2005 Production On June 19, 2005, at TNA's
Slammiversary PPV event, TNA
commentators Mike Tenay and
Don West announced that the first Bound for Glory event would take place on October 23, 2005. Like previous monthly PPV events hosted by TNA, it was scheduled to take place at the TNA Impact! Zone, though no official announcement was made. A fanfest, which TNA calls "Total Nonstop InterAction", was also being planned as early as June 2005 to stress the event being their biggest of the year. The fanfest help gross US$45,000 in revenue for TNA.
Event (shown here in 2007), better known by his
ring name "Rhino", won a
Monster's Ball match and defeated
Jeff Jarrett for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory in 2005. The first installment of the Bound for Glory chronology took place on October 23, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida, where the event featured ten
professional wrestling matches. Before the event began TNA aired a thirty-minute pre-show with
Sonjay Dutt defeating
Alex Shelley,
Austin Aries, and
Roderick Strong in a
match involving four participants. Approximately 900 people were in attendance for the event, which was the maximum capacity of the Impact! Zone at that time. The
TNA X Division Championship was also defended by
A.J. Styles in a thirty-minute
Iron Man match against
Christopher Daniels, in which Styles retained the title. There were several matches featured on the event's
undercard: including a
Monster's Ball match resulting in a victory for Rhino over
Jeff Hardy,
Sabu, and
Abyss, who was accompanied by
James Mitchell; an Ultimate X match to become the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship where
Petey Williams defeated
Chris Sabin and
Matt Bentley; and an encounter resulting in
Samoa Joe defeating
Jushin Thunder Liger.
Reception Bound for Glory 2005 met with generally positive reviews. Bob Kapur of the Slam Sports section of the
Canadian Online Explorer rated the event a 9 out of 10.
2006 Production In early June 2006 TNA updated their PPV and TV taping schedule. On this schedule, the second Bound for Glory event was slotted to take place on October 22, 2006, though no location for the event was announced. On July 16, 2006, at TNA's
Victory Road PPV event, TNA commentators Mike Tenay and Don West introduced a video package which announced that the second Bound for Glory event would be held in
Detroit, however, its actual location was the
charter township of
Plymouth, Michigan, at the
Compuware Sports Arena, which is a suburb west of Detroit area. This announcement meant that this would be the first monthly PPV event hosted by TNA to be held outside of the Impact! Zone or Orlando, Florida, in general. Tickets for Bound for Glory 2006 went on sale August 5, 2006. A thirty-minute
"Road to Glory" special aired on October 21, 2006, highlighting the main matches on the card. The song "
Enemy" by the American
heavy metal band
Fozzy was used as the official theme of the show.
Event Hailing from Plymouth, Michigan, at the Compuware Sports Arena on October 22, 2006, TNA held the second annual Bound for Glory event, where it featured eight professional wrestling matches. Like the previous year's incarnation, another 30-minute pre-show was featured before the event, with
Bobby Roode, who was accompanied by
Traci, defeating
Lance Hoyt on the telecast. Approximately 3,600 people were in attendance for the event, which was 900 people less than the maximum capacity of the Compuware Sports Arena. All three of TNA's active championships at the time were defended at the event. All three championships changed hands at the event, making this event the only time in TNA history that all have changed hands in one night. The main event on the card was Jeff Jarrett defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against
Sting in a
Title vs. Career match with
Kurt Angle as the
Special Outside Enforcer; Sting won the encounter to become the new champion. The TNA X Division Championship was also defended by
Senshi against Chris Sabin, which Sabin won to win the title. The event was released on DVD on January 30, 2007, by
TNA Home Video.
2007 Production The third installment of Bound for Glory was announced in early July 2007 via TNA's official website, with it being scheduled for October 14, 2007; no location for the event was announced. On July 26, 2007, TNA sent out text messages to subscribers of their "TNA Mobile" service announcing that Bound for Glory 2007 would be held in
Atlanta at the
Gwinnett Center, which is actually located in the
Duluth suburb of Atlanta. This was later confirmed more publicly when they published a press release via their official website.
