The 2014 Genesis was a special episode of ''

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'' and the ninth edition of

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event produced by

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(TNA), which took place on January 16, 2014 at the

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. The card was split between both the January 16 and the January 23 broadcasts of ''Impact Wrestling'' on

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. Four matches were contested on the January 16 broadcast, featuring the

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between

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and

Ethan Carter III Michael Hutter (born March 18, 1983) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Ethan Carter III (or simply EC3). He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is a f ...

while the undercard featured

Gail Kim Gail Kim-Irvine (born February 20, 1977) is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenures in TNA Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In TNA, she was the inaugural and record setting seven-tim ...

defending the Knockouts Championship against

Madison Rayne Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also a coach for the women's division. She is best known for her t ...

and Mr. Anderson taking on

Bully Ray Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971), known by his ring name Bubba Ray Dudley (also spelled Buh-Buh Ray Dudley), is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for being one-half of the Dudley B ...

in a

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. The January 23 broadcast featured five matches as

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defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a no disqualification title vs. career match. Prominent matches on the undercard were

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versus

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in a

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versus

Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, where he is a t ...

for the

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and Gunner defended the World Heavyweight Championship Feast or Fired Briefcase on a pole match against

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Storylines

On the December 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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prevented

from meeting

in his locker room as per

Dixie Carter Dixie Virginia Carter (May 25, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom ''Designing Women'' (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series ''Family Law (American TV series), Family La ...

's orders as she wanted Sting out of the arena. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Sting confronted Carter's

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nephew

and gave him the ultimatum of either facing Sting or enter the

Feast or Fired 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 ...

and Carter chose to enter the Feast or Fired. On the December 26 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Sting and Hardy lost to EC3, Spud and

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in a

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made by Dixie Carter. On the January 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Sting accused EC3 of being Dixie's lapdog and challenged him to a match at Genesis, which EC3 accepted. At

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defeated Kurt Angle in a

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. The feud continued as Angle demanded a

against Roode on the January 9, 2014 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' but he was put in the match instead against Roode's partners Bad Influence, whom Angle defeated. Roode would then be put in a steel cage match against Sting, which Roode won with the outside interference by Rockstar Spud. It was later announced that Angle would take on Roode in a steel cage match at Genesis. Gail Kim TNA Knockouts Champion-2

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, Mr. Anderson defeated

in a

to end Ray's faction

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and save his TNA career. On the November 28 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Anderson held a mock funeral of the Aces & Eights. Ray gained revenge on Anderson on the December 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' by piledriving Anderson on the stage during Anderson's Feast or Fired match. On the January 2, 2014 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Ray was about to burn Joseph Park with a lighter after covering him with the lighter fluid until Anderson made the save and Ray sprayed fluid on him. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Anderson and Ray decided to settle their differences by agreeing to a no disqualification match at Genesis. At Turning Point, Gunner threw in the towel for

during his Florida Death match against Bobby Roode to prevent Roode from tossing Storm into the barbed wire board. Storm confronted Gunner on costing him the match, which caused dissension between the two. On the December 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Gunner retrieved a Feast or Fired briefcase which was revealed to contain a World Heavyweight Championship title shot. On the December 26 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Gunner demanded a title shot against the new champion

but Storm demanded that Gunner put the title shot against Storm on the line and Dixie Carter made the match, which ended in a double count-out. On the January 9 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Storm challenged Gunner to put the briefcase on the line in a Briefcase on a pole match. At Final Resolution,

and

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defeated

and

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in a tag team match. On the December 26 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kim helped Tapa in defeating ODB in a match and sent the match as a message to Rayne. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Rayne defeated Kim in a non-title match. This led to a match between Kim and ODB for Kim's Knockouts Championship at Genesis. At Bound for Glory,

defeated Manik,

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and

Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...

in an

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to win the

. On the December 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Aries defeated Sabin to win the X Division Championship after a distraction by

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backfired. However, Sabin regained the title from Aries, with Sky's help on the January 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. It was announced that Sabin would defend the title against Aries in a rematch at Genesis.

