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Turkey Bowl is a special match that airs on the

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night episode of '' Impact!'' Initially, it was a tournament held in 2007 and 2008 that aired on the Thanksgiving night episode of ''TNA Impact!'', and consisted of three preliminary three-way matches. Each match featured a member of the Heavyweight Division, the

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, and the Tag Team Division, with the winner of the match going on to the finals. The winner of the finals, also a three-way match, won $25,000. The wrestler who was pinned in the finals was forced to put on a turkey suit. The 2008 Turkey Bowl would be the last until 2011, where it would return, but as a single match going forward. This format lasted until 2016, save for a two year absence, and for the 2017 Turkey Bowl, it was changed to a five-on-five intergender tag team match.

Results

2007

The inaugural Turkey Bowl was on the November 13, 2007 Thanksgiving edition of ''

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'' It consisted of three qualification matches to get the Turkey Bowl. The winner of the match was Samoa Joe who pinned A.J. Styles. As a result, Styles was forced into the turkey suit.

2008

The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 27, 2008 Thanksgiving edition of ''TNA Impact!'' It consisted of three qualification matches to get to the Turkey Bowl. The winner of the match was Rhino who pinned Alex Shelley. As a result, Shelley was forced into the turkey suit.

2011

The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 24, 2011 Thanksgiving edition of ''Impact Wrestling''. Unlike the past tournaments, this one only featured one round instead of having three semi-finals matches. It also did not feature a member of the three divisions. The match featured a one on one match between Eric Young and

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. The winner of the match was Young who pinned Robbie E, but since Robbie E was knocked out,

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was forced into the turkey suit.

2012

The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 22, 2012 Thanksgiving edition of ''Impact Wrestling''. Like the previous year, the Turkey Bowl only featured one round instead of having three semi-finals matches. It also did not feature a member of the three divisions. The match was a three-way between Eric Young,

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and Robbie E. The winner of the match was Young who pinned Godderz. As a result, Godderz was forced into the turkey suit.

2013

The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 28, 2013 Thanksgiving edition of ''Impact Wrestling''. The match featured the first ever tag team Turkey Bowl match between

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(Jessie Godderz & Robbie E) facing Dewey Barnes and Norv Fernum. The winners of the match were The BroMans. As a result, Barnes and Fernum were forced into the turkey suits.

2016

The Turkey Bowl returned after three years for the November 24, 2016 Thanksgiving edition of ''Impact Wrestling''. Once again, the Turkey Bowl featured Robbie E, who took on

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in singles completion, defeating him.

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was the special outside enforcer for the match to ensure that the loser would put on the turkey suit.

2017

Global Champion

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renamed the Turkey Bowl match as "Eli Drake’s Gravy Train Turkey Trot", where the singles match, used in the previous two Turkey Bowls, was nixed in favor of a five-on-five intergender tag team match. Eddie Edwards was named as captain of a team consisting of himself,

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, Richard Justice,

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and Garza Jr., while

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was named as captain of the opposing team consisting of himself,

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, KM and

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. As Adonis was the one who got pinned, he had to wear the turkey suit. Adonis initially refused, but

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told him that he would force Drake into it instead, making Adonis reluctantly put it on. Afterwards, the other wrestlers got into a food fight and when Adonis tried to pie Edwards, he moved and Drake got pied instead.

2018

The 2018 Turkey Bowl, promoted as "The Second Annual Eli Drake Gravy Train Turkey Trot", was aired on November 22, 2018. It continued with the five-on-five intergender tag team match, established the previous year.

was named as captain of a team consisting of himself, KM,

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and

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, while

was named as captain of the opposing team consisting of himself, Katarina,

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and

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. The teams were chosen by way of a raffle. All wrestlers involved took an oath prior to the match stating that if they were pinned or submitted, they will wear the turkey suit. As Gilbertti was the one who got pinned, he had to wear the turkey suit.

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reminded Gilbertti of the oath, but he did not want to put on the turkey suit.

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, the object of Gilbertti's affections, came down to the ring and persuaded him to wear the turkey suit. When he did so, she called him an idiot and walked away.

2023

The 2023 Turkey Bowl, promoted once again as The Gravy Train Turkey Trot, returned after a five-year hiatus and was aired on November 23, 2023. It was an eight-man tag team match.

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, Mike Bailey,

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and PCO defeated

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, Jai Vidal and The Good Hands (John Skyler and Jason Hotch) to win. As Vidal was the one who got pinned, he had to wear the turkey suit, but he did not want to put it on. However, per the stipulation, he had to wear the suit or risk being fired from Impact Wrestling. His stablemates

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and Savannah Evans would ultimately force Vidal into the turkey suit.

2024

In 2024, TNA added a Turkey Bowl match to a

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monthly special for the first time. Promoted as a "Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl", it was a six-way match that took place on November 29 (the night after Thanksgiving) at

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. The winner of the match was Joe Hendry who pinned Brian Myers. As a result, Myers was forced into the turkey suit.

References

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