TNA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament

On the August 19, 2010, edition of TNA Impact!, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated, after champion Rob Van Dam suffered a storyline injury. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top Sixteen wrestlers. The finals of the tournament would take place at Bound for Glory on October 10. at No Surrender The Match Between Jeff Hardy and Kurt Angle was Ruled a no- contest, on the September 16, edition of TNA Impact!, Hardy and Angle Wrestled a no time limit rematch, Resulting in a Double pin, Eric Bischoff announced a Three-Way at Bound for Glory for the Title.

Tournament brackets

First Round (TV - TNA Impact)

Quarterfinals (TV - TNA Impact)

Semifinals (PPV - No Surrender)

Finals (PPV - Bound for Glory)

1

Jeff Hardy

16

Brutus Magnus

Jeff Hardy

Pin

Rob Terry

3:17

8

Rob Terry

9

James Storm

Jeff Hardy

NC

Kurt Angle

30:00

5

Kurt Angle

12

Robert Roode

Kurt Angle

Sub

Douglas Williams

4:52

4

Douglas Williams

13

Tommy Dreamer

Hardy/Angle

Mr. Anderson

6

Jay Lethal

11

Desmond Wolfe

Jay Lethal

4:11

Mr. Anderson

Pin

3

Mr. Anderson

14

Abyss

Mr. Anderson

Pin

D'Angelo Dinero

16:58

7

D'Angelo Dinero

10

Kevin Nash

D'Angelo Dinero

Pin

Matt Morgan

4:46

2

Matt Morgan

15

Hernandez