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2005
• (January 16, 2005) TNA Presents Final Resolution: Jeff Jarrett retained the World Title against Month Brown, who earned that shot by defeating DDP and Kevin Nash earlier in the night in a 3-Way; America’s Most Wanted win the NWA Tag Team Titles from Team Canada; AJ Styles wins the X Division Championship against Petey Williams and Chris Sabin in a 3-Way Ultimate X Match; Abyss returned to TNA from a short hiatus and attacked Jeff Hardy
• (February 13, 2005) TNA Presents Against All Odds: Jeff Jarrett retained the World Title against Kevin Nash. In the match, Sean Waltman returned and Kip James (aka Billy Gunn) debuted; Abyss defeated Jeff Hardy in the first ever Full Metal Mayhem Match; AJ Styles retained the X Title against Christopher Daniels in an Iron Man Match (Sudden Death)
• (March 13, 2005) TNA Presents Destination X: Jeff Jarrett retains the World Title against Diamond Dallas Page in a Ringside Revenge Match when Monty Brown turned on Page; Fallen Angel won the X Division Championship by defeating AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Elix Skipper in the Ultimate X Challenge; Kip James defeated Kevin Nash in a First Blood Match; Jeff Hardy defeated Abyss in a Falls Count Anywhere Match; Mexican Wrestler, Shocker made his TNA debut!
• (April 24, 2005) TNA Presents Lockdown: This would be the first all-steel cage PPV in history, Diamond Dallas Page, Sean Waltman and BG James defeated Jeff Jarrett, Kip James and Monty Brown in Lethal Lockdown; AJ Styles defeated Abyss to earn #1 Contendership to the World Title; Fallen Angel defeated Primetime to retain the X Title; AMW defeated Team Canada to retain the Tag Team Titles; On this PPV, Chris Candido suffered a broken leg in a match.
• (April 28, 2005) Chris Candido passes away due to a blood clot. Since iMPACT! is taped, he did appear one last time on TV before his death.
• (April 29, 2005) The Naturals defeated AMW to capture the NWA World Tag Team Titles with help from Chris Candido. This was especially important for the fans since this show aired right after the death of Candido.
• (May 15, 2005) TNA Presents Hard Justice: AJ Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Title to end Jarrett’s record breaking 11-month reign as champion. Tito Ortiz was special referee; Abyss won a 20-man Gauntlet Match to earn a World Title Shot; Fallen Angel defeated Shocker to retain the X Division Title; The Naturals defeated AMW to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles; Raven defeated Sean Waltman (replacing Jeff Hardy) in a House of Fun Match that received a standing ovation from the crowd.
• (June 19, 2005) TNA Celebrates it’s 3-Year Anniversary by Presenting Slammiversary: Raven achieves his destiny of becoming NWA World Champion by defeating Abyss, AJ Styles, Monty Brown and Sean Waltman in a King of the Mountain Match. Raven replaced Jeff Jarrett who was ejected from the building earlier in the night; Samoa Joe debuts in TNA by defeating Sonjay Dutt; Fallen Angel retained the X Title by defeating Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin in a 3-Way
• (June 24, 2005) TNA’s deal with FSN ended. They began airing iMPACT! on their website.
• (July 17, 2005) TNA Presents No Surrender: Raven retained the X Division Championship by defeating Abyss in a Dog Collar Match; Rhino debuted at the end of the PPV by Goring Raven; Fallen Angel successfully retained the X Title by defeating Petey Williams
• (July 29, 2005) Sabu returns to TNA
• (August 14, 2005) TNA Presents Sacrifice: Rhino and Jeff Jarrett defeated Sabu and Raven when Rhino pinned Raven. Rhino earned a World Title Shot at next month’s PPV; Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles in the finals of the Super X Cup Tournament; Jerry Lynn defeated Sean Waltman in an excellent match; Fallen Angel defeated the debuting Austin Aries; Abyss defeated Lance Hoyt
• (August 19-September 9, 2005) TNA held the Candido Cup Tag Team Tournament in honor of the late Chris Candido. Sean Waltman and Alex Shelley would go on and win the tournament.
• (September 11, 2005) TNA Presents Unbreakable: AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe to win the X Division Championship. This match is considered the best X Division Match ever in TNA; Raven defeated Rhino to retain the World Title; Abyss defeated Sabu in a No DQ Match
• (September 2005) TNA signs contract to air iMPACT! on Spike TV. As of now the partnership is still going strong!
