TNA Genesis (2014)

The 2014 Genesis was a special episode of Impact Wrestling and the ninth edition of Genesis professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on January 16, 2014 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The card was split between both the January 16 and the January 23 broadcasts of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV.

Four matches were contested on the January 16 broadcast, featuring the main event between Sting and Ethan Carter III while the undercard featured Gail Kim defending the Knockouts Championship against Madison Rayne and Mr. Anderson taking on Bully Ray in a No Disqualification match.

The January 23 broadcast featured five matches as Magnus defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting in a no disqualification title vs. career match. Prominent matches on the undercard were Kurt Angle versus Bobby Roode in a steel cage match, Chris Sabin versus Austin Aries for the X Division Championship and Gunner defended the World Heavyweight Championship Feast or Fired Briefcase on a pole match against James Storm.

On the December 5 episode of Impact Wrestling, Rockstar Spud prevented Sting from meeting Kurt Angle in his locker room as per Dixie Carter's orders as she wanted Sting out of the arena. The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Sting confronted Carter's kayfabe nephew Ethan Carter III and gave him the ultimatum of either facing Sting or enter the Feast or Fired and Carter chose to enter the Feast or Fired. On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Sting and Hardy lost to EC3, Spud and The BroMans in a handicap match made by Dixie Carter. On the January 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, Sting accused EC3 of being Dixie's lapdog and challenged him to a match at Genesis, which EC3 accepted.

At Final Resolution, Bobby Roode defeated Kurt Angle in a two out of three falls match. The feud continued as Angle demanded a steel cage match against Roode on the January 9, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling but he was put in the match instead against Roode's partners Bad Influence, whom Angle defeated. Roode would then be put in a steel cage match against Sting, which Roode won with the outside interference by Rockstar Spud. It was later announced that Angle would take on Roode in a steel cage match at Genesis.

At Turning Point, Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray in a No Disqualification match to end Ray's faction Aces & Eights and save his TNA career. On the November 28 episode of Impact Wrestling, Anderson held a mock funeral of the Aces & Eights. Ray gained revenge on Anderson on the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling by piledriving Anderson on the stage during Anderson's Feast or Fired match. On the January 2, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling, Ray was about to burn Joseph Park with a lighter after covering him with the lighter fluid until Anderson made the save and Ray sprayed fluid on him. The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Anderson and Ray decided to settle their differences by agreeing to a no disqualification match at Genesis.

At Turning Point, Gunner threw in the towel for James Storm during his Florida Death match against Bobby Roode to prevent Roode from tossing Storm into the barbed wire board. Storm confronted Gunner on costing him the match, which caused dissension between the two. On the December 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, Gunner retrieved a Feast or Fired briefcase which was revealed to contain a World Heavyweight Championship title shot. On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Gunner demanded a title shot against the new champion Magnus but Storm demanded that Gunner put the title shot against Storm on the line and Dixie Carter made the match, which ended in a double count-out. On the January 9 episode of Impact Wrestling, Storm challenged Gunner to put the briefcase on the line in a Briefcase on a pole match.

At Final Resolution, Madison Rayne and ODB defeated Gail Kim and Lei'D Tapa in a tag team match. On the December 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Kim helped Tapa in defeating ODB in a match and sent the match as a message to Rayne. The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Rayne defeated Kim in a non-title match. This led to a match between Kim and ODB for Kim's Knockouts Championship at Genesis.