The 2005 Turning Point was a
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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(PPV)
event
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produced by the
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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(TNA). It took place on December 11, 2005 at the
TNA Impact! Zone in
Orlando, Florida
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. It was the second event under the
Turning Point name and the twelfth and final event of the 2005 TNA PPV schedule. Nine
professional wrestling matches
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and one pre-show match were featured on the event's
card
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, two of which featured championships.
The main event at Turning Point was for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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, in which then-champion
Jeff Jarrett
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also ...
was pitted against the challenger
Rhino
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. Jarrett won the match to retain the title.
A.J. Styles defended the
TNA X Division Championship
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against
Samoa Joe
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at the event. Joe defeated Styles to become the new champion.
Team 3D
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(
Brother Devon
Devon Hughes ( ; born August 1, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, under a legends contract. He is best known for performing in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1999 and for the World Wrestli ...
and
Brother Ray) fought
America's Most Wanted
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(
Chris Harris and
James Storm
James Allen Cox (born June 1, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name James Storm. He currently competes on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
He sta ...
; AMW) in a
Tag Team Elimination Tables match at the event, which Team 3D won. TNA held the first-ever
Barbed Wire Massacre
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at Turning Point between
Abyss
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Religion
* Abyss (religion), a bottomless pit, or a passage to the underworld
* Abyss (Thelema), a spiritual principle within the system of Thelema
Film and television
* ''The Abyss'' (1910 film), a Danish silent film s ...
and
Sabu. Sabu was the victor in the contest.
Christian Cage
William Jason Reso (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Christian Cage and is the leader of The Patriarch ...
defeated
Monty Brown
Montaque "Monty" Brown (born April 13, 1970) is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and National Football League, NFL linebacker. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action W ...
also at the event.
Turning Point is remembered for the first-ever Barbed Wire Massacre, the announcement of TNA's signing of the wrestler
Sting
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STING plays an important role in innate immunity. STING induces typ ...
, and Samoa Joe's title win which was ranked by TNA as the 34th greatest moment in the company's history. Bob Kapur of the professional wrestling section of the
Canadian Online Explorer
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rated the show a 7 out of 10, as he had for the
2004 installment.
Production
Background
The second installment in the
TNA Turning Point
Turning Point is a professional wrestling TNA+ TNA+ Monthly Specials, event, produced by American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The event was created in 2004 and was originally held annually in December, until t ...
chronology was announced in September 2005.
The date for the show was revealed in late-September on TNA's official website as December 11, with it to be held at the
TNA Impact! Zone in
Orlando, Florida
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.
A promotional poster for the event was released by TNA featuring
Team 3D
The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) are an American professional wrestling tag team who consisted of kayfabe half-brothers Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. The team was also joined by various Dudley family members, notably Spike Dudley and ...
(
Brother Devon
Devon Hughes ( ; born August 1, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, under a legends contract. He is best known for performing in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1999 and for the World Wrestli ...
and
Brother Ray). A thirty-minute pre-show was slotted to take place prior to the telecast featuring one wrestling match. TNA advertised that a major announcement would take place at Turning Point that would "change the face of TNA in 2006".
Storylines
Turning Point featured nine
professional wrestling matches
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and one pre-show match that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains
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,
heroes
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Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main event at Turning Point was for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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, in which then-champion
Jeff Jarrett
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development. He is also ...
defended against the challenger
Rhino
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. The storyline behind this match began at TNA's
Bound for Glory PPV event on October 23, 2005, where Jarrett was to defend the title against
Kevin Nash
Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is also known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Ac ...
. However, Nash was rushed to the hospital the night before and was not cleared to wrestle.
Rhino took Nash's place in the match, where he defeated Jarrett to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Later, Jarrett reclaimed the title on the November 3, 2005 episode of TNA's television program ''
TNA Impact!
''TNA Impact!'' (stylized as ''TNA iMPACT!'') is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that debuted on June 4, 2004. It also features wrestlers from WWE's ...
''.
This led to a
Six-Man Tag Team match
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pitting the team of Rhino and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) against the team of Jarrett and
America's Most Wanted
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(
Chris Harris and
James Storm
James Allen Cox (born June 1, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name James Storm. He currently competes on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
He sta ...
