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TNA Victory Road Preview - Preview of the TNA PPV Victory Road

By Eric Cohen, About.com

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Jul 3 2008
TNA Wrestling presents Victory Road live on PPV on Sunday, July 13, at 8 PM ET. The show will be taking place at Reliant Arena in Houston, TX.

TNA World Championship: Champion Samoa Joe vs. Booker T
Events leading to this match: Booker T was about to win the championship during last month's King of the Mountain match but special enforcer Kevin Nash cost him his shot at hanging the title to win the match. Samoa Joe is mad at his ally Nash and accepted the challenge of Booker T. This match is taking place in Booker T's hometown.

Fan's Choice: Team 3D & Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage, Rhino, & AJ Styles
Rules of the match: At the start of the PPV, fans can log onto the TNA website to choose between a Tables, Ladder, & Chairs Match, a Falls Count Anywhere Match, or a Full Metal Mayhem Match
Events leading to this match: This match features a combination of feuds. Team 3D tried to injure Christian and Rhino while Kurt Angle has accused AJ of sleeping with his wife.

Fan's Revenge Match for the TNA Tag Team Championship: Champs The LAX vs. Robert Roode & James Storm
Rules of the match: The ring will be surrounded by 12 fans chosen via a contest on TNA.com that will all have leather straps. The fans are supposed to hit the wrestlers with the straps if the wrestlers try to leave the ring.
Events leading to this match: On a recent edition of TNA:iMPACT!, it appeared that Roode and Storm won the tag team titles but the referee restarted the match. LAX went on to retain the titles but after the match they were handcuffed to the ring ropes and then whipped with leather straps.

Ultimate X Match: Finals of the World X Cup Tournament
Rules of the match: A giant red X will be suspended over the ring by two cables that also form a large X over the ring. The match ends when a wrestler is able to remove the X from the cables.
Events leading to this match: This is the final match of the World X Cup tournament and depending on the points standing it will probably decide which team wins the tournament. A wrestler from all 4 teams in the event will be in this match. The four teams are Team TNA, Team Mexico, Team Japan, and Team International.

Gail Kim vs. Angelina Love
Events leading to this match: A few month's ago, the Beautiful People interfered in Gail's match against champion Awesome Kong and caused her to both lose the match and hurt her knee. Gail is looking for revenge in this match against 1/2 of the Beautiful People.

Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt
Events leading to this match: At Slammiversary, Jay was supposed to marry SoCal Val but the wedding was stopped by Sonjay. Sonjay was the best-man at the wedding but attacked Jay during the ceremony because he is in love with Val.

Results of the 3 Previous TNA PPV Events
Slammiversary - Desoto County Civic Center; Southaven, MS 6/8
- TNA X Division Championship: Champion Petey Williams beat Kaz
- Gail Kim, Roxxi, & ODB beat Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Moose
- TNA Tag Team Championship: Champions LAX beat Team 3D
- $25,000 Open Challenge: TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong beat two fans in separate matches
- Best man Sonjay Dutt interrupted the marriage ceremony between Jay Lethal and SoCal Val
- AJ Styles beat Kurt Angle
- King of the Mountain Match for the TNA World Championship with Kevin Nash as Special Enforcer: Champion Samoa Joe beat Christian Cage, Rhino, Booker T, and Robert Roode

Sacrifice - iMPACT! Zone; Orlando, FL 5/11
- Deuces Wild Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Team 3D beat Sting and James Storm
- Quarterfinal Match: Rhino and Christian Cage beat Booker T and Robert Roode
- Quarterfinal Match: The Latin American Xchange beat Kip James & Matt Morgan
- Quarterfinal Match: AJ Styles & Super Eric defeated BG James and Awesome Kong
- Terror Dome Match: Kaz beat Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Consequences Creed, Curry Man, Shark Boy, Jimmy Rave, Johnny Devine, Alex Shelley, and Chris Sabin
- Semifinal Match: Team 3D defeated Christian Cage and Rhino
- Semifinal Match: The Latin American Xchange defeated AJ Styles and Super Eric
- TNA Knockouts Makeover: Gail Kim beat ODB, Salinas, Roxxi Laveaux, Traci Brooks, Jacqueline, Rhaka Khan, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, & Christy Hemme. As a result of this match, Roxxi Laveaux had her head shaved.
- Tournament Final: The Latin American Xchange beat Team 3D to win the vacant TNA Tag Team Championship
- TNA World Championship: Champion Samoa Joe beat Scott Steiner & Kaz (subbing for Kurt Angle)

Lockdown - 4/13
(note: all matches took place inside of a steel cage)
- Xscape Match for the X Division Title: Champion Jay Lethal beat Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy, Curry Man, Consequences Creed, and Johnny Devine
- Queen of the Cage Match: Roxxi Laveaux beat Christy Hemme, Salinas, Jacqueline, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, Rhaka Khan, & Traci Brooks
- BG James beat Kip James
- Cuffed in the Cage: Eric Young & Kaz beat Black Reign & Rellik, the Latin American Xchange, the Motor City Machineguns, Scott Steiner & Petey Williams, and the Rock N Rave Infection
- Gail Kim & ODB beat Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed
- Booker T & Sharmell beat Robert Roode & Payton Banks
- Lethal Lockdown: Team Cage (Christian Cage, Rhino, Matt Morgan, Sting, & Kevin Nash) beat Team Tomko (Tomko, AJ Styles, James Storm, and Team 3D)
- TNA World Championship: Samoa Joe beat Kurt Angle to win the championship

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