TNA Bound for Glory Series
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The Bound for Glory Series is an annual professional wrestling tournament held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in which 12 wrestlers compete in a series of matches over the course of several months (throughout the summer specifically) to determine who receives a match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory, which is TNA's premiere yearly PPV event.
Points are earned in a variety of ways and can be won in a variety of match types. 10 points for submission victory, 7 points for a pinfall victory, 5 points for a countout victory, 3 points for a DQ victory, 2 points for a draw, and minus 10 points for a DQ loss. Special matches can also be made where the winner of the match can be awarded up to 25 points.
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Results
2011
On the June 16, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA announced a twelve man tournament to determine the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at October's Bound for Glory. The twelve men faced each other in matches on pay-per-view, television and at untelevised house show events and were given points based on their performance, with a submission victory giving a wrestler 10 points, a pinfall victory 7, a countout victory 5, a disqualification victory 3 and a draw 2 points, while a disqualification loss will cost a wrestler 10 points. A special ladder match on the July 21 edition of Impact Wrestling also gave out 10 points for the winner. The top four wrestlers faced each other in the tournament finals at September's No Surrender, where Bully Harlan defeated Kevin Storm via disqualification, while Bobby McAlmond defeated Gunner via submission, giving both 52 points and setting up a tiebreaker match between the two. In the tiebreaker match, Roode defeated Ray via pinfall to win the tournament.
Final Standings
- These wrestlers qualified for the final matches.
- These wrestlers withdrew from the tournament.
- This wrestler won the final match of the tournament.
| Rank | Wrestler | Points | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby McAlmond | 59 | 16 |
| 2 | Bully Harlan | 52 | 16 |
| 3 | Gunner | 42 | 20 |
| 4 | Rob Van Dam | 35 | 13 |
| 5 | Kevin Storm | 30 | 13 |
| 6 | K.J. Styles | 24 | 11 |
| 7 | Scott Hunter | 21 | 10 |
| 8 | Samoa Simpson | -10 | 10 |
| DNF | Crimson | 50 | 102 |
| Devon | 30 | 152 | |
| Matt Morgan | 24 | 51 | |
| D'Angelo Dinero | 17 | 172 |
1 Morgan was forced to pull out of the tournament on the July 28 edition of Impact Wrestling, after tearing his pectoral muscle. 2 Devon, Dinero and Crimson pulled out of the tournament after suffering storyline injuries at the hands of Samoa Joe on the August 18 and 25 editions of Impact Wrestling.
2012
On the June 14, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling, TNA started the second Bound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at October's Bound for Glory. Just like the previous year, the tournament included twelve men, who would be facing each other in matches on pay-per-view, television and at untelevised house show events and would be given points based on their performance, with a submission victory giving a wrestler 10 points, a pinfall victory 7, a countout victory 5, a disqualification victory 3 and a draw 2 points, while a disqualification loss will cost a wrestler 10 points. An opening gauntlet match on the June 14 episode of Impact Wrestling gave out 20 points to the winner. Similarly, two four-way matches and a three-way match contested between the participants at Hardcore Justice gave 20 points to the three winners, as well as a one off match for regular scoring between Robbie E ,Rob Van Dam and KJ Styles as they were unable to wrestle Dinero due to his injury Originally, all matches in the tournament had a ten minute time limit, but on June 28 the limit was raised to fifteen minutes. However, on the August 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, the time limit was ignored without explanation for a match between K.J. Styles and Christopher Barnhart, which lasted 16 minutes and 50 seconds. Unlike the previous year, in the 2012 tournament wrestlers faced each other only once in singles matches (not counting special multi-wrestler matches). As Mr. Anderson challenged for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship instead of taking part in the opening gauntlet match, he finished the tournament with one match fewer than the other competitors. The round-robin portion of the tournament concluded on September 6, while the finals took place on September 9 at No Surrender.
Final Standings
- These wrestlers qualified for the final matches.
- These wrestlers withdrew from the tournament.
- This wrestler won the final match of the tournament.
| Rank | Wrestler | Points | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Storm | 73 | 13 |
| 2 | Samoa Simpson | 68 | 13 |
| 3 | Bully Harlan | 62 | 13 |
| 4 | Josh Hooper | 59 | 13 |
| 5 | Rob Van Dam | 55 | 13 |
| 6 | K.J. Styles | 50 | 13 |
| 7 | Matt Borske | 48 | 13 |
| 8 | Mr. Anderson | 47 | 12 |
| 9 | Christopher Barnhart | 33 | 13 |
| 10 | Magnus | 28 | 13 |
| 11 | Robbie R | 12 | 13 |
| DNF | D'Angelo Dinero | 7 | 91 |
1 Dinero was forced to pull out of the tournament on August 12, after suffering a shoulder injury.
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2013
On the June 6, 2013, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA announced a twelve man tournament to determine the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at October's Bound for Glory. The twelve men will face each other in matches on pay-per-view, television and at untelevised house show events and were given points based on their performance, with a submission victory giving a wrestler 10 points, a pinfall victory 7, a countout victory 5, a disqualification victory 3 and a draw 2 points, while a disqualification loss will cost a wrestler 10 points. The time limit has increased to 15 minutes.
Qualifying matches
- Slammiversary XI, June 2, 2013
- Jay Bradley defeated Sam Shaw in the Gut Check Tournament finals.
- Impact Wrestling, June 6, 2013
- Hernandez defeated Chavo McAlmond
- Samoa Simpson defeated Robbie R
- Impact Wrestling, June 13, 2013
- Joseph Park defeated Crimson
- Magnus defeated Matt Morgan, Rob Truax, and Kenny King
- Bad Influence (Christopher Barnhart and Kazarian) defeated Kevin Storm and Gunner
- Austin Brown defeated Eric Young
- Mr. Anderson won a battle royal which also included Devon, DOC, Knux, Khris BriscoWes Brisco, and Garrett Bischoff
- K.J. Styles defeated Matt Borske
- Bobby McAlmond and Josh Hooper received byes due to being past BFG Series winners
On the July 11, 2013 episode of Impact Wrestling (taped June 30), the 12 BFG Series competitors were entered in a series of "Joker's Wild" tag team matches where the wrestlers were paired up at random. The winners of the tag team matches then advanced to a six-man Gauntlet for the Gold match where the winner received 25 points. That match was won by Magnus. Both the tag team matches and gauntlet (for those who advanced) are included in the number of matches each competitor had.
Current Standings
| Rank | Wrestler | Points | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus}} | 39 | 6 |
| 2 | Samoa Simpson | 26 | 8 |
| Christopher Barnhart | 26 | 5 | |
| 4 | Josh Hooper | 24 | 6 |
| Mr. Anderson | 24 | 7 | |
| 6 | KJ Styles | 22 | 7 |
| 7 | Austin Brown | 21 | 5 |
| 8 | Hernandez | 7 | 6 |
| Bobby McAlmond | 7 | 6 | |
| 10 | Kazarian | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Jay Bradley | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Joseph Park | -3 | 5 |
