Turning Point (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on December 11, 2005 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Turning Point name and the twelfth and final event of the 2005 TNA PPV schedule. Nine professional wrestling matches and one pre-show match were featured on the event's card, two of which featured championships.
The main event at Turning Point was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in which then-champion Jeff Jarrett was pitted against the challenger Rhino. A.J. Styles defended the TNA X Division Championship against Samoa Joe at the event. Joe defeated Styles to become the new champion. Team 3D fought America's Most Wanted in a tag team elimination tables match at the event, which Team 3D won. TNA also held the first-ever Barbed Wire Massacre at Turning Point between Abyss and Sabu.
Turning Point is remembered for the first-ever Barbed Wire Massacre, the announcement of TNA's signing of the wrestler Sting, and Samoa Joe's title win which was ranked by TNA as the 34th greatest moment in the company's history.
Results[]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | The Naturals (Andy Douglas & Chase Stevens) and Lance Hoyt defeated Buck Quartermain, Jon Bolen and Joe Doering | Six-man tag team match | 07:11 |
| 2 | Sabu defeated Abyss (w/ Father James Mitchell) | Barbed Wire Massacre | 10:59 |
| 3 | Austin Aries and Matt Bentley (w/ Traci) defeated Alex Shelley and Roderick Strong | Tag team match | 08:04 |
| 4 | Raven defeated Chris K | Singles match | 05:45 |
| 5 | Team Canada (A-1, Bobby Roode, Eric Young & Petey Williams) (w/ Coach D'Amore) defeated 4Live Kru (B.G. James, Kip James, Konnan & Ron Killings) | Eight-man tag team match | 07:18 |
| 6 | Chris Sabin, Dale Torborg and Sonjay Dutt (w/ A. J. Pierzynski) defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (David Young, Elix Skipper & Simon Diamond) | Six-man tag team match | 07:57 |
| 7 | Christian Cage defeated Monty Brown | Singles match to determine the #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 12:32 |
| 8 | Team 3D (Brother Devon & Brother Ray) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris &James Storm) (w/ Gail Kim) | Tag team elimination tables match | 09:40 |
| 9 | Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles (c) | Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship | 18:58 |
| 10 | Jeff Jarrett (c) defeated Rhino | Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 17:30 |
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