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The 2014 Genesis was a special episode of Impact Wrestling and the ninth edition of Genesisprofessional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on January 16, 2014 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The card was split between both the January 16 and the January 23 broadcasts of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV.
Four matches were contested on the January 16 broadcast, featuring the main event between Sting and Ethan Carter III while the undercard featured Gail Kim defending the Knockouts Championship against Madison Rayne and Mr. Anderson taking on Bully Ray in a No Disqualification match.[1]
The January 23 broadcast featured five matches as Magnus defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a no disqualificationtitle vs. career match. Prominent matches on the undercard were Kurt Angle versus Bobby Roode in a steel cage match, Chris Sabin versus Austin Aries for the X Division Championship and Gunner defended the World Heavyweight Championship Feast or Fired Briefcaseon a pole match against James Storm.[2]
12月5日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードでは、ロックスター・スパッドがディクシー・カーターの命令に従い、スティングがカート・アングルとロッカールームで会うのを阻止した。ディクシー・カーターはスティングをアリーナから追い出したかったのだ。翌週のImpact Wrestlingでは、スティングがカーターのケイフェイブの甥であるイーサン・カーター3世と対峙し、スティングと対戦するか、 Feast or Firedに参加するかの最後通牒を突きつけた。カーターはFeast or Firedに参加することを選んだ。12月26日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードでは、スティングとハーディがディクシー・カーターが組んだハンディキャップマッチでEC3、スパッド、ザ・ブロマンズに敗れた。1月2日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードでは、スティングがEC3をディクシーの手先だと非難し、ジェネシスでの試合を挑み、EC3はそれを受け入れた。
Final Resolutionで、ボビー・ルードは3本勝負でカート・アングルを破った。この抗争は続き、アングルは2014年1月9日のImpact Wrestlingでルードとの金網マッチを要求したが、代わりにルードのパートナーであるバッド・インフルエンスとの試合に出場し、アングルが勝利した。その後、ルードはスティングとの金網マッチに出場し、ロックスター・スパッドの外部介入により勝利した。その後、アングルがGenesisでルードと金網マッチで対戦することが発表された。
Turning Pointで、アンダーソン氏はノー・ディスクォリフィケーション・マッチでブリー・レイを破り、レイの派閥Aces & Eightsを終わらせ、TNAでのキャリアを救った。11月28日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードで、アンダーソン氏はAces & Eightsの模擬葬儀を行った。12月12日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードで、レイ氏はアンダーソン氏のFeast or Firedマッチ中にステージ上でアンダーソン氏にパイルドライバーを仕掛け、アンダーソン氏に復讐した。2014年1月2日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードで、レイ氏はライターオイルをジョセフ・パーク氏にかけ、ライターで火傷させようとしたが、アンダーソン氏が助けに入り、レイ氏はオイルを彼にかけた。翌週のImpact Wrestlingで、アンダーソン氏とレイ氏はGenesisでノー・ディスクォリフィケーション・マッチを行うことで意見の相違を解消することにした。
At Turning Point, Gunner threw in the towel for James Storm during his Florida Death match against Bobby Roode to prevent Roode from tossing Storm into the barbed wire board. Storm confronted Gunner on costing him the match, which caused dissension between the two. On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, Gunner retrieved a Feast or Fired briefcase which was revealed to contain a World Heavyweight Championship title shot. On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Gunner demanded a title shot against the new champion Magnus but Storm demanded that Gunner put the title shot against Storm on the line and Dixie Carter made the match, which ended in a double count-out. On the January 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Storm challenged Gunner to put the briefcase on the line in a Briefcase on a pole match.
At Final Resolution, Madison Rayne and ODB defeated Gail Kim and Lei'D Tapa in a tag team match. On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim helped Tapa in defeating ODB in a match and sent the match as a message to Rayne. The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Rayne defeated Kim in a non-title match. This led to a match between Kim and ODB for Kim's Knockouts Championship at Genesis.
At Bound for Glory, Chris Sabin defeated Manik, Austin Aries, Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe in an Ultimate X match to win the X Division Championship. On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, Aries defeated Sabin to win the X Division Championship after a distraction by Velvet Sky backfired. However, Sabin regained the title from Aries, with Sky's help on the January 2 episode of Impact Wrestling. It was announced that Sabin would defend the title against Aries in a rematch at Genesis.
The opening match was a twelve-person tag team match pitting Samoa Joe, James Storm, Gunner, Eric Young, Joseph Park and ODB against The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E), Zema Ion, Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) and Lei'D Tapa. After a back and forth action between both teams, Joe made Daniels submit to the Coquina Clutch for the win.
Next, Mr. Anderson took on Bully Ray in a no disqualification match. Anderson attacked Ray before the match during Ray's entrance. After hitting a Mic Check on Ray, Anderson sprayed lighter fluid on a table and was about to light it but Ray hit a low blow and a piledriver to Anderson for the win.
Gail Kim was scheduled to defend the Knockouts Championship against Madison Rayne in the penultimate match of the episode but Kim and Lei D'Tapa attacked her before the match. Rayne competed in the match despite the assault. Rayne hit a facebreaker knee smash to Kim and pinned her to win the Knockouts Championship.
