The TNA X Cup Tournament consists of various types of X Division tournaments that feature wrestlers and/or teams from all over the world competing in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to fight for various trophies or championship matches. After a near decade long hiatus, the tournament returned in 2017 before going on another four-year hiatus. As of 2021, there has been eight X cup tournaments (four super X cups and four team X cups).
120-614: The first X Cup Tournament of any kind was the 2003 Super X Cup. It featured wrestlers from around the Globe competing in one-on-one matches. Chris Sabin was the winner of the 2003 Super X Cup. Since then, the generally positive response from TNA's viewers to the 2003 Super X Cup has led to other X Cup Tournaments. Multiple competitors in each tournament have represented various different companies, such as Pro Wrestling Noah , Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide , All Japan Pro Wrestling , AAW Wrestling , Border City Wrestling and Wrestle Circus. Throughout
240-586: A Six Sides of Steel Xscape match . At Sacrifice he retained his title against Sonjay Dutt, and Jay Lethal, by pinning Dutt. Sabin lost his title at Slammiversary , however, to Lethal. Sabin received a rematch on Impact! against Lethal and Samoa Joe, but Sabin was pinned after Joe hit a Muscle Buster . In the summer of 2007, Sabin formed a tag team with Alex Shelley, known as the Motor City Machine Guns . The two had been teaming in several independent promotions prior to their formation as
360-713: A three way match as part of the ROH/NJPW Global Wars '15 event. In May 2016, they teamed with KUSHIDA and Matt Sydal in a loss to Bullet Club at Global Wars '16 . In August 2016, the Motor City Machine Guns returned to Japan, unsuccessfully challenging the Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . In May 2018, it was announced that Sabin would participate in
480-542: A 60% cut in pay and TNA founder Jeff Jarrett would resign from the company, but remained as minority shareholder until his temporary return on June 24, 2015, with the deal for his return including the transfer of his minority stake to Dixie Carter, making her sole shareholder. The following year Jarrett revealed plans to start a new professional wrestling promotion, Global Force Wrestling . Further departures in 2014 included TNA veterans Sting , Chris Sabin , Hernandez , Christopher Daniels and Kazarian all leaving
600-540: A bout for the NWA World Tag Team Championships. On March 11, Chris Sabin defeated Alex Shelley and Sonjay Dutt in a 3-way match to represent both the US in the "International X Division Showcase" at Destination X 2006 as well as joining Jay Lethal on Team TNA in the upcoming World X Cup Tournament. Later that month, Sabin was hospitalized with a severe concussion after taking four blows to
720-512: A creative writer and would assist in the writing and production of the shows. Russo states that he coined the name "Total Nonstop Action", the initials of the company "TNA" being a play on " T&A ". The original intention, as they were exclusive to pay-per-view, was to be viewed as an edgier product than WWE. Initially, TNA's weekly pay-per-view show operated as the company's main source of revenue, in place of monthly pay-per-view events used by other promotions. These shows took place mostly at
840-709: A deal with Pop TV to air Impact Wrestling , where it premiered on Tuesday, January 5, 2016, in a live special held at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania . With this move to Pop, Impact Wrestling introduced a new HD set, graphics and theme music. This show saw the semi-finals and finals of the TNA World Title Series , which was won by Ethan Carter III . Husband and wife team Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis would debut soon after. Subsequent shows would include episodes taped during
960-633: A deal with New Motion, Inc. which led to the introduction of TNA Mobile service. TNA has also launched "TNA U TV"; podcasts aired through YouTube to help promote the company. In August 2007, live-events coordinator Craig Jenkins stated that TNA intended to stage eight pay-per-views and 96 house shows outside Orlando, Florida, in 2008. From 2007 to 2008, TNA first toured Europe, hosting two shows at Porto and Lisbon in Portugal , with TNA later conducting its first tour of England , with most shows selling out which later broke TNA's attendance records with
1080-644: A feud with Shocker that abruptly ended when Shocker was unable to return from Mexico for their scheduled match at Unbreakable on September 11. Instead, Sabin faced Petey Williams and won after hitting the Cradle Shock In 2006, Sabin mostly teamed up with Sonjay Dutt , to great effect, beating Team Canada in a number one contenders tag team tournament on TNA Impact! . At the Against All Odds pay-per-view event Sabin and Dutt were beaten by Chris Harris and James Storm (America's Most Wanted) in
1200-401: A lien on TNA for unpaid taxes. Anthem Sports & Entertainment , parent company of Impact Wrestling ' s Canadian broadcaster, Fight Network , offered to help TNA and repay Corgan for the loans, while also offering additional financial assistance to TNA to help keep them from filing for bankruptcy. On October 31, Corgan lost his injunction that kept TNA from selling the company, but TNA
1320-747: A live house show at MCU Park , which also broke the TNA domestic attendance record at the time and being the most attended live TNA house show in the United States, with a capacity crowd of 5,550. During the May 3, 2011, Impact! television tapings, the show would change its name to Impact Wrestling . On November 7, 2011, TNA revealed that Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) would become TNA's official developmental territory . In December 2011, TNA debuted their new India-based subsidiary promotion Ring Ka King . On May 31, 2012, Impact Wrestling began airing live at
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#17327914145941440-570: A loan to Carter. Then on August 12, Billy Corgan became the promotion's new president, while Carter transitioned from president to the company's new chairwoman and chief strategy officer. It was reported on September 16 by the New York Post that Canada's Fight Network, through its parent company, Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corporation, had taken a stake in TNA. On October 13, Corgan sued TNA due to unpaid debt which Corgan claimed TNA had defaulted on. The State of Tennessee also put
1560-485: A majority stake of TNA, re-organizing TNA's parent company with Aroluxe having 10 percent while Carter retaining a five percent minority stake in the company, but resigned as chairwoman after 14 years with the company, while joining the advisory board of Fight Media Group. The promotion's parent company, TNA Entertainment, was changed firstly to Impact Ventures and then to Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC., with Anthem's Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm becoming President of
