Maximum Impact Tournament
On November 23, 2011, TNA announced the start of the Maximum Impact Tournament, an eight man tournament, which would take place on Xplosion. The winner would receive a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship during TNA's tour of the United Kingdom in January 2012. The finals of the tournament took place on December 13 at the tapings of the January 4, 2012, edition of Xplosion. The winner, Samoa Joe, received his title shot on January 27 in Manchester, in a match taped for Xplosion, but was defeated by the defending TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Roode.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Christopher Daniels | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Eric Young | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Daniels | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Devon | |||||||||||||
| Devon | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Rob Terry | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Daniels | |||||||||||||
| Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Samoa Joe | Sub | ||||||||||||
| Douglas Williams | |||||||||||||
| Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Kazarian | |||||||||||||
| Kazarian | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Magnus | |||||||||||||
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