• (October 1,, 2005) TNA Debuts on Spike TV: This memorable show included the return of Kevin Nash and the debut of Team 3D in TNA
• (October 22, 2005) America’s Most Wanted defeated The Naturals to win the NWA Tag Team Titles.
• (October 23, 2005) TNA Presents Bound For Glory: This is the crown jewel of TNA PPVs; This night belonged to Rhino who won a 4-Way Monster’s Ball Match against Sabu, Abyss and Jeff Hardy, defeated 9 guys in a Gauntlet Match, then defeated Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Rhino replaced Kevin Nash who was injured. Tito Ortiz refereed the Main Event; AJ Styles beat Fallen Angel in a 30-Minute Ironman Match; Petey Williams defeated Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley in an Ultimate X Match; AMW defeated The Naturals to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles; Samoa Joe defeated Jushin Thunder Lyger
• (November 3, 2005) TNA iMPACT! Primetime Special: Jeff Jarrett defeats Rhino to recapture the NWA World Heavyweight Title; Petey Williams defeated Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley in an Ultimate X Rematch;
• (November 13, 2005) TNA Presents Genesis: Christian Cage debuts in TNA; Rhino and Team 3D defeat Jeff Jarrett and AMW in a 6-Man War; AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams to retain the X Division Championship; Abyss defeated Sabu in a No DQ Match; Samoa Joe and Fallen Angel were the final two survivors in an Elimination X Match. Afterwards Samoa Joe viciously attacked his partner Daniels.
• (December 11, 2005) TNA Presents Turning Point: Jeff Jarrett retains the World Title by defeating Rhino; Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles to win the X Division Championship; Sabu defeated Abyss in a Barbed Wire Massacre; Team 3D defeated AMW in a Tag Team Tables Match; Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Dale Torborg defeated Diamonds in the Rough in the first Basebrawl Match
• (December 31, 2005) TNA iMPACT! New Year’s Eve Special: On this show it was announced that Sting would be coming to TNA
2006
• (January 15, 2006) TNA Presents Final Resolution: Christian Cage and the returning Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown; Samoa Joe retained his X Title against Christopher Daniels; The James Gang reunited; AMW successfully defended the Tag Titles against Team 3D; Abyss defeated Rhino; Raven was fired after losing a match against Sean Waltman
• (January 28, 2006) Sting gave a farewell speech, bringing on a hiatus of a month and a half
• (February 12, 2006) TNA Presents Against All Odds: Christian Cage captures the NWA World Title by defeating Jeff Jarrett; Samoa Joe defeats AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels to retain the X Title; Rhino defeated Abyss in a Falls Count Anywhere Match; AMW retained the Tag Titles against Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt
• (March 12, 2006) TNA Presents Destination X: Christian Cage retained the World Title against Monty Brown. After the match Sting returned and fought off Jarrett’s Army only to be laid out by the debuting Scott Steiner; Jeff Jarrett, AMW and Abyss defeated Ron Killings, Team 3D and Rhino in an Eight Man War; Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe and AJ Styles to capture the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X Match
• (March 17, 2006) TNA Presents it’s first House Show in Plymouth, Michigan (The future sight of 2006’s Bound For Glory PPV later that year)
• (April 13, 2006) TNA iMPACT! Moves to Thursday: iMPACT! undergoes a format change showing three quality matches each week. On this one Sting faced off against Eric Young in his first match ever on iMPACT!; Team 3D faced AMW in a Street Fight; Samoa Joe regained the X Division Championship from Christopher Daniels.
• (April 23, 2006) TNA Presents Lockdown: Sting’s Warriors (Sting, Ron Killings, Rhino and AJ Styles) defeated Jarrett’s Army (Jeff Jarrett, AMW and Scott Steiner) in Lethal Lockdown; Christian Cage retained the World Championship against Abyss; Low Ki returned to TNA as Senshi by defeating Christopher Daniels; Samoa Joe retained the X Title against Sabu; Raven returns to TNA
• (April 27- May 18, 2006) The World’s X Cup returns to TNA. Over the next month Team USA, Team Mexico, Team Japan and Team Canada all waged international X Division War. In the end Team USA defeated Team Canada in Sudden Death when Chris Sabin defeated Petey Williams on the May, 18th edition of iMPACT!
• (May 14, 2006) TNA Presents Sacrifice: Christian Cage retains the World Championship against Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem Match; Samoa Joe and Sting defeat Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner; AMW retain the Tag Titles against AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels.