; AMW) at TNA's
Genesis
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* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of humankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Bo ...
PPV event on November 13, 2005. Rhino and Team 3D were the victors of the encounter.
A rematch between Rhino and Jarrett for the title was announced on the November 19, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'' for Turning Point.
TNA aired a series of video packages focusing on Rhino and his title match heading into the show.
The
TNA X Division Championship
The TNA X Division Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of TNA's second then- weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The cur ...
was also defended at Turning Point, with then-champion
A.J. Styles facing
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 ...
. This rivalry started at TNA's
Sacrifice
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Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Gree ...
PPV event held on August 14, 2005, where Joe defeated Styles in the final round of the
2005 TNA Super X Cup Tournament. By winning the tournament, Joe was entitled to a TNA X Division Championship match against then-champion
Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniel Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he works as the Head of Ta ...
. Daniels had interfered in the match, leading to Joe's victory.
As a result, Styles was added to Joe's title match with Daniels, making it a
Three-way match
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at TNA's
Unbreakable
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* ''Unbreakable' ...
PPV event held on September 11, 2005. Styles won the bout at Unbreakable becoming the new champion, thus leading to a defense against Daniels at Bound for Glory in a
Thirty-Minute Iron Man match which Styles also won.
Styles went on to defend the championship against
Petey Williams
Peter Williams III (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a backstage producer. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion. He is also known for hi ...
, while Daniels and Joe competed in a
Four-on-Four Tag Team Elimination X match at Genesis. Styles retained the title at the event, while Daniels and Joe's team were the victors in their contest. After Daniels and Joe won their match, Joe assaulted Daniels by bashing him over the head with a steel chair and slamming him on a steel chair back-first.
Daniels was sidelined with an injury in the storyline as a result of these action.
Thereafter, Joe proceeded to carry around a blood stained towel from the attack. Joe's action at Genesis angered Styles in the storyline, as Styles accused Joe of violating the unwritten code of the TNA
X Division
The X Division is a professional wrestling division utilized by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion and used historically in several National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member promotions. The division is intended to emphasize a fas ...
. Styles followed by challenging Joe to a match at Turning Point for the TNA X Division Championship on the November 19, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'', which Joe accepted.
On the December 3, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'', Joe attacked Styles, claiming he did not care about the X Division code.
Team 3D fought AMW in a
Tag Team Elimination Tables match at Turning Point. The storyline behind this match began on the October 8, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'' where AMW and Jeff Jarrett violently assaulted Team 3D leaving them covered with blood.
Afterwards, Team 3D were not seen due to a scripted injury, with Jarrett, AMW, and
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(
A-1,
Bobby Roode
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Roode is known ...
,
Eric Young, Petey Williams, and
Coach Scott D'Amore) hosting a segment where they buried Team 3D's careers on the October 15, 2005 episode of ''Impact!''.
Team 3D made their return from injury at Bound for Glory, attacking Jarrett and AMW.
At Genesis, Team 3D teamed with Rhino to defeat AMW and Jarrett in a Six-Man Tag Team match.
A Tables match between Team 3D and AMW was announced on the November 19, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'' to take place at the show.
The number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was determined at Turning Point, with
Christian Cage
William Jason Reso (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Christian Cage and is the leader of The Patriarch ...
being pitted against
Monty Brown
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. At Genesis, Brown defeated
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and also appears on partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand.
He is re ...
to become number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Also at Genesis, Christian Cage made his debut in the company, proclaiming he came to TNA to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
On the November 19, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'', Cage reiterated his statement from Genesis, which angered Brown in the storyline. Brown said that Cage would have to go through him in order to get a title shot before the segment resulted in a fight between the two.
Cage requested the match against Brown from
NWA Championship Committee member
Larry Zbyszko
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on the November 26, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'', which he was granted.
TNA held the first-ever
Barbed Wire Massacre
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at Turning Point between
Abyss
Abyss may refer to:
Religion
* Abyss (religion), a bottomless pit, or a passage to the underworld
* Abyss (Thelema), a spiritual principle within the system of Thelema
Film and television
* ''The Abyss'' (1910 film), a Danish silent film s ...
and
Sabu. This match was the result of a long-standing rivalry between the two that began at Unbreakable. There, Abyss defeated Sabu in a
No Disqualification match
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.
