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Victory Road is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was originally the name for the very first three-hour pay-per-view card held by TNA in November 2004 and will forever be considered a landmark event in TNA history. In 2006, it became an annual pay-per-view for the month of July.

2004

Victory Road 2004
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	November 7 2004
City	Orlando, Florida
Venue	Universal Orlando Resort
Attendance	700
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Victory Road 2004 took place on November 7 2004 from the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. It was the first monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The promotional poster featured Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, A.J. Styles and Jeff Hardy.

• Héctor Garza won the 2004 Super X Cup Gauntlet match (26:25)

• Garza pinned Kazarian with a roll-up after he countered Kazarian's pin attempt.

• Ron Killings, Erik Watts, Johnny B. Badd and Pat Kenney defeated Kid Kash, Dallas and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) (4:37)
  • Killings pinned Stevens after a double-arm DDT.
• Mascarita Sagrada defeated Piratita Morgan (2:58)
  • Sagrada pinned Morgan with a small package.
• 3Live Kru (B.G. James and Konnan) defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (6:57)
  • Konnan pinned Roode after a Facejam.
• Piper's Pit segment with guest Jimmy Snuka
• Trinity (w/Johnny Swinger) defeated Jacqueline (1:50)
  • Trinity pinned Jacqueline after a Fall From Grace.
• Monty Brown defeated Raven and Abyss in a Monster's Ball match (9:05)
  • Brown pinned Raven after a Pounce through a table.
• Petey Williams (w/Coach D'Amore) defeated A.J. Styles to retain the TNA X Division Championship (9:48)
  • Williams pinned Styles after a Canadian Destroyer.
• America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in an Elimination Last Man Standing match (10:53)
  • Daniels pinned Storm after hitting his knee with a steel chair, Storm was eliminated (6:07)
  • Harris pinned Daniels after a Top Rope Leg Drop, Daniels was eliminated (7:35)
  • Harris pinned Skipper after a Catatonic on a steel chair, Skipper was eliminated (10:53)
  • The finish was controversial as referee Andrew Thomas counted a pin despite Skipper appearing to kick out at two.
• Dusty Rhodes won the TNA Director of Authority election over Vince Russo with 55.6% of the vote.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (18:37)
  • Jarrett won when he grabbed the title after the returning Scott Hall, the debuting Kevin Nash, and himself all hit Hardy with guitars.
  • After the match, Nash, Hall and Jarrett stated they were taking over, and challenged the rest of TNA to stop them. They fended off A.J. Styles and 3Live Kru, but as the event went off the air, Randy Savage came out to challenge them. Savage's entrance was botched as when his entrance theme first began playing, it began to "skip." The production crew immediately stopped it from playing and put on the backup copy. By the time Savage's pyro had went off, he was already at ringside.

2006

Victory Road 2006 took place on July 16 2006 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The promotional poster featured Sting, Christian Cage, Scott Steiner and Jeff Jarrett.

• Pre-Show match: Johnny Devine (w/Alex Shelley) defeated Shark Boy (3:30)
  • Devine pinned Shark Boy after a Double Underhook Piledriver.
• The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (w/Shane Douglas) defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (Elix Skipper and David Young) (w/Simon Diamond) (5:27)
  • Douglas pinned Skipper after a Last Breath.
• Monty Brown fought Rhino to a no-contest (4:56)
  • The match was declared a no-contest after referee Andrew Thomas was knocked out twice and Rhino and Brown fought into the crowd.
• The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez) (w/Konnan) defeated Sonjay Dutt and Ron Killings (10:07)
  • Hernandez pinned Dutt after a Border toss.
• Senshi defeated Kazarian to retain the TNA X Division Championship (11:19)
  • Senshi pinned Kazarian after a Warrior's Way.
• Raven defeated Larry Zbyszko in a Hair vs. Hair match (3:48)
  • Raven pinned Zbyszko after a Raven Effect DDT.
  • Afterwards Raven shaved Zbyszko bald. Zbyszko resisted violently, threatening to fire everybody involved, and eventually kicking a taunting Mark "Slick" Johnson in the groin when Slick showed him a mirror.
• Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal defeated The Paparazzi (Kevin Nash and Alex Shelley) (w/Johnny Devine) (9:07)
  • Sabin pinned Shelley with a roll-up.
• The James Gang (B.G. James and Kip James) and Abyss (w/James Mitchell) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray, Brother Devon and Brother Runt) (10:24)
  • Abyss pinned Runt after a Black Hole Slam through a table.
• Sirelda, A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated Gail Kim and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) in a Mixed Tag Team match to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (11:52)
  • Styles pinned Storm after Storm was accidentally hit with a steel chair by Harris.
• Sting defeated Scott Steiner, Samoa Joe and Christian Cage in a Fatal Four-Way match (14:09)
  • Sting pinned Steiner after a Scorpion Death Drop to become #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
  • Early in the match, Jeff Jarrett, who was disguised as a cameraman, used a squirt bottle to squirt gasoline in Sting's eyes. Sting came back with one eye bandaged and finished the match.

2007

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Victory Road 2007 will take place on July 15 2007 from the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The promotional poster features Gail Kim, The Latin American Exchange (Konnan, Homicide and Hernandez), Abyss, A.J. Styles, and Samoa Joe.

• TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle and TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe vs. TNA World Tag Team Champions Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
  • In this "Match of Champions", all three titles will be on the line, with the wrestler getting the pinfall or submission winning the belt(s) of the wrestler(s) they beat.
  • When Angle or Joe get the fall, they will get to pick their championship partner.
• Ultimate X match: Jay Lethal vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
  • The winner will become #1 contender to the TNA X Division Championship.
• Christian Cage vs. Chris Harris
• Rhino vs. James Storm
• Eric Young and Gail Kim vs. Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks

External links

• TNAWrestling.com - the official website of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-views