• (June 18, 2006) TNA Celebrated its 4-Year Anniversary as it presents Slammiversary: Jeff Jarrett regains the NWA Championship in the infamous Orlando Screwjob. He defeated Christian Cage, Abyss, Ron Killings and Sting in a King of the Mountain Match; AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels win the NWA Tag Team Titles by defeating America’s Most Wanted; Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner; Jim Cornette is introduced as TNA Management Director
• (June 22, 2006) Senshi captures the X Division Championship by defeating Sonjay Dutt and Samoa Joe in a 3-Way
• (July 13, 2006) In a very controversial moment, Rhino throws the ECW Championship in the trash and burns it on iMPACT!
• (July 16, 2006) TNA Presents Victory Road: Sting defeated Samoa Joe, Scott Steiner and Christian Cage in the “Road to Victory” 4-Way Match; Senshi retained the X Title against the returning Kazarian; AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Sirelda defended the Tag Team Titles in a Six Person Tag against AMW and Gail Kim
• (August 13, 2006) TNA Presents Hard Justice: Jeff Jarrett retained the World Championship against Sting when Christian Cage turned on Sting; Samoa Joe defeated Rhino and Monty Brown in a Falls Count Anywhere 3-Way; AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels retained the Tag Titles against LAX; Senshi retained the X Title against Petey Williams and Jay Lethal in a 3-Way Match; A fire breaks out in the iMPACT! Zone causing an immediate evacuation
• (August 24, 2006) LAX wins the Tag Team Titles from AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels in a “Border Brawl” Street Fight.
• (September 22, 2006) Vince Russo returns to TNA, behind the scenes
• (September 24, 2006) TNA Presents No Surrender: It is announced that Kurt Angle is coming to TNA; Samoa Joe defeats Jeff Jarrett in a Fan’s Revenge Match; AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels recapture the Tag Titles from LAX in an Ultimate X Match; Christian Cage defeats Rhino; Senshi retains the X Title against Chris Sabin
• (October 22, 2006) TNA Presents Bound For Glory: TNA takes it’s PPVs on the road as this PPV takes place in Detroit, Michigan; Sting wins the NWA World Title from Jeff Jarrett in a “Title vs Career Match”. Kurt Angle is Special Enforcer; LAX regains the NWA Tag Team Titles from AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels in a Six Sides of Steel Match; Chris Sabin defeats Senshi to win the X Division Championship; Samoa Joe defeats Abyss, Raven and Runt in a Monster’s Ball Match. Jake “The Snake” Roberts is the “guide” in this match; Christian Cage defeats Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight; Eric Young defeats Larry Zbyszko in a “Loser gets Fired Match”.
• (November 2, 2006) AJ Styles defeats Chris Sabin to win the X Title
• (November 16, 2006) TNA iMPACT! Goes Primetime: Kurt Angle makes his in-ring debut by defeating Abyss; Christian Cage defeated Rhino in a Barbed Wire Cage Match; Christopher Daniels defeats AJ Styles and Chris Sabin to win the X Title
• (November 19, 2006) TNA Presents Genesis: Kurt Angle defeats Samoa Joe to end his 18-Month Undefeated Streak; Abyss defeats Sting by DQ to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Christopher Daniels defeats Chris Sabin to retain the X Title; LAX defeats AMW to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles; Christian Cage defeats AJ Styles
• (December 10, 2006) TNA Presents Turning Point: Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle; Abyss retained the World Championship in a 3-Way against Christian Cage and Sting; Christopher Daniels retained the X Title against Chris Sabin. Jerry Lynn was referee; AJ Styles defeated Rhino; LAX defeated AMW in a Ladder Flag Match
• (December 14, 2006) LAX defeated AMW to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles and split AMW up when James Storm turned on Chris Harris.
2007
• (January 14, 2007) TNA Presents Final Resolution: Christian Cage defeats Abyss and Sting to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Chris Sabin defeated Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn to win the X Division Championship; Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe in a 30-Minute Ironman Match; Rhino defeated AJ Styles in a Last Man Standing Match
• (February 11, 2007) TNA Presents Against All Odds: Christian Cage defeated Kurt Angle to retain the NWA World Championship; Sting defeated Abyss in a Prison Yard Match; AJ Styles defeated Rhino in a Motor City Chain Match; LAX defeated Team 3D in a Little Italy Street Fight; Chris Sabin retained the X Title by defeating Jerry Lynn
• (February 12, 2007) This is TNA Special: TNA put a special on Monday Nights showing the best matches from TNA’s 2006 year. This special showed the fans what TNA is all about.