1680-751: A master toy license agreement with Toy Biz , with various action figures and playsets releasing between 2005 and 2007. TNA would subsequently discontinue producing weekly pay-per-views in favor of a traditional monthly pay-per-view schedule, beginning with Victory Road in November 2004. TNA's television contract with Fox Sports expired in May 2005. Without television exposure, Impact! would continue to air through webcasts – originally made available via BitTorrent and eventually via RealPlayer – and replace Xplosion' s timeslot on Urban America Television . On September 11, 2005, TNA held its Unbreakable pay-per-view. Unbreakable
1800-478: A match with B.G. James and Eric Young , Sabin slapped James in the face. Sabin and Shelley lost a TNA World Tag Team Championship match at Turning Point to Beer Money, Inc. Sabin and Shelley turned face then joined the TNA Frontline . In December 2008, Sabin qualified for the finals in the X Division title tournament after defeating Sonjay Dutt and Kiyoshi . On January 11, 2009, at Genesis , Sabin
1920-496: A new start time of 8 p.m. EST on Thursday nights. The live schedule would continue throughout 2012. In 2012, Panda Energy divested itself of its stake in TNA. Dixie Carter , the daughter of Panda Energy founder Robert Carter, who had been serving as TNA's president, acquired that stake, making her TNA's majority shareholder. In March 2013, TNA began taping Impact from different venues around the United States and terminated its lease with Universal Studios . On March 14, TNA introduced
2040-514: A new universal HD stage which would be used for all weekly programming. On November 2, TNA ended its relationship with OVW. TNA formed a relationship with Japanese promotion Wrestle-1 beginning in July 2013 with a meeting between TNA founder Jeff Jarrett and Wrestle-1 head Keiji Mutoh . It was arranged for Jarrett to wrestle for W-1 in October 2013. In November, A.J. Styles successfully defended
2160-543: A partnership where the streaming service will distribute select non-live shows in most countries except the United States, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa . On May 8, 2023, Impact announced their first ever Australian shows named Down Under Tour , a four-day tour with two marquee wrestling shows that took part on June 30 and July 1 in Wagga Wagga , New South Wales . At the conclusion of Bound for Glory on October 21, 2023, Impact announced that it would revive
2280-521: A position it would hold for most of the 2000s and early 2010s. The promotion was known for featuring former top talent from WCW, WWE, and ECW , such as Raven , Jeff Jarrett , and Sting , free agents that were released from the WWE such as Kurt Angle , Jeff Hardy , and Mr. Kennedy (who wrestled as Mr. Anderson in TNA), as well as more homegrown wrestlers who had not appeared in WWE yet and mainly performed for
2400-547: A report on August 7, TNA filed a new business name of Impact Ventures, LLC. Destination America gained over 41.94 million viewers over the course of 2015's first quarter, making this the channel's best first quarter ever, followed by their best May ever in prime time. In both cases, Discovery Communications touted Impact Wrestling as one of the reasons for the increase in viewers. Despite this success, Discovery Communications dropped Unlocked and Greatest Matches from their programming in May 2015. On November 19, TNA signed
2520-551: A series presenting the best matches in the company's history. From December 2014 to March 2015, several employees re-signed with TNA, including Kurt Angle , Jeff Hardy, Gail Kim , Mr. Anderson, Abyss and Matt Hardy . Awesome Kong also re-joined the company following several years of absence. During this period, veteran Samoa Joe and commentator Tazz left the company by mutual consent. On April 27, 2015, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan joined TNA as senior producer of creative and talent development. According to
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#17327914145942640-415: A team in TNA. Sabin and Shelley started a feud with Team 3D , turning face, which stemmed from Team 3D constantly attacking the X Division every week. They defeated Team 3D at Genesis . Motor City Machine Guns later competed in TNA's World X Cup as a part of Team USA/TNA and went undefeated, winning two tag team matches and the 12 man elimination tag team match. Sabin and Shelley turned heel when, after
2760-524: A team with 2 each. In individual X cups, no winners has won more than once as of January 2021. The inaugural Super X Cup tournament was hosted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . The event took place across two nights on August 20, 2003, and August 27, 2003, at the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee . The first World X Cup was promoted by NWA: Total Nonstop Action and was held on May 26, 2004, at
2880-495: A title match against Miguel at Under Siege . On May 26 at Under Siege, Sabin unsuccessfully challenged Miguel for the X Division Championship after getting blinded by spray paint away while the referee's back was turned. However, Sabin defeated Miguel at Against All Odds to win his ninth X Division Championship, breaking his own record again. On June 29 episode of Impact , Sabin successfully defended his title in his first title defense against Miguel via disqualification after he
3000-456: A title shot at Petey Williams. At Turning Point 2004 on December 5, however, Williams was able to secure a victory with the help of a pair of brass knuckles . Sabin got another shot at the title at Final Resolution on January 16, 2005, in an Ultimate X match with Williams and A.J. Styles , but the match and title were won by Styles. Throughout 2005, Sabin feuded with Michael Shane, by now wrestling as Matt Bentley. In September 2005 he began
3120-515: A tour of England, which would be the last TNA appearances for Kurt Angle . TNA returned to taping Impact Wrestling at the Impact Zone at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, beginning with a live Impact Wrestling on March 15. On March 19, longtime TNA wrestlers Eric Young and Bobby Roode left the promotion after 12 years. On April 22, Velvet Sky , another longtime TNA wrestler, left
3240-653: Is derived from the Final Fantasy VI (originally released in North America as Final Fantasy III ) character Sabin Rene Figaro . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA ) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee . It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment . Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following
3360-526: Is remembered for the three-way match main event for the TNA X Division Championship , between AJ Styles , Christopher Daniels , and Samoa Joe , which received a rare 5 Star match rating from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer , the first one the company received. Later that year, TNA would secure a television deal with Spike TV ; Impact! debuted on the network on October 1, 2005. The episode saw Team 3D make their TNA debut. TNA would gain attention for
