When TNA began in 2002, most barely gave them a chance. A key reason is that the idea of a show doing weekly PPVs looked like pure insanity. Somehow, TNA was able to keep it going until they could do regular three-hour PPVs in 2004 alongside a TV deal. While their network jumping has become legendary, TNA still tries to put on monthly PPVs, which can be terrific. Sadly, the company’s infamous track record means there are a lot of low points in their PPV history.

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It’s one thing for terrible matches and gimmicks, that’s just wrestling. But now and then, TNA will have a moment that is mind-blowing in how awful it is. To be fair, a few things were just accidents and beyond their control, but others should have been easily avoided. There are many options, but here are the ten most embarrassing things to happen on TNA PPVs that only add to the company’s legacy as the joke of wrestling.

10 A Blackout

There can be brief botches in wrestling that are forgivable, but not being able to keep the lights on for a PPV is something else. During Bound for Glory 2016, Eddie Edwards was facing Aron Rex for the Impact Grand Championship. In the middle of all this and for unknown reasons, the Universal Studios theme park suffered an unexpected power failure, so

For 90 seconds, the lights in the arena went out. Someone had to use a spotlight to focus on the ring so the bout could continue. For once, this was beyond TNA”s control, but it was still a humiliation for the company.

9 The Second Worst Women’s Match In History

In 2016, TNA tried to fire up fans with a special edition of One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown, starring the company's female division (i.e. the Knockouts). Among the Knocksouts' matches was Shelly Martinez vs Rebel and proof of what happens when two otherwise good talents have the same bad night.

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The match is the definition of “Botchamania,” with the pair missing everything from easy moves to headscissors before Rebel got the pin. It proved just how far the once great Knockouts division had fallen.

8 The “Electrified” Cage

Electric Cage

Imagine a wrestling match from infamous Z-grade director Ed Wood. On paper, Team 3D vs LAX in a steel cage at Lockdown 2007 should have been an epic brawl. Instead, the gimmick was the cage was electrified. This being TNA, rather than actually trying to make it electrically charged even to a safe minimum, they instead dimmed the lights blue.

The lights then flashed when someone was knocked into the cage and the wrestlers jerked around to pretend they were being shocked with electricity. It was absolutely ludicrous, and one felt embarrassed for the men doing it.

7 The Blindfolded Grudge Match

James Storm Chris Harris Blindfold

After years as partners in America’s Most Wanted, James Storm and Chris Harris should have been able to put on a decent grudge match. Instead, they were subjected to a blindfold cage match at Lockdown 2007.

Any blindfold match is automatically bad, but this set new levels in horrible as the hoods weren’t even secured and constantly coming off, which slowed the action. The worst part is the pair had a fantastic Texas Death Match that should have been the real blow-off rather than this mess.

6 Hardy’s Botched Drop

Given how many ladder matches he’s been in throughout his career, Jeff Hardy should know how to handle it. At Against All Odds 2011, Hardy faced Ken Anderson in a ladder bout for the World title.

The plan was for Anderson to try his Gut Check, only for Jeff to clutch the title belt for the win. Instead, both men went flying to the mat with Jeff not even bothering to sell the fall but scrambling up the ladder to win. He couldn’t even bother to cover up such an obvious botch.

5 Ric Flair Falls Off His Rocker

There were a lot of terrible moments in Hulk Hogan’s tenure in TNA, but this is one of the worst. At Destination X 2010, what should have been an excellent main event of AJ Styles vs Abyss became a bad Three Stooges flick.

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Somehow, Desmond Wolfe got himself involved as Abyss was sent smashing through a hole in the ring. Ric Flair was sent down in a wheelchair and stumbled about so first Wolfe, then Flair, fell into the same hole. It was even more pathetic to watch for a deplorable PPV main event.

4 The X Drops... Twice

Ultimate X is TNA’s best gimmick match, with guys trying to grab the prize (usually the championship belt) from the middle of suspended cables. Bound For Glory 2005 was one such three-way match, with a huge red “X” hanging for a shot at the title.

But whoever chained it up did a lousy job as at one point, the X simply fell off the hook into the ring. The match was stopped so the X could be put back up before it dropped again. TNA had to redo the match on Impact to make up for this mess.

3 Worst. Women’s. Match. Ever.

At one point, the Knockouts were a far better women’s division than WWE’s. But by 2009, things were getting rough, with TNA emphasizing hot ladies over action. Yet no one could imagine the horror when Booker T’s wife Sharmell took on Jenna Morasca of Survivor (the TV show, not Survivor Series) at Victory Road 2009.

Calling it a “match” is giving it a break as it was an utter travesty from start to finish. The fact that Awesome Kong had to watch these two perform just made this the lowest point in Knockouts history.

2 The Roof, The Roof Is (Literally) On Fire

Hard Justice 2006 began with Eric Young facing Johnny Devine. A few minutes into the match, the cameras focused on the ceiling with smoke billowing about. It seemed some backstage pyro had accidentally ignited part of the ceiling, setting off the foam suppression systems and filling the ring with smoke.

After chants of “You can’t see me,” the crowd was escorted out of the Impact Zone. For half an hour, PPV viewers were treated to everyone milling around the parking lot before the fire was brought under control. Amazingly, the rest of the show wasn’t bad despite this bizarre opening.

1 Hardy Gets High

Few moments have gotten TNA such lousy press as this. The main event for Victory Road 2011 was Sting defending the World title against Jeff Hardy, which on paper is a great way to close a PPV. However, Hardy came stumbling out amid smoke and clearly in no condition whatsoever to perform. Eric Bischoff had to go to the ring and lay out what would happen.

After a minute of “action," Sting forcibly pinned a clearly stoned Hardy to get things over and done with. The fans screamed in outrage with Sting openly agreeing, and the bad press would haunt TNA for a long time to come.

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