Destination X

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{{Infobox wrestling PPV series

|name = Destination X

|image = TNA Destination X Logo.jpg

|caption = GFW Destination X 2017 logo

|alt = The Destination X logo for 2017

|promotions = Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)
Global Force Wrestling (GFW)

|firstevent = Destination X (2005)

|lastevent = Destination X (2017)

}}

Destination X was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by the American professional wrestling promotion TNA Wrestling. The event primarily revolved around the X-Division, the 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 events had Ultimate X matches.{{cite web|url= http://www.pwinsider.com/article/44996/tna-destination-x-ppv-format-confirmed.html?p=1=dark|title=TNA Destination X PPV Format Confirmed|last=Johnson|first =Mike|date=2010-02-10|publisher=PW Insider|access-date=2010-02-10}}

It was announced on TNA Wrestling's official website in January 2011 that Destination X was moving from March to July, switching places with TNA's traditional July PPV, Victory Road.{{cite web|url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/item/2355-Victory-Road-PPV-Moving-To-March|title=Victory Road PPV Moving To March|publisher=TNAWrestling.com|access-date=2011-01-12|date=2011-01-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116044638/http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/item/2355-Victory-Road-PPV-Moving-To-March|archive-date=2011-01-16}} On the June 21, 2012, edition of Impact, it was announced that every year the current X Division Champion would have an opportunity to give up their title for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X. On January 11, 2013, TNA announced that in 2013 there would be only four PPVs, not including Destination X, although Destination X would be featured as a special episode of Impact Wrestling from 2013 to 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy |title=NEWS: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING Announces Major Changes to 2013 Pay-Per-View Strategy |access-date=2013-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112213300/http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/4010-NEWS-TNA-IMPACT-WRESTLING-Announces-Major-Changes-To-2013-Pay-Per-View-Strategy |archive-date=2013-01-12 }}

History

The inaugural Destination X event took part on March 13, 2005, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12338.shtml#.ZGJIZnbP2Uk|title=KELLER'S TNA PPV REPORT 3/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|first=Wade|last=Keller|date=March 13, 2005|access-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409122323/http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_12338.shtml|archive-date=April 9, 2023|url-status=live}} On 2017, after Anthem Sports & Entertainment purchased a majority stake of TNA, Anthem re-branded TNA as Impact Wrestling.{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Corey|title=It's Official...The TNA Name Is Dead, Former WWE Star Makes His Impact Wrestling Debut|url=http://wrestlingnews.co/tna-news/its-official-the-tna-name-is-dead-former-wwe-star-makes-his-impact-wrestling-debut/|website=wrestlingnews.co|publisher=Wrestling News|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=March 7, 2017|archive-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914043631/http://wrestlingnews.co/tna-news/its-official-the-tna-name-is-dead-former-wwe-star-makes-his-impact-wrestling-debut/|url-status=live}} On June of that year, with the Impact merging with Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Impact was re-branded to GFW.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2017/06/30/tna-wrestling-rebrands-gfw-eyes-global-expansion/435802001/|title=TNA wrestling rebrands as GFW, eyes global expansion|website=The Tennessean|access-date=July 4, 2017}} After the last Destination X event, which took place on August 17, 2017, at the Impact Zone in Florida, the company was once named Impact Wrestling with Jarrett leaving the company a couple months later on October.{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/tna-news/jeff-jarrett-officially-gone-impact-wrestling-245066|title=Jeff Jarrett officially gone from Impact Wrestling|last=Currier|first=Joseph|date=October 23, 2017|access-date=October 23, 2017|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003347/https://www.f4wonline.com/tna-news/jeff-jarrett-officially-gone-impact-wrestling-245066|url-status=live}}

Events

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!Event

!Date

!City

!Venue

!Main Event

!Ref.

|Destination X (2005)

|March 13, 2005

|rowspan="3"|Orlando, Florida

|rowspan="3"|TNA Impact! Zone

|Jeff Jarrett (c) vs. Diamond Dallas Page in a Ringside Revenge match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

|Destination X (2006)

|March 12, 2006

|Christian Cage (c) vs. Monty Brown for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

|Destination X (2007)

|March 11, 2007

|Christian Cage (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

|Destination X (2008)

|March 9, 2008

|Norfolk, Virginia

|Norfolk Scope

|The Angle Alliance (Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles and Tomko) vs. The Unlikely Alliance (Christian Cage, Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe) in a six-man tag team match

|Destination X (2009)

|March 15, 2009

|rowspan="4"|Orlando, Florida

|rowspan="2"|TNA Impact! Zone

|Sting (c) vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, with Jeff Jarrett as the special guest referee and Mick Foley as the special guest enforcer

|Destination X (2010)

|March 21, 2010

|A.J. Styles (c) vs. Abyss for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2009/1257355944.php?style=dark|title=Locations for first 3 TNA PPVs of 2010|last=Gerweck|first=Steve|date=2009-11-04|publisher=WrestleView.com|access-date=2009-11-04}}

|Destination X (2011)

|July 10, 2011

|rowspan="2"|Impact Zone

|A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels

|{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1294891870|title=TNA Changes July PPV Date|first=Steve| last=Gerweck|publisher=WrestleView|date=2011-01-12|access-date=2011-01-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1291180903|title=Date and location for TNA's Destination X PPV|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2010-12-01|publisher=WrestleView|access-date=2010-12-01}}

|Destination X (2012)

|July 8, 2012

|Bobby Roode (c) vs. Austin Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|Destination X (2013)

|July 18, 2013

|Louisville, Kentucky

|Broadbent Arena

|Bully Ray (c) vs. Chris Sabin for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

|Destination X (2014)

|July 31, 2014{{efn|name=t1|The event was taped on June 26, 2014.}}

|New York City, New York

|Grand Ballroom