• (March 11, 2007) TNA Presents Destination X: Christian Cage defeats Samoa Joe to retain the World Championship; Sting defeats Abyss in a Last Rites Match; Kurt Angle defeats Scott Steiner; Rhino defeated AJ Styles in the first Elevation X Match; Chris Sabin retained the X Title in a Best of 3 Match against Jerry Lynn; LAX defeated Team 3D in a “Ghetto Brawl” Street Fight
• (April 15, 2007) TNA Presents Lockdown: Live from St. Louis, TNA brought it’s third Lockdown PPV; Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Sting, Rhino, Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett) defeated Team Cage (Christian Cage, AJ Styles, Scott Steiner, Abyss and Tomko) when Sting pinned Abyss; Team 3D won the NWA Tag Team Titles from LAX in an Electric Steel Cage Match; Chris Sabin won a 5-Man Xscape Match to retain the X Title
• (May 13, 2007) TNA Presents Sacrifice: Kurt Angle defeated Christian Cage and Sting in controversial fashion to win the World Heavyweight Championship; Chris Sabin defeated “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt to retain the X Title; Team 3D defeated LAX and Tomko/Scott Steiner to retain the World Tag Team Titles; Chris Harris defeated James Storm in a bloody Texas Deathmatch
• (May 14, 2007) TNA officially breaks away from the NWA. NWA pulls all their titles from TNA and TNA creates brand new ones to continue their legacy.
• (May 24, 2007) In a very saddening moment, Jill Jarrett, wife of Jeff Jarrett, passes away from cancer.
• (June 17, 2007) TNA Celebrates it’s 5-Year Anniversary with Slammiversary: TNA returns to Nashville, Tennessee for this event; Kurt Angle defeats Chris Harris, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe and AJ Styles in King of the Mountain to become the first official TNA World Heavyweight Champion; Team 3D retains the Tag Titles by defeating Road Warrior Animal and Scott Steiner; Jay Lethal wins the X Division Title from Chris Sabin; Sting defeated Fallen Angel; Abyss defeated Tomko in a No DQ Match
• (June 21, 2007) Samoa Joe wins the X Division Championship by defeating Jay Lethal and Chris Sabin
• (June 28, 2007) Kurt Angle retains the TNA World Title by defeating Christian Cage and Rhino in the first 1-hour match on iMPACT!
• (July 15, 2007) TNA Presents Victory Road: In the first ever Match of Champions, Samoa Joe wins the Tag Team Titles from Team 3D. This was a tag match as Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle faced Team 3D; Sting and Abyss defeated AJ Styles and Tomko; Christian Cage defeated Chris Harris; Triple X reunited following an awesome 10 Man Ultimate X Gauntlet Match, won by Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels.
*(August 12, 2007) TNA Presents Hard Justice: In an "All or Nothing Match" Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe to win all the TNA Championship Belts when Karen Angle turned on Samoa Joe and cost him the match; Abyss, Andrew Martin and Sting defeated Christian Cage, AJ Styles and Tomko in a "Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match" when Abyss pinned AJ Styles, Abyss earns a World Title Shot; The Steiner Brothers defeated Team 3D; James Strom defeated Rhino in a "Barroom Brawl"; Adam "Pacman" Jones makes his TNA Debut; Hard Justice ended up being the worst rated PPV of the year.
*(August 30, 2007) Sting won a Four Way Match on an episode of iMPACT! against AJ Styles, Christian Cage and Samoa Joe to win the other TNA Tag Team Championship thus becoming Kurt Angles Tag Team Partner
*(September 2007) Jerry Lynn, Matt Bentley, Basham, Damaja and Brother Runt are all released from their contracts; Andrew Martin is also let go
*(September 9, 2007) TNA Presents No Surrender: Kurt Angle would defend all three of the TNA Championships in the "Angle Trifecta". Angle and Sting lost the TNA Tag Team Championships to Team Pacman (Pacman Jones and Ron Killings) when Angle turned on Sting; Kurt Angle lost the X Division Championship to Black Machismo in the biggest upset in TNA History; Kurt would successfully defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Abyss later in the night; AJ Styles and Tomko won a 10-team Tag Team Gauntlet Match; Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe by Disqualification; TNA announces that starting October 4th iMPACT! would expand to 2-hours on Spike TV.
*(October 4, 2007) TNA iMPACT! goes 2-hours on Spike TV!