Event On October 14, 2007, TNA held the third annual Bound for Glory event, which featured nine professional wrestling matches on the card, at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. This year's show did not feature a thirty-minute pre-show unlike previous events. The maximum capacity of the Gwinnett Center is 13,000, however only 4,000 were in attendance for the event. All three of TNA's active championships at the time were defended at the event, with a new championship being unveiled and the first champion being crowned at the event. Sting defeated Kurt Angle for the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the main event. Samoa Joe defeated Christian Cage with
Matt Morgan as Special Outside Enforcer in another featured contest. The first
TNA Women's Knockout Champion was crowned in
Gail Kim, who defeated ten other female wrestlers in a
Gauntlet match. The TNA X Division and the
TNA World Tag Team Championships were defended on the event's undercard. TNA X Division Champion
Jay Lethal defeated Christopher Daniels to retain the championship, while
A.J. Styles and Tomko defeated
Ron Killings and
Rasheed Lucius Creed, who were accompanied by
Adam Jones—collectively known as
Team Pacman—to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
2008 Production On the first day of 2008, TNA updated their official website to publicize the official dates for all of their PPV events to take place later that year. The next installment in the Bound for Glory chronology was listed as being scheduled for October 12, 2008. The press release also announced that a Total Nonstop InterAction event was set to take place on October 11, that tickets for the event would go on sale August 1, 2008, and that the official title of the event was "Bound for Glory IV", meaning this was the first Bound for Glory event to feature
Roman numerals in its title.
Event Bound for Glory IV took place on October 12, 2008, at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates,
Illinois, where it featured eight professional wrestling matches. The maximum capacity of the Sears Centre is about 11,800; however, only 5,000 were in attendance for the event. All four of TNA's active championships at the time were defended at the event. The main event featured Sting defeating TNA World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe to become the new champion. Another featured match was Jeff Jarrett versus Kurt Angle with
Mick Foley as the Special Guest Enforcer, which Jarrett won. Other matches on the card included a
Four-Way Tag Team Monster's Ball match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship with
Steve McMichael as the Special Guest Referee, which was won by
Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and
James Storm), who were accompanied by
Jacqueline, over the teams of Abyss and Matt Morgan,
Brother Ray and
Brother Devon—known as
Team 3D—and The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez); a match involving three competitors, also known as a
3-Way Dance or a Three Way match, resulting in
Booker T defeating Christian Cage and A.J. Styles; and
Sheik Abdul Bashir defeating Consequences Creed to retain the TNA X Division Championship.
2009 Production The fifth installment of the Bound for Glory chronology was first announced in late 2008, when TNA released their PPV event schedule for February through October 2009. On the list, Bound for Glory was scheduled to take place on October 18, 2009. Later that evening, TNA issued their first public written statement regarding the event via a press release announcing that Bound for Glory would be held at the
Bren Events Center located on the
University of California at Irvine campus in
Irvine, California, contradicting their earlier promotional video package proclaiming it would be held in Los Angeles. Tickets for the event went on sale August 1, 2009. In August 2009, the official site for the fifth incarnation was opened at BoundforGlory5.com; "
Crawl Back In", a single by the
rock band Dead by Sunrise to be featured on their debut album
Out of Ashes, was announced as the official theme song of the event on the site.
Reception Greg Parks reported on the first half of the show and James Caldwell reported the second half. Caldwell's highest rating was given to Angle versus Morgan at 4 out of 5 stars. His lowest actual rating was given to the Knockouts Championship match at 1 and a half stars while the Extreme Monster's Ball match was simply rated a "DUD."
2010 Production The sixth annual Bound for Glory PPV spectacle was announced in a press release on June 25, 2010, where it was determined that the event would take place at the
Ocean Center in
Daytona Beach, Florida. In the press
TNA President
Dixie Carter stated that, "So many people come to 'Bound For Glory' from around the world", and added, "We wanted a locale that would truly be a destination. With our biggest pay-per-view of the year and all the fan experiences we have planned, it will make '10.10.10' an unforgettable weekend". Tickets for the event went on sale on August 7, 2010. To celebrate the making of the event, a "Bound for Glory Block Party" was held on the same day at the Ocean Center and garnered a good turnout despite weather conditions. It featured fan interaction and an exclusive match. In October, the final
Impact! episode the week leading to Bound for Glory was themed "Before the Glory", a special live broadcast hyping the event. TNA also organized "Bound for Glory VIP Weekend", a series of fan interaction sessions over the event weekend, which allowed fans to get close and personal with their favorite stars for opportunities such as pictures, autographs and special interviews.
