Genesis (2007)

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Genesis (2007)
TNA Impact! Zone
Attendance900[1]
Tagline(s)A New Breed of Company... A New Breed of Wrestler... A New Breed in Wrestling
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The 2007 Genesis was a

TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Genesis chronology, the last held in the month of November, and the eleventh event of the 2007 TNA PPV schedule. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card
, four of which were for championships.

The

Brother Ray
) in a tag team match.

Genesis is noted for the TNA debut of Booker T. The professional wrestling section of the

Canadian Online Explorer website rated the entire event a 7.5 out of 10 stars, higher than the 2006 event's
rating of 5.

Production

Background

The third Genesis event was announced in mid-August 2007, scheduled for November 11, 2007 at the

TNA Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.[2] The promotional poster for the gathering was released some time prior through PPV providers featuring various TNA wrestlers. It featured the tagline "A New Breed of Company... A New Breed of Wrestler... A New Breed in Wrestling".[3]

Storylines

Genesis featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels or face in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
at Genesis.

The primary storyline heading into Genesis involved the

submission would win the title.[7]

Matt Morgan declared the match a no contest and announced that the tournament would be decided in a ladder match between Cage and Kaz at Genesis due to the interference.[13]

At Bound for Glory,

The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin; MCMG) interfered and helped the Steiners win the match.[6] On the October 18 episode of Impact!, Team 3D attacked MCMG during their match in The 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament, injuring them in the plot, which led to a spot being vacant. Afterwards, they stated they were going to destroy the X Division, for which MCMG belonged.[10] On the November 1 episode of Impact!, MCMG returned from injury and attacked Team 3D. Afterwards, Shelley challenged Team 3D to a fight at Genesis, which was later made official by TNA.[14]

Joe versus Roode was another featured contest on the event's card. On the October 18 episode of Impact!, Joe fought Cage for the vacant spot in The 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament. During which Roode interfered by attacking Joe, which led to Joe losing the bout.[9] Joe retaliated on the October 25 episode of Impact! by interfering in Roode's quarterfinal match with Fatu, causing him to also lose.[7] TNA commentator Mike Tenay announced on the November 1 episode of Impact! that the two would face in a bout at Genesis.[11]

Event

Miscellaneous

The event featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches. There were four overall commentators for the event; Mike Tenay and

Sharmell were also featured on the broadcast.[16] A series of backstage segments featured on the show involved James Storm and Eric Young, with Jackie Moore as an observer, involved in a beer drinking contest over what Storm called the "World Beer Drinking Championship". It eventually led to Storm passing out and Young stealing the TNA World Beer Drinking Championship belt.[17]

Preliminary matches

Brother Ray
) at Genesis in a tag-team match.

The event opened with a

unknown wrestler. Reign and the unknown wrestler then proceeded to lock Abyss in the building and push it off the stage.[18]

A series of other preliminary matches followed the Shop of Horrors match. MCMG fought Team 3D in a match that lasted 17 minutes and 37 seconds.

chair shot to the head, neither of which was seen by the referee.[17]

Main event matches

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
at Genesis.

The sixth match was between Samoa Joe and Robert Roode, who was accompanied by Ms. Brooks. It lasted 15 minutes and 43 seconds,[1] with Joe becoming the victor after slamming Roode into the mat with his Muscle Buster maneuver.[18] Ms. Brooks legitimately passed out at ringside during the contest, believed to be due to overheating. She recovered later in the night after EMTS helped her to the backstage area.[21]

Next, the finals of The 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament were held between Christian Cage and Kaz in a ladder match that lasted 15 minutes and 13 seconds.[1] In a ladder match, an object is hung above the ring and the first to climb a ladder and retrieve the object is the winner. During the match, Cage was legitimately busted open above his eye.[20] Midway through the encounter, the contract fell off the clipboard that hung above the ring, which changed the objective to just grabbing the clipboard to win. Kaz won the contest after causing Cage to fall off the ladder onto Styles and Tomko, who were interfering on Cage's behalf, and then ascending the ladder to grab the clipboard, becoming number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in the process.[18]