• (January 16, 2005) TNA Presents Final Resolution: Jeff Jarrett retained the World Title against Month Brown, who earned that shot by defeating DDP and Kevin Nash earlier in the night in a 3-Way; America’s Most Wanted win the NWA Tag Team Titles from Team Canada; AJ Styles wins the X Division Championship against Petey Williams and Chris Sabin in a 3-Way Ultimate X Match; Abyss returned to TNA from a short hiatus and attacked Jeff Hardy
• (February 13, 2005) TNA Presents Against All Odds: Jeff Jarrett retained the World Title against Kevin Nash. In the match, Sean Waltman returned and Kip James (aka Billy Gunn) debuted; Abyss defeated Jeff Hardy in the first ever Full Metal Mayhem Match; AJ Styles retained the X Title against Christopher Daniels in an Iron Man Match (Sudden Death)
• (March 13, 2005) TNA Presents Destination X: Jeff Jarrett retains the World Title against Diamond Dallas Page in a Ringside Revenge Match when Monty Brown turned on Page; Fallen Angel won the X Division Championship by defeating AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Elix Skipper in the Ultimate X Challenge; Kip James defeated Kevin Nash in a First Blood Match; Jeff Hardy defeated Abyss in a Falls Count Anywhere Match; Mexican Wrestler, Shocker made his TNA debut!
• (April 24, 2005) TNA Presents Lockdown: This would be the first all-steel cage PPV in history, Diamond Dallas Page, Sean Waltman and BG James defeated Jeff Jarrett, Kip James and Monty Brown in Lethal Lockdown; AJ Styles defeated Abyss to earn #1 Contendership to the World Title; Fallen Angel defeated Primetime to retain the X Title; AMW defeated Team Canada to retain the Tag Team Titles; On this PPV, Chris Candido suffered a broken leg in a match.
• (April 28, 2005) Chris Candido passes away due to a blood clot. Since iMPACT! is taped, he did appear one last time on TV before his death.
• (April 29, 2005) The Naturals defeated AMW to capture the NWA World Tag Team Titles with help from Chris Candido. This was especially important for the fans since this show aired right after the death of Candido.
• (May 15, 2005) TNA Presents Hard Justice: AJ Styles defeated Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Title to end Jarrett’s record breaking 11-month reign as champion. Tito Ortiz was special referee; Abyss won a 20-man Gauntlet Match to earn a World Title Shot; Fallen Angel defeated Shocker to retain the X Division Title; The Naturals defeated AMW to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles; Raven defeated Sean Waltman (replacing Jeff Hardy) in a House of Fun Match that received a standing ovation from the crowd.
• (June 19, 2005) TNA Celebrates it’s 3-Year Anniversary by Presenting Slammiversary: Raven achieves his destiny of becoming NWA World Champion by defeating Abyss, AJ Styles, Monty Brown and Sean Waltman in a King of the Mountain Match. Raven replaced Jeff Jarrett who was ejected from the building earlier in the night; Samoa Joe debuts in TNA by defeating Sonjay Dutt; Fallen Angel retained the X Title by defeating Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin in a 3-Way
• (June 24, 2005) TNA’s deal with FSN ended. They began airing iMPACT! on their website.
• (July 17, 2005) TNA Presents No Surrender: Raven retained the X Division Championship by defeating Abyss in a Dog Collar Match; Rhino debuted at the end of the PPV by Goring Raven; Fallen Angel successfully retained the X Title by defeating Petey Williams
• (July 29, 2005) Sabu returns to TNA
• (August 14, 2005) TNA Presents Sacrifice: Rhino and Jeff Jarrett defeated Sabu and Raven when Rhino pinned Raven. Rhino earned a World Title Shot at next month’s PPV; Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles in the finals of the Super X Cup Tournament; Jerry Lynn defeated Sean Waltman in an excellent match; Fallen Angel defeated the debuting Austin Aries; Abyss defeated Lance Hoyt
• (August 19-September 9, 2005) TNA held the Candido Cup Tag Team Tournament in honor of the late Chris Candido. Sean Waltman and Alex Shelley would go on and win the tournament.
• (September 11, 2005) TNA Presents Unbreakable: AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe to win the X Division Championship. This match is considered the best X Division Match ever in TNA; Raven defeated Rhino to retain the World Title; Abyss defeated Sabu in a No DQ Match
• (September 2005) TNA signs contract to air iMPACT! on Spike TV. As of now the partnership is still going strong!
• (October 1,, 2005) TNA Debuts on Spike TV: This memorable show included the return of Kevin Nash and the debut of Team 3D in TNA
• (October 22, 2005) America’s Most Wanted defeated The Naturals to win the NWA Tag Team Titles.