3480-600: The SmackDown brand on October 18. One week later, they won the WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating The Bloodline . Harter, as Chris Sabin has appeared in the video games TNA IMPACT! , TNA Impact!: Cross the Line and TNA Wrestling Impact! . In 2008, Sabin, along with Alex Shelley, appeared in an episode of MTV MADE , teaching a student the basics of professional wrestling. Harter
3600-624: The TNA Impact ! video game . On October 23, 2008, TNA began producing its programming in HD . In addition, a new HD set for Impact was introduced, including new lighting, and large high-resolution screens. On June 21, 2009, TNA launched an online video-vault subscription-service where subscribers could watch past pay-per-views by choosing one of three payment options. In October 2009, TNA President Dixie Carter hired Hulk Hogan and former WCW President Eric Bischoff . Hulk Hogan first appeared on
3720-468: The 14th Anniversary Show , Sabin turned on Daniels and Kazarian, re-forming the Motor City Machine Guns with Alex Shelley. At the following day's Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, Sabin and Shelley defeated Daniels and Kazarian in their return match. Sabin and Shelley then formed a stable named "Search and Destroy" with Jay White , Jonathan Gresham , and Lio Rush . On September 22, 2017, at Death Before Dishonor XV , The Motor City Machine Guns defeated
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3840-534: The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . After three successful title defenses, two of which took place in TNA, Sabin and Shelley lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles to Apollo 55 ( Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi ) on July 5, 2009, at New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Circuit 2009 New Japan Soul . On November 8, 2010, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that the Motor City Machine Guns would be returning to
3960-570: The Jackass: Number Two movie by imitating stunts performed on the film to display the lighter side of the X-Division, something then champion Senshi disapproved of. Since then, Sabin would attempt to take Senshi's title on several occasions. On October 22, 2006, Sabin defeated Senshi after using an inside cradle to become a 3 time X Division Champion at Bound for Glory 2006 . On the November 2, 2006 episode of TNA Impact! , he lost
4080-505: The Motor City Machine Guns ). After being trained by Scott D'Amore , Sabin debuted in 2000 for Border City Wrestling , and quickly began competing for numerous other independent promotions . In 2003, Sabin joined NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA), and quickly won the TNA X Division Championship , which he later unified with the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship . Throughout
4200-751: The PWG World Tag Team Championship , although they never won. In April 2008 Sabin and Shelley returned to ROH, losing to The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black ) and defeating the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) on the 18 and 19 respectively. In August 2008 Sabin and Shelley once again returned to ROH, wrestling Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson to a 25-minute time limit draw and losing to Kevin Steen and El Generico on
4320-718: The ROH World Championship . He returned to ROH along with tag team partner Alex Shelley on March 30, 2007, following the Briscoe Brothers winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship . The two challenged Jay Briscoe for a shot at the title on April 28 in Chicago , then attacked him after he accepted. The two would ultimately lose the match and leave the company. They also worked for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , and challenged for
4440-552: The TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee . This was the first group X Cup to be held in company history. The second Super X Cup was once again hosted by TNA taking place across four nights July 22, July 29, August 5, and August 14, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida . The second World X Cup was promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and was held across four nights on April 27, May 4, May 11, May 14, 2006, at
4560-496: The TNA Impact! Zone . This was the second group X Cup to be held in company history. The third World X Cup was promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and was held across five nights. The first few rounds were held on June 19, June 26, July 3, and July 10, 2008, at the TNA Impact! Zone . The finals were held on July 13, 2008, at Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas . This was the third group X Cup to be held in company history and
4680-582: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship at a Wrestle-1 show in Japan. From the period of 2013 to 2014, many well-known names or veterans of the company left TNA. In October 2013, Hulk Hogan 's contract with TNA expired, ending his time as creative consultant with the company. In December, AJ Styles left TNA after his contract expired. Styles later said that he could not accept TNA's new contract offer, which would see him take
4800-654: The Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville , nicknamed the "TNA Asylum". In October 2002, Panda Energy International purchased a controlling interest (72%) of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from Jerry Jarrett. TNA (which originally traded as "J Sports and Entertainment") was re-organized as "TNA Entertainment", LLC, in the process. Dixie Carter was appointed president of TNA Entertainment in spring 2003. Xplosion launched on November 27, 2002, as TNA's first regular cable show and featured exclusive matches taped at
4920-415: The "Impact Zone", at Universal Studios Florida and broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN). With the show's première, TNA introduced a six-sided wrestling ring, the implementation of the "Fox Box" displaying competitors and timekeeping for the match and a generally more sports-like style than the sports entertainment style exemplified by WWE. In June 2004, TNA issued a press release stating it had signed
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5040-406: The $ 2.7 million debt that was owed to him by TNA and, as such, he was considering suing, as well as converting the debt into a 36 percent stake. As the result of a settlement between Corgan and TNA, Anthem Sports & Entertainment acquired the loans Corgan made to Carter in the process. Anthem Sports & Entertainment , a company owned by former Canwest CEO Leonard Asper , purchased
5160-748: The 1st and 2nd respectively. They were scheduled to return to ROH on October 24 and 25, but were pulled from the events by TNA and replaced by The Latin American Xchange . On February 13, 2010, Ring of Honor announced at their 8th Anniversary Show that the Motor City Machine Guns would return to the company on May 8 in New York City . On May 8 the Motor City Machine Guns were defeated by the ROH World Tag Team Champions The Kings of Wrestling ( Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli ) via disqualification, when