Abyss and Sabu competed in a
Monster's Ball match
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The key premise of the match is that all cont ...
at Bound for Glory alongside Jeff Hardy and Rhino, which Rhino won.
At Genesis, Abyss defeated Sabu in another No Disqualification match.
TNA advertised the Barbed Wire Massacre between Abyss and Sabu on the November 19, 2005 episode of ''Impact!''.
The reasoning behind the match stipulation had to do with Abyss fearing
barbed wire
Roll of modern agricultural barbed wire
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire or bob wire (in the Southern and Southwestern United States), is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the ...
in the storyline.
Abyss challenged this fear on the December 3 episode of ''Impact!'', by bashing Sabu over the head with a barbed wire wrapped steel chair.
Event
Pre-Show
Prior to Turning Point, TNA held a thirty-minute pre-show. During the broadcast, the team of
Lance Hoyt
Lance Hoyt (born February 28, 1977), better known by his ring name Lance Archer, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where is a member of The Don Callis Family and one-half of ...
and
The Naturals
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History ...
(Andy Douglas and
Chase Stevens
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) faced the team of
Buck Quartermain
Jason Seguine (born July 24, 1967) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler known by his ring name Buck Quartermain.
He has worked for WWE, World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Champ ...
,
Jon Bolen
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and
Joe Doering
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in a Six Man Tag Team match that last 7 minutes and 11 seconds. Hoyt pinned Bolen after dropping Bolen face-first with his signature
Blackoutmaneuver.
Miscellaneous
Turning Point featured employees other than the wrestlers involved in the matches.
Mike Tenay
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,
Don West, and
Bobby Heenan
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(for the Basebrawl only) were the commentators for the telecast.
Jeremy Borash
Jeremy Borash (born July 19, 1974) is an American professional wrestling play-by-play commentator, announcer, ring announcer, booker, interviewer, and producer, working for WWE as Vice President of Content and Development. He is known for his ...
was the ring announcer for the event. Andrew Thomas,
Rudy Charles
Daniel Engler (born November 20, 1977) is an American professional wrestling referee, who is signed to WWE on the Raw brand. He is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Rudy Charles, where he was the ...
, and
Mark "Slick" Johnson
Mark Eric "Slick" Johnson is an American professional wrestling referee, best known for working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Career
World Championship Wrestling
Johnson gained national expos ...
participated as
referees
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for the encounters.
Shane Douglas
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handled the interview duties during the show. Besides employees who appeared in a wrestling role,
Major League Baseball
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(MLB)
outfielder
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Johnny Damon
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,
James Mitchell,
Traci, Larry Zbyszko,
Cassidy Riley, Coach Scott D'Amore, and MLB
catcher
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A. J. Pierzynski all appeared on camera, either in backstage or ringside segments.
Preliminary matches

The show opened with Sabu versus Abyss in the (first-ever) "Barbed Wire Massacre", in which the ring ropes were replaced with barbed wire, and the only way to win was by
pinfall
In professional wrestling, a pin is a move where a wrestler holds an opponent's shoulders to the mat in an attempt to score a fall. A pinfall is a common victory condition, where the attacker pins an opponent and the referee makes a three count ...
or submission.
James Mitchell accompanied Abyss to the ring. The duration of the contest was 10 minutes and 59 seconds. Early in the bout Sabu was pushed face-first into the barbed wire ropes as a result of Abyss kicking out of a pin attempt. Later, Abyss lifted up and dropped Sabu face-first into the barbed wire ropes. After this Sabu used a sharp weapon, which he had hidden under his belt, to stab Abyss in the arm repeatedly. Abyss was next to fall into the barbed wire after Sabu tripped him as he ran. A barbed wire wrapped steel was introduced in the match, which Sabu used to bash Abyss over the head. A barbed wire covered board was pushed into the ring after this by Sabu, which Abyss used to lift up and drop Sabu on. Another barbed wire covered board was introduced following this, with Sabu causing Abyss to run into it. He then pushed Abyss onto the other one and covered him for the pin to win the encounter.
