Sacrifice (2009)

Sacrifice (2009)
Information
Promotion	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Date	May 24, 2009
Attendance	1,100
Venue	TNA Impact! Zone (Universal Studios Florida)
City	Orlando, Florida
Pay-per-view chronology
Lockdown (2009) Sacrifice (2009) Slammiversary (2009)
Sacrifice chronology
Sacrifice (2008) Sacrifice (2009) Sacrifice (2010)

Sacrifice (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It was held on May 24, 2009 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fifth Sacrifice event that TNA held.

There were eight matches on the card. The main event was known as the Four Way Ultimate Sacrifice match, which was between TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Mick Foley, against Sting, Kurt Angle, and Jeff Jarrett. Each of the competitors in the match wagered an important aspect of their career: Foley's title, Sting's career, Angle's leadership of the Main Event Mafia, and Jarrett's shares in the company. Two other important matches saw A.J. Styles retaining the TNA Legends Championship against Booker T in an "I Quit" match and Beer Money, Inc. defeating The British Invasion to win the "Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament".

Sacrifice gained positive reviews. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter thought that the show, "overachieved". Melzer gave attention to the "Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament" finals match and the "I Quit" match. The only thing he criticized was some of the illogical booking tactics that were made by the company. James Caldwell of the Pro Wrestling Torch also gave the event a good review but criticized the show in a number of spots, mainly the "I Quit" match: "Best match of the PPV until the finish with Sharmell-Jenna continuing their feud on PPV TV. Keep it on free TV (if TNA is so adamant about continuing this), but don't put that dumb storyline on pay TV. As usual, TNA tries to find a way out of a stipulation. Sucks to rant on that, because the match was awesome and one of Booker's best performances in years."

Matches

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
Pre-show	Amazing Red defeated Kiyoshi	Singles match	7:02
1	Eric Young and Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed) defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	Six-man tag team match	13:54
2	Taylor Wilde defeated Daffney (with Abyss)	Monster's Ball match	3:33
3	Suicide (c) and Daniels fought to a draw	Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship	17:06
4	Angelina Love (c) defeated Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed)	Singles match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship	5:56
5	Samoa Joe defeated Kevin Nash	Singles match	8:01
6	Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) defeated The British Invasion (Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams) (with Rob Terry)	Tag team match; Finals in the Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament	10:44
7	A.J. Styles (c) defeated Booker T	"I Quit" match for the TNA Legends Championship	14:56
8	Sting defeated Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, and Jeff Jarrett	Four-way Ultimate Sacrifice match	14:56
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Other websites

• Official TNA Sacrifice website Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine