Background On July 18, 2020, at
Slammiversary, it was announced that Bound for Glory would take place on October 24, 2020.
Storylines The event featured
professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains,
heroes, or
less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. At Slammiversary,
Rich Swann returned from injury and
Eric Young—who last wrestled in Impact in 2016— made his return to Impact Wrestling in the
five-way elimination match for the vacant
Impact World Championship. During the match, Swann eliminated Young, who attacked Swann and re-injured his knee with a steel chair. The match and the title was eventually won by
Eddie Edwards. On the September 1 episode of
Impact!, Young defeated Edwards to win the Impact World Championship for a second time. Two weeks later, Swann pleaded with Impact's
executive vice president,
Scott D'Amore, in the ring for a match against Young at Bound for Glory. Young then came to the ring and pushed D'Amore to the floor, only to then be attacked by Swann. D'Amore then announced that Young would defend his title against Swann at Bound for Glory. However, during the September 22 episode of
Impact!, it was announced that Edwards had invoked his rematch clause and will challenge Young for the title at
Victory Road, meaning the winner of that match would defend the title against Swann at Bound for Glory. At Victory Road, Young defeated Edwards to retain the title, thus meaning he will face Swann at Bound for Glory. After the match, Young tried to severely injure Edwards, only for Swann to come to the ring and save him. At Slammiversary,
Deonna Purrazzo defeated
Jordynne Grace to win the
Impact Knockouts Championship for the first time. On the same night,
Kylie Rae won a
12-woman Gauntlet for the Gold match to become the #1 contender for the title. On the September 1 episode of
Impact!, Rae and the rest of the members of "Wrestle House" (a segment of the show that Rae was participating in) interrupted a Black Tie Affair that Purrazzo and
Kimber Lee were hosting to celebrate Purrazzo's successful title defense against Grace in a
30-minute iron man match during night two of
Emergence. During the Black Tie Affair, Rae attacked Lee, causing her and Purrazzo to flee the ring screaming in anger. On the September 22 episode of
Impact!, Rae and
Susie defeated Purrazzo and Lee in a
tag team match and after the match, Purrazzo attacked Susie with an armbar submission hold. Rae then interrupted, causing Purrazzo to flee the ring, and challenged Purrazzo to a title match at Bound for Glory. However, on the following week's episode of
Impact!, it was announced during an interview with Purrazzo that she would defend the title against Susie at Victory Road, meaning the winner of the match would defend the title against Rae at Bound for Glory. At Victory Road, Purrazzo defeated Susie to retain the title, meaning she will face Rae at Bound for Glory. However, Rae did not appear at the event (which Impact had not provided an explanation for her absence during the show). Purrazzo issued an open challenge to defend her Impact Knockouts Championship which the returning
Su Yung answered. On August 18, during night one of
Emergence,
Rohit Raju defeated
Chris Bey and
TJP in a
three-way match to win the
Impact X Division Championship for the first time. On the September 15 episode of
Impact!, he had Bey, TJP, and
Trey compete in a three-way match next week to determine who will face him for the X Division Championship immediately afterwards, which Trey won, but Raju quickly defeated him to retain his title. At Victory Road, he issued an open challenge with the X Division Championship on the line, which was answered by
Willie Mack, but he took the count-out loss to retain his title. On the October 6 episode of
Impact!, Raju lost to
Jordynne Grace, who answered his challenge, but changed the rules so that his title was not up for grabs. Afterwards, D'Amore told Raju that he would be defending the title at Bound for Glory in a
six-way scramble that involves Bey, Grace, TJP, Trey, and Mack. At Slammiversary,
Moose defeated
Tommy Dreamer in an
Old School Rules match to retain the unsanctioned
TNA World Heavyweight Championship. During night one of Emergence on August 18, Moose defeated Trey to retain his title but was soon attacked by EC3, who stole the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the October 6 episode of
Impact!, he conducted the funeral by dropping the title off a bridge as way to "free Moose." Three days later, Impact announced that EC3 will face Moose at Bound for Glory in an undisclosed location. On the October 13 episode of
Impact!, EC3 fooled Moose into thinking he had gotten rid of the title, and the latter confronted him at the bridge where they brawled and he reclaimed the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. == Results ==