Sacrifice 2014: Gunner-Storm and Young-Magnus Give the Card a Strong Closing Run

The Wolves, Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards, opened Sacrifice 2014 against the BroMans group