The team of
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 ...
and
Matt Bentley
Matthew James Bentley (born December 10, 1979), is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by the ring name Michael Shane, later changed to "Maverick" Matt Bentley. He was trained ...
fought the team of
Alex Shelley
Patrick Kenneth Martin (born May 23, 1983), better known by the ring name Alex Shelley, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. He is widely known for his tenure ...
and
Roderick Strong
Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983), better known by his ring name Roderick Strong, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon stable and is a former one-time AEW I ...
in the next match, spanning 8 minutes and 4 seconds. Bentley was accompanied by Traci to the ring. Bentley won the match for his team by pinning Shelley after
kicking him in the face.
The third match of the show was between
Raven
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and
Chris K. This match occurred because Raven refused to quit the company, which was something NWA Championship Committee member Larry Zbyszko had requested in the storyline. Raven pinned Chris K after slamming Chris K's head into the mat with his signature
Raven Effect DDT maneuver at 5 minutes and 45 seconds in.
Next, Team Canada (A-1, Bobby Roode, Eric Young, and Petey Williams) were pitted against the
4Live Kru (
B.G. James,
Kip James,
Konnan
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, and
Ron Killings
Ronnie Aaron Killings (born January 19, 1972) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under his real name, stylized as Ron Killings and R-Truth.
Killings worked for World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) ...
) in an Eight-Man Tag Team match. Coach Scott D'Amore accompanied Team Canada to the ring. The duration of the encounter was 7 minutes and 18 seconds. Despite the match being contested under disqualifications and count-outs, Konnan used his shoe as a weapon during the match. Roode won the bout for his team by pinning Kip after Konnan betrayed his teammates and bashed Kip over the head with a steel chair. After the match, Konnan also bashed B.G. over the head with the chair before leaving the ring.
TNA held a Six Man Tag Team match in which the team of
Chris Sabin
Joshua Harter (born February 4, 1982), better known by the ring name Chris Sabin, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 f ...
,
Sonjay Dutt
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, and
Dale Torborg
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faced
The Diamonds in the Rough
The Diamonds in the Rough was a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, led by the eponymous Simon Diamond.
History
The Diamonds were formed at TNA Slammiversary on June 19, 2005 when Simon Diamond returned to TNA after ...
(
David Young,
Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper (born December 15, 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, where he was a one-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time WCW Cruiserweight Tag ...
, and
Simon Diamond
Patrick Joseph Michael Kenney (born May 26, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and baseball player, better known by his ring name, Simon Diamond. He is working for the National Wrestling Alliance as Director of Talent Relation ...
). This was promoted as a "Basebrawl", since Torborg was a baseball coach and MLB catcher. A. J. Pierzynski accompanied Sabin, Dutt, and Torborg to the ring. Near the end of the match, Pierzynski pulled the referee out of the ring as he was counting a pin for Diamond. This led to announcer Bobby Heenan characterizing Pierzynski's actions to the referee as ignorance, while Johnny Damon handed Pierzynski a
home plate
A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...
. Pierzynski then entered the ring and bashed Diamond over the head with it. Sabin then slammed Diamond neck-first into the mat with his signature
Cradle Shock maneuver, while Dutt followed by performing his signature
Hindu Press aerial maneuver against Diamond. Dutt then pinned Diamond at 7 minutes and 57 seconds in, to win the bout for his team.
Main event matches

Christian Cage fought Monty Brown next to determine the number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. This bout lasted 12 minutes and 32 seconds. In the beginning the two fought at ringside, until Cage jumped from the top of a padded
turnbuckle
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onto Brown with an
aerial splash. After this, Cage removed the padding from one of the turnbuckles. Brown gained a two-count on Cage after slamming him against the mat with his signature
Alpha Bomb maneuver and covered for the pin, but the referee had a delayed reaction. Later, Cage caused Brown to run into the exposed turnbuckle, he then followed by forcing Brown's face into the mat with his signature
Unprettier
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maneuver. He then pinned Brown to become the number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
The seventh match of the event was a Tag Team Elimination Tables match between Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm; AMW). In this type of match, there are no disqualifications and no count-outs, with the only way to win being to eliminate both members of the other team by forcing them through a table. Storm was the first eliminated, with Team 3D using AMW's signature
Death Sentence
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tag team maneuver to drive him through a table back-first. Harris was the next eliminated, with Team 3D performing their signature
3D tag team maneuver on the entrance ramp, forcing Harris through the table face-first. With Harris eliminated at 9 minutes and 40 seconds, Team 3D were named the victors of the encounter.

