Impact Wrestling Victory Road

Victory Road is a professional wrestling Impact Plus event held by Impact Wrestling (formerly Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling) in the United States. Victory Road was initially the first three-hour pay-per-view card held by the promotion in November 2004. In 2006, it became an annual pay-per-view for the month of July. All events except for the 2008 edition have been held inside the Impact Zone. It was announced in January 2011 that the event would be moved from July to March, switching places with TNA's traditional March PPV, Destination X.[1]

Victory Road
Promotion(s)Impact Wrestling
First eventVictory Road (2004)

The PPV event was canceled in December 2012, but has since been revived as a One Night Only PPV in 2014, a television special in 2017, and as an Impact Plus Monthly Special in 2019.

History

Victory Road was a pay-per-view event consisting of a main event and undercard that feature championship matches and other various matches. The inaugural event took place on November 7, 2004 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. All Victory Road PPVS have taken place at the Impact Zone, except for Victory Road (2008), which took place at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas.

Victory Road (2004) was the very first 3-hour pay-per-view produced by TNA. It did not take place in 2005 as it was replaced by Unbreakable. Beginning in 2006, Victory Road became a permanent PPV on the TNA schedule.

From 2006 to 2010, Victory Road took place in the month of July. Beginning with the 2011 event, it took place in the month of March. Victory Road was switched with TNA's traditional March PPV, Destination X.[1]

Events
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref
1 Victory Road (2004) November 7, 2004 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
2 Victory Road (2006) July 16, 2006 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe vs. Scott Steiner vs. Sting in a Four Way match to become number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3 Victory Road (2007) July 15, 2007 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle and TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe vs. TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) in a Tag Team match for all the championships.
4 Victory Road (2008) July 13, 2008 Houston, Texas Reliant Arena Samoa Joe (c) vs. Booker T for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
5 Victory Road (2009) July 19, 2009 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mick Foley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
6 Victory Road (2010) July 11, 2010 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson in a Four Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [2]
7 Victory Road (2011) March 13, 2011 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Sting (c) vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship [1]
8 Victory Road (2012) March 18, 2012 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Bobby Roode vs. Sting in a No Holds Barred match [3]
9 One Night Only: Victory Road May 10, 2014 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone 12-man Gauntlet battle royal match for a future shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10 Impact!: Victory Road (2017) September 28, 2017 Orlando, Florida Impact Zone Eli Drake (c) vs. Johnny Impact for the GFW Global Championship
11 Victory Road (2019) September 14, 2019 Enid, Oklahoma Stride Bank Center Michael Elgin vs. TJP
12 Victory Road (2020) October 3, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee Skyway Studios Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards for the Impact World Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. "Victory Road PPV Moving To March". TNAWrestling.com. 2011-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  2. Gerweck, Steve (2010-06-04). "TNA Victory Road Location". WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  3. "Upcoming TNA PPV dates and locations in 2012". Wrestleview. 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
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