The main event was a tag team match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, pitting the teams of then-champion Kurt Angle, who was accompanied by Karen Angle, and Kevin Nash against Sting and a mystery partner. Before the contest began, Sting introduced his partner as the debuting Booker T, who was accompanied by the also debuting Sharmell.[19] During the 13 minute and 41 second long encounter,[1] the team of Styles and Tomko interfered on Angle's behalf by attacking Booker T and Sting. This led later to Angle hitting Nash with the World Heavyweight Championship belt and the slamming of Sting into the mat with his Olympic Slam maneuver to gain the pinfall and retain the title.[16]

Reception

The attendance for the event was 900.

TNA Home Video.[23]

Aftermath

Following Genesis, A.J. Styles and Tomko went on to join Kurt and Karen Angle to form

The Angle Alliance. Due to Angle's attack on Nash at Genesis, Nash and Scott Hall went on to request a Six Man Tag Team match for TNA's Turning Point PPV event on December 2. Nash and Hall were granted their request, and Samoa Joe later was revealed as their mystery partner for the encounter.[24] Hall ended up no-showing the event, and as a result Eric Young filled his place in the bout, which was won by Joe, Nash, and Young.[25]

Team 3D and MCMG continued their rivalry heading into Turning Point, with MCMG now joined by Lethal. On the November 15 episode of Impact!, Johnny Devine, an X Division wrestler, betrayed and attacked MCMG and Lethal, joining Team 3D in the process.[24] This led to the six meeting in a Six Man Tag Team Tables match at Turning Point. Team 3D and Devine went on to win the contest.[25]

The mystery wrestler revealed after the Shop of Horrors match at Genesis was soon after dubbed Rellik. Abyss, now joined by

Rhino, went on to feud with both Reign and Rellik leading into Turning Point.[24] The four were promoted to fight in a Match of 10,000 Tacks at the event, but Rhino ended up being replaced by Raven due to an injury. Abyss and Raven won the contest at Turning Point.[25]

Kaz got his TNA World Heavyweight Championship match on the November 15 episode of Impact! against Angle, but failed to win the title.[24] Kaz then went on to team with Booker T in a match against Christian Cage and Robert Roode at Turning Point, which the pair won.[25]

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[26]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
submission
won the championship		13:41
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Genesis 2007 at Pro Wrestling History". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  2. ^ Martin, Adam (2007-08-16). "TNA's Genesis PPV in November, Karen Angle, Jerry Lynn release update". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  3. ^ "Genesis at In Demand". In Demand. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  4. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original
    on 2013-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  5. ^ a b Caldwell, James (2007-10-25). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 10/25: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  6. ^ a b Keller, Wade (2007-10-14). "Keller's TNA Bound for Glory PPV report 10/14: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  7. ^
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  9. ^ a b c Caldwell, James (2007-10-18). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 10/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  10. ^
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  11. ^ a b Caldwell, James (2007-11-01). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 11/1: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  12. ^ Caldwell, James (2007-11-08). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 11/8: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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  14. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 2011-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
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  15. ^
    TNA Home Video and Navarre Corporation (2007-11-11). "Genesis 2007". TNA Genesis. In Demand
    .
  16. ^ a b c Martin, Adam (2007-11-11). "Genesis PPV results - 11/11 - Orlando, FL (Booker T debuts and more)". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  17. ^
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  18. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James (2007-11-11). "Caldwell's TNA PPV report 11/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  19. ^ a b c Wilkenfeld, Dan (2007-11-12). "11/10 TNA Genesis PPV report: Wilkenfeld's "alt perspective" analysis of entire event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  20. ^ a b c Keller, Wade (2007-11-11). "Keller's TNA PPV report 11/11: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV event from Orlando". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  21. ^ martin, Adam (2007-11-12). "TNA Knockout passes out at Genesis PPV, replay times, & 'Turning Point'". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  22. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
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  23. For Your Entertainment. Archived from the original
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  24. ^ a b c d Caldwell, James (2007-11-15). "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 11/15: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  25. ^
    Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  26. ^ "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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