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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Turning_Point_%282008%29.jpg/200px-Turning_Point_%282008%29.jpg Promotional poster featuring Mick Foley | ||||
| Tagline(s) | "The balance of power has reached a Turning Point" | |||
| Theme son(s) |
"Indestructible" by Disturbed | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | |||
| Date | November 9, 2008 | |||
| Attendance | 1,100 | |||
| Venue | TNA Impact! Zone | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida | |||
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Turning Point (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on November 9, 2008 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fourth event under the Turning Point chronology and first event under the name to take place in November. It was originally scheduled to take place in December, but TNA moved the event to November in late-2008, for an unknown reason. Eight professional wrestling matches, with three involving championships, were featured on the event's card.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship between the champion, Cting, and the challenger, KJ Styles, in which Cting retained the championship. Another featured match was Kevin Nash versus Samoa Joe, which Nash won. Matt Borske defeated Marc in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. The TNA Legends Championship was defended for the first time, as Steve Britz, who was accompanied by Tia George, successfully defended the championship against Jared Hunt.
The professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer website rated the event a 7 out of 10, which was just above the 2007 event's rating of 6.5. In his review of the event, Phil Allely of The Sun felt the event was "a thoroughly enjoyable show".
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TNA Turning Point (2008) Results[]
| # | Results | Stipulations |
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| 1 | Will Kapphan defeated Consequences Greed, Paul Kalgard, Eason, Aaron Fisher-Armstrong, Jimmy Ray, Jon Williams, Jeremiah Garcia, Tanahashi, and Volador | Ten-Man X Division Elimination Rankings match |
| 2 | Shaina and Reannon Crider defeated Tessa Smith and Raisha Saeed (with Rhaka Khan) | Tag Team match |
| 3 | Peter defeated Sheik Abdul Remeriz | Singles match |
| 4 | Beer Money, Inc. (Chris LeGreca and Martin McAlmond) (c) defeated The Motor City Machineguns (Brian Tobol and Ryan Gleason) | Tag Team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship |
| 5 | Steve Britz (with Tia) (c) defeated Khristian Kage | Singles match for the TNA Legends Championship; As per the pre-match stipulation, Kage was forced to join MEM |
| 6 | Matt Borske defeated Marc | Falls Count Anywhere match |
| 7 | Kevin Nash defeated Dustin Simpson | Singles match |
| 8 | Cting (c) defeated KJ Styles | Singles match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship |
X-Division Eliminations[]
| Elimination # | Eliminated Participant | Eliminator |
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| 1 | Jeremiah Garcia | Volador |
| 2 | Volador | Jimmy |
| 3 | Jimmy | Paul Kalgard |
| 4 | Eason | Injured |
| 5 | Matt Garr | Jon Williams |
| 6 | Jon Williams | Tanahashi |
| 7 | Tanahashi | Aaron Fisher-Armstrong |
| 8 | Paul Kalgard | Will Kapphan |
| 9 | Aaron Fisher-Armstrong | Will Kapphan |
| Winner | Will Kapphan | |