Bound for Glory (2021) was a

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produced by

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. It took place on October 23, 2021 at Sam's Town Live in

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. This was Impact Wrestling's first event to take place outside of

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since March 2020. It was the 17th event under the Bound for Glory chronology and featured wrestlers from Impact's partner promotions

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(AEW), Mexico's

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(AAA), and Japan's

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(NJPW). Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show. In what had been the advertised main event,

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defeated

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to win the

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. However,

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invoked his Call Your Shot Gauntlet championship match privilege (which he won earlier in the night) to immediately challenge and defeat Alexander, winning the World Championship in front of his family to close the show. In other prominent matches,

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defeated

Deonna Purrazzo Deonna Purrazzo (born June 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she is a former two-time Impact Knockouts World Champion and a former Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion. She also appe ...

to win the

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defeated

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and Steve Maclin in a tournament final

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to win the vacant

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, and in the opening bout, the debuting

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( Cassie Lee and

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) defeated

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( Havok and

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) to win the

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Production

Background

On July 17, 2021, at

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, it was announced that Bound for Glory would take place on October 23, 2021. On September 10, 2021, Impact announced that Bound for Glory would be held at Sam's Town Live in

, marking Impact's first event held outside of its home base of Skyway Studios in

since March 2020, just before the

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took effect.

Storylines

The event featured several

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, which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing

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ed feuds,

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s, and storylines. Wrestlers portray

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on Impact's weekly television program. At Victory Road, after

successfully retained the

against

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, who earlier defended the title against Chris Sabin, approached Cage and invoked

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. Alexander would face Cage for the Impact World Championship at Bound for Glory. On the September 23 episode of ''Impact!'', a third annual

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was scheduled for Bound for Glory.

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Brian Myers Brian Myers (born April 20, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is a former Impact Digital Media Champion. He is best known for his tenures in WWE from 2006–2014 and 2016–2020 und ...

, and

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were announced as participants. On the October 14 episode of ''Impact!'', a

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was held to determine the first and final entrants in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match at Bound for Glory, with the first spot of Call Your Shot Gauntlet match was given to the runner-up of the battle royal. W. Morrissey won the battle royal by last eliminating Chris Sabin, thus making Morrissey the last entrant and Sabin the first entrant in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match. On the September 23 episode of ''Impact!'', Impact started a

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to determine the new Impact X Division Champion, since the title was vacated after Alexander invoked Option C to challenge for the Impact World Championship. The tournament consist of three

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semi-final matches, with the finals, another three-way match, taking place at Bound for Glory.

, Steve Maclin, and

advanced to the final with victories over

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and

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and

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, and

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and

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, respectively. At

made her return to Impact, confronting

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after her defense of the title against

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. She would invite Purrazzo to defend the title at

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, where she is executive producer, only for Purrazzo to give her disrespect. James kicked Purrazzo in the face as a result. Purrazzo would eventually accept James' invite, successfully defending the Knockouts Championship against Melina at NWA EmPowerrr. The next night, at NWA 73, Purrazzo attacked James after the latter's match with

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. James would continuously call out Purrazzo in the coming weeks, saying she has yet to truly see "Hardcore Country" Mickie James. On the September 23 episode of ''Impact!'', it was announced that James would make her in-ring return to Impact, as she challenges Purrazzo for the Knockouts Championship at Bound for Glory. On the September 30 episode of ''Impact!'', the

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was introduced and it was announced that an intergender tournament will be held with the inaugural champion being crowned in the final at the Countdown to Glory pre-show. The first round matches will air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on

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and on

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for Impact Ultimate Insider members, before being distributed to the public across all social media platforms 24 hours later. John Skyler,

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, and

Tenille Dashwood Tenille Averil Dashwood (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Emma. Dashwood started training for professional wrestling in Australia ...

advanced to the final with victories over

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, Hernandez, Sam Beale,

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Madison Rayne Ashley Nichole Lomberger (née Simmons; born February 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madison Rayne, where she is also the coach of the women's division. She is best known ...

, and

Alisha Edwards Alisha Maher (née Inacio; born January 7, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling under the ring name Alisha Edwards (most frequently under the mononym Alisha). Professional wrestling career New England ...

, respectively. On October 22, it was announced that Dashwood was removed from the match and was replaced by Madison Rayne. At Knockouts Knockdown, Impact announced that

( Cassie Lee and

), formerly The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay) in

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, would make their debut for the promotion at Bound for Glory. On October 13, it was later announced that The IInspiration will be challenging

( Havok and

) for the

at the event. At

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in March,

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joined

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( Eric Young, Deaner, and

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). In May, he invoked his Call Your Shot Gauntlet championship privilege as he and Doering defeated

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( David Finlay and

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) to win the

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. They held the titles until July, when they lost them to

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(

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and

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) at

. After failed to regain the tag titles, stable leader Young blamed Rhino for failing to recapture the titles and they tortured him to cure him of "the sickness". On the September 16 episode of ''Impact!'', Young, Deaner, and Doering attacked Rhino, thus kicking him out of the VBD. On the September 30 episode of ''Impact!'', Rhino's former tag team partner

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saved Rhino from a potential attack by VBD, and Heath then looked to give Rhino a hug afterwards, but Rhino would walk out of the ring. In the following weeks, Rhino was not sure which side to take, and Heath asks Impact EVP

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to make a match pitting him and anyone else against Violent By Design at Bound for Glory, which was accepted. On the September 30 episode of ''Impact!'', Impact World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers proposed a number one contender's match between FinJuice and

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(

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and Hikuleo), where the winners face them for the Impact World Tag Team Championship at Bound for Glory. The match occurred on the October 21 episode of ''Impact!'', where the match ended in a

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, thus making it a three-way

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Results

Impact X Division Championship Tournament

Impact Digital Media Championship Tournament

First round *John Skyler defeated

– October 5, 2021 *

defeated Hernandez – October 6, 2021 *

defeated Sam Beale – October 12, 2021 *

defeated

– October 13, 2021 *

defeated

– October 19, 2021 *

defeated

– October 20, 2021 Final *

defeated

, John Skyler, and

* – October 23, 2021 :

Call Your Shot Gauntlet entrances and eliminations

References

External links

* {{TNAPPV, Bound for Glory 2021 Impact Wrestling pay-per-view events 2021 in Nevada Bound for Glory (wrestling pay-per-view) Events in Sunrise Manor, Nevada October 2021 events in the United States Professional wrestling in the Las Vegas Valley