Feast or Fired

Homicide and Curry Man compete in the 2008 Feast or Fired match at Final Resolution. Curry Man claimed the briefcase shown in this picture, which contained a pink slip and resulted in his firing.

Feast or Fired is a professional wrestling match concept featured in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The idea is based on the object on a pole match, which sees wrestlers trying to gain possession of items hanging from poles attached to the ring posts. In this case, the participants in the match try to grab one of four briefcases from the poles. In the match itself, a wrestler can only claim a briefcase if he/she leaves the ring with it and both feet touch the floor.

Stipulations

Inside each of the briefcases is some sort of paperwork. One of the cases holds a contract for a TNA World Championship match, one holds a contract for a TNA X Division Championship match, and one holds a contract for a TNA World Tag Team Championship match (with a partner of that wrestler's choosing). The fourth and final briefcase contains a pink slip, which fires the wrestler carrying it. ^[1] In later years, alternate titles were used as options in place of the X Division Title—the TNA King of the Mountain Championship in 2016 and the TNA Digital Media Championship in 2023.

The winners of the briefcases do not reveal what is in them that night. Instead, they are revealed in a segment on a later episode of Impact! . Before the contents of the cases are revealed, each wrestler is given a choice to keep their case or forfeit it, which protects the wrestler from being fired, but also gives up any potential title match.

Once a wrestler wins a briefcase, it may be (and has been) defended in matches similar to the way championships are.

The allocated time period during which a wrestler must invoke their title opportunity has not been explicitly stated, all that has been said is that the title opportunity can be invoked "anywhere, anytime", making it similar in fashion to the WWE Money in the Bank ladder match contract, which lasts for one year.