5280-588: The 2018 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, he finalized the tournament with 3 wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals. In October 2018, it was announced that Sabin would participate in the 2018 Super Junior Tag League 2018, teaming with Kushida . The team ended with three wins and four losses, failing to advance to the finals. After defeating the Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions , Aussie Open on
5400-541: The Briscoe Brothers interfered in the match. On August 25, 2006, at Korauken Hall's ZERO-1 MAX show, Sabin and Alex Shelley became ZERO-1 MAX International Lightweight Tag Team Champions by defeating Ikuto Hidaka and Minoru Fujita . They held the titles for nearly two years, before dropping them to Minoru Fujita, and his new tag team partner, Takuya Sugawara , on April 6, 2008. On January 4, 2009, Sabin and Shelley defeated No Limit ( Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro ) at New Japan Pro-Wrestling 's Wrestle Kingdom III to win
5520-619: The Can-Am Wrestling School. He debuted in 2000 after four months training as "Chris Sabin", and began working for D'Amore's Border City Wrestling promotion and for independent promotions in Michigan. Sabin joined NWA Total Nonstop Action (TNA) in April 2003. He won the TNA X Division Championship on May 14 by defeating champion Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn in a three-way dance, after an assist from Triple X . After
5640-506: The GFW rights; the lawsuit was ultimately settled out of court. Don Callis and Scott D'Amore became executive vice presidents in January 2018, taking charge of Impact Wrestling's day-to-day operations. At the first tapings under their tenure, the company reverted to a traditional four-sided ring, and the show also saw the return of former World Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries , as well
5760-575: The Impact (abbreviated as BTI ), and Xplosion was canceled after 19 years the following month. During No Surrender Impact announced a new partnership with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Don Callis' time as Impact executive vice president and on-air talent ended in May. Slammiversary 2021 marked the return of in-person spectators for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That month, BTI and Impact! would crossover for
5880-470: The January 4, 2010, episode of Impact! . Both obtained a position behind the scenes; with Bischoff part of creative and Hogan as a consultant. Under their tenure, TNA would see several revamps in 2010. Beginning with Genesis in January, TNA returned to using a four-sided ring. That month, Jakks Pacific announced a five-year agreement to produce TNA action figures. Impact! would also begin airing on Monday nights directly opposite of WWE Raw , marking
6000-686: The July 11 episode of Impact Wrestling , Sabin vacated the title in exchange for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The following week, Sabin defeated Bully Ray on the Destination X episode of Impact Wrestling , to win the World Heavyweight Championship, making him TNA's sixth Triple Crown Champion in the process. However, Sabin thought it was too soon to give him the title. On August 15 at Hardcore Justice , Sabin lost
6120-557: The Knights of the Rising Dawn, a group that had been interfering in championship matches. He helped The Addiction ( Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian ) defeat reDRagon to become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions . On the May 9 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Sabin made his in-ring return to ROH in a match against Kyle O'Reilly . Sabin won the match with help from both Daniels and Kazarian. In February 2016, at
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#17327914145946240-467: The March 2, 2023 episode of Impact , The Motor City Machine Guns lost their titles to Bullet Club members Ace Austin and Chris Bey, ending their reign at 78 days. On the April 20 episode of Impact! , Sabin, Shelley and Kushida defeated Jonathan Gresham , Mike Bailey and Impact X Division Champion Trey Miguel , where Sabin pinned Miguel to win. On May 1, Impact confirmed that Sabin will be getting
6360-508: The Motor City Machine Guns at the All Out PPV, where they would take on Wardlow and FTR in a six-man tag-team match, with Sabin and Shelley set to make their All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut. At the event, Wardlow and FTR would win the match, with assistance from Samoa Joe , who attacked Satnam Singh early in the match. In September 2024, it was reported that Sabin and Alex Shelley had signed with WWE . They made their debut on
6480-603: The Motor City Machine Guns coming out victorious. On December 5 at Final Resolution the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Generation Me in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the World Tag Team Championship. The following month at Genesis , Sabin and Shelley lost the World Tag Team Championship to Beer Money, Inc., after Robert Roode rolled up Sabin following a miscommunication between the Machine Guns. Sabin and Shelley received their rematch for
6600-531: The Motor City Machine Guns defeated Beer Money, Inc. to win the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship for the first time. After Victory Road, the Motor City Machine Guns entered a Best of Five Series with Beer Money, Inc. for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Beer Money won the first two matches, a ladder match and a Street Fight, after knocking out Sabin and Shelley with beer bottles. However, Sabin and Shelley came back to win
6720-469: The Motor City Machine Guns retained their titles in matches against Generation Me, who turned heel at the former event. Also at Bound for Glory, Team 3D announced their retirement from professional wrestling, but requested one final match against the Motor City Machine Guns, whom they called the best tag team in wrestling. The Motor City Machine Guns accepted and the match took place on November 7, 2010, at Turning Point , where they defeated Team 3D to retain
6840-500: The November 19 episode. The final episodes of 2014 were Best of TNA clip shows. On January 7, 2015, Impact Wrestling moved to Destination America , with a live debut from The Manhattan Center 's Grand Ballroom in New York City. In addition to Impact Wrestling , which was now airing on Friday nights, two new shows produced were Impact Wrestling: Unlocked , hosted by Mike Tenay , and TNA Wrestling's Greatest Matches ,
6960-885: The September 15th episode of Impact! , Sabin and Shelley made their return to New Japan Pro-Wrestling at Rumble on 44th Street on October 28. At the event, the duo defeated Aussie Open to win the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships, in a three-way match, also involving The DKC and Kevin Knight . The duo retained the titles in February at Battle in the Valley , defeating the West Coast Wrecking Crew ( Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson ). On April 15 at Capital Collision ,
