Sacrifice (2008)
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Attendance | 900[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | "Are You Willing To Give Up What Means The Most?" | ||
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Sacrifice chronology | |||
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The 2008 Sacrifice was a
The main event was a
Sacrifice is noted for the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament and the debut of the TerrorDome, later renamed the Steel Asylum at TNA's
Production
Background
In January 2008, TNA announced that the fourth installment in the
Storylines
Sacrifice featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
The main event at Sacrifice was a
On the April 17 episode of Impact!,
The
Event
At the start of the program, Kurt Angle announced he received a legitimate neck injury wrestling overseas a few days prior to the show. He consequently removed himself from the main event at the order of his doctor.[15]
Miscellaneous
Sacrifice featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches.
Preliminary matches
The first of four quarterfinal matches in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament opened Sacrifice. It pitted James Storm, accompanied by Jackie Moore and Sting, against Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray). The match lasted eight minutes and fifty seconds. Near the end, Team 3D set up a table in the middle of the ring. Sting then turned on Storm and lifted him off the turnbuckle and slammed him through the table. Devon covered Storm for the win, thereby advancing himself and Brother Ray in the tournament.[18]
The second quarterfinal match, Christian Cage and Rhino against Booker T and Robert Roode, lasted seven minutes and five seconds. Rhino won the match for his team by tackling Roode. Afterwards, Booker T attacked Cage and Rhino with a steel chair.[19]
In the third quarterfinal match, Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide; LAX), accompanied by Hector Guerrero, fought the team of Kip James and Matt Morgan. The match ended after four minutes and twenty seconds when Morgan missed a
The last quarterfinal match featured
The fifth match was the debut of the TerrorDome and involved Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Curry Man, Jay Lethal, Jimmy Rave, Johnny Devine, Kaz, Shark Boy, and Sonjay Dutt. Before the match, Management Director Jim Cornette announced that the winner would take Kurt Angle's place in the main event, in addition to being the TNA X Division Championship number one contender. In this match, the ring was surrounded by a giant red steel barred cage with a domed roof. The wrestlers were to compete as they climbed up the side to a hole in the center of the ceiling; the first to escape the cage would win. While Devine was attempting to escape, Kaz intervened and caused Devine to fall from the ceiling into a group of wrestlers huddled in the center of the ring. Kaz then climbed out of the hole to win the contest at ten minutes and forty five seconds.[19]
The semifinals of the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament followed, beginning with Team 3D pitted against Cage and Rhino in the sixth encounter. The bout lasted ten minutes. Before the contest, the TNA commentators announced that Booker T's attack on Cage and Rhino had caused them to have concussions in the storyline. During the contest, Team 3D associate Johnny Devine came to the ring and handed Ray a kendo stick without the referee's knowledge. Although Rhino tackled Devon and went for the cover, Devine entered the ring to distract the referee, allowing Ray to hit Rhino with the kendo stick and cover to win the contest for his team.[15]
The last semifinal match between LAX, accompanied by Guerrero and Salinas, and Styles and Super Eric. During the bout, Hernandez lifted Super Eric and held him upside-down vertically for an extended period of time before slamming him back-first into the mat with a delayed vertical suplex. Later, Styles held Homicide in a small package pin attempt until Salinas distracted the referee, allowing Guerrero to enter the ring and readjust Styles and Homicide to make the pin in LAX's favor. Afterwards, the referee counted the pin, giving LAX the win at seven minutes and forty seconds, although Styles' shoulders were clearly not fully against the mat.[18]
Main event matches
The first main event match was the TNA Knockouts Makeover Battle Royal, the winner of which would become the number one contender to the TNA Women's Knockout Championship. It involved
Next was the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament finals for the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship between LAX, accompanied by Guerrero and Salinas, and Team 3D. The duration was eleven minutes and thirty seconds. Devine tried to interfere in the contest by setting up a table for Team 3D, but Guerrero stopped him and set up the table for himself outside the ring, placing Devine on top. Guerrero then climbed a padded turnbuckle and jumped onto Devine with a diving foot stomp, forcing him through the table. In the ring, Team 3D performed one of their signature tag team maneuvers, the 3D II, forcing Homicide into the mat and following with a cover, but the referee refused to count because Homicide was not the legal man in the contest. Hernandez then performed his signature Border Toss maneuver on Devon, slamming him into the mat from the top of a turnbuckle. Homicide followed with a splash from the top of a padded turnbuckle on Devon for the pinfall victory, winning the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament and the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship.[19]