Matches

Year	Event	Date	Case	Winner	Prize	Time	Other competitors
2007	Turning Point	December 2	4	Petey Williams	TNA X Division Championship match	3:04	Chris Harris, Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, Hernandez, Homicide, Jimmy Rave, Kip James, Lance Hoyt, Shark Boy, and Sonjay Dutt [2]
			1	B.G. James	TNA World Tag Team Championship match	4:53
			3	Senshi	Pink slip	6:27
			2	Scott Steiner	TNA World Championship match	11:54
	On the December 13 episode of TNA Impact! , Jim Cornette offered Steiner $50,000 for his briefcase, which he refused. Steiner then switched briefcases with Williams, stating afterwards that he would get his original briefcase back the next week. At Against All Odds, Steiner defeated Williams to win both briefcases, after a distraction from a disguised Rhaka Khan. On the April 17, 2008 episode of Impact!, Steiner issued an open challenge, which Williams answered. Williams lost after Khan interfered. Steiner would later form an alliance with Williams and give him the X Division briefcase. On the December 6 episode of Impact!, Christopher Daniels defeated Senshi with Elix Skipper as the special guest referee to win his briefcase, which turned out to contain the pink slip, resulting in Daniels being fired in kayfabe.
2008	Final Resolution	December 7	4	Hernandez	TNA World Heavyweight Championship match	3:53	Alex Shelley, B.G. James, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Cute Kip, Jimmy Rave, Lance Rock, Shark Boy, and Sonjay Dutt
			3	Curry Man	Pink slip	6:31
			1	Homicide	TNA X Division Championship match	9:33
			2	Jay Lethal	TNA World Tag Team Championship match	12:10
	On the April 30 edition of Impact!, Hernandez and Homicide had their briefcases stolen by the debuting British Invasion. Hernandez won it back from Rob Terry at Hard Justice, while Homicide won it back from Douglas Williams in a ladder match on the July 9, 2009 episode of Impact!. Curry Man was fired in kayfabe.
2009	Final Resolution	December 20	2	Sheik Abdul Bashir	Pink slip	4:47	Kiyoshi, Cody Deaner, Consequences Creed, Eric Young, Homicide, James Storm, Jay Lethal, and Robert Roode
			4	Rob Terry	TNA X Division Championship match	5:00
			1	Kevin Nash	TNA World Tag Team Championship match	7:14
			3	Samoa Joe	TNA World Championship match	9:20
	On the January 19, 2010 episode of Impact!, Terry was forced by his British Invasion teammates to give his briefcase to Doug Williams. Bashir was legitimately fired.
2013	Impact Wrestling	December 12	3	Ethan Carter III	TNA World Tag Team Championship match	2:06	Austin Aries, Chris Sabin, Curry Man, Dewey Barnes, Hernandez, James Storm, Norv Fernum, and Samoa Joe
			2	Zema Ion	TNA X Division Championship match	8:39
			4	Chavo Guerrero	Pink slip	12:19
			1	Gunner	TNA World Championship match	14:11
	Gunner retained the briefcase against James Storm on the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling after their match ended in a double countout. Gunner successfully defended the briefcase in a Briefcase on a Pole match against James Storm at Impact Wrestling: Genesis on January 16, 2014 (aired on January 23). Gunner successfully defended the briefcase in a tag team match with James Storm against Bad Influence on the January 30 episode of Impact Wrestling Gunner successfully defended his briefcase and won Carter's briefcase in a tag team ladder match on Impact Wrestling on January 31, 2014 (aired on February 13). Gunner teamed with James Storm, while Carter teamed with Magnus. Gunner would give the Tag Team Championship briefcase to Storm. Guerrero was legitimately fired. [3]
2015	Impact Wrestling	January 23	2	Velvet Sky	Pink slip	1:17	Bram, Crazzy Steve, Davey Richards, DJ Z, Eddie Edwards, Gunner, Jessie Godderz, Robbie E, and Samuel Shaw
			4	Rockstar Spud	TNA X Division Championship match	4:20
			1	Austin Aries	TNA World Championship match	5:45
			3	Magnus	TNA World Tag Team Championship match	7:43
	On the August 28 taping of Impact Wrestling, GFW co-founders Jeff and Karen Jarrett took Magnus' briefcase away because he was part of their roster and gave his title match to Brian Myers and Trevor Lee. Sky was at ringside to support Robbie E and climbed up to grab the case on his behalf. Since she was the one who grabbed the case, she was the one who was fired in kayfabe. [4]
2016	Impact Wrestling	January 26	2	Grado	Pink slip	4:16	Aiden O'Shea, Bobby Roode, Bram, Chris Melendez, Eric Young, Jessie Godderz, Robbie E, and Rockstar Spud [1]
			1	Drew Galloway	TNA World Championship match	10:07
			4	Eli Drake	TNA King of the Mountain Championship match	12:38
			3	James Storm	TNA World Tag Team Championship match	16:06
	Grado was fired in kayfabe, but it was later revealed that Drake had peeked into his case before they were supposed to be opened, and may have switched the contents of his case with Grado's. After posting video evidence of this, Grado was given a chance to win his job back if he could beat Drake in a ladder match with a new contract at stake, which he did on March 16. [5]
2018	Impact!	March 15–22 (Taped: January 13)	4	Moose	Impact World Championship match	—	Caleb Konley, KM, Rohit Raju, Taiji Ishimori, Trevor Lee, and Tyrus
			2	Petey Williams	Impact X Division Championship match	—
			1	Eli Drake	Impact World Tag Team Championship match	—
			3	Ethan Carter III	Pink slip	—
	Eli Drake defeated Moose to win his briefcase in a Case vs. Case match on the April 12 episode of Impact!. Ethan Carter III was legitimately fired.
2023	Impact 1000	September 14 (Taped: September 9)	3	Chris Bey	Impact World Tag Team Championship match	2:54	Alpha Bravo, Bhupinder Gujjar, Black Taurus, Brian Myers, Heath, Jai Vidal, Joe Hendry, John Skyler, Johnny Swinger, Jonathan Gresham, Kevin Knight, Kushida, Laredo Kid, PCO, Sami Callihan, and Steve Maclin
			1	Crazzy Steve	Impact Digital Media Championship match	6:17
			4	Yuya Uemura	Pink slip	9:45
			2	Moose	Impact World Championship match	13:34
	Yuya Uemura was legitimately fired.
2026	Thursday Night Impact!	January 22					TBA

Feast or Fired Cash-in Matches

Record

Championship	Wins	Losses	Total
World Heavyweight/Global Championship	2	6	8
Digital Media Championship	0	1	1
King of the Mountain Championship	1	0	1
Tag Team Championship	7	1	8
X Division Championship	4	2	6