7080-525: The TNA Asylum as well as exclusive interviews with TNA wrestlers and the promotion's original weekly pay-per-view shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee . The last weekly pay-per-view took place on September 8, 2004, with a total of 111 weekly pay-per-views. In May 2004, TNA introduced its second weekly television program, Impact! (stylized as iMPACT! ), produced at Soundstage 21 , nicknamed
7200-526: The TNA Maximum Impact tour, Sabin attacked Sky, aligned himself with Alpha Female . Then, he disappeared from TV until May 9, 2014, when his departure from the promotion was confirmed. Sabin made his debut for Ring of Honor on June 14, 2003, in a four-way match, won by Homicide . He would wrestle for the company sporadically before leaving in February 2004. He would return on November 4, 2005, to unsuccessfully challenge Bryan Danielson for
7320-579: The TNA World Tag Team Championship. Sabin also became one of only 2 people to kick out of the Dudley's 3D finisher, along with Masato Tanaka . After Jeremy Buck pinned Sabin in an eight-person tag team match, where the Motor City Machine Guns teamed with Jay Lethal and Velvet Sky and Generation Me with Robbie E and Cookie , on the November 18 episode of Impact! , the Motor City Machine Guns challenged Generation Me to an Empty Arena match . The match took place later that same night on Reaction with
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#17327914145947440-525: The TNA World Tag Team Championship. Sabin and Shelley received their title shot on the April 12 episode of Impact! , but were defeated by World Tag Team Champion Matt Morgan and Amazing Red, who replaced the injured Hernandez in the match. The following month at Sacrifice , the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Beer Money, Inc. and Team 3D in a three-way match to earn another shot at the Tag Team Championship. On July 11 at Victory Road ,
7560-592: The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) name. From October 26 to 28, Impact held events in Scotland and England , marking their first United Kingdom tour since 2015. In December 2023, the promotion announced it had signed a new toy license with PowerTown, to release its first line of product in August 2024. The name change to TNA took effect in January 2024, with the first event under
7680-540: The World Heavyweight Championship back to Ray in his first title defense, contested inside a steel cage, following interference from Mr. Anderson and Tito Ortiz . On the September 19 episode of Impact Wrestling , Sabin turned heel after he attacked X Division Champion Manik after a match before being chased off by Jeff Hardy . The following week, Sabin unsuccessfully challenged Manik for his title. On October 20 at Bound for Glory , Sabin defeated Austin Aries, Jeff Hardy, Manik, and Samoa Joe in an Ultimate X Match to win
7800-564: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE ) gaining a monopoly on the industry. While on a fishing trip, Bob Ryder , Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett contemplated their futures in the professional wrestling business under a parent company known as J Sports & Entertainment, LLC. Ryder suggested a company not reliant on television, but rather one going straight to pay-per-view . In July 2002, Vince Russo joined Jeff and Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion as
7920-406: The X Division Championship against Kenta . On December 9 at Final Resolution , Sabin and Shelley were defeated by Josh Alexander and Zack Sabre Jr. in a tag team match. On January 13, 2024 at Hard To Kill , Sabin retained the TNA X Division Championship against Kushida and AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo . On February 23 at No Surrender , Sabin lost the TNA X Division Championship in
8040-418: The X Division Championship but failed. After winning a three-way match against former allies Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal for a number one contender's match, he once again challenged Daniels at Turning Point but lost. At Final Resolution 2007 , Sabin won the X Division Championship from then champion Christopher Daniels in a three-way match which also involved Jerry Lynn. Sabin went on to feud with Lynn over
8160-511: The X Division Championship for a record-breaking seventh time. Sabin lost the X Division title to Austin Aries at the November 23, 2013 Impact Wrestling tapings (airing December 12), but then won it back in a rematch at the December 5, 2013 tapings (airing January 2, 2014) for his record-breaking eighth reign. However, he lost the title against Aries on TNA Impact Wrestling:Genesis, on January 16, 2014, after Velvet Sky turned on him. During
8280-420: The X Division Championship. Sabin received his title shot on the May 16 episode of Impact Wrestling , but was defeated by defending champion Kenny King in a three-way match, also involving Petey Williams. On June 2 at Slammiversary XI , Sabin defeated King and Suicide in an Ultimate X match to win his fifth X Division Championship. Afterwards, Hulk Hogan came out and announced to Sabin that sometime during
8400-523: The Young Bucks to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the first time. They would retain the titles until March 9, 2018, when they lost them against The Briscoe Brothers at ROH 16th Anniversary Show. In June, Shelley suffered an injury. On July 20, 2018, Shelley announced he would be leaving the promotion and retired from active competition, disbanding the tag team. In August 2018, Sabin defeated Silas Young to become
8520-528: The company during this period. In April 2017, it was announced on Impact! that the promotion would "merge" with Jarrett's newer Global Force Wrestling (GFW) promotion. In the lead-up to the Slammiversary ;XV PPV, Anthem officially announced its intent to acquire GFW to formalize the merger. The company subsequently announced that they were re-branding again and taking the GFW name in June;
8640-561: The company in that year, and the contracts of TNA Hall of Famers Bully Ray and Devon reportedly expired in October 2014, with TNA moving them to the alumni section of their roster in January 2015. In late July, the TMZ website reported that Spike TV was not renewing Impact Wrestling beyond October. TNA would refute the report, stating that negotiations were still ongoing. On August 14, Impact Wrestling moved to Wednesday nights. On August 20, TNA signed an extension with Spike TV until
8760-409: The company would create its own World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017. In March of that year, it was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its weekly flagship television show , but returned to the TNA branding in January 2024. From its inception, TNA had been considered the second-largest in the United States behind WWE
8880-427: The company. It was reported near the beginning of 2016 that Aroluxe Marketing, a Brentwood, Tennessee–based marketing agency, had taken a stake in TNA at the start of 2016 in return for providing partial funding, as well as taking over TNA's production operations. It was reported in June 2016 that Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan acquired a minority stake in TNA from Dixie Carter, but he had instead provided