• (October 23, 2005) TNA Presents Bound For Glory: This is the crown jewel of TNA PPVs; This night belonged to Rhino who won a 4-Way Monster’s Ball Match against Sabu, Abyss and Jeff Hardy, defeated 9 guys in a Gauntlet Match, then defeated Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Rhino replaced Kevin Nash who was injured. Tito Ortiz refereed the Main Event; AJ Styles beat Fallen Angel in a 30-Minute Ironman Match; Petey Williams defeated Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley in an Ultimate X Match; AMW defeated The Naturals to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles; Samoa Joe defeated Jushin Thunder Lyger
• (November 3, 2005) TNA iMPACT! Primetime Special: Jeff Jarrett defeats Rhino to recapture the NWA World Heavyweight Title; Petey Williams defeated Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley in an Ultimate X Rematch;
• (November 13, 2005) TNA Presents Genesis: Christian Cage debuts in TNA; Rhino and Team 3D defeat Jeff Jarrett and AMW in a 6-Man War; AJ Styles defeated Petey Williams to retain the X Division Championship; Abyss defeated Sabu in a No DQ Match; Samoa Joe and Fallen Angel were the final two survivors in an Elimination X Match. Afterwards Samoa Joe viciously attacked his partner Daniels.
• (December 11, 2005) TNA Presents Turning Point: Jeff Jarrett retains the World Title by defeating Rhino; Samoa Joe defeated AJ Styles to win the X Division Championship; Sabu defeated Abyss in a Barbed Wire Massacre; Team 3D defeated AMW in a Tag Team Tables Match; Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt and Dale Torborg defeated Diamonds in the Rough in the first Basebrawl Match
• (December 31, 2005) TNA iMPACT! New Year’s Eve Special: On this show it was announced that Sting would be coming to TNA
2006
• (January 15, 2006) TNA Presents Final Resolution: Christian Cage and the returning Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown; Samoa Joe retained his X Title against Christopher Daniels; The James Gang reunited; AMW successfully defended the Tag Titles against Team 3D; Abyss defeated Rhino; Raven was fired after losing a match against Sean Waltman
• (January 28, 2006) Sting gave a farewell speech, bringing on a hiatus of a month and a half
• (February 12, 2006) TNA Presents Against All Odds: Christian Cage captures the NWA World Title by defeating Jeff Jarrett; Samoa Joe defeats AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels to retain the X Title; Rhino defeated Abyss in a Falls Count Anywhere Match; AMW retained the Tag Titles against Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt
• (March 12, 2006) TNA Presents Destination X: Christian Cage retained the World Title against Monty Brown. After the match Sting returned and fought off Jarrett’s Army only to be laid out by the debuting Scott Steiner; Jeff Jarrett, AMW and Abyss defeated Ron Killings, Team 3D and Rhino in an Eight Man War; Christopher Daniels defeated Samoa Joe and AJ Styles to capture the X Division Championship in an Ultimate X Match
• (March 17, 2006) TNA Presents it’s first House Show in Plymouth, Michigan (The future sight of 2006’s Bound For Glory PPV later that year)
• (April 13, 2006) TNA iMPACT! Moves to Thursday: iMPACT! undergoes a format change showing three quality matches each week. On this one Sting faced off against Eric Young in his first match ever on iMPACT!; Team 3D faced AMW in a Street Fight; Samoa Joe regained the X Division Championship from Christopher Daniels.
• (April 23, 2006) TNA Presents Lockdown: Sting’s Warriors (Sting, Ron Killings, Rhino and AJ Styles) defeated Jarrett’s Army (Jeff Jarrett, AMW and Scott Steiner) in Lethal Lockdown; Christian Cage retained the World Championship against Abyss; Low Ki returned to TNA as Senshi by defeating Christopher Daniels; Samoa Joe retained the X Title against Sabu; Raven returns to TNA
• (April 27- May 18, 2006) The World’s X Cup returns to TNA. Over the next month Team USA, Team Mexico, Team Japan and Team Canada all waged international X Division War. In the end Team USA defeated Team Canada in Sudden Death when Chris Sabin defeated Petey Williams on the May, 18th edition of iMPACT!
• (May 14, 2006) TNA Presents Sacrifice: Christian Cage retains the World Championship against Abyss in a Full Metal Mayhem Match; Samoa Joe and Sting defeat Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner; AMW retain the Tag Titles against AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels.
