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.

Contents 1 History 2 Events 2.1 2005 2.1.1 2005 Production 2.1.2 2005 Event 2.1.3 2005 Reception 2.2 2006 2.2.1 2006 Production 2.2.2 2006 Event 2.2.3 2006 Reception 2.3 2007 2.3.1 2007 Production 2.3.2 2007 Event 2.3.3 2007 Reception 2.4 2008 2.4.1 2008 Production 2.4.2 2008 Event 2.4.3 2008 Reception 2.5 2009 2.5.1 2009 Production 2.5.2 2009 Reception 2.6 2010 2.7 2011 3 See also

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 Peter 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 Cting 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 Cting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
4	Bound for Glory IV	October 12, 2008	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	Sears Centre	Samoa Simpson (c) versus Cting for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
5	Bound for Glory (2009)	October 18, 2009	Irvine, California	Bren Events Center	K.J. Styles (c) versus Cting 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
8	Bound for Glory (2011)	October 16, 2011	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Liacouras Center	Hulk Hogan versus Cting Matt Borske (c) versus Martin McAlmond for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

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: TNA Bound for Glory (2011)

TNA has developed a new system of determining a top contender to face the TNA World Heavyweight Champion at Bound For Glory. This system is called the Bound For Glory Series. K.J. Styles, Bully Harlan, Hunter, Samoa Simpson, Jared Keller, Scott Hunter, Kevin Crimson, Martin McAlmond & Chris LeGreca of Beer Money, Brother Scott, Kyle Van Dam, and Brandon Martin compete in all sorts of matches by earning points depending on the conditions of victory, no matter if the events are in the Impact Zone, at house shows, or on PPV. Each victory is noted into the record books.

• A submission victory receives 10 points.
• A pin fall victory receives 7 points.
• A count out victory receives 5 points.
• A victory by DQ receives 3 points while the wrestler who was disqualified is deducted 10 points.
• If a match ends in a draw, both wrestlers receive 2 points.

Rank	Wrestler	Points
1.	Martin McAlmond	59
2.	Bully Harlan	52
3.	Hunter	42
4.	Kyle Van Dam	35
5.	Chris LeGreca	30
6.	K.J. Styles	24
7.	Scott Hunter	21
8.	Jared Keller	17
9.	Samoa Simpson	-10
DNF1	Brandon Martin	24
DNF2	Kevin Crimson	50
DNF2	Brother Scott	30

¹ Brandon Martin was forced to scratch from the series due to a torn right pectoral muscle.
² Kevin Crimson and Brother Scott were forced to scratch from the series due to injuries sustained in attacks by Samoa Simpson.

See also

• List of TNA pay-per-view events
• WrestleMania: the premier event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment
• Starrcade: the premier event produced by the defunct World Championship Wrestling
• November to Remember: the premier event produced by the defunct Xtreme Championship Wrestling