9000-525: The debuts of Karl Anderson and Heath Slater . After the events of AEW Winter Is Coming on December 2, 2020, Impact began a partnership with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which lasted until Bound for Glory 2021 . AEW-contracted wrestlers Kenny Omega and Christian Cage held the Impact World Championship during this time; this marked Cage's first in-ring return to the promotion since 2008. In February 2021, Impact launched Before
9120-529: The debuts of new wrestlers such as Kiera Hogan , Su Yung , Pentagón Jr. , Fénix and Brian Cage . The company also announced a partnership with live streaming service Twitch to produce content for their platform, starting with Brace for Impact , which was co-promoted with New Jersey–based promotion WrestlePro. Their first live show was Impact vs. Lucha Underground , a co-promoted show with Lucha Underground . Impact! subsequently moved to Pursuit Channel beginning January 11, 2019. Two months later,
9240-488: The duo lost the titles back to Aussie Open in a three-way tag-team match also involving the team of Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi . On March 21, 2019, Sabin returned to Impact Wrestling to work as producer while he recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury . At Slammiversary , Sabin made his in-ring return from injury where he teamed with Alex Shelley to reform the Motor City Machine Guns, defeating The Rascalz after answering their open challenge. On
9360-601: The end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action ( NWA-TNA ) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. The promotion dropped the "NWA" brand from its name in 2004, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . TNA continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which,
9480-433: The end of 2014. In November 2014, TNA announced a new agreement with Discovery Communications to distribute its programming in the United States on Destination America and to selected international markets. Spike's outreach at the time was estimated to be more than 97 million homes while Destination America was estimated to reach 59 million households. Impact Wrestling ceased airing new televised events on Spike after
9600-466: The first time that non TNA contracted wrestlers won the tournament. The third Super X Cup tournament was a three-night event hosted by Global Force Wrestling . The first round was held on July 16, 2017, while the second round was held on July 23 at the GFW Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida . The final round was held on August 17, 2017. The fourth Super X Cup was promoted by Impact Wrestling and
9720-611: The first time that two major professional wrestling promotions would go head to head since the launch of WCW Monday Nitro in 1995. The show would permanently move to Mondays on March 8, 2010, Spike would keep the Thursday night slot open for repeats of the Monday night shows. During this time, Ric Flair , Rob Van Dam , Mr. Anderson would make their debuts, while Jeff Hardy would make his return. Impact! would later return to Thursday nights on May 3. On July 2, 2010, TNA hosted
9840-435: The first time, when Josh Alexander faced T. J. Perkins for the X Division Championship in Impact's first-ever 60-minute Iron man match , which began on BTI and concluded in the opening minutes of Impact! . Impact subsequently announced the end of their partnership with Twitch that August and launched a new YouTube membership program called "Impact Wrestling Insiders". In November 2022, Impact and DAZN signed
9960-584: The following episode of Impact, they defeated The North to capture the Impact World Tag Team Titles for a second time, ending their 383 days reign. Over the next few months, they would retain their titles against The Rascalz and Ace Austin and Madman Fulton . At Bound for Glory , The Guns lost their titles back to The North in a four-way tag team match also involving The Good Brothers ( Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson ), and Austin and Fulton, ending their reign at 97 days. Before
10080-633: The head during a show for the Northeast Wrestling (NEW) promotion on March 25 in Bristol, Connecticut . He was released after undergoing a CAT scan . Sabin acted as the captain of Team USA at World X Cup 2006 , defeating Puma of Team Mexico, earning 3 points, and on May 18, defeating Petey Williams in a sudden death tiebreaker singles match, winning the World X Cup for Team USA. On the June 1, 2006 episode of TNA Impact! , Sabin rushed to
10200-507: The history of the tournament, Impact has used a plethora of outside talent to compete in the tournament. In the early beginnings of the Super X Cup, it was stated that if you won the tournament you automatically became the number-one contender for the TNA X Division Championship . Inaugural winner Chris Sabin holds the record most X cup wins with 3 (1 individually and 2 with Team USA ). Team Mexico and Team USA are tied for most X cup wins as
10320-425: The main event to Mustafa Ali , ending his reign at 167 days. On the March 23, 2024 tapings for TNA Impact! , Sabin, alongside Shelley, wrestled his final matches for TNA in a losing effort against The System ( Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers , as both Shelley and Sabin's contracts expired on April 1, 2024. On the August 24, 2022, episode of AEW Dynamite , Sonjay Dutt announced that Jay Lethal would team with
10440-600: The many high-profile talent that would join the promotion during the show's run on Spike. From 2005 to 2009, these include Kevin Nash , Rhino , Christian Cage , Sting (who made appearances at previous "Asylum" shows), Scott Steiner , Kurt Angle , Booker T , and Mick Foley . In April 2006, TNA launched a YouTube channel, featuring clips from Impact and exclusive content. Beginning with Bound for Glory in October 2006, TNA began holding select pay-per-view events outside of Orlando, Florida. In January 2007, TNA announced
10560-558: The match Sabin turned heel and joined Triple X in Sports Entertainment Xtreme . His reign ended after three months when he lost to Michael Shane in the first ever Ultimate X match on August 20. On September 3, 2003, Sabin, now a face , won the TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament , thus becoming the number one contender to the X Division Championship. He regained the X Division Championship on January 7, 2004, defeating Shane, Christopher Daniels and Low Ki in
10680-538: The match, Shelley was attacked by The North, leaving Sabin to defend the titles by himself. Following Bound for Glory, Sabin started teaming with James Storm for the next two months, defeating XXXL ( Acey Romero and Larry D ) at Turning Point on November 14. Sabin and Shelley would reunite on the December 1 episode of Impact! , resuming the team with another victory over XXXL, The Guns were scheduled to team up with Rich Swann to face Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers at Hard To Kill on January 16, 2021, but Shelley
