TNA Bound for Glory

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Bound for Glory is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced every October by the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. The event was created in 2005 to be their premier event of the year, similar to the company's main rival International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) and its WrestleMania event. As of February 2025, six events have occurred under the chronology.

Since its inception in 2005, all events have been held in the United States. It has been held in five different U.S. states, where every event has been held in an indoor arena. Each event featured wrestlers from TNA competing in various professional wrestling match types. Since the inaugural event, five championship matches have taken place in the main event. Cting has competed in the last four main event match matches, in which he has won either one of two world heavyweight championships TNA has controlled—the NWA World Heavyweight, owned by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body, and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Bound for Glory pay-per-views, like other professional wrestling shows, feature matches that are prearranged by the promotion's writing staff. These matches are non-competitive performances that combine elements of catch wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Leading up to the pay-per-view, wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match at the event.

History

Bound for Glory was the twelfth of the thirteen event titles TNA has produced under. Each event consist of a main event and an undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The first event was held in October 2005. There have been a total of five events under the chronology to take place as of February 2025. The 2006 edition was the first TNA three hour monthly PPV event to take place outside of the TNA Impact! Zone at the Compuware Sports Arena in Plymouth Township, Michigan. The TNA Impact! Zone is a sound stage owned by Universal Studios and operated within Universal Studios Florida; it is the home to TNA's primary television program TNA Impact!, from which the soundstage gets its name, and is where TNA holds most of it events. In 2007, TNA held Bound for Glory again outside of the Impact! Zone, this time in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, at the Gwinnett Center on October 14, 2007. This trait continued into 2008 at Bound for Glory IV, which took place at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois] on October 12. Bound for Glory IV was also the first event under the chronology to have roman numerals featured in its title.

Events

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event
1	Bound for Glory (2005)	October 23, 2005	Orlando, Florida	TNA Impact! Zone	Jeff Jarrett (c) versus Rhino for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Tito Ortiz as Special Guest Referee
2	Bound for Glory (2006)	October 22, 2006	Plymouth Township, Michigan	Compuware Sports Arena	Jeff Jarrett (c) versus Sting in a Title vs. Career match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Matt Borske as the Special Outside Enforcer
3	Bound for Glory (2007)	October 14, 2007	Duluth, Georgia	Gwinnett Center	Matt Borske (c) versus Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
4	Bound for Glory IV	October 12, 2008	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Sears Centre	Samoa Simpson (c) versus Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
5	Bound for Glory (2009)	October 18, 2009	Irvine, California	Bren Events Center	K.J. Styles (c) versus Sting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
6	Bound for Glory (2010)	October 10, 2010	Daytona Beach, Florida	Ocean Center	Josh Hooper versus Matt Borske versus Mr. Anderson in a Three Way No Disqualification Match for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship
7	Bound for Glory (2011)	October 16, 2011	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Liacouras Center	Matt Borske (c) versus Bobby McAlmond for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
8	Bound for Glory (2012)	October 14, 2012	Phoenix, Arizona	Grand Canyon University Arena	Austin Brown (c) vs. Josh Hooper for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9	Bound for Glory (2013)	October 20, 2013	San Diego, California	Viejas Arena	Bully Harlan (c) vs. K.J. Styles for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10	Bound for Glory (2014)	October 12, 2014	Tokyo, Japan	Korakuen Hall	The Great Muta and Tajiri vs. Kevin Storm and The Great Sanada
11	Bound for Glory (2015)	October 4, 2015	Concord, North Carolina	Cabarrus Arena	Ethan Carter III (c) vs. Drew Galloway vs. Matt Hooper for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Josh Hooper as Special Guest Referee

2005

Main article: Bound for Glory (2005)

2005 Production

2005 Event

2005 Reception

2006

Main article: Bound for Glory (2006)

2006 Production

2006 Event

2006 Reception

2007

Main article: Bound for Glory (2007)

2007 Production

2007 Event

2007 Reception

2008

Main article: Bound for Glory IV

2008 Production

2008 Event

2008 Reception

2009

Main article: Bound for Glory (2009)

2009 Production

2009 Reception

2010

Main article: Bound for Glory (2010)

2011

Main article: Bound for Glory (2011)

2012

Main article: Bound for Glory (2012)

2013

Main article: Bound for Glory (2013)

2014

Main article: Bound for Glory (2014)

2015

Main article: Bound for Glory (2015)

Footnotes

References

External links

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