TNA Genesis (2005)

The 2005 Genesis was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion that took place on November 13, 2005 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Genesis name and eleventh event in the 2005 TNA PPV schedule. Seven professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches were featured on the event's card, one of which involved a championship.

The main event was a Six Man Tag Team match pitting the team of Rhino and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) against the team of Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm). Rhino and Team 3D won the encounter. The TNA X Division Championship was defended by then-champion A.J. Styles against the challenger Petey Williams at the event. Styles defeated Williams to retain the championship. A No Disqualification match between Abyss and Sabu was held at the show. Abyss won the contest. A match to determine the number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship took place at Genesis, in which Monty Brown defeated Jeff Hardy for a future title match.

Genesis is remembered for the debut of Christian Cage. It was also dedicated to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Eddie Guerrero, who died the day of the show. Cage's debut was ranked by TNA as the 5th greatest moment in the company's history. Corey David Lacroix of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer rated the show an 8 out of 10, higher than the 2006 edition of 5 out of 10 by Bob Kapur.

Genesis was announced in early-August 2005 on TNA's official website. It was planned for November 13 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. This event caused a change in TNA's PPV schedule, as the November 2004 PPV event was titled Victory Road. This was a small change as TNA intended to stick with the other names used for PPVs throughout 2005. A promotional poster for the event was released prior by TNA featuring Jeff Hardy. TNA created a section covering the event on their website. A thirty-minute pre-show was slatted to take place prior to the telecast featuring two wrestling matches: Shark Boy versus the debuting Nigel McGuinness, and The Diamonds in the Rough (David Young, Elix Skipper, and Simon Diamond) versus Lance Hoyt and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens). TNA promoted the debut of a newly signed wrestler to occur at Genesis, which the promotion called a "major acquisition." Genesis was dedicated to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Eddie Guerrero, who died the day of the event.

Genesis featured seven professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The main event at Genesis was a Six Man Tag Team match pitting the team of Rhino and Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) against the team of Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm; AMW). This match was promoted for Genesis by TNA on their official website, and later announced on the October 29 episode of TNA's television program TNA Impact!. The storyline behind this match began the October 1 episode of Impact!, when Team 3D made their TNA debut. On the October 8 episode of Impact!, AMW and Jarrett assaulted Team 3D to the point they were left covered in blood. Afterwards, Team 3D were not seen due to a scripted injury, with Jarrett, AMW, and Team Canada (A-1, Bobby Roode, Eric Young, Petey Williams, and Coach Scott D'Amore) hosting a segment where they buried Team 3D's careers on the October 15 episode of Impact!. Meanwhile, then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jarrett was involved in a feud with Kevin Nash which was to lead to a title defense at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event on October 23. However, Nash was rushed to the hospital the night before and was not cleared to wrestle. Rhino took Nash's place in the match, where he defeated Jarrett to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The same night Team 3D made their return from their scripted injury, coming to the aid of Rhino after the main event. Later, Jarrett reclaimed the title on the November 3 episode of Impact!.

The premier bout on the card was for the TNA X Division Championship, in which then-champion A.J. Styles defended the title against the challenger Petey Williams. At Bound for Glory, Williams competed in a Three Way Ultimate X match to determine the number-one contender to the TNA X Division Championship along with Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley. The match had technical difficulties, but in the end Williams won the bout. On the October 29 episode of Impact!, a rematch from Bound for Glory was promoted for the November 3 episode of Impact! due to the issues regarding the previous contest. Despite the rematch, Williams won this encounter as well, remaining number-one contender. After his victory, TNA began to promote Styles versus Williams in a title match at Genesis.

Several other bouts were planned for Genesis, of these the most significant were a No Disqualification match and a match to determine the number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The No Disqualification match was between Abyss and Sabu. This was a rematch from TNA's Unbreakable PPV event on September 11, which Abyss won. Abyss and Sabu also fought in Monster's Ball II at Bound for Glory, which Rhino won. TNA advertised Monty Brown versus Jeff Hardy to determine the number-one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship heading into Genesis. This was a continuation of a storyline in which Brown sought to become NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Both of these encounters were advertised on TNA's website following Bound for Glory.