The TNA X Division Championship was defended by A.J. Styles against Samoa Joe next. Styles' mouth was busted open during the bout. The two wrestlers fought at ringside during the opening minutes before entering the ring. Back in the ring Joe and Styles fought back and forth with each trading near-falls. Finally, Styles slammed Joe face-first into the mat with his signature
Styles Clash
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maneuver. Joe kicked out of the following pin, leading to an exchange which allowed Joe to place Styles in his signature
Coquina Clutch submission hold. After a brief period of time, Styles passed out and the referee awarded Joe the victory and thus became the new TNA X Division Champion at 18 minutes and 58 seconds in. After the match, Joe bashed Styles in the face with the TNA X Division Championship belt and then set up to slam him on a steel chair in the ring but was foiled by Christopher Daniels coming to Styles' defense. A brawl ensued between Joe and Daniels, leading to security breaking it up.
The main event was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which then-champion Jeff Jarrett defended against the challenger Rhino. The duration of the match was 17 minutes and 30 seconds. Jarrett was busted open during the contest. Despite this being a standard wrestling match, Jarrett and Rhino used weapons throughout and primarily fought outside of the ring. Jarrett hit Rhino with a chair while the two stood on a scaffolding, causing Rhino to fall off and crash through a table. Rhino attempted to
tackle Jarrett through a table set up on the entrance ramp. He succeeded, but the table did not break. Team Canada interfered afterwards, trying to stop Rhino from getting to the ring before the referee counted both Rhino and Jarrett out. They failed as Rhino came rushing back into the ring before the count finished. Jarrett pinned Rhino after slamming Rhino face-first with his signature
Stroke
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maneuver onto several steel chairs. As such, Jarrett retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
After the title match, the lights went off with the logo of the wrestler
Sting
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STING plays an important role in innate immunity. STING induces typ ...
appearing on the screens in the arena, thus being the major announcement advertised for the show.
Reception
A total of 900 people attended Turning Point.
Canadian Online Explorer
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writer Bob Kapur rated the entire event a 7 out of 10,
which was the same rating he had given to the
2004 installment.
It was higher than the 6.5 out of ten the
2006 event was given by Chris Sokol.
The Turning Point ranking was lower than Genesis' rating, which received an 8 out of 10 from Corey David Lacroix.
TNA's next PPV event,
Final Resolution
Final Resolution is a professional wrestling TNA+ event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in December. Initially introduced as a pay-per-view by TNA in 2005, the event originally took place in January until 2008, when TNA moved the event to ...
, was ranked lower than Turning Point; it received a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Kapur.
Compared to rival
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...
's (WWE)
Armageddon
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PPV event, Turning Point was ranked higher as Armageddon was given a 6.5 out of 10 by Chris Sokol.
The highest rating given by Kapur went to the TNA X Division Championship bout, with a 9 out of 10. The Barbed Wire Massacre received an 8 out of 10, while the Christian Cage versus Monty Brown and the Tables match were both rated 7 out of 10. The lowest rating assessed was a 6 out of 10, given to the main event and several other matches on the card.
James Caldwell of the ''Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter'' reviewed the same and stated he felt the main event involved the "usual shortcuts," the "usual outside interference," the "usual illogical finish," and the "usual compromise of rules."
Though Caldwell commented that he could not say the "match wasn't exciting, because it was."
When discussing the Cage versus Brown bout, Caldwell said it "never reached a second gear."
Caldwell said the Barbed Wire Massacre was "well developed" but was "below expectations."
Regarding the Tables match, Caldwell believed that Team 3D were not "mentally prepared for the match."