10800-494: The new parent company. Shortly after Anthem's acquisition of TNA, it was re-branded to Impact Wrestling. On January 5, 2017 Jeff Jarrett was brought back by Anthem to serve as a consultant and later promoted to executive producer and chief creative officer. Anthem re-branded the promotion as Impact Wrestling, after its primary television series two months later. Wrestlers Drew Galloway , Matt Hardy , Jeff Hardy , Jade , Crazzy Steve , Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis left
10920-417: The next few years, Sabin competed mainly in TNA's X Division, until forming the Motor City Machine Guns with Shelley in mid-2007. Sabin won 14 total championships while with TNA, including one reign as TNA World Heavyweight Champion , a record 10 reigns as TNA X Division Champion , and three reigns as TNA World Tag Team Champion . Sabin is also known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling , where he
11040-534: The number one contender for the ROH World Television Championship . At Death Before Dishonor XVI , Sabin unsuccessfully challenged Punishment Martinez for the championship. During the January 12, 2019 ROH television tapings, Sabin suffered a fully torn ACL during a six-man tag team match, with a forecast recovering time of eight to twelve months. He left ROH in March 2019. In May 2015, Sabin faced KUSHIDA and Kyle O'Reilly in
11160-707: The number one contenders for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the October 29 episode of Impact! , Sabin suffered a concussion during a match with Team 3D after landing on his head. At Turning Point , The British Invasion ( Doug Williams and Brutus Magnus ) defeated Sabin and Shelley and Beer Money, Inc. in a three-way match to retain the TNA Tag Team titles. The following month at Final Resolution , British Invasion defeated Sabin and Shelley to once again retain their titles. At Destination X , Sabin and Shelley defeated Generation Me ( Jeremy Buck and Max Buck ) in an Ultimate X match to earn another shot at
11280-404: The pandemic, the promotion cancelled its planned TNA: There's No Place Like Home event, and Tessa Blanchard , who became the first woman to win the promotion's World Championship earlier that year at Hard to Kill , was fired and stripped of the championship after a long absence. Slammiversary saw the returns of The Motor City Machine Guns , Eric Young , Doc Gallows and EC3 , as well as
11400-624: The promotion announced that Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) would serve as its developmental territory once again. In May, Impact Plus replaced the Global Wrestling Network as the official streaming app for the promotion. Impact! began airing on Anthem-owned AXS TV after Bound for Glory in October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Impact would hold events behind closed doors at Skyway Studios in Nashville. During
11520-613: The promotion later touring in Germany , Scotland and Ireland in 2009, France , Wales and the United Arab Emirates in 2010 and Belgium in 2012. In February 2008, Jakks Pacific announced it had signed a multi-year master toy license agreement with TNA, to release products starting in 2010. In March 2008, Tristar Productions acquired an exclusive license deal to produce and distribute TNA trading cards and memorabilia. On September 9, 2008, Midway Games released
11640-432: The promotion such as AJ Styles and Samoa Joe . (Some of whom would later be signed by WWE during the mid to late 2010s as TNA suffered financial issues). From 2015 to 2017, the promotion was viewed by some to have fallen behind longtime rival Ring of Honor ; with the loss of their U.S. television contract with Spike in 2014, as well as monetary and personnel issues, being noted as factors to their decline. By 2019,
11760-409: The promotion the following month, competing at events on December 11 and 12. On December 11 the Motor City Machine Guns were defeated by No Limit in their New Japan return match. The following day they defeated Apollo 55 in the fourth match between the two teams. Sabin returned to Ring of Honor in early 2015. On the April 25 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Sabin was revealed to be a member of
11880-712: The promotion was viewed to have recovered through its sustained international distribution, and the purchase by its parent company of AXS TV ; which subsequently began carrying the promotion's programming. TNA is currently viewed as being the third-largest wrestling promotion in the United States; following the establishment of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2019, and its current television deals with Warner Bros. Discovery 's TNT and TBS (both of which are seen in more households than AXS). Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s The concept of TNA originated shortly after World Championship Wrestling (WCW) ended in 2001, with
12000-562: The re-branding was short-lived as they severed ties with Jarrett that October and the deal for Anthem to acquire GFW was never completed. During that time, Anthem launched the Global Wrestling Network , a new streaming service which featured content from to their tape library and other sources. Jarrett subsequently filed a lawsuit against Anthem in the District Court of Tennessee for copyright infringement over
12120-467: The reinstated TNA banner being Hard To Kill . On February 7, Anthem Sports & Entertainment announced that Scott D'Amore's contract with TNA was terminated , with D'Amore being removed from his position as President of TNA, later being replaced by Anthony Cicione. From June 2002 until September 2004, the promotion's original weekly pay-per-view shows took place mostly at the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee , nicknamed
12240-485: The ring to clear out Alex Shelley and Kevin Nash , who were attacking Jay Lethal in another of Nash's X Division beatdowns. Nash would avoid a physical confrontation with Sabin, only to be challenged to a match by Sabin at Slammiversary 2006 which Nash was able to win. Sabin later became the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship by defeating Alex Shelley at Hard Justice 2006 . Sabin would enter into an angle with fellow X-Division wrestlers to promote
12360-427: The ring. Sabin returned on the April 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , where he and Shelley defeated Mexican America in a tag team match, before announcing their intention of going for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, held by Magnus and Samoa Joe. On April 15 at Lockdown , The Motor City Machine Guns unsuccessfully challenged Magnus and Joe for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match. On May 21, it
12480-502: The same day Shelley made his return, Sabin suffered a knee injury in his match with Anarquia. Sabin underwent surgery on his right knee in early May. On the June 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , Shelley announced that Sabin had torn his ACL and MCL and would be out for the rest of 2011. On March 18, 2012, at Victory Road , TNA started promoting the returns of Sabin and the Motor City Machine Guns. On March 27, TNA president Dixie Carter announced that Sabin had been cleared to return to
