Bound for Glory (2006)

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Bound for Glory (2006)
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Promotional poster featuring various TNA wrestlers
Promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
DateOctober 22, 2006
City Plymouth Township, Michigan
Venue Compuware Sports Arena
Attendance3,600
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The 2006 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on October 22, 2006, from the Compuware Sports Arena in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth Township, Michigan. It was the second event under the Bound for Glory chronology.

Contents

Eight matches were featured on the event's card. In the main event, Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Title vs. Career match. In other prominent matches, Samoa Joe defeated Abyss, Brother Runt and Raven in a Monster's Ball match, Chris Sabin defeated Senshi to become the new Impact X Division Champion, Christian Cage defeated Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight, and in the opening contest Austin Starr won a Gauntlet Battle Royal by last eliminating Jay Lethal to become the #1 contender to the X Division Championship.

Bound for Glory was the first TNA pay-per-view event held in a location other than Nashville, Tennessee, or Orlando, Florida, since the first two weekly pay-per-views in June 2002, which were held in Huntsville, Alabama. The Compuware Sports Arena was also the site of the first TNA house show. This was the first pay-per-view to feature a half-hour "Road to" preview airing the night before. This continued for future pay-per-views. [1] This was the first and only time that all of TNA's active championships at the time changed hands in one night. [2]

In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand. [3]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1P Bobby Roode (with Traci Brooks) defeated Lance Hoyt Singles match 4:00
2 Austin Starr won by last eliminating Jay Lethal Kevin Nash X Division Gauntlet Battle Royal 17:24
3 Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James), and The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (with Shane Douglas) Four-Way match 7:02
4 Samoa Joe defeated Abyss (with Father James Mitchell), Brother Runt and Raven Monster's Ball match with Jake Roberts as Special Guest Referee 11:51
5 Eric Young defeated Larry Zbyszko Loser Gets Fired match 3:35
6 Chris Sabin defeated Senshi (c)Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship 13:00
7 Christian Cage defeated Rhino 8 Mile Street Fight 14:44
8 The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (with Konnan) defeated A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels (c) Six Sides of Steel match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship 14:50
9 Sting defeated Jeff Jarrett (c) Title vs. Career match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship with Kurt Angle as special outside enforcer 15:11
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show
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The Bound for Glory set

Gauntlet Battle Royal entrances and eliminations

EntrantEliminated by
1 Austin Starr -Winner
2 Sonjay Dutt 1Matt and Kazarian
3 Maverick Matt 4Shark Boy and D-Ray
4 Jay Lethal 15Starr
5 A-1 3Matt and Kazarian
6 Zach Gowen 5Devine
7 Kazarian 6Starr
8 Sirelda 2A-1
9 Shark Boy 8Shelley
10 Alex Shelley 14Starr
11 D-Ray 3000 7Starr
12 Johnny Devine 13Starr
13 Elix Skipper 10 Mark "Slick" Johnson 1
14 Short Sleeve Sampson 9Shelley
15 Norman Smiley 11Mark "Slick" Johnson 1
16 Petey Williams 12Shelley

1. ^ Johnson was not an official entrant.

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  1. "TNA News: PR: 'Road to Glory' Special to Air Saturday at Midnight". Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-02-02.
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