Genesis (2017) was a special episode of ''

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'' and the tenth

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event produced by

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(TNA), which took place on January 8, 2017 at the

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in Orlando, Florida. It was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and instead it aired on January 26 on

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. Five matches were contested at the event and every championship in TNA was defended at Genesis. The

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was a thirty-minute Iron Man match, in which Eddie Edwards defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lashley. Lashley won the match 3-2 to win the title. In other matches on the card,

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retained the

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retained the Grand Championship,

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retained the Knockouts Championship and DJZ retained the

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made his debut as a member of TNA's main roster at the event as one of the participants in the X Division Championship five-way match.

Storylines

Genesis featured

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On the October 6 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Eddie Edwards defeated Lashley to win the

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. Edwards retained the title against Lashley in a rematch on the November 3 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the December 8 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Edwards retained the title against

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in a controversial finish with Edwards pinning EC3 and EC3 making Edwards submit at the same time. A title match between Edwards and Lashley ended in a no contest after the two brawled through the crowd into the backstage area at

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. Edwards was challenged by Lashley and EC3 for the title on the January 5, 2017 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. Edwards accepted the challenge and retained the title against the two in a

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later that night thanks to assistance by his returning tag team partner

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. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Lashley defeated EC3 in a

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to become the #1 contender for the title at Genesis. On the January 19 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Lashley proposed that his title match against Edwards be a thirty-minute Iron Man match and Edwards accepted his proposal. On the November 10 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', the Knockouts Champion

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praised

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on her abilities and touted her as the future of the Knockouts division but was attacked by

. The attack forced Kim to vacate the title on the November 17 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. Rosemary defeated Jade for the vacant title in a

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on the December 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the January 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Rosemary berated the Knockouts division and challenged Jade to a

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for the title which Jade accepted and proceeded to attack Rosemary, making the match official for Genesis. On the January 19 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

defeated

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via split decision to win the

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. This set up a rematch between the two for Grand Championship at Genesis. At Bound for Glory,

( Broken Matt and

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) defeated

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(

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and

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) in a

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to win the

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. On the November 3 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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attacked the Hardys which resulted in a brawl between both teams. Hardys retained the tag team titles against DCC on the December 1 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. On the January 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', DCC attacked Decay after their win over

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. On the January 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'',

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explained his motive of joining DCC was to gain revenge on Decay who had abducted him on the August 4 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. Later that night, Decay defeated DCC via disqualification after

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interfered in the match. This set up a three-way match between Broken Hardys, Decay and DCC for the World Tag Team Championship at Genesis.

Event

Preliminary matches

In the opening match,

( Broken Matt and

) defended the

against DCC (

and

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) and

(

and

) in a three-way match. Steve spit mist into Kingston's face allowing Matt to deliver a '' Twist of Fate'' to Steve to retain the titles. Next,

issued an open challenge putting his

on the line.

accepted the challenge. Moose was awarded the win in the round one by

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ing Galloway outside the ring and

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ing him on the apron. Near the end of the match, Galloway hit low blows to Moose as Moose was about to nail a '' Game Changer'' to Galloway and then Galloway followed with a ''

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'' to Moose to retain the title. Near, Rosemary defended the Knockouts Championship against

in a

. Rosemary executed a

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on Jade through a table to retain the title. After the match, Rosemary spit mist on

, who came for Jade's aid. The penultimate match was a five-way match in which DJZ defended the

against

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and the debuting

. DJZ executed a '' ZDT'' on Konley for the win. Lee and

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attacked DJZ after the match.

Main event match

The main event was an Iron Man match in which Eddie Edwards defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lashley. Lashley scored the first fall by executing a

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on Edwards. Lashley powerbombed Edwards on the ramp, which led to Edwards getting counted out and Lashley taking the lead with the second fall. Edwards rolled up Lashley by shoving him into an exposed turnbuckle for the third fall. Edwards would then nail a '' Boston Knee Party'' to Lashley to score the fourth fall and even the score with 2-2. Lashley applied an anaconda vice on Edwards to take the lead with 3-2. The time limit expired with Lashley winning the match and winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Reception

Genesis drew a total viewership of 307,000 viewers with a rating of 0.07, lower than the previous week's episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' which aired on January 19 and drew a total viewership of 310,000. It was lower than the previous Genesis episodes in 2014, with the January 16, 2014 episode drawing 1,316 million viewers and 1.08 rating and the January 23, 2014 episode drawing 1,55 million viewers and 1.21 rating. Larry Csonka of ''411Mania'' rated Genesis 7.8 and considered it "a good and strong rebound show" praising the Knockouts Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship matches with the event being "an overall fun and easy two hours to watch".

Aftermath

The following week's episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' was dubbed "Open Fight Night" where wrestlers who had won the Race for the Case on the January 19 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' would be cashing in their briefcases for their desired matches. Brother Nero cashed in his case for a World Heavyweight Championship match against Lashley, which Lashley retained. Eddie Edwards invoked his rematch clause against Lashley for the following week's episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where Lashley retained the title. On the February 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Bram cashed in his Race for the Case briefcase as Death Crew Council took on Decay in a

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, which DCC won. On the February 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Trevor Lee cashed in his Race for the Case against DJZ for the X Division Championship in a

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, which Lee won with the assistance of Gregory Helms. The feud between Rosemary and Jade continued over the Knockouts Championship as Rosemary retained the title against Jade in a

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on the March 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. Moose continued to pursue the Grand Championship against Drew Galloway until he received his rematch for the title on the March 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', which Moose won to regain the title.

Results

Iron Man match

References

External links

Genesis 2017 at Pro Wrestling History
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