Against All Odds (2012)
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Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | | ||
| Date | February 12, 2012 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | Impact Zone | ||
| Attendance | 1,100[1] | ||
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The 2012 Against All Odds was a
Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida.[2] It is the eighth and final event under the Against All Odds
chronology and the second event in the 2012 TNA PPV schedule.
In October 2017, with the launch of the
Impact Plus in May 2019.[4]
Storylines
| Other on-screen personnel | |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Mike Tenay |
Taz
| |
| Ring announcer | Christy Hemme |
| Jeremy Borash | |
| Referee | Brian Hebner
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| Brian Stifler | |
| Earl Hebner | |
| Interviewer | Jeremy Borash |
Against All Odds featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
The main angle featured at Against All Odds was between defending champion
Impact Wrestling, Sting scheduled the two matches from the Genesis
PPV to take place – the first was Roode-Hardy for Hardy getting screwed by the result of his Genesis title match and Storm-Angle to determine a number one contender to the title. Due to Roode getting intentionally disqualified to retain his title at Genesis, Sting ruled to have decisive winners out of both matches and made sure to stipulate that if Roode acted similar to his behavior at the PPV, his title would be forfeited to Hardy. Later that night, Storm defeated Angle to advance as the winner in their match, and Roode wrestled with Hardy to a no-contest due to outside interference by Bully Ray, who incapacitated the referee. The next week when Storm and Hardy disputed over Roode's actions, and Roode trying desperately to rid himself of contenders, exposed a loophole in the matches the week before which did not meet Sting's orders, and as a result, had nullified the contender's spot, Sting booked a match between Storm and Hardy for contention to the title. With that match concluding in a no-contest identical to a week ago, Storm, Hardy and Sting reached a boiling point by physically combating the two villains over the next set of weeks. Going into the PPV, Ray and Roode experienced some dissension as a unit over Roode looking out for himself, and Sting announced himself as the Special Ringside Enforcer for the Four Way match featuring all four men at Against All Odds.
Going into Against All Odds rekindled the feud between
Gunner, represented by Eric Bischoff. At Bound for Glory, Eric turned on his son Garett for officiating the submission that allowed Sting to beat his villainous Immortal
comrade Hulk Hogan, who would then become the hero by rescuing Garett and Sting from an attack by the group. On the January 5 edition of Impact Wrestling, Garett Bischoff returned to the company and was stripped of his referee duties and welcomed to the official roster as a full-time wrestler by TNA GM Sting, after his storyline injury from receiving a piledriver on the exposed concrete floor at the hands of Gunner in December. Eric responded by trying to deter Garett from becoming a wrestler, stating he burned his bridges and has no friends in the business. Garett told Eric that he had friends and wasn't going anywhere regardless, informing his father that he would eventually find out who his big mystery trainer was. On the February 2 edition of Impact, Eric and Gunner attempted to convince Garett to give up thinking he didn't have a trainer, but Garett revealed his mystery trainer to be Hulk Hogan.
Another main feud ignited between
Gunner
that night. On the January 26 edition of Impact, when Styles tried to propose a truce with Kazarian, Daniels told Kazarian that he knew exactly why he couldn't accept it and instructed him to tell TNA GM Sting to book Styles against Kazarian at Against All Odds to end the issue once and for all.
An
Zema Ion
to become the number one contender for the title.
A
Matt Morgan in a TNA World Tag Team Championship
rematch. At Genesis, Joe and Magnus lost to the champions Morgan and Crimson with their shots at the tag titles. On the January 12 edition of Impact, Joe and Magnus attacked Morgan and Crimson after they successfully retained the Tag Titles, leading up to the eventual announcement of their rematch.
A
TNA Women's Knockout Championship. On the January 26 edition of Impact, Tara defeated Velvet Sky and Mickie James
to become number one contender to the Knockouts Title. Tara picked up momentum the next week gaining a victory over Kim in a non-title match.
Robbie E presented an Open Challenge at Against All Odds for his TNA Television Championship, which later was answered by Shannon Moore
.
Two other top contenders in the X Division, Zema Ion and Jesse Sorensen did battle over determining the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship for whoever won between Aries and Shelley.
Results
| No. | Results TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Sting as Special Guest Enforcer 15:12 | | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jesse Sorensen injury
During the first match of the
Zema Ion attempted a Moonsault on Jesse Sorensen to the outside of the ring. Ion's knee hit directly into Sorensen’s upper cranium, instantly causing him to collapse to the ground, fracturing his C1 Vertebra
. Sorensen was then counted out by the referee and loaded via stretcher, being carried out of the ring, effectively ending his run with the company. Sorensen returned to the ring a year and a half later on July 27, 2013 in a winning effort with Nick Fame against Angel Santos and MDK at FUW Throwndown 5.
See also
References
- ^ "Against All Odds 2012". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Martin, Adam (November 29, 2011). "Upcoming TNA PPV dates and locations in 2012". WrestleView.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ Varsallone, Jim (October 10, 2017). "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (April 28, 2019). "IMPACT Wrestling Announces Launch Of "IMPACT Plus" Streaming Service". Fightful. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- Discovery Communications. Archived from the originalon November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ^ "New Matches Announced For Against All Odds PPV on February 12". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.