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Destination X
Professional wrestling event series

Destination X was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by the American professional wrestling promotion TNA Wrestling. The event primarily revolved around the X-Division, the 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 events had Ultimate X matches.

It was announced on TNA Wrestling's official website in January 2011 that Destination X was moving from March to July, switching places with TNA's traditional July PPV, Victory Road. On the June 21, 2012, edition of Impact, it was announced that every year the current X Division Champion would have an opportunity to give up their title for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X. On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that in 2013 there would be only four PPVs, not including Destination X, although Destination X would be featured as a special episode of Impact Wrestling from 2013 to 2017.

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History

The inaugural Destination X event took part on March 13, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.4 On 2017, after Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased a majority stake of TNA, Anthem re-branded TNA as Impact Wrestling.5 On June of that year, with the Impact merging with Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Impact was re-branded to GFW.6 After the last Destination X event, which took place on August 17, 2017, at the Impact Zone in Florida, the company was once named Impact Wrestling with Jarrett leaving the company a couple months later on October.7

Events

#EventDateCityVenueMain EventRef.
1Destination X (2005)March 13, 2005Orlando, FloridaTNA Impact! ZoneJeff Jarrett (c) vs. Diamond Dallas Page in a Ringside Revenge match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship8
2Destination X (2006)March 12, 2006Christian Cage (c) vs. Monty Brown for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
3Destination X (2007)March 11, 2007Christian Cage (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
4Destination X (2008)March 9, 2008Norfolk, VirginiaNorfolk ScopeThe Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) vs. The Unlikely Alliance (Christian Cage, Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe) in a six-man tag team match
5Destination X (2009)March 15, 2009Orlando, FloridaTNA Impact! ZoneSting (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, with Jeff Jarrett as the special guest referee and Mick Foley as the special guest enforcer
6Destination X (2010)March 21, 2010A.J. Styles (c) vs. Abyss for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship9
7Destination X (2011)July 10, 2011Impact ZoneA.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels1011
8Destination X (2012)July 8, 2012Bobby Roode (c) vs. Austin Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
9Destination X (2013)July 18, 2013Louisville, KentuckyBroadbent ArenaBully Ray (c) vs. Chris Sabin for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
10Destination X (2014)July 31, 201412New York City, New YorkGrand BallroomLashley (c) vs. Austin Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
11Destination X (2015)June 10, 201513Orlando, FloridaImpact ZoneKurt Angle (c) vs. Austin Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
12Destination X (2016)July 12, 2016Lashley (c-World) vs. Eddie Edwards (c-X) for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the TNA X-Division Championship
13Destination X (2017)August 17, 2017Lashley vs. Matt Sydal, where the winner would receive a GFW title match of his choosing
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

References

  1. Johnson, Mike (2010-02-10). "TNA Destination X PPV Format Confirmed". PW Insider. Retrieved 2010-02-10. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/44996/tna-destination-x-ppv-format-confirmed.html?p=1=dark ↩

  2. "Victory Road PPV Moving To March". TNAWrestling.com. 2011-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110116044638/http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/item/2355-Victory-Road-PPV-Moving-To-March ↩

  3. "NEWS: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Announces Major Changes to 2013 Pay-Per-View Strategy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2013-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130112213300/http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy ↩

  4. Keller, Wade (March 13, 2005). "KELLER'S TNA PPV REPORT 3/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023. https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12338.shtml#.ZGJIZnbP2Uk ↩

  5. Jacobs, Corey (March 2, 2017). "It's Official...The TNA Name Is Dead, Former WWE Star Makes His Impact Wrestling Debut". wrestlingnews.co. Wrestling News. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017. http://wrestlingnews.co/tna-news/its-official-the-tna-name-is-dead-former-wwe-star-makes-his-impact-wrestling-debut/ ↩

  6. "TNA wrestling rebrands as GFW, eyes global expansion". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 4, 2017. http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2017/06/30/tna-wrestling-rebrands-gfw-eyes-global-expansion/435802001/ ↩

  7. Currier, Joseph (October 23, 2017). "Jeff Jarrett officially gone from Impact Wrestling". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2017. http://www.f4wonline.com/tna-news/jeff-jarrett-officially-gone-impact-wrestling-245066 ↩

  8. Keller, Wade (March 13, 2005). "KELLER'S TNA PPV REPORT 3/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023. https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12338.shtml#.ZGJIZnbP2Uk ↩

  9. Gerweck, Steve (2009-11-04). "Locations for first 3 TNA PPVs of 2010". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2009-11-04. http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1257355944.php?style=dark ↩

  10. Gerweck, Steve (2011-01-12). "TNA Changes July PPV Date". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-01-12. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1294891870 ↩

  11. Martin, Adam (2010-12-01). "Date and location for TNA's Destination X PPV". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-12-01. http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1291180903 ↩

  12. The event was taped on June 26, 2014. ↩

  13. The event was taped on May 11, 2015. ↩