Reception Bound for Glory was received with mixed reviews.
Canadian Online Explorer pro wrestling section writer Matt Bishop graded the event a 7 out of 10, the same as last year's event. He stated, "TNA's biggest show of the year, Bound For Glory, was a mix of good and bad. The show's biggest matches delivered on a show that featured a weak undercard". He also gave the main event 8 out of 10, and the
Lethal Lockdown match 7 out of 10. His lowest scores were for the Knockouts Title match that was given a 2 out of 10 and the Young-Jordan versus Neal-Moore match that was rated a dud. Phil Allely, a pro wrestling section writer for
The Sun commented about the main event saying, "The finish was a shock for many reasons as, after the many near falls, moonsaults, finishing moves and obligatory ref bump, the title went to the unpredictable Hardy" and added, "The fans were obviously stunned as Hardy went on to deck his "friend" RVD and join Hogan, Bischoff, Abyss and Jarrett, subsequently revealing them to be the mysterious "They" as the PPV went off the air". About the pre-main event Lethal Lockdown match, Allely said, "Lethal Lockdown was everything it should be, a full-throttle cage match where all hell breaks loose and the opposing teams finally get the chance to work through their differences with the cage and weapons as added extras". Overall he commented, "Bound for Glory was perhaps TNA's best offering of 2010".
2011 Production It was announced on July 13, 2011, that the location for this year's annual Bound for Glory would be revealed the following day on
ESPN.com on Page 2. The next day,
Sting, in his interview with ESPN SportsCenter anchor
Robert Flores, declared that the event would be held in Philadelphia at the Liacouras Center on October 16, 2011. Tickets sales for the event went on sale on July 22, 2011. On September 18, 2011, a new series called
The Bound for Glory Chronicles debuted on TNA's website. The show featured exclusive interviews with wrestlers talking about their memories from previous Bound for Glory events. The wrestlers featured included
Jeff Jarrett and
Matt Morgan. For the PPV, TNA also organized their annual
Bound for Glory VIP Weekend, which included events such as Fan InterAction held at the
Philadelphia Airport Marriott on the eve of Bound for Glory. This was a series of fan interaction sessions, which allowed fans to get close and personal with their favorite stars for opportunities such as pictures, autographs and special interviews. Other events included the "Night Before the Glory" Dinner Party, which featured more interaction between the fans and wrestlers after the Fan InterAction.
Reception Bound for Glory was met with mixed to positive reviews.
Canadian Online Explorer writer of the SLAM! Sports section, Matt Bishop, graded the entire event a 7.5 out of 10, which was essentially higher than the previous year's 7 out of 10. Bishop felt that the company delivered its best show in recent memory that was marred by a "horrendous finish in the main event", but went on to call the action, "outstanding". The highest rated match was given to the Angle-Roode main event match which received 7.5 out of 10. For other top rated matches, Anderson-Bully Ray received a 7 out of 10, Rob Van Dam-Jerry Lynn got 7 out of 10, and Austin Aries-Brian Kendrick got 7 out of 10. The lowest rated match was the Velvet Sky-Winter-Madison Rayne-Mickie James that was given 3 out of 10. 411 Mania writer of the wrestling section, Colin Rinehart, rated the event an 8.5 out of 10, praising the show as "far and away TNA's best PPV of the year so far" and "probably the most consistently entertaining Bound for Glory yet in company history", giving it an "Easy and enthusiastic Thumbs Up." The top two highest rated bouts were given to Van Dam-Lynn that got 3 and 3/4 out of 5 stars and the Angle-Roode main event got 3 and a 1/2 out of 5 stars. The lowest went to Velvet Sky-Winter-Madison Rayne-Mickie James at 1 and a 1/4 stars.
