Total Nonstop Deletion was a

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special event episode of ''

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'' produced by

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. It took place on December 15, 2016, at the Hardy Compound in

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. The event included special appearances by The Rock 'n' Roll Express,

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, ODB,

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and The Bravado Brothers among other independent wrestling tag teams from CWF Mid-Atlantic.

Background

On October 9, during an ''

'' taping, Matt Hardy first announced that TNA would be holding an entire episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' from his home in Cameron, North Carolina, entitled "Total Nonstop Deletion." The center piece of the episode was revealed to be an open tag team invitational, Hardy would go on to invite then

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The New Day as well as ROH Tag Team Champions and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions

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, offering to appear on both

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and WWE programming in exchange. Filming, however, would become postponed due to the legal issues between then TNA President

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and the company. Corgan would lose his injunction on TNA, which had prevented filming of any kind on October 31, allowing filming for Total Nonstop Deletion to commence later that week. During the buildup for Total Nonstop Deletion, Matt Hardy would make a surprise appearance at

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's '' Final Battle'', issuing a challenge to

Results

Tag Team Apocalypto

Aftermath

The Hardy Compound was once again used for a match in March 2018. "Woken" Matt Hardy, as he later became known in WWE, took on Bray Wyatt in a pre-taped episode called "The Ultimate Deletion" that aired on '' Raw''.

References

External links

Official website
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