2014 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view event
The 2014 Sacrifice was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that was produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on April 27, 2014 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the ninth event under the Sacrifice chronology and the second event in the TNA 2014 pay-per-view schedule.
Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Eric Young defeated Magnus to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Other prominent matches included Gunner defeating James Storm in an "I Quit" match, concluding a storyline revolving around Storm's jealousy towards Gunner and attacking his father. In the penultimate match, Bobby Roode defeated Bully Ray in a Tables match. On the undercard, The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) defeated The BroMans (DJZ, Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) in a 3-on-2 Handicap match to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, Mr. Anderson defeated Samuel Shaw in a Committed match, Sanada defeated Tigre Uno in the final of their best of three series to retain the TNA X Division Championship, and Angelina Love defeated Madison Rayne to win the TNA Knockouts Championship.
In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand. It would later be available on Impact Plus in May 2019.
Storylines.
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
On the April 3 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Magnus successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a fatal-four way bout against Samoa Joe, Eric Young and Abyss. Five days later, TNA Director of Wrestling Operations MVP announced a 10-man gauntlet match that took place on the April 10 episode of "Impact Wrestling", where the winner gets a TNA World Heavyweight title shot at Sacrifice. The match was won by Young, who requested to have his shot that same night, and went on to beat Magnus for the title. Magnus would invoke his rematch clause against Young for the title at Sacrifice.
At Lockdown on March 9, Dixie Carter introduced Bully Ray as the special guest referee towards the end of the Lethal Lockdown match. During the bout, he slammed Team Dixie's captain Bobby Roode, allowing Team MVP to win. Afterwards, he powerbombed Roode through a table he introduced during the match. On the March 13 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Bully explained he didn't want to wind up working for Roode, who would have been another Dixie Carter had he won. The following week, Bully was supposed to have a meeting with Carter but Roode attacked him from behind and beat him down. On the March 27 episode of "Impact Wrestling", both men engaged in a brawl where both tried to put each other through a table. The following week, Roode and Ethan Carter III were victorious against Willow and Bully, after putting the latter through a table. Afterwards, Roode and EC3 put him through another two tables. On the April 17 episode of "Impact Wrestling", after both men failed in winning a 10-man gauntlet match for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, Dixie made her return and berated Bully for screwing her team over. Bully and Roode are set to face each other in a tables match at Sacrifice.
On the March 6 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Ethan Carter III took out Kurt Angle by severely damaging his knees, preventing him from competing at Lockdown. The following week, Jeff Hardy's alter ego Willow, seeking revenge on Rockstar Spud and EC3 after costing him the world title at Final Resolution, made his debut against Spud and got himself disqualified, later beating him with an umbrella, stomped his leg wrapped in a chair, and jumped off a ladder to splash him. On the March 20 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Bobby Lashley and EC3 had a rematch that ended in a no contest after interference from Willow, attacking the latter and doing the same onto him. The following week, EC3 and Spud went to the woods looking for Willow, only for him to ambush them. On the April 10 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Spud distracted Willow during the 10-man gauntlet match, allowing EC3 to eliminate him. Willow challenged them in a handicap match the following week, which he won. After the match, Angle made his return, vowing revenge. On the April 24 episode of "Impact Wrestling", after Kurt defeated Spud in a match, EC3 attacked Angle but Willow made the save.
Angelina Love made her return to TNA on the March 13 episode of "Impact Wrestling", calling out Velvet Sky for wanting to reunite The Beautiful People. Sky would later accept Love's offer the following week, while Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne declined due to Love's attitude towards her. Later in the show, Love attacked Rayne after the two hugged, establishing herself as a heel in the process. On the March 27 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Love defeated Rayne in her return match due to interference from Sky, officially reuniting the original incarnation of the stable. The Beautiful People made their in-ring return the following week, defeating Rayne and Brittany after pinning the latter following the Makeover. On the April 10 episode, Love defeated ODB, Gail Kim and Brittany in a four-way match to become the number one contender to the Knockouts title, facing Rayne for the belt at Sacrifice.
At Lockdown, Gunner defeated James Storm in a steel cage Last Man Standing match. On the March 20 episode of "Impact Wrestling", after Storm berated Gunner's father, Gunner attacked Storm, but he managed to handcuff him to the middle rope and threatened his father at ringside. Storm walked away, but returned to smash a beer bottle over the head of Gunner's father. The following week, both men fought in a no disqualification, no countout match where Gunner was victorious. On the April 10 episode of "Impact Wrestling", both men failed in winning a 10-man gauntlet match for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The following week, Bobby Roode issued an open challenge for a tables match which was answered by Gunner, but Roode got the win with help from Storm. Afterwards, Storm and Roode beat down Gunner until Bully Ray made the save. Storm and Gunner challenged each other in an "I Quit" match at Sacrifice.
