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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||
| Date | November 9, 2008 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | TNA Impact! Zone | ||
| Attendance | 1,100[1] | ||
| Tagline(s) | "The balance of power has reached a Turning Point" | ||
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The 2008 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on November 9, 2008 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fourth in the Turning Point chronology and the first under its name to take place in November. It was originally scheduled for December, but TNA moved it to November in late 2008 for an unknown reason. It was the eleventh event in the 2008 TNA PPV schedule. It was also the first TNA pay-per-view event to be broadcast in high definition. Eight professional wrestling matches, with three involving championships, were featured on the event's card.
The main event was for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, in which then-champion Sting defeated the challenger A.J. Styles. Kevin Nash versus Samoa Joe was also featured on the card. Nash defeated Joe in the contest. A Falls Count Anywhere match pitting Kurt Angle against Abyss was promoted for the undercard, which Angle won. The TNA Legends Championship was defended for the first time by Booker T against Christian Cage during the show. Booker T was the victor in the bout, thus retaining the championship.
30,000 was the reported figure of purchasers for the event by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Turning Point had an attendance of 1,100 people. Bryan and Chris Sokol of the professional wrestling section of the Canadian Online Explorer website rated Turning Point a 7 out of 10, which was just above the 2007 event's rating of 6.5.
In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.[2]
- ^ "Turning Point 2008 at Pro Wrestling History.com". Pro Wrestling History.com. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^ Varsallone, Jim. "Anthem, Impact announce Global Wrestling Network launch". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.