The TNA Turkey Bowl was a tournament held in 2007 and 2008 that aired on the Thanksgiving night episode of TNA Impact! The tournament consisted of three preliminary three way matches. Each match featured a member of the Heavyweight Division, The X Division, and The Tag Team Division with the winner of the match going on to the finals. The winner of the finals, also a three way match, won $25,000. The wrestler who lost in the finals was forced to put on a turkey suit. In the 2007 tournament, Samoa Joe won the tournament, with A.J. Styles being forced into the turkey suit. In the 2008 tournament, Rhino won the tournament, with Alex Shelley being forced into the turkey suit. The tournament made a return in 2011 but featured only one match, in 2011, Eric Young won the match, with Robbie E's partner Robbie T being forced to wear the turkey suit or Robbie E would be stripped of the TNA Television Championship. In 2012 the Turkey Bowl featured a triple threat match which Eric Young won, forcing Jessie Godderz to wear the turkey suit.
Results
2007
2008
2011
The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 22, 2011 Thanksgiving edition of Impact Wrestling. Unlike the past tournaments, this one only featured one round instead of having three semi-finals matches. It also did not feature a member of the three divisions. The match featured a one on one match between Eric Young and Robbie E. The winner of the match was Eric Young who pinned Robbie E, but since Robbie E was knocked out Robbie T was forced into the turkey suit.
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Results |
Stipulations |
Time |
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Eric Young defeated Robbie E (with Robbie T) |
Turkey Bowl match where the loser is forced into a turkey suit |
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2012
The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 22, 2012 Thanksgiving edition of Impact Wrestling. Unlike the past tournaments, this one only featured one round instead of having three semi-finals matches. It also did not feature a member of the three divisions. The match featured a 3-Way between Eric Young, Jessie Godderz and Robbie E. The winner of the match was Eric Young who pinned Jessie Godderz. As a result Godderz was forced into the turkey suit.
2013
The Turkey Bowl returned on the November 22, 2013 Thanksgiving edition of Impact Wrestling. The match featured the first ever tag team turkey bowl match between The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) facing Dewey Barnes and Norv Fernum. The winners of the match were The BroMans, As a result Barnes and Fernum were forced into the turkey suits.
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