Monster's Ball Match
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A Monster's Ball match is a professional wrestling, hardcore match staged by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The name is derived from the 2001 film Monster's Ball.
The key premise of the match was that all contenders are sequestered alone in a locked room without light, food or water for twenty-four hours before the match. This stipulation is intended to induce extreme feelings of aggression in the competitors. Once released, the wrestlers fight one another in a no disqualification match, with the usage of weapons encouraged. Victory can be achieved by pinfall or submission, with the match ending as soon as one wrestler is pinned or submits (there is no elimination format). The locked away stipulation was simply forgotten about, however, and not mentioned since the sixth one. It is now simply a Street Fight, as the match has to end inside the Ring.
Due to the hardcore nature of the match, the Monster's Ball typically features numerous high spots. There has been a total of ten official matches, plus eleven occurring on TNA non-televised "house shows" and one match dubbed "Monster's Ball" by a non-affiliated company, although it featured TNA wrestler Marc. There is apparently no set number of wrestlers although it is generally four. The smallest official match was a one-on-one match at Bound for Glory (2009) and Slammiversary VIII.
[edit] Match history
| No. | Event, Date and Location | Match | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Victory Road (2004) November 7, 2004, Orlando, Florida | Jacob Vulk defeated Russell and Marc | Vulk pinned Russell after a Pounce through a table. |
| II | Bound for Glory (2005) October 23, 2005, Orlando, Florida | Peter defeated Marc, Jason Dikes and Josh Hooper | Peter pinned Hooper after a Peter Driver off the middle rope. |
| III | TNA House Show June 10, 2006, Wayne, New Jersey | Samoa Simpson defeated Marc and Peter | (unofficial) Simpson forced Peter to submit with the Coquina Clutch. |
| IV | TNA House Show September 29, 2006, Richmond, Virginia | Peter defeated Marc | |
| V | Bound for Glory (2006) October 22, 2006, Plymouth Township, Michigan | Samoa Simpson defeated Brother Runt, Russell and Marc | Simpson pinned Russell after a Muscle Buster. Erik "The Snake" Peterson was the Special Guest Referee |
| VI | Bound for Glory (2007) October 14, 2007, Duluth, Georgia | Marc defeated Russell, Black Reign and Peter | Marc pinned Russell after a Black Hole Slam onto a pile of broken glass and thumbtacks. |
| VII | Bound for Glory IV October 12, 2008, Hoffman Estates, Illinois | Beer Money, Inc. (Martin McAlmond and Chris LeGreca) (with Beatrice) (c) defeated Marc and Brandon Martin, Team 3D (Brother Harlan and Brother Scott) and The Latin American Xchange (Eason and Semmler) to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship | Beer Money, Inc. won when Chris LeGreca pinned Semmler after Team 3D put him through a table with thumb tacks on top.
Steve "Mongo" McMichael was the special referee. |
| VIII | Sacrifice (2009) May 24, 2009, Orlando, Florida | Taylor Wild defeated Dixie (with Marc and Dr. Richie) | Wild pinned Dixie after slamming her with a fireman's carry takeover on top of a garbage can.
First ever Knockouts Monster's Ball match. |
| IX | Slammiversary (2009) June 21, 2009, Auburn Hills, Michigan | Marc and Taylor Wild defeated Russell and Dixie (with Dr. Richie | Marc pinned Russell after Black Hole Slamming him onto a pile of thumbtacks.
First ever mixed tag team Monster's Ball match. |
| X | Bound for Glory (2009) October 18, 2009, Irvine, California | Marc defeated Mick Foley | Marc pinned Foley after chokeslamming him onto a barbed wire board.
Dr. Stevie was the special guest referee for the match. |
| XI | House show November 9, 2009, Nashville, Tennessee | Marc defeated Peter | |
| XII | TNA Impact! May 3, 2010, Orlando, Florida | K.J. Styles defeated Marc | |
| XIII | Slammiversary VIII June 13, 2010, Orlando, Florida | Marc defeated Damian Lufborough | |
| XIV | House show July 2, 2010, Brooklyn, New York | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | |
| XV | House show July 23, 2010, Bloomington, Illinois | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | |
| XVI | House show July 24, 2010, LaPorte, Indiana | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | |
| XVII | House show August 13, 2010, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | |
| XVIII | House show August 14, 2010, Thibodaux, Louisiana | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | Mick Foley was the Special Guest Referee |
| XIX | House show September 16, 2010, York, Pennsylvania | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | |
| XX | House show September 17, 2010, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Josh Hooper defeated Marc | |
| XXI | House show September 23, 2010, New York City, New York | Tommy Brown defeated Marc | Mick Foley was the Special Guest Referee |
| XXII | House show September 25, 2010, Rahway, New Jersey | Marc defeated Tommy Brown | |
| XXIII | Bound for Glory October 10, 2010, Daytona Beach, Florida | Kyle Van Dam defeated Marc | |
| XXIV | House show October 15, 2010, Racine, Wisconsin | Tommy Brown defeated Marc | |
| XXV | House show October 16, 2010, Dubuque, Iowa | Tommy Brown defeated Marc | |
| XXVI | House show October 17, 2010, Hoffman Estates, Illinois | Tommy Brown defeated Marc | Mick Foley was the Special Guest Referee |
| XXVII | House show October 21, 2010, Grand Rapids, Michigan | Marc defeated Jason Dikes | |
| XXVIII | House show October 22, 2010, Cadillac, Michigan | Marc defeated Jason Dikes | |
| XXIX | House show October 23, 2010, Saginaw, Michigan | Marc defeated Jason Dikes | |
| XXX | House show October 24, 2010, Port Huron, Michigan | Marc defeated Jason Dikes | |
| XXXI | House show April 9, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Marc defeated Tommy Brown |