• (June 18, 2006) TNA Celebrated its 4-Year Anniversary as it presents Slammiversary: Jeff Jarrett regains the NWA Championship in the infamous Orlando Screwjob. He defeated Christian Cage, Abyss, Ron Killings and Sting in a King of the Mountain Match; AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels win the NWA Tag Team Titles by defeating America’s Most Wanted; Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner; Jim Cornette is introduced as TNA Management Director
• (June 22, 2006) Senshi captures the X Division Championship by defeating Sonjay Dutt and Samoa Joe in a 3-Way
• (July 13, 2006) In a very controversial moment, Rhino throws the ECW Championship in the trash and burns it on iMPACT!
• (July 16, 2006) TNA Presents Victory Road: Sting defeated Samoa Joe, Scott Steiner and Christian Cage in the “Road to Victory” 4-Way Match; Senshi retained the X Title against the returning Kazarian; AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Sirelda defended the Tag Team Titles in a Six Person Tag against AMW and Gail Kim
• (August 13, 2006) TNA Presents Hard Justice: Jeff Jarrett retained the World Championship against Sting when Christian Cage turned on Sting; Samoa Joe defeated Rhino and Monty Brown in a Falls Count Anywhere 3-Way; AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels retained the Tag Titles against LAX; Senshi retained the X Title against Petey Williams and Jay Lethal in a 3-Way Match; A fire breaks out in the iMPACT! Zone causing an immediate evacuation
• (August 24, 2006) LAX wins the Tag Team Titles from AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels in a “Border Brawl” Street Fight.
• (September 22, 2006) Vince Russo returns to TNA, behind the scenes
• (September 24, 2006) TNA Presents No Surrender: It is announced that Kurt Angle is coming to TNA; Samoa Joe defeats Jeff Jarrett in a Fan’s Revenge Match; AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels recapture the Tag Titles from LAX in an Ultimate X Match; Christian Cage defeats Rhino; Senshi retains the X Title against Chris Sabin
• (October 22, 2006) TNA Presents Bound For Glory: TNA takes it’s PPVs on the road as this PPV takes place in Detroit, Michigan; Sting wins the NWA World Title from Jeff Jarrett in a “Title vs Career Match”. Kurt Angle is Special Enforcer; LAX regains the NWA Tag Team Titles from AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels in a Six Sides of Steel Match; Chris Sabin defeats Senshi to win the X Division Championship; Samoa Joe defeats Abyss, Raven and Runt in a Monster’s Ball Match. Jake “The Snake” Roberts is the “guide” in this match; Christian Cage defeats Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight; Eric Young defeats Larry Zbyszko in a “Loser gets Fired Match”.
• (November 2, 2006) AJ Styles defeats Chris Sabin to win the X Title
• (November 16, 2006) TNA iMPACT! Goes Primetime: Kurt Angle makes his in-ring debut by defeating Abyss; Christian Cage defeated Rhino in a Barbed Wire Cage Match; Christopher Daniels defeats AJ Styles and Chris Sabin to win the X Title
• (November 19, 2006) TNA Presents Genesis: Kurt Angle defeats Samoa Joe to end his 18-Month Undefeated Streak; Abyss defeats Sting by DQ to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Christopher Daniels defeats Chris Sabin to retain the X Title; LAX defeats AMW to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles; Christian Cage defeats AJ Styles
• (December 10, 2006) TNA Presents Turning Point: Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle; Abyss retained the World Championship in a 3-Way against Christian Cage and Sting; Christopher Daniels retained the X Title against Chris Sabin. Jerry Lynn was referee; AJ Styles defeated Rhino; LAX defeated AMW in a Ladder Flag Match
• (December 14, 2006) LAX defeated AMW to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles and split AMW up when James Storm turned on Chris Harris.
2007
• (January 14, 2007) TNA Presents Final Resolution: Christian Cage defeats Abyss and Sting to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Chris Sabin defeated Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn to win the X Division Championship; Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe in a 30-Minute Ironman Match; Rhino defeated AJ Styles in a Last Man Standing Match
• (February 11, 2007) TNA Presents Against All Odds: Christian Cage defeated Kurt Angle to retain the NWA World Championship; Sting defeated Abyss in a Prison Yard Match; AJ Styles defeated Rhino in a Motor City Chain Match; LAX defeated Team 3D in a Little Italy Street Fight; Chris Sabin retained the X Title by defeating Jerry Lynn
• (February 12, 2007) This is TNA Special: TNA put a special on Monday Nights showing the best matches from TNA’s 2006 year. This special showed the fans what TNA is all about.
