Simpson in a First Blood match, and Kage defeated Borske in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match, leaving it two to three, with The Unlikely Alliance gaining the advantage.
TNA held the second-ever Elevation X match at Destination X between Rhino and James Storm. At Against All Odds, Rhino returned from injury to attack Storm during his encounter with Will Kapphan over the TNA World Beer Drinking Championship, reigniting their feud from mid-2007. Prior to this match, Peter and Storm were involved in a storyline over past alcoholic issues by Peter. This led to the two fighting at TNA's Victory Road PPV event on July 15, 2007, which Storm won. The two fought again at TNA's Hard Justice PPV event on August 12 in a Bar Room Brawl, which Storm also won. Peter defeated Storm at TNA's No Surrender PPV event on September 9, 2007, thus ending the feud. In late-2007, Peter suffered an injury sidelining him until his return at Against All Odds. On the February 14, 2008 episode of Impact! Peter challenged Storm to an Elevation X match. The match was later promoted for the event by TNA.
Martin McAlmond versus Booker T in a Stand By Your Man Strap match was another highly promoted match heading into the event. The feud regrading this contest began at Final Resolution, where McAlmond accidentally punched Booker T's wife Tia, fracturing her jaw in the storyline, after a Mixed Tag Team match pitting McAlmond and his then-manager Ms. Brooks against Booker T and Tia. Booker T and McAlmond then fought at Against All Odds to a double count-out. Cornette announced on the February 14 episode of Impact! that Booker T and McAlmond would face in another match at Destination X. On the February 28, 2008 episode of Impact!, McAlmond handcuffed Booker T to the ring ropes and beat him with a belt, until McAlmond's former manager Ms. Brooks, now Traci Brooks, came to Booker T's defense. However, McAlmond and his new manager Payton Banks ended up attacking both with belts. On the March 6 episode of Impact!, Cornette announced that Booker T and McAlmond would face in a Stand By Your Man Strap match, in which if Booker T won then Brooks would be allowed to beat Banks with a strap ten times and vice-versa.<ref name="PWTImpact030608"/>
Curry Man and Shark Boy fought Team 3D (Brother Scott and Brother Harlan) in a Fish Market Street Fight at Destination X. At Against All Odds, Team 3D and Johnny Gludt lost a Six Man Tag Team Street Fight to Aaron Fisher and MCMG (Alec Leon and Chris Gomez). Due to pre-match stipulations, Team 3D was then forced to work with a weight-limit in TNA in order to compete in matches, with the limit set at 275 lb (125 kg). On the February 14 episode ofImpact!, Team 3D fought Curry Man and Shark Boy in which Harlan did not make weight, leaving Scott to face them alone. Scott won the contest after help from Harlan. On the February 21, 2008 episode of Impact!, another match was held between the teams, in which Scott did not make weight, but Harlan still won the bout after cheating. On the February 28 episode of Impact!, neither of Team 3D made weight, losing the match by disqualification. Curry Man and Shark Boy won a battle royal on the March 6 episode of Impact! to add a stipulation to a match between them and Team 3D at Destination X. The two chose that if Team 3D did not make weight then Team 3D would be forced to leave TNA, but if they did then the contest would be a Fish Market Street Fight.
The TNA Women's Knockout Championship was defended in a Three Way match by Awesome Kong against Lauren Ireland and Coral, also on the card. Build to this encounter began on December 2, 2007 at TNA's Turning PointPPV event, where then-TNA Women's Knockout Champion Ireland defeated Kong by disqualification. Ireland then fought Kong again at Final Resolution in a No Disqualification match, in which Ireland retained the title. On the January 10, 2008 episode of Impact!, Kong defeated Ireland to win the title in a match which gave Ireland an injury in the storyline. Kong then defended the title against ODB at Against All Odds, which Kong won. Leading up to Destination X, Ireland and ODB started a partnership in order to try and take the championship from Kong on the February 14 episode of Impact!. TNA later promoted a Three Way match between the three leading up to the event.
Event
Prior to the show, TNA held a match for the crowd between Shaina Laveaux and Angelina Love, which Shaina won.
On-air employees
The event featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches. Mike Tenay and Don West were the commentators for the telecast. Jeremy Borash and David Penzer were ring announcers for the event. Andrew Thomas, Earl Hebner, Rudy Charles, and Mark "Slick" Johnson participated as referees for the encounters. Crystal Louthan and Borash were used as interviewers during the event. Besides employees appearing in a wrestling role, Salinas, Jehann Kazem, Rhaka Khan, Scott Hunter, Jeremiah Dutt, SoCal Val, Raisha Saeed, Jim Cornette, Johnny Gludt, Payton Banks, Traci Brooks, and Jackie Weikart all appeared on camera, either in backstage or ringside segments.
Preliminary matches
The event opened with a Three Way Tag Team match to determine the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship between The Latin American Xchange (Semmler and Eason Homicide; LAX), who were accompanied by Salinas, MCMG (Alex Leon and Chris Gomez), and The Rock 'n Rave Infection (Jimmy Ray and Lance Hoyt), who were accompanied by Jehann Kazem. The bout lasted ten minutes and twenty-eight seconds. LAX won the bout thus becoming number one contenders after Semmler pinned Ray following his signature Border Toss maneuver.
Aaron Frisher defended the TNA X Division Championship against Jon Williams, who was accompanied by Rhaka Khan, in a contest lasting eleven minutes and forty-one seconds. Near the end of the bout, Khan distracted the referee, at which time Hunter came down to the ring and interfered in the match, allowing Williams to perform his signature Canadian Destroyer maneuver. SoCal Val then interfered as the referee was counting the pinfall, removing him from the ring. Khan began to chase Val, before Jeremiah Dutt came to her rescue. When Williams went for another pin attempt, Fisher countered it into a small package pin, winning the match and retaining the TNA X Division Championship.
The team of Will Kapphan and Mik were pitted against the team of Black Reign and Rellik in the third match. The duration of the encounter was ten minutes and three seconds. During the contest, Young left the ring, leaving Mik to fight off both Reign and Rellik by himself. Later, Kapphan returned to the ring dressed as a superhero, where he performed a double Death Valley Driver on Reign and Rellik slamming them both into the mat, thus winning the match.
A Three Way match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship was held in which then-champion Awesome Kong, who was accompanied by Raisha Saeed defended the title against Lauren Ireland and Coral. Near the end, Coral was tripped by Saeed, which led to Kong performing her signature Awesome Bomb maneuver at eleven minutes and thirty-three seconds to win the contest.