12600-423: The second Ultimate X match. He was stripped of the title on March 31, 2004, after a knee injury left him unable to defend it. After returning from injury, Sabin took part in the TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament in May 2004, forming Team TNA with Jerry Lynn, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper . On May 26, Team USA defeated Team Mexico , Team Canada and Team Japan in a two-hour pay-per-view event which saw
12720-466: The summer he may trade in the X Division title for a World Heavyweight Championship match. On the June 27 episode of Impact Wrestling , he lost the X Division title to an impostor Suicide (who was later revealed to be Austin Aries) in a three-way match, which also included Kenny King, but defeated Aries and the newly christened Manik the following week, to regain the title for a record-tying sixth time. On
12840-554: The teams fight one another in a variety of matches. The finals saw Sabin wrestle the Canadian Petey Williams and the Mexican Héctor Garza in an Ultimate X match, which Sabin won when he retrieved a large red "X" which had been suspended above the ring on steel cables. For the remainder of 2004, Sabin contended for the X Division Championship. He won another Ultimate X match on November 9 to win
12960-410: The title on the following episode of Impact! , but lost again due to a miscommunication. For the next three months, the Motor City Machine Guns went inactive, as Shelley suffered a collarbone injury and Sabin returned to the X Division. On the April 28 episode of Impact! , Shelley made his return, saving Sabin from a beatdown at the hands of Mexican America ( Anarquia and Hernandez). Ironically,
13080-567: The title to A.J. Styles in the Fight for the Right tournament. Prior to the match, Sabin showed signs of turning heel when he expressed his disdain for X-Division pioneer, and face, Jerry Lynn for doubting his focus in an interview with Christy Hemme . Sabin completed his heel turn two weeks later when he refused to help fellow X-Division star Sonjay Dutt from an assault from Samoa Joe . Sabin went on to challenge Christopher Daniels at Genesis for
13200-432: The title; defeating him at Against All Odds 2007 by using the ring ropes for leverage. At Destination X , Sabin defeated Lynn in a two out of three falls match to retain the X Division Championship. After the match, however, a masked man, who was later revealed to be Christopher Daniels, attacked both Sabin and Lynn. At Lockdown Sabin retained his title against Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Shark Boy in
13320-474: The two following matches, a steel cage match and an Ultimate X match, to even the score to 2–2 and set up a deciding match for the August 12 episode of Impact! . On the August 12 episode of Impact! the Motor City Machine Guns defeated Beer Money, Inc. in a Two Out of Three Falls match to win the Best of Five Series and retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship. At both No Surrender and Bound for Glory ,
13440-580: Was a one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and one-time Strong Openweight Tag Team Champion , and Ring of Honor (ROH), where he was a one-time ROH World Tag Team Champion . Harter began training as a wrestler in Michigan at the NWA Great Lakes Pro wrestling school . After the school began experiencing difficulties, he travelled to Windsor, Ontario and completed his training under Scott D'Amore and "Amazing" N8 Mattson at
13560-428: Was announced that Sabin had torn his left ACL during the match. On the July 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , Sabin returned to talk about his injury, but was interrupted and eventually attacked by TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode. Sabin underwent surgery on his ACL the following day. Sabin returned to Impact Wrestling on May 2, 2013, defeating Sonjay Dutt and Zema Ion in a number one contender's match for
13680-452: Was attacked by Zachary Wentz . On July 15 at Slammiversary , Sabin lost the X Division Championship to Lio Rush , ending his reign at 36 days. At the tapings of Impact 1000 on September 9, Sabin defeated Rush to win his tenth X Division Championship. On September 28 episode of Impact , Sabin successfully defended his title in his first title defense against Alan Angels . On October 21 at Bound for Glory , Sabin successfully defended
13800-478: Was defeated by his tag team partner Alex Shelley for the X Division title. Sabin and Shelley then floated began competing in minor matches. The two eventually began popping up in the crowd with various signs, such as "Yes, we still work here." They would then be given their own broadcast table and would occasionally do commentary for various matches. On the October 22 episode of Impact! , Sabin and Shelley won an Ultimate X match against Lethal Consequences to become
13920-599: Was held on January 9, 2021, at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee . Chris Sabin This is an accepted version of this page Joshua Harter (born February 4, 1982), better known by the ring name Chris Sabin , is an American professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he performs on the SmackDown brand , and is one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions (alongside Alex Shelley as
14040-472: Was inspired by Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart . Harter used the money he earned from working at Subway to pay to attend a wrestling school, but also took classes at a community college. Harter plays bass in a band called The High Crusade, which also includes Petey Williams and Alex Shelley , and their friends Adam Tatro and Chris Plumb. The band released their debut album, It's Not What You Think , on September 7, 2010. An avid gamer , Harter's ring name
14160-493: Was replaced by Moose . On the March 10, 2022 episode of Impact! , Sabin would reunite with Shelley in his feud with Jay White , leading to a match scheduled against White and Chris Bey on the March 17 episode. On December 9, 2022 episode of Impact! , The Guns defeated Heath and Rhino to capture the Impact World Tag Team Championship for a third time, ending their 62 days reign. On
14280-523: Was reported that Shelley had left TNA, disbanding the Motor City Machine Guns. Sabin made his first appearance since Shelley's departure from TNA on the live May 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , unsuccessfully challenging Austin Aries for the X Division Championship. On the June 14 episode of Impact Wrestling , Sabin unsuccessfully challenged Aries for the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match, which also included Zema Ion , during which Sabin appeared to injure his left knee. The following day, it
14400-463: Was required to pay Corgan back by November 1. It was possible that one of the other minority owners could pay Corgan, effectively making them the majority owner of TNA. On November 3, the company revealed that Anthem Sports & Entertainment provided a credit facility to fund operations for TNA and that Corgan was removed as the promotion's president. However, Corgan himself stated that neither TNA nor Anthem Sports & Entertainment had yet repaid
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