Glenn Gilbertti

A behind the scenes look into the lives, injuries and sacrifices of professional wrestlers.

Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced by the American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The event was created in 2004 and was originally held annually in December. TNA changed the date of the 2008 event to be held in November. The event has been held as an annual PPV event for TNA. The 2004 event was the second TNA PPV to be produced annually. Since its inception in 2004, the event has been held exclusively in Orlando, Florida. Every event has been held in an indoor arena, with all of the events taking place in the TNA Impact! Zone. Each event features talent from TNA competing in various professional wrestling match types. Since the inaugural event, five championship matches have taken place in the main event.

The first World Wrestling Allstars pay per view, live from Sydney, Australia! A tournament titled "7 Deadly Sins", each round having a stipulation match, the winner will be crowned the first ever WWA Heavyweight Champion! Wrestlers such as Jeff Jarrett, Road Dogg, Jerry Lawler all compete in the tournament, with the WWA Commissioner, Bret Hart not too far away to make sure nothing gets to far out of hand!

Uncensored 2000 took place on March 19, 2000 from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. There were 2 main events with Sid Vicious defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett and Hulk Hogan facing Ric Flair in a Yappapi Indian Strap match. Also at the event was Sting vs The Total Package in a Lumberjacks with Casts match. Other matches included Dustin Rhodes vs Terry Funk in a Bullrope match, The Mamalukes defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Harris Brothers, Fit Finlay vs Vampiro in a Falls Count Anywhere match, Harlem Heat 2000 vs Billy Kidman and Booker, 3 Count defending the WCW Hardcore Championship against Brian Knobs, Bam Bam Bigelow vs The Wall, Norman Smiley & The Demon vs Lenny Lane & Rave, and The Artist defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Psychosis.

Fall Brawl 2000 took place on September 17, 2000 from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The main event was Kevin Nash defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Booker T in a Caged Heat match. Also on the card was Goldberg vs Scott Steiner in a No DQ match, Mike Awesome vs Jeff Jarrett in a bunkhouse brawl, Sting vs The Great Muta vs Vampiro in a Triangle match, Billy Kidman & Madusa vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson in a Scaffold match, an elimination match featuring two 7 man teams (The Filthy Animals vs The Natural Born Thrillers), Lance Storm defending the WCW United States Championship against General Rection, KroniK vs The Harris Brothers in a First Blood Chain match, The Misficts in Action vs 3 Count, and Elix Skipper defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Kwee Wee.

Halloween Havoc 2000 took place on October 29, 2000 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a triple main event, including Goldberg vs KroniK in a handicap match, Sting vs Jeff Jarrett, and Booker T defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner. Other matches included Lance Storm & Jim Duggan defending the WCW United States Championship against General Rection in a handicap match, Vampiro vs Mike Awesome, Ernest Miller vs Mike Sanders in a kickboxing match, Buff Bagwell vs David Flair in a First Blood DNA match, The Filthy Animals (Konnan & Tygress) vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson, The Misfits in Action vs The Perfect Event, Reno defending the WCW Hardcore Championship against Sgt. AWOL, and The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire) defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships in a Triangle match against The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman & Mysterio) and The Boogie Knights (Disqo & Alex Wright).

The Great American Bash (2000) took place on June 11, 2000 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was Jeff Jarrett defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash with Ernest Miller as the special guest enforcer. Also on the card was Sting vs Vampiro in a Human Torch match, Ric Flair vs David Flair, Hollywood Hogan vs Billy Kidman, Rick Steiner & Tank Abbott vs Scott Steiner in a Handicap Asylum match, Shane Douglas vs The Wall in a Best of 5 Tables match, Shawn Stasiak vs GI Bro in a Boot Camp match, Mike Awesome vs DDP in an Ambulance match, KroniK vs The Mamalukes, and Lt. Loco defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Disqo. Some of the matches from this event was used as a green screen stock footage for a 'Newsflash' segment on Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Halloween Havoc 1999 took place on October 24, 1999 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event was advertised as Hulk Hogan defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting. An impromptu match then takes place between the winner of this match and a surprise challenger, also for the WCW World Heavyweight title. Diamond Dallas Page faced Ric Flair in a Strap match, Goldberg challenges Sid Vicious for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, The Total Package fights Bret Hart, Chris Benoit defends the WCW World Television Championship against Rick Steiner, Berlyn wrestles Brad Armstrong, Eddie Guerrero squares off against Saturn, the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship is put on the line in a Triple Threat Street Fight match with Harlem Heat, The Filthy Animals, and The First Family, and Disco Inferno defends the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Lash LeRoux.

Bash at the Beach 1999 took place on July 11, 1999 from the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The main event was Kevin Nash & Sting defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Randy Savage & Sid Vicious, with the stipulation that whoever got the pin would win the title. Roddy Piper fought Buff Bagwell in a boxing match, The Jersey Triad (DDP, Kanyon, & Bam Bam Bigelow) defended the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Saturn & Chris Benoit, The No Limit Soldiers had a rematch against The West Texas Rednecks, David Flair defended the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Dean Malenko, Rick Steiner defended the WCW World Television Championship against Van Hammer, and Ernest Miller wrestled Disco Inferno. There was also a "Junkyard Invitational" for the WCW Hardcore Trophy involving 14 competitors.