• (March 11, 2007) TNA Presents Destination X: Christian Cage defeats Samoa Joe to retain the World Championship; Sting defeats Abyss in a Last Rites Match; Kurt Angle defeats Scott Steiner; Rhino defeated AJ Styles in the first Elevation X Match; Chris Sabin retained the X Title in a Best of 3 Match against Jerry Lynn; LAX defeated Team 3D in a “Ghetto Brawl” Street Fight
• (April 15, 2007) TNA Presents Lockdown: Live from St. Louis, TNA brought it’s third Lockdown PPV; Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Sting, Rhino, Samoa Joe and Jeff Jarrett) defeated Team Cage (Christian Cage, AJ Styles, Scott Steiner, Abyss and Tomko) when Sting pinned Abyss; Team 3D won the NWA Tag Team Titles from LAX in an Electric Steel Cage Match; Chris Sabin won a 5-Man Xscape Match to retain the X Title
• (May 13, 2007) TNA Presents Sacrifice: Kurt Angle defeated Christian Cage and Sting in controversial fashion to win the World Heavyweight Championship; Chris Sabin defeated “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt to retain the X Title; Team 3D defeated LAX and Tomko/Scott Steiner to retain the World Tag Team Titles; Chris Harris defeated James Storm in a bloody Texas Deathmatch
• (May 14, 2007) TNA officially breaks away from the NWA. NWA pulls all their titles from TNA and TNA creates brand new ones to continue their legacy.
• (May 24, 2007) In a very saddening moment, Jill Jarrett, wife of Jeff Jarrett, passes away from cancer.
• (June 17, 2007) TNA Celebrates it’s 5-Year Anniversary with Slammiversary: TNA returns to Nashville, Tennessee for this event; Kurt Angle defeats Chris Harris, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe and AJ Styles in King of the Mountain to become the first official TNA World Heavyweight Champion; Team 3D retains the Tag Titles by defeating Road Warrior Animal and Scott Steiner; Jay Lethal wins the X Division Title from Chris Sabin; Sting defeated Fallen Angel; Abyss defeated Tomko in a No DQ Match
• (June 21, 2007) Samoa Joe wins the X Division Championship by defeating Jay Lethal and Chris Sabin
• (June 28, 2007) Kurt Angle retains the TNA World Title by defeating Christian Cage and Rhino in the first 1-hour match on iMPACT!
• (July 15, 2007) TNA Presents Victory Road: In the first ever Match of Champions, Samoa Joe wins the Tag Team Titles from Team 3D. This was a tag match as Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle faced Team 3D; Sting and Abyss defeated AJ Styles and Tomko; Christian Cage defeated Chris Harris; Triple X reunited following an awesome 10 Man Ultimate X Gauntlet Match, won by Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels.
*(August 12, 2007) TNA Presents Hard Justice: In an "All or Nothing Match" Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe to win all the TNA Championship Belts when Karen Angle turned on Samoa Joe and cost him the match; Abyss, Andrew Martin and Sting defeated Christian Cage, AJ Styles and Tomko in a "Doomsday Chamber of Blood Match" when Abyss pinned AJ Styles, Abyss earns a World Title Shot; The Steiner Brothers defeated Team 3D; James Strom defeated Rhino in a "Barroom Brawl"; Adam "Pacman" Jones makes his TNA Debut; Hard Justice ended up being the worst rated PPV of the year.
*(August 30, 2007) Sting won a Four Way Match on an episode of iMPACT! against AJ Styles, Christian Cage and Samoa Joe to win the other TNA Tag Team Championship thus becoming Kurt Angles Tag Team Partner
*(September 2007) Jerry Lynn, Matt Bentley, Basham, Damaja and Brother Runt are all released from their contracts; Andrew Martin is also let go
*(September 9, 2007) TNA Presents No Surrender: Kurt Angle would defend all three of the TNA Championships in the "Angle Trifecta". Angle and Sting lost the TNA Tag Team Championships to Team Pacman (Pacman Jones and Ron Killings) when Angle turned on Sting; Kurt Angle lost the X Division Championship to Black Machismo in the biggest upset in TNA History; Kurt would successfully defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Abyss later in the night; AJ Styles and Tomko won a 10-team Tag Team Gauntlet Match; Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe by Disqualification; TNA announces that starting October 4th iMPACT! would expand to 2-hours on Spike TV.
*(October 4, 2007) TNA iMPACT! goes 2-hours on Spike TV!