The main event was a Three Way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship between then-champion Samoa Joe and challengers Kaz and Scott Steiner—Steiner was accompanied by Petey Williams and Rhaka Khan. At the beginning of the bout, Joe placed Kaz and Steiner in various
Reception
The event was attended by 900 people
James Caldwell of the
Sacrifice was released on DVD on July 15, 2008 by
Aftermath
The decision to remove Kurt Angle from the Sacrifice main event was not made until the day of the show. Angle was expected to be sidelined for at least one month, putting TNA's original plan, a match between him and A. J. Styles at Slammiversary, in jeopardy.[25] Scott Steiner received an unspecified injury at Sacrifice.[26]
Following Sacrifice, Samoa Joe defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against four other competitors in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary. The match was announced on the May 15 episode of Impact! by Joe.[27] Booker T, Christian Cage, James Storm, Matt Morgan, Rhino, Robert Roode, Styles, and Tomko competed in qualification matches for the contest on the May 22 and May 29 Impact! episodes; Booker T, Cage, Rhino, and Roode qualified.[28][29] Kevin Nash was named Special Guest Ringside Enforcer on the May 29 episode of Impact!.[29] Joe retained the championship at Slammiversary.[22]
The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) began a rivalry after Sacrifice over the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the May 15 episode of Impact!, Team 3D attacked LAX's manager Hector Guerrero.[27] Management Director Jim Cornette announced a rematch for the title at Slammiversary between the two teams on the May 29 episode of Impact!.[29] LAX were the victors in the contest at Slammiversary, retaining the championship.[22]
On the May 22 episode of Impact!, Styles fought Booker T in a King of the Mountain qualifier. After the bout, Booker T, Team 3D, and Tomko assaulted Styles until Angle came to his defense. However, Angle soon turned on Styles, striking him with a steel chair and continuing the assault with Booker T, Team 3D, and Tomko.[28] This set up a match between Styles and Angle at Slammiversary, announced by Cornette on the May 29 episode of Impact!.[29] Styles defeated Angle at Slammiversary.[22]
After Sacrifice, Roxxi Laveaux shortened her name to Roxxi. Gail Kim was given a TNA Women's Knockout Championship match against then-champion Awesome Kong on the May 15 episode of Impact!. Kim lost the bout after interference from Angelina Love.[27] The team of Kim, ODB, and Roxxi defeated The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) and Moose in a Six Woman Tag Team match at Slammiversary.[22]
The new number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship, Kaz, was given a title match against then-champion Petey Williams at Slammiversary. Kaz, however, lost the encounter.[22] TNA later renamed the TerrorDome to the "Steel Asylum" when it was used on October 12, 2008 at their Bound for Glory IV PPV event.[30]
In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[31]
Results
No. | Results TNA World Heavyweight Championship World Title match)(This was Steiner's Feast or Fired 14:30 | | |||
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- TNA Knockouts Makeover Battle Royal
Elimination No. | Eliminated[17] | Eliminator[17] |
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1 | Salinas | Roxxi Laveaux
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2 | Velvet Sky | Traci Brooks |
3 | Traci Brooks | Angelina Love |
4 | Christy Hemme | Rhaka Khan
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5 | Rhaka Khan
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Angelina Love, Jackie Moore and ODB |
6 | Jackie Moore | Angelina Love |
7 | ODB | Roxxi Laveaux
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8 | Angelina Love | Roxxi Laveaux
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- Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament bracket
Quarterfinals (PPV – Sacrifice) | Semifinals (PPV – Sacrifice) | Finals (PPV – Sacrifice) | ||||||||||||
James Storm and Sting | 8:50 | |||||||||||||
Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray )
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Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray )
| Pinfall | |||||||||||||
Christian Cage and Rhino | 10:00 | |||||||||||||
Booker T and Robert Roode | 7:05 | |||||||||||||
Christian Cage and Rhino | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray )
| 11:30 | |||||||||||||
) | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
Kip James and Matt Morgan | 4:20 | |||||||||||||
) | Pinfall | |||||||||||||
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A.J. Styles and Super Eric
| 7:40 | |||||||||||||
A.J. Styles and Super Eric
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Awesome Kong and B.G. James
| 5:45 |
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- ^ Martin, Adam (2008-03-17). "News on upcoming PPV schedule, more events on the road, + Northeast". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2008-04-15). "Sacrifice PPV on May 11 + pictures & highlight video from Lockdown PPV". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
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