Total Nonstop Deletion was a

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special event episode of '' Impact Wrestling'' produced by

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. It took place on December 15, 2016, at the Hardy Compound in

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. The event included special appearances by

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, Road Warrior Animal,

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, Swoggle and

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among other

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tag teams from

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Background

On October 9, during an '' Impact Wrestling'' taping,

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first announced that TNA would be holding an entire episode of ''Impact Wrestling'' from his home in Cameron, North Carolina, entitled "Total Nonstop Deletion." The center piece of the episode was revealed to be an open tag team invitational, Hardy would go on to invite then

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The New Day as well as

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and

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, offering to appear on both ROH and

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programming in exchange. Filming, however, would become postponed due to the legal issues between then TNA President Billy Corgan and the company. Corgan would lose his injunction on TNA, which had prevented filming of any kind on October 31, allowing filming for Total Nonstop Deletion to commence later that week. During the buildup for Total Nonstop Deletion, Matt Hardy would make a surprise appearance at Ring of Honor's ''

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'', issuing a challenge to

Results

Tag Team Apocalypto

Aftermath

The Hardy Compound was once again used for a match in March 2018. "Woken" Matt Hardy, as he later became known in

, took on

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in a pre-taped episode called "The Ultimate Deletion" that aired on ''

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''.

References

External links

Official website
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