TNA Victory Road 2004

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Victory Road 2004

Details
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	November 7, 2004
Venue	Universal Orlando Resort
City	Orlando, Florida
Attendance	700
Pay-per-view chronology
N/A	Victory Road 2004	Turning Point 2004

Victory Road 2004 was the first monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It was televised live from Soundstage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida on November 7, 2004. The promotional poster and DVD cover feature Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown, A.J. Styles and Jeff Hardy.

Previously, TNA had taped a weekly two-hour pay-per-view event from its inception, but ended the practice in September 2004 with the success of their free weekly show, TNA iMPACT!, at the time airing on FOX Sports Net.

1 Results
2 Major Moments
3 External links

[edit] Results

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

#	Entrance:	#	Elimination:	Time:
1	Frankie Kazarian	19	by Garza	26:27
2	Sonjay Dutt	4	by Shelley	10:11
3	Puma	1	by Shane and Kazarian	4:49
4	L.A Park	5	by Kazarian	8:04
5	Jerrelle Clark	2	by Shane and Kazarian	2:44
6	Kazushi Miyamoto	3	by Shane and Kazarian	1:46
7	Michael Shane	13	by Spanky	14:58
8	Héctor Garza		Won	20:00
9	Kazunari Nosawa	6	by Siaki	4:41
10	Mikey Batts	7	by Garza	4:04
11	Alex Shelley	11	by Cross	7:50
12	Matt Sydal	8	by Shelley	4:10
13	Sonny Siaki	12	by Sabin and Spanky	8:14
14	Jason Cross	14	by Psicosis	8:50
15	Shark Boy	9	by Siaki	2:52
16	Psicosis	15	by Amazing Red	7:10
17	D-Ray 3000	10	by Siaki	:45
18	Amazing Red	16	by Kazarian	5:15
19	Spanky	17	by Sabin	4:19
20	Chris Sabin	18	by Garza	4:29

- 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 a Elimination Last Man Standing match(10:53)
- Storm pinned Daniels after a reverse Death Valley Driver, but Daniels made it up before the 10 count(1:48)
- Daniels pinned Storm after a Powerplex, but Storm got up before the 10 count(5:32)
- 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.
- The rules were once a wrestler was pinned or submitted they had to get up before a 10 count.
Dusty Rhodes won the TNA Director of Authority Election over Vince Russo with 55.6% of the vote. His first order of business as Director of Authority was to book a match at TNA Turning Point between AMW and Triple X in a Six Sides of Steel match.
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 and the debuting Kevin Nash both hit Hardy with guitars.
- After the match, Nash stated that he, Hall and Jarrett 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.

[edit] Major Moments

[edit] Debuts and Returns

TNA Victory Road 2004 marked the returns of several big names to TNA Wrestling, including Scott Hall, Hector Garza, Nosawa, Miyamoto, Matt Sydal, Jason Cross, Psichosis, and LA Park. (aka La Parka). It also marked the debut of several major names within the company, including Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, Puma, and Jimmy Snuka.

[edit] In the Pit with Piper

The story behind the Piper's Pit knock off segment dates back to one of the most infamous segments ever involved with Roddy Piper in which he (playing a heel in the 80's) rendered face Jimmy Snuka unconscious with a blow with a coconut to the back of a head. The segment was meant to be for retribution, but ended up starting a storyline involving the coconut that lasted through the following month.

[edit] Milestone Matches

America's Most Wanted and Triple X's Last Team Standing Match was marred by injuries and concussions.
The Monster's Ball Match competed in by Raven, Monty Brown, and Abyss has become a staple hardcore gimmick within TNA Wrestling. Monster's Ball was brought back at Bound For Glory in a 4-way match featuring Jeff Hardy, Rhino, Sabu, and Abyss that some state stole the show at the event.