It's safe to say TNA has undergone quite a few changes through its two-decade run, so fans tend to forget a few things about the company. When it started in 2002, the promotion adopted a daring weekly PPV structure, which was nothing more than weekly shows, but this did help it get much-needed attention.
Come 2004, it adopted the more common monthly pay-per-view model after securing a TV deal. However, with the company oscillating between the good and bad almost weekly, its PPV output suffered the same fate. While some of these shows were top-notch, a few had endings fans would not mind if they forgot.
10 Destination X 2010
If only they had let AJ Styles and Abyss put on the amazing match they were capable of for the TNA World Title. What fans got instead was the two being the in-ring representatives for Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, respectively, at the end of which Abyss Chokeslammed Styles through the ring.
He then dragged out a wheelchair-bound Flair before Desmond Wolfe ran out, only to get maced and trip over The Nature Boy into the hole. The pro wrestling legend soon followed, and this 'comedic ending' with Abyss and Hogan celebrating made everything look silly.
9 Victory Road 2004
Ironically, TNA's first-ever three-hour PPV had a terrible ending, as NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett, who fans were sick of, battled Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match for the title. Scott Hall interfered to help Jarrett while Kevin Nash strutted out with two guitars, presumably to even the odds.
However, he helped Hall and Jarrett lay into Jeff with the guitars, helping JJ retain. They then held off AJ Styles and 3 Live Kru before Randy Savage came out and threatened them. It was a messy conclusion and a sign of the troubling times the company would face in its subsequent years.
8 Genesis 2010
AJ Styles, the champion and most popular guy in the company, faced Kurt Angle in a superb bout for the belt at Genesis 2010. Ric Flair then appeared, seemingly to support Angle, before he tossed the belt to Styles, who used it on Kurt to win and celebrated with The Nature Boy.
Basically, TNA had made its biggest star a heel for no reason, and Styles also became Flair's protégé. Lousy face/heel turns were a given at the company, but this was a bit too far.
7 Against All Odds 2011
Jeff Hardy is a Ladder match legend, so much so that he's almost synonymous with it. His willingness to go all out and risk himself to entertain crowds is well-appreciated and acknowledged, but in this instance, he just ruined a move he had performed numerous times at Against All Odds 2011.
Battling Mr. Anderson, the younger Hardy was to get hit by the Mic Check off the top of the ladder but grab hold of the belts before falling. However, they both crashed to the mat sans any title, leading Jeff to awkwardly get up immediately and climb up to grab the belt. The ending was way too abrupt and could not save a horrible mistake.
6 Bound For Glory 2010
Abyss had repeatedly spoken of a mysterious "They" arriving at Bound For Glory 2010. The main event was a triple threat between Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle, and Mr. Anderson for the title. As expected, Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan (on crutches) came out to help Angle.
However, Hardy used the crutches to attack Angle and Anderson and clinch the belt, after which he joined Hogan, Bischoff, Jeff Jarrett, and Abyss to attack RVD. This was what set up the much-loathed Immortal storyline, but such terrible booking was symptomatic of the Hogan-Bischoff era.
5 Slammiversary 2006
In a terrible year for TNA, such a match showed precisely why the company was struggling. Sting, Ron Killings, Christian Cage, Jeff Jarrett, and Abyss fought in the confusing King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary.
Sting was helping Christian Cage head up the ladder to attach the belt when Larry Zbyszko hit the latter with a low blow. Somehow, the former two managed to get up, only for Earl Hebner to push both off, enabling Jarrett to climb up and attach the belt to become champion in an unpopular decision.
4 Against All Odds 2005
Against All Odds' main event saw champion Jeff Jarrett face Kevin Nash, with the rule that his belt would change hands in the event of a guitar-based disqualification. JJ brought out a cello instead, but it broke before he could use it, forcing him to improvise with a cello case and the instrument's body.
Then came the sucker punch, as old hands Billy Gunn and X-Pac came out to help Jarrett and Nash, respectively. Jarrett somehow retained, but since Vince McMahon still owned Gunn's name, the announcers fumbled with what to call him. Hilariously bad all around.
3 Turning Point 2004
A lot happened before the ending finally played out before a disbelieving crowd. Randy Savage, apparently unwilling to participate after a backstage breakdown, finally ran down towards the end of a six-man tag pitting himself, Jeff Hardy, and AJ Styles against the Kings of Wrestling (Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall).
In a move that made NWA Champion Jarrett look like a chump, Savage reversed Jarrett's sunset flip, clocked him with a right hand, and got the pin. Luckily, nothing was made of this as The Macho Man retired soon after, meaning this was his last-ever match.
2 Bound For Glory 2011
The Fall of 2011 saw Bobby Roode ready as the new face for TNA, and it all seemed planned out. He would beat Kurt Angle for the belt at Bound For Glory, with the latter going away to recover from his injuries.
The two had a good match, with fans ready for the title switch, but Angle somehow retained with a roll-up. Apparently, Hulk Hogan had run down Roode as "not being ready" on a radio show a few days before, which factored into this absurd result, thus wasting months of build-up and burying his own company.
1 Hard Justice 2006
NWA Champion Jeff Jarrett was defending against Sting in the main event of a show whose start had already been delayed by 30 minutes due to a fire on the roof. The bout was decent, with Christian coming out to help Sting as Scott Steiner had appeared in aid of Double J.
However, as the WCW Icon jumped from the top rope, Christian smashed his head with a guitar, allowing Jarrett to retain. Like so many other TNA heel turns, this was unnecessary and came out of nowhere, stripping fans of what they wanted to see and enabling the hated Jarrett to keep his hands on the gold once more.