After the match, The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) made their TNA debut in a segment with Dixie Carter, informing her that they had signed their TNA contracts as full-time wrestlers.
In the main event, Sting took on Ethan Carter III, with Rockstar Spud serving as the special guest referee. Sting hit a Scorpion Death Drop to EC3 and forcefully used Spud's hand to count the pinfall but the World Heavyweight ChampionMagnus broke the pinfall count and revealed a referee shirt underneath, which allowed EC3 to take advantage of the distraction and pin Sting with a roll-up for the win.
The opening match was a Briefcase on a pole match, in which Gunner defended his World Heavyweight Championship Feast or Fired contract against James Storm. Storm and Gunner brought the briefcase down from the pole after Storm got his hands on it and Gunner attacked him and then Gunner hit a headbutt to Storm, who fell down and Gunner retrieved the case for the win.
Next, Chris Sabin defended the X Division Championship against Austin Aries. Sabin handed over a bag to Velvet Sky containing a teddy bear and a lead pipe but once he got the bag, it only contained a teddy bear which rendered him unable to use the lead pipe on Aries. It allowed Aries to hit a double axe handle from the apron to Sabin followed by a missile dropkick and a brainbuster to win the X Division Championship.
Later, Kurt Angle took on Bobby Roode in a steel cage match. After a back and forth action between the two, Angle climbed out of the cage first to win the match.
The penultimate match of the event pitted Rockstar Spud against Samoa Joe. Joe quickly won the match by hitting a muscle buster and making Spud submit to the Coquina Clutch.
The main event was a no disqualification match, in which Magnus defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting and the match stipulated that if Sting lost then he would have to leave TNA. Ethan Carter III interfered earlier in the match but Samoa Joe countered his interference, which led to Bad Influence attacking Joe as Sting tried to apply the Scorpion Deathlock. Next, Zema Ion and The BroMans interfered as Sting hit a Scorpion Death Drop to Magnus and then Kurt Angle and Bobby Roode interfered in the match as well. The interference allowed Magnus to hit a Mag Daddy Driver to Sting and Dixie Carter brought Earl Hebner to count the pinfall, resulting in Magnus retaining the title and Sting being forced to leave TNA.
1月30日のImpact Wrestlingのエピソードで、カート・アングルとサモア・ジョーは、スティングの引退と、メインイベント・マフィアに加入して以来のマグナスの悪行についてマグナスに詰め寄り、アングルとジョー対マグナスとイーサン・カーター3世のタッグマッチが行われた。この試合では、アングルかジョーが負けた場合は引退を余儀なくされ、どちらかがピンフォールまたはサブミッションを取った場合は、勝者がロックダウンでマグナスとの世界ヘビー級王座戦に出場できるというルールだった。ジョーはマグナスをギブアップさせ[ 3 ] 、ロックダウンでのタイトル挑戦者第1位となった[ 4 ] 。
マディソン・レインはゲイル・キムとレイ・ダパとの抗争を続け、1月30日のインパクト・レスリングのエピソードでレインとベルベット・スカイがキムとダパを破った。[ 3 ] 2月20日のインパクト・レスリングのエピソードでは、キムがストリートファイトでレインを破り、[ 5 ]ロックダウンでのノックアウト王座をかけたレインとキムの金網マッチが実現した。 [ 6 ]
アンダーソン氏とブリー・レイ氏はジェネシス後も抗争を続け、2月13日のインパクト・レスリングのエピソードで棺桶マッチを行い、アンダーソン氏が勝利した。[ 4 ]
ガンナーとジェームズ・ストームは、1月30日のインパクト・レスリングのエピソードでバッド・インフルエンスを相手にガンナーの世界ヘビー級王座のフィースト・オア・ファイヤード・ブリーフケースを防衛した。[ 3 ]次に、2月13日のインパクト・レスリングのエピソードで、EC3の世界タッグチーム王座のブリーフケースも含まれたラダーマッチでマグナスとイーサン・カーター3世を相手にブリーフケースを防衛し、EC3のブリーフケースも獲得した。[ 4 ] 2月20日のインパクト・レスリングのエピソードで、ガンナーはマグナスに対してフィースト・オア・ファイヤード・ブリーフケースを行使したが、その最中にストームがガンナーを裏切り、タイトルを奪取した。[ 5 ]その結果、ロックダウンでガンナーとストームの間でスチールケージ・ラストマン・スタンディングマッチが行われた。[ 6 ]
On the January 30 episode of Impact Wrestling, Chris Sabin offered Velvet Sky to apologize to him for costing him the X Division Championship at Genesis but Sky broke it off with him.[3] On the February 13 episode of Impact Wrestling, Sabin defeated Sky with the help of Alpha Female.[4] On the March 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Sky teamed with Madison Rayne and ODB to defeat Kim, D'Tapa and Female in a six-woman tag team match.[7]
Montel Vontavious Porter made his TNA debut on the January 30 episode of Impact Wrestling and was revealed as the new investor of TNA.[3] MVP had confrontations with Dixie Carter over power struggle throughout the following weeks,[8][4] leading to a Lethal Lockdown match between Team MVP (MVP, Willow and The Wolves) against Team Dixie (Bobby Roode, The BroMans and Austin Aries) at Lockdown.[6]