Total Nonstop Deletion

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Total Nonstop Deletion
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Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
DateDecember 15, 2016
City Cameron, North Carolina
VenueDome of Deletion
Hardy Compound
Attendancec. 50
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Total Nonstop Deletion was a professional wrestling special event episode of Impact Wrestling produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It took place on December 15, 2016, at the Hardy Compound in Cameron, North Carolina. The event included special appearances by The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Road Warrior Animal, ODB, Disco Inferno, Swoggle and The Bravado Brothers among other independent wrestling tag teams from CWF Mid-Atlantic.

Contents

Background

On October 9, during an Impact Wrestling taping, Matt Hardy first announced that TNA would be holding an entire episode of Impact Wrestling from his home in Cameron, North Carolina, entitled "Total Nonstop Deletion." [1] The center piece of the episode was revealed to be an open tag team invitational, [2] Hardy would go on to invite then WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day as well as ROH Tag Team Champions and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks, offering to appear on both ROH and WWE programming in exchange. [3]

Other on-screen personnel
Commentator Josh Mathews
Jeremy Borash

Filming, however, would become postponed due to the legal issues between then TNA President Billy Corgan and the company. [4] Corgan would lose his injunction on TNA, which had prevented filming of any kind on October 31, [5] allowing filming for Total Nonstop Deletion to commence later that week. [6] During the buildup for Total Nonstop Deletion, Matt Hardy would make a surprise appearance at Ring of Honor's Final Battle , issuing a challenge to The Young Bucks. [7]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [8]
1King Maxel (w/ Rebecca Hardy) defeated Rockstar Spud No disqualification match 00:17
2 Sienna defeated ODB Singles match to determine the #1 Contender for the TNA Knockouts Championship 03:55
3 Itchweeed defeated Chet SterlingSingles match04:00
4 Eddie Edwards (c) vs. Lashley ended in a no contestSingles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 07:05
5 The Broken Hardys [9] ("Broken" Matt Hardy & Brother Nero) (c) last defeated Decay (Abyss and Crazzy Steve) Tag Team Apocalypto for the TNA World Tag Team Championship 44:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Tag Team Apocalypto

Entrant No.TeamEliminated byEliminated
1 The Broken Hardys ("Broken" Matt Hardy & Brother Nero)Winners
2 Helms Dynasty (Trevor Lee & Andrew Everett)"Broken" Matt Hardy and The Hurricane 9
3 The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson)The Broken Hardys5
4 Decay (Abyss & Crazzy Steve)The Broken Hardys10
5The Bruiserweights (John Skyler & Corey Hollis)Decay1
6The Ugly Ducklings (Colby Corino, Lance Lude & Rob Killjoy)Decay2
7Showtime (The Dirty Daddy & Snooty Fox)Decay3
8Aaron Biggs and Mecha MercenaryDecay4
9 The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado & Lancelot Bravado)Rockstar Spud and Swoggle6
10 Rockstar Spud and Swoggle The Helms Dynasty7
11 Death Crew Council (James Storm and an unidentified man)Decay8

Aftermath

The Hardy Compound was once again used for a match in March 2018. "Woken" Matt Hardy, as he later became known in WWE, took on Bray Wyatt in a pre-taped episode called "The Ultimate Deletion" that aired on Raw . [10]

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