Event

Night 1

Preliminary matches

The opening match was a twelve-person tag team match pitting

, Gunner, Eric Young, Joseph Park and

against

(

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and

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), Zema Ion, Bad Influence (

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and Kazarian) and

. After a back and forth action between both teams, Joe made Daniels submit to the ''

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'' for the win. Next, Mr. Anderson took on

in a

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. Anderson attacked Ray before the match during Ray's entrance. After hitting a '' Mic Check'' on Ray, Anderson sprayed lighter fluid on a table and was about to light it but Ray hit a low blow and a

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to Anderson for the win.

was scheduled to defend the Knockouts Championship against

in the penultimate match of the episode but Kim and Lei D'Tapa attacked her before the match. Rayne competed in the match despite the assault. Rayne hit a facebreaker knee smash to Kim and pinned her to win the Knockouts Championship. After the match, The Wolves (

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and Eddie Edwards) made their TNA debut in a segment with

, informing her that they had signed their TNA contracts as full-time wrestlers.

Main event match

In the main event,

took on

, with

serving as the special guest referee. Sting hit a '' Scorpion Death Drop'' to EC3 and forcefully used Spud's hand to count the pinfall but the

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broke the pinfall count and revealed a referee shirt underneath, which allowed EC3 to take advantage of the distraction and pin Sting with a roll-up for the win.

Night 2

Preliminary matches

The opening match was a Briefcase on a pole match, in which Gunner defended his World Heavyweight Championship Feast or Fired contract against

. Storm and Gunner brought the briefcase down from the pole after Storm got his hands on it and Gunner attacked him and then Gunner hit a

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to Storm, who fell down and Gunner retrieved the case for the win. Next,

defended the

against

. Sabin handed over a bag to

containing a teddy bear and a lead pipe but once he got the bag, it only contained a teddy bear which rendered him unable to use the lead pipe on Aries. It allowed Aries to hit a double axe handle from the apron to Sabin followed by a missile dropkick and a

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to win the X Division Championship. Later,

took on

in a

. After a back and forth action between the two, Angle climbed out of the cage first to win the match. The penultimate match of the event pitted Rockstar Spud against Samoa Joe. Joe quickly won the match by hitting a muscle buster and making Spud submit to the ''Coquina Clutch''.

Main event match

The main event was a no disqualification match, in which Magnus defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting and the match stipulated that if Sting lost then he would have to leave TNA. Ethan Carter III interfered earlier in the match but Samoa Joe countered his interference, which led to Bad Influence attacking Joe as Sting tried to apply the '' Scorpion Deathlock''. Next, Zema Ion and The BroMans interfered as Sting hit a ''Scorpion Death Drop'' to Magnus and then Kurt Angle and Bobby Roode interfered in the match as well. The interference allowed Magnus to hit a '' Mag Daddy Driver'' to Sting and Dixie Carter brought

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to count the pinfall, resulting in Magnus retaining the title and Sting being forced to leave TNA.

Aftermath

On the January 30 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe confronted Magnus on the retirement of Sting and his ill behavior since being inducted into the

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and it led to a tag team match pitting Angle and Joe against Magnus and Ethan Carter III, which stipulated that if Angle or Joe lost then they would be forced to retire and if any of them scored the pinfall or submission then the winner would receive a World Heavyweight Championship title match against Magnus at Lockdown. Joe made Magnus submit, thus becoming the #1 contender for the title at Lockdown. Madison Rayne continued her feud with Gail Kim and Lei D'Tapa as Rayne and Velvet Sky defeated Kim and D'Tapa on the January 30 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the February 20 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Kim defeated Rayne in a street fight, thus resulting in a

between Rayne and Kim for the Knockouts Championship at Lockdown. Mr. Anderson and Bully Ray continued their feud after Genesis as the two competed in a

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on the February 13 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', which Anderson won. Gunner and James Storm retained Gunner's World Heavyweight Championship Feast or Fired briefcase against Bad Influence on the January 30 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. They next retained it against Magnus and Ethan Carter III in a

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, which also contained EC3's

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briefcase, thus also earning EC3's briefcase on the February 13 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the February 20 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Gunner cashed in his Feast or Fired briefcase against Magnus, during which Storm turned on Gunner by costing him the title, which led to a steel cage

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between Gunner and Storm at Lockdown. On the January 30 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Chris Sabin offered Velvet Sky to apologize to him for costing him the X Division Championship at Genesis but Sky broke it off with him. On the February 13 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Sabin defeated Sky with the help of

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. On the March 6 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Sky teamed with Madison Rayne and

to defeat Kim, D'Tapa and Female in a six-woman tag team match.

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made his TNA debut on the January 30 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' and was revealed as the new investor of TNA. MVP had confrontations with Dixie Carter over power struggle throughout the following weeks, leading to a

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between Team MVP (MVP,

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and The Wolves) against

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(Bobby Roode, The BroMans and Austin Aries) at Lockdown.

Results

References

External links

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