He also said that TNA should "demand a better return on investment when Team 3D can’t show up to the PPV in a decent shape to wrestle."
He also discussed the TNA X Division Championship bout, commenting that it was "state of the art" and that "the two men saved a downer PPV with an outstanding performance."
He praised Joe's performance saying that "Joe is the most dynamic wrestler the company has," and that his character was "TNA’s ticket to success."
TNA released a DVD counting down the top 50 moments in their history in 2007, with Joe's X Division Champion victory ranking at number 34 on the compilation.
Aftermath

Several wrestlers were injured at the show. Abyss suffered several serious cuts to his left arm, while Sabu had cuts on his arms, legs, and face. Both wrestlers required several stitches after their match. A.J. Styles busted his lip during his title defense, requiring stitches, while Samoa Joe dislocated his jaw. Raven busted his lip but no stitches were required. Jeff Jarrett suffered a bad cut to his forehead during the main event. Lastly, James Storm was diagnosed with a
neck stinger.
The BaseBrawl bout at Turning Point was featured on a variety of news outlets after the show, including
ESPN
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's
SportsCenter
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.
Sting made his TNA wrestling debut at Final Resolution on January 15, 2006, teaming with Christian Cage to face Jeff Jarrett and Monty Brown. This match was announced on the December 31, 2005 episode of ''Impact!''.
The team of Cage and Sting won the match at the event.
This led to Cage facing Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA's
Against All Odds PPV event on February 12, 2006. Cage won the encounter to become the new champion.
Samoa Joe defended his TNA X Division Championship against Christopher Daniels at Final Resolution. TNA promoted this match for Final Resolution on the January 7, 2006 episode of ''Impact!''.
Joe won the contest after A.J. Styles threw in the towel for Daniels due to Joe beating Daniels senseless in the storyline.
The rivalry continued at Against All Odds, where Daniels, Joe, and Styles competed in a
Three Way match for the TNA X Division Championship; Joe gained the pinfall to retain the title.
The three competed again at TNA's
Destination X
Destination X was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) List of TNA pay-per-view events, event held by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion TNA Wrestling. The event primarily revolved around the X-Division, the 2005 ...
PPV event on March 12, 2006, but this time in a Three Way Ultimate X match for the championship. Daniels won the bout, thus becoming the new TNA X Division Champion.
The rivalry ended on the April 13, 2006 episode of ''Impact!'' when Joe defeated Daniels to win back the championship.
Team 3D continued their feud with AMW at Final Resolution. Due to their victory at Turning Point Team 3D were number-one contenders to the
NWA World Tag Team Championship
The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship, world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed List of National Wrestling Alliance territories ...
, thus earning a championship match. TNA advertised Team 3D versus AMW for the tag team championship to take place at Final Resolution.
AMW defeated Team 3D to retain the championship at the show.
Abyss started a rivalry with Rhino after the event. This started on the December 31, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'' when Abyss attacked Rhino after Rhino defeated A-1 in a match.
Afterwards, TNA promoted a match between the two at Final Resolution.
At the event, Rhino pinned Abyss to win the encounter.
Raven and NWA Championship Committee member Larry Zybysko continued their feud after Turning Point. On the December 17, 2005 episode of ''Impact!'', Zybysko announced that at Final Resolution he would choose a new opponent to challenge Raven. He added a stipulation that if Raven won he gained a future NWA World Heavyweight Championship match, but if Raven lost, he would be
fired from TNA.
Raven faced
Sean Waltman
Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his appearances for the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring names ...
at the show in a
Raven's Rules match. Raven lost the match after interference from Zybysko. Due to the stipulation attached, Raven was fired in the storyline.
The 4Live Kru broke up as a result of Konnan's actions at Turning Point. This led to B.G. James and Kip James forming
The James Gang
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tag team
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and Konnan creating
The Latin American Exchange alliance
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with
Homicide
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and
Apolo. The two teams fought at Against All Odds, which The James Gang won.
Ron Killings chose not to be involved in the rivalry in the storyline, instead facing Bobby Roode at Final Resolution in a losing effort.
Results
References
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External links
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