Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Tournaments - Bound For Glory Series (2011)

Bound For Glory Series (2011)

On the June 16, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA announced a twelve man tournament to determine the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at October's Bound for Glory. The twelve men faced each other in matches on pay-per-view, television and at untelevised house show events and were given points based on their performance, with a submission victory giving a wrestler 10 points, a pinfall victory 7, a countout victory 5, a disqualification victory 3 and a draw 2 points, while a disqualification loss will cost a wrestler 10 points. A special ladder match on the July 21 edition of Impact Wrestling also gave out 10 points for the winner. The top four wrestlers faced each other in the tournament finals at September's No Surrender, where Bully Ray defeated James Storm via disqualification, while Bobby Roode defeated Gunner via submission, giving both 52 points and setting up a tiebreaker match between the two. In the tiebreaker match, Roode defeated Ray via pinfall to win the tournament.

These wrestlers qualified for the final matches.
These wrestlers withdrew from the tournament.
This wrestler won the final match of the tournament.
Final standings
Rank Wrestler Points Matches
01 !1 Roode !Bobby Roode 59 !59 16 !16
02 !2 Bully !Bully Ray 52 !52 16 !16
03 !3 Gunner !Gunner 42 !42 20 !20
04 !4 Van Dam !Rob Van Dam 35 !35 13 !13
05 !5 Storm !James Storm 30 !30 13 !13
06 !6 Styles !A.J. Styles 24 !24 11 !11
07 !7 Steiner !Scott Steiner 21 !21 10 !10
08 !8 Samoa !Samoa Joe 00 !-10 010 !10
09 !DNF Crimson !Crimson 50 !50 10 !102
10 !DNF Devon !Devon 30 !30 15 !152
11 !DNF Morgan !Matt Morgan 24 !24 05 !51
12 !DNF Dinero !D'Angelo Dinero 17 !17 17 !172

1 Morgan was forced to pull out of the tournament on the July 28 edition of Impact Wrestling, after tearing his pectoral muscle.
2 Devon, Dinero and Crimson pulled out of the tournament after suffering storyline injuries at the hands of Samoa Joe on the August 18 and 25 editions of Impact Wrestling.

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