Matches

#	Case Holder	Championship	Event	Title Opportunity Invoking Date	Results
1	B.G. James	Tag Team	Against All Odds	February 10, 2008	James and his partner Bullet Bob Armstrong lost to TNA World Tag Team Champions A.J. Styles and Tomko
2	Petey Williams	X Division	Impact!	April 17, 2008	Williams defeated Jay Lethal to become the new TNA X Division Champion
3	Scott Steiner	World Heavyweight	Sacrifice	May 11, 2008	Steiner lost to TNA World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe
4	Jay Lethal	Tag Team	Impact!	December 16, 2008	Lethal and his partner Consequences Creed defeated Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) to become the new TNA World Tag Team Champions
5	Homicide	X Division	Impact!	June 25, 2009	Homicide defeated Suicide to become the new TNA X Division Champion
6	Hernandez	World Heavyweight	Impact! No Surrender	January 15, 2009 September 20, 2009	Hernandez invoked his title opportunity vs Sting and won via disqualification due to outside interference by the Main Event Mafia. Due to the disqualification, TNA Managing Partner Mick Foley returned the briefcase to Hernandez, allowing him a second chance. Hernandez lost to A.J. Styles, who would become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, in a five-way match also involving the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan and Sting
7	Doug Williams	X Division	Impact!	January 19, 2010	Williams defeated Amazing Red to win the TNA X Division Championship
8	Samoa Joe	World Heavyweight	Against All Odds	February 14, 2010	Joe was defeated by TNA World Heavyweight Champion A.J. Styles in a No Disqualification match with Eric Bischoff as the special guest referee
9	Kevin Nash	Tag Team	Impact!	May 4, 2010	Nash and his partner Scott Hall defeated Matt Morgan to become the new TNA World Tag Team Champions
10	Zema Ion	X Division	Impact Wrestling	January 30, 2014	Ion was defeated by TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries. Aired February 6, 2014.
11	Gunner	World Heavyweight	Impact Wrestling	January 31, 2014	Gunner was defeated by TNA World Heavyweight Champion Magnus. Aired February 20, 2014.
12	James Storm	Tag Team	Impact Wrestling	September 19, 2014	James Storm and his partner Abyss defeated The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) to become the new TNA World Tag Team Champions. Aired November 12, 2014.
13	Rockstar Spud	X Division	Impact Wrestling	January 31, 2015	Spud defeated Low Ki to win the TNA X Division Championship. Aired March 20, 2015.
14	Austin Aries	World Heavyweight	Destination X	May 11, 2015	Aries was defeated by TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle. Aired June 10, 2015.
15	GFW	Tag Team	Impact Wrestling	July 28, 2015	Brian Myers and Trevor Lee defeated The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Aired September 2, 2015.
16	James Storm	Tag Team	Impact Wrestling	January 31, 2016	Beer Money (James Storm and Bobby Roode) defeated The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Aired on March 8.
17	Drew Galloway	World Heavyweight	Impact Wrestling	March 15, 2016	Galloway defeated Matt Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
18	Eli Drake	King of the Mountain	Impact Wrestling	April 23, 2016	Drake defeated Bram to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship. Aired May 31, 2016.
19	Eli Drake	Tag Team	Redemption	April 22, 2018	Drake and his partner Scott Steiner defeated LAX (Santana and Ortiz) to win the Impact World Tag Team Championships [6]
20	Petey Williams	X Division	Redemption	April 22, 2018	Williams was defeated by X Division Champion Matt Sydal.
21	Eli Drake	Heavyweight	Impact Wrestling	April 23, 2018	Drake was defeated by World Heavyweight Champion Pentagón Jr.
22	Chris Bey	Tag Team	Bound for Glory	October 21, 2023	ABC (Chris Bey and Ace Austin) defeated The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel) to win the Impact World Tag Team Championships.
23	Crazzy Steve	Digital Media	Impact Wrestling	October 22, 2023	Steve defeated Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer by disqualification, meaning that Steve didn't win the title. Aired on November 9, 2023.
24	Moose	Heavyweight	Hard To Kill	January 13, 2024	Moose defeated Alex Shelley to win the TNA World Championship.

Race for the Case

Race for the Case was a similar concept used by Impact in 2017. This was a pole match where different colored briefcases hang from poles. Retrieving a briefcase allows to the participant to challenge any wrestler in any match stipulation on an Open Fight Night episode of Impact Wrestling. Inside each briefcase contained a number from one to four, which denotes the winning wrestlers placement in being able to make a challenge. Once a wrestler lays down a challenge, the other briefcase holders are no longer able to make the same challenge. ^[7]

Year	Event	Date	Case	Winner	Order	Other competitors	Time
2017	Impact Wrestling	January 19	Red	Eli Drake	4	Andrew Everett, Crazzy Steve, Jessie Godderz, Kingston, Mahabali Shera, Matt Hardy, Mike Bennett, and Tyrus	13:04
			Blue	Trevor Lee	3
			Yellow	Bram	2
			Green	Jeff Hardy	1
	Challenges took place on the Open Fight Night episode of Impact Wrestling on February 2: Jeff Hardy challenged and lost to Lashley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The DCC challenged and defeated Decay in a Falls Count Anywhere match. Trevor Lee challenged and defeated DJZ in a ladder match for the TNA X Division Championship. Eli Drake challenged and lost to Ethan Carter III.

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