Fresh off his victory at Lockdown, after escaping the cage following the use of Christy Hemme as a distraction by pulling her through the camera cut-out of the steel cage, Samuel Shaw lost a street fight rematch against Mr. Anderson the following week, bringing a mannequin dressed as Hemme to the ring. On the April 3 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Shaw defeated Anderson in a Straitjacket match after rendering him unconscious following two kata gatame attempts. The following week, Hemme and Anderson attempted to have Shaw committed, but he escaped. On the April 24 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Anderson visits Shaw's family home and meets his mother named "Christy", who informs him that he still lives with her in the basement. After looking at Shaw's childhood bedroom, he arrives and brawls with Anderson as the cameraman escapes, coming across Shaw's mom complaining about the noise as Shaw appears and hugs his mother before the cameraman leaves.
New TNA acquisitions Tigre Uno and Sanada were put against each other in a best of three series for Sanada's X Division Championship. Sanada won the first match on the April 10 episode of "Impact Wrestling", and on the following week Uno won the second match. At Sacrifice, the rubber match of the series was set, with the X Division title on the line.
On February 23, at a TNA house show in Morgantown, West Virginia, The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) defeated The BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, only to lose them the following week back to the BroMans during Wrestle-1's event on March 2. Since then, the Wolves have had numerous rematches for the titles on "Impact Wrestling", with the BroMans either using excuses to avoid defending the belts, having the third member of the team DJZ fill in for defenses, or by getting blatantly disqualified. At Sacrifice, all three BroMans will defend the titles against the Wolves in a three-on-two handicap match.
Event.
Preliminary matches.
The opening match of the event was The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) versus The BroMans (DJZ, Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) in a three-on-two handicap match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Before the match began, Edwards cut a promo on how The BroMans always manage to keep their titles by disqualification, but said tonight was going to be different. He gave Christy Hemme a note that read, by order of MVP, the match will now fall under No DQ rules. The Wolves start the match by sending DJZ to the floor, as well as Robbie and Jessie with stereo hurricanranas. They dump them over the top to the floor, toss DJZ onto them and hit all three BroMans with suicide dives at ringside. The BroMans get the advantage after DJZ hits Edwards with a laptop and Jessie drops Richards on the barricade, continuing their assault on the former in the ring. Edwards gives Jessie a back suplex and attempts to tag in Richards, but DJZ pulls him from the ring apron, and The BroMans regain control by triple teaming the former on the outside. After hitting Robbie and Jessie with a double hurricanrana and a kick to DJZ's head, Edwards tags in Richards who gives all three of them kicks and clotheslines, and goes up top to hit a double missile dropkick on Jessie and DJZ. After DJZ hits Jessie with the laptop by accident and gets taken out himself, The Wolves hit Robbie with a powerbomb-double knee backbreaker combination and deliver double stomps from the top onto Jessie, pinning him to win the tag titles for the second time.
Next, a Committed match was contested between Mr. Anderson and Samuel Shaw, where the objective is to incapacitate your opponent and put him in the padded wagon. After taking turns getting in and out of the ring, Shaw grabs Hemme and shoves her into Anderson, who brushes her aside and attacks Shaw on the outside. Anderson brings Shaw back into the ring to give him a back body drop and clothesline him to the floor, only for Shaw to hit Anderson on the ring apron. Shaw misses an attack and hits the outside, leaving him open to ringside attacks by Anderson, who then gets thrown to the steel steps by Shaw. After applying a modified triangle choke on Anderson, he goes after Hemme in the ring who slaps him, allowing Anderson to hit Shaw with a series of clotheslines and a swinging neckbreaker. On the outside, Anderson slams Shaw on the barricade, and delivers a rolling senton splash to him on the ramp. Anderson uses a steel chair to hit Shaw, throws him into a barricade, and they go to the back to have Jeremy Borash interview them, with Anderson mimicking Shaw's voice. After slamming Shaw on a cart and pushing it towards some production boxes backstage, Anderson checks on the padded wagon but gets attacked from behind by Shaw. Hemme appears and knees Shaw in the groin, leaving him open for a "Mic Check" by Anderson, who then throws him into the wagon and closes the doors to win the match.
The third match involved the team of Kurt Angle and Willow against the team of Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud. EC3 tags in Spud to avoid Angle, who threatens to send him back to England if he doesn't tag out. EC3 is tagged back in but exits the ring, leaving Angle to drop to his knees and give EC3 a chance, who falls for it and gets trapped in an ankle lock. EC3 immediately tags Spud to escape but the latter joins him on the outside, leaving them open to an attack by Willow from up top. Angle goes after EC3 and hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex, but gets thrown to steel steps afterwards. Willow confronts Spud in the ring, gets double attacked by