TNA Destination X (2012)
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| Destination X (2012) | ||
 Promotional poster for the event featuring Austin Brown | ||
| Tagline(s) | "I Am The Main Event" | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling | |
| Date | July 8, 2012 | |
| Venue | Impact Wrestling Zone | |
| City | Orlando, Florida | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Slammiversary (2012) | Destination X (2012) | Hardcore Justice (2012) |
| Destination X chronology | ||
| Destination X (2011) | Destination X (2012) | Destination X (2013) |
Destination X (2012)' is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which will take place on July 8, 2012 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It will be the eighth show under the Destination X chronology and seventh event in the 2012 TNA PPV schedule.
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Storylines
Destination X will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and that culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The main event of the Destination X will feature Austin Brown taking on Bobby McAlmond for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the June 14 edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA X Division Champion Brown was slated to main event Destination X as advertised. Brown, having hit the landmark of becoming the longest reigning X Division Champion in TNA history, asked General Manager Hulk Hogan for a World Title match against the longest and reigning champion in TNA, Bobby McAlmond, at the PPV. Hogan, impressed with him as whole, gave him one week to decide on a proposal that if Brown wants his shot, he would be forced to relinquish the X Division Title (as Hogan did not want one wrestler holding both belts). A week later, Brown agreed to the stipulation with the caveat that all future X Division champions be given the same opportunity every year at Destination X. Hogan agreed to those terms and Brown was granted his championship match.
The ongoing heated feud between K.J Styles and Christopher Barnhart will be entering Destination X to showcase both rivals in a Last Man Standing match. At Slammiversary, K.J Styles teamed with Matt Borske to dethrone Christopher Barnhart and Kazarian of the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the following week's Impact, Styles told TNA President Dixie Carter that they needed to bring the truth about what was happening between them to the forefront, because it was ammunition for Barnhart against him in their feud. Styles and Carter revealed everything the next week, where a pregnant lady named Claire Lynch, opened up about Styles and Carter keeping her secret and helping her into rehab from her habits as an addict, making it clear there was no affair between the two. On the June 28 edition of Impact, with his head cleared from all the drama surrounding him and Carter, Styles announced that he got what he wanted which was a Last Man Standing match against Barnhart at Destination X. Meanwhile, Kazarian expressed his hostility for partnering with Barnhart and halting his friendship with Styles based on the revelation the week before, later only using this as a ruse to regain the tag titles with Barnhart in the Slammiversary rematch that night. After the match, Barnhart furthered the angle claiming that the truth was out regarding Claire, but not the fact that Styles fathered her unborn child.
The majority of the card will feature a tournament to crown a new TNA X Division Champion. Eight competitors (a mix of TNA contracted and outside wrestlers) will be matched up in four semi-final singles matches. The winners of those matches will advance to an Ultimate X match later in the night, and the winner of Ultimate X will become the new champion. In addition, there will be a Bound For Glory Series match between longtime on-and-off rivals, Matt Borske and Samoa Simpson on the PPV.
Matches
| No. | Matches | Stipulations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason Andrews defeated Rubix, Dakota Darsow and Lars Only | Fatal Four Way match to determine the final qualifier for the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2012)|TNA X Division Championship | |||||
| Bobby McAlmond (c) vs. Austin Brown | Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship | ||||||
| K.J. Styles vs. Christopher Barnhart | Last Man Standing match | ||||||
| Matt Borske vs. Samoa Simpson | Bound For Glory Series matchTournament]] | ||||||
| TBA vs TBA | TNA X Division Championship Tournament Semifinal Match | ||||||
| TBA vs TBA* | TNA X Division Championship Tournament Semifinal Match | ||||||
| TBA vs TBA* | TNA X Division Championship Tournament Semifinal Match | ||||||
| TBA vs TBA* | TNA X Divsion Championship Tournament Semifinal Match | ||||||
| Winners of the four singles matches | Ultimate X Tournament Final Match to determine the new TNA X Division Champion | ||||||
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||
(*) - The eight competitors in the tournament include TNA contracted wrestlers Douglas Williams, Kid Cash, and Zema Ion; outside wrestlers Kenny King, Jeremiah Dutt, Rashad Cameron, and Flip Cassonova; and the winner of the Fatal Four Way match. The exact match combinations for the semifinals will be set at the PPV.