2012 Production , winner of the
2012 Bound for Glory Series The eighth event in the Bound for Glory chronology was first announced on June 10, 2012, at the
Slammiversary PPV to around the weekend where
Sting would be formally inducted into the
TNA Hall of Fame. Late June, TNA President Dixie Carter stated via Twitter that Bound for Glory would take place in a city not yet visited by the company and be revealed during the telecast of the July 5 edition of
Impact Wrestling. During the show, an official video announcement confirmed the event would transpire at the
Grand Canyon University Arena in
Phoenix, Arizona on October 14, 2012. Before the tickets went on sale on July 27, 2012,
Rob Van Dam promoted the event and signed autographs during a pre-sale session at the GCU Arena Box Office the day prior. TNA hyped up their flagship PPV further by producing a series of
Road To Bound for Glory preview videos featuring several wrestlers speaking highly of the event. After issuing a press release a month prior, TNA's programming home
Spike aired
Countdown to Bound for Glory, a 1-hour special preview an hour before the PPV. To celebrate the event, TNA arranged travel packages and organized festivities to take place the weekend prior to the show. On October 13, 2012, the
Bound for Glory VIP Weekend hosted events such as the Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction Celebration for Sting that was held at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, and on that same day, the annual Bound for Glory Fan InterAction gave fans a chance to get close with their favorite stars for conversations, autographs, and photographs.
2013 Production The ninth event in the Bound for Glory chronology was first announced on June 2, 2013, at the
Slammiversary PPV to around the weekend where
Kurt Angle would be formally inducted into the
TNA Hall of Fame. In late May, the official press release for the event was sent out, in which TNA President Dixie Carter stated, "I'm really looking forward to bringing our biggest Pay-Per-View event of the year to San Diego for the first TNA show ever in this great city", adding that "Since 2005, Bound for Glory has brought fans from across the world together to enjoy a jam-packed weekend of fun and intense competition, and I'm thrilled that we will have the sunny Southern California coast as our backdrop. Tickets for the event went on sale June 7, 2013. In September, TNA announced their deal with
Spike TV to air their 1-hour Countdown to Bound for Glory pre-show prior to the official PPV. Media attention for Bound for Glory was also garnered from an array of sources, including
The Miami Herald,
Direct TV and
Marvel. As part of the yearly attraction, TNA put together the
Bound for Glory VIP Weekend around the San Diego area, featuring various festivities such as the
Fan InterAction that gives fans the opportunity to connect with their favorite stars, and the TNA Hall of Fame ceremony for Kurt Angle at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley leading up to the day of the event. The event's theme song "Every Other Day" was created by
Jeff Hardy's band
Peroxwhy?gen, from their new album,
Plurality Of Worlds, set to release on November 29. The second theme song is "Big Shot" by Islander.
Reception Mike Johnson, from PWInsider, said that the main event was "Really good, hard hitting, well told story here. Easily the best thing on the show and a really good main event." However, he criticized the Magnus-Sting due to "The idea here was to make Magnus by having Sting lose clean in a back and forth contest. On paper, it made sense but the match didn't feel like it had the spark needed for that sort of moment". Also, described Ethan's debut as "pitch-perfect". He described the entire show as "It was just a show – some good, some eh, but Bound for Glory should never be just a show, it's their Wrestlemania, except this year, it wasn't. Pat McNeill, from PWTorch, said Bound for Glory "Wasn't a great event". Bob Kapur, from CANOE Slam, said that he enjoyed the event overall. Also, Matthew Asher, from CANOE too, enjoyed the PPV but said the ultimate success of this Bound for Glory rests on the future storylines this event sets up.
2014 On June 25 before TNA
Impact Wrestling tapings in New York City, TNA President Dixie Carter along with
Wrestle-1 founder/owner and Japanese wrestling legend
The Great Muta held a press conference at the
Manhattan Center to announce that the annual Bound for Glory pay-per-view would take place in Tokyo, Japan, at Korakuen Hall.
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