The Great American Bash (1999) took place on June 13, 1999 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was Kevin Nash defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Randy Savage. Chris Benoit & Saturn defended the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Jersey Triad (DDP & Kanyon w/ Bam Bam Bigelow), Sting fought Rick Steiner in a Falls Count Anywhere match, WCW President Roddy Piper and Ric Flair continued their feud in a singles match, Ernest Miller wrestled Horace Hogan, No Limit Soliders (Konnan & Rey Mysterio) tagged against The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncum, Jr.), Disco Inferno wrestled Buffbagwell, Van Hammer faced Mikey Whipwreck, and Hak went up against Brian Knobs in a Hardcore match.

Spring Stampede 1999 took place on April 11, 1999 from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The main event was Ric Flair defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Four Corners match against Hollywood Hogan, Sting, & Diamond Dallas page with Randy Savage as the guest referee. Also heavily promoted was a match between Goldberg and Kevin Nash. Other matches included Booker T versus Scott Steiner for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Raven & Saturn, Rey Mysterio, Jr. defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Billy Kidman, Konnan vs Disco Inferno, Mikey Whipwreck vs Scotty Riggs, Hak vs Bam Bam Bigelow in a Hardcore match, and Juventud Guerrera vs Blitzkrieg.

Exclusive profile of the jackhammering ex-football star who has gone on to become one of wrestling's most menacing forces. This entertaining installment of the Superstar Series features Wrestlemania champ Goldberg. The video covers the highlights of his career in the ring, including his win over Hulk Hogan as well as some of his most powerful and inventive wrestling moves. A must-see for any serious Wrestling fan.

Starrcade (1999) was the 17th annual Starrcade professional wrestling PPV event. It was the twelfth Starrcade event produced by World Championship Wrestling, and it took place on December 19, 1999 from the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. The main event was between Bret Hart and Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The match was notable for a concussion Hart sustained, which ultimately led to his retirement in 2000. Other matches included a ladder match between Chris Benoit and Jeff Jarrett for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, a Powerbomb match between Sid Vicious and Kevin Nash, and Sting against The Total Package. The Under card was rounded out with Diamond Dallas Page vs David Flair in a Crowbar on a Pole match, Dustin Rhodes vs Jeff Jarrett in a Bunkhouse Brawl, a Six-Man tag team match between Creative Control & Curt Hennig vs Harlem Heat & Midnight, Norman Smiley defending the WCW Hardcore Championship against Meng, and 5 other matches.

SuperBrawl IX took place on February 21, 1999 from the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California. The main event was Hollywood Hogan defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair. Other title matches featured Roddy Piper defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Scott Hall, Scott Steiner defending the WCW World Television Championship against Diamond Dallas Page, a match for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championships between Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Barry Windham & Curt Hennig, and Billy Kidman defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Chavo Guerrero, Jr. Under card matches included Goldberg vs Bam Bam Bigelow, The Outsiders vs Konnan & Rey Mysterio, Jr. in a Hair vs Mask match, Chris Jericho vs Saturn, and Disco Inferno vs Booker T.

Road Wild 1998 took place on August 8, 1998 from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The main event was Hollywood Hogan & Eric Bischoff verus Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno. Goldberg was forced to defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a World Title Battle Royal against nWo Hollywood (The Giant, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig and Scott Norton) and nWo Wolfpac (Konnan, Lex Luger, Kevin Nash and Sting). Other matches included Chris Jericho defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Juventud Guerrera, Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. vs Stevie Ray, Rey Mysterio, Jr. vs Psychosis, Raven vs Saturn vs Kanyon in a Triangle Raven's Rules match, Public Enemy vs The Dancing Fools (Disco Inferno & Alex Wright), and Meng fought The Barbarian. Travis Triit performed a short concert after the show.

Bash at the Beach 1998 took place on July 12, 1998 from the Cox Arena in San Diego, California. The main event was Hollywood Hogan and Dennis Rodman versus Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone.

SuperBrawl VIII took place on February 22, 1998 from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. A match was scheduled between Larry Zbyszko and Louie Spicolli; it was canceled following Spicolli's death a week before the pay-per view. The main event was Sting vs Hollywood Hogan rematch (technically 2nd rematch as there was an audio only ppv the month before with a Steel Cage match between the two) for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The WCW World Tag Team Titles were also on the line as The Steiner Brothers defended against The Outsiders. Other matches included Lex Luger vs Randy Savage, Diamond Dallas Page defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael vs British Bulldog, Chris Jericho vs Juventud Guerrera in a Title versus Mask match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, Goldberg vs Brad Armstrong, and 3 other matches.

World War 3 1998 took place on November 22, 1998 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. There was a double main event with the Three Ring, 60 Man Battle Royal to earn a WCW World Heavyweight Title shot as the first and the second featuring Diamond Dallas Page defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Bret Hart. Other scheduled matches were Chris Jericho defending the WCW World Television Championship against Bobby Duncum, Jr., a rematch between Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, a rubber match of Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner, Juventud Guerrera defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Billy Kidman, Perry Saturn & Kaz Hayashi vs Ernest Miller & Sonny Onoo, Stevie Ray vs Konnan, and Glacier vs Wrath.

Halloween Havoc 1998 took place on October 25, 1998 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and featured a double main event. The main event was Goldberg defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Diamond Dallas Page. Also heavily promoted was a match between Hollywood Hogan and The Warrior. Two of the larger matches were Bret Hart defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Sting and The Outsiders brawling as Scott Hall took on Kevin Nash in a singles match. Other matches included a rematch between Scott Steiner and Rick Steiner, The Giant and Scott Steiner defended the WCW World Tag team Championships against Rick Steiner & Buff Bagwell, Billy Kidman defended the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Disco Inferno, and Chris Jericho defended the WCW World Television Championship against Raven.

Fall Brawl 1998: War Games took place on September 13, 1998 from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The main event was a WarGames match, in which Team nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hogan, Bret Hart & Stevie Ray), Team nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Sting & Lex Luger), and Team WCW (Diamond Dallas page, Roddy Piper & The Warrior) all competed for a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc. Under card matches that night included Scott Hall vs Konnan, Dean Malenko vs Curt Hennig, Raven vs Saturn (again...) in (another) Raven's Rules match, Juventud Guerrera defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Silver King, Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner (a match held over from Road Wild), Norman Smiley vs Ernest Miller, Chris Jericho defending the WCW World Television Championship against a Goldberg impersonator, and The Dancing Fools against The British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart.

World War 3 1997 took place on November 23, 1997 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The main event was the 3 Ring, 60 Man Battle Royal match to earn a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Title defenses at this event included Curt Hennig defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair, Eddie Guerrero defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Rey Mysterio, Jr., The Steiner Brothers defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Blue Bloods, and Saturn defending the WCW World Television Championship against Disco Inferno. Other matches featured included Alex Wright versus Steve McMichael, a Raven's Rules No DQ match between Raven and Scotty Riggs, Yuji Nagata versus Ultimo Dragon, and The Faces of Fear versus Glacier and Ernest Miller.

Halloween Havoc 1997 took place on October 26, 1997 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two main events were Hollywood Hogan versus Roddy Piper in a Steel Cage match and Randy Savage versus Diamond Dallas Page in a Las Vegas Sudden Death match. Other matches included Scott Hall versus Lex Luger with Larry Zbyszko as the special guest referee, Curt Hennig defending the WCW United States Championship against Ric Flair, Jacqueline vs Disco Inferno, Steve McMichael vs Alex Wright, Rey Mysterio, Jr. vs Eddie Guerrero in a Mask vs. Title match, Chris Jericho vs Gedo, and Ultimo Dragon vs Yuji Nagata.

Slamboree 1996 took place on May 19, 1996 from the Riverside Centroplex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Every non-title match was a Lethal Lottery match with wrestlers being randomly paired together, and the winning teams would advance to the Battlebowl battle royal. The title matches included The Giant defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Sting, Konnan defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Jushin Liger, and Dean Malenko defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Brad Armstrong.

Bash at the Beach (1996) was the third annual Bash at the Beach professional wrestling PPV produced by WCW. It took place on July 7, 1996 from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. This event is best remembered for the formation of the New World Order, which contributed greatly to the success of WCW in the mid-to-late 1990s. The main event was a tag team match between The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) and their mystery partner, and Randy Savage, Sting and Lex Luger. Matches on the undercard included Ric Flair against Konnan for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, and Dean Malenko against Disco Inferno for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Three gimmick matches took place back to back. A Carson City Silver Dollar match occured between Big Bubba and John Tenta, a Taped Fist match between Jim Duggan and Diamond Dallas page, and a Double Dog Collar match between the Nasty Boys and Public Enemy.

World War 3 1996 took place on November 24, 1996 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The main event was the WCW World War 3 match, which put 60 men in a 3 ring battle royal. A second main event included a Triple Threat Tag Team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championships with The Outsiders defending against Faces of Fear & The Nasty Boys.

World War 3 was an annual PPV event produced by WCW. The PPV's title also was the name of its signature match, a three-ring, sixty-man battle royal. The inaugural World War 3 match was contested for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which had been stripped from The Giant due to the outcome of his match with Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc '95. Other matches included Ric Flair vs Sting, Lex Luger vs Randy Savage, Kensuke Sasaki defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Chris Benoit, Big Bubba Rogers vs Jim Duggan, and Johnny B. Badd defending he WCW World TV Championship against Diamond Dallas Page. WCW released the World War 3 events on home video the following year, with the packaging for the first three releases reflecting the year that the video was released and not the year that the actual event took place, e.g. World War 3 1995 was released on VHS as World War 3 '96.

TNA Wrestling takes you back to where it all started with this collection featuring 25 complete matches! Relive some of the best of TNA's early days from the Asylum years from 2002 through 2004, including AJ Styles, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy, Jerry Lynn, Raven, Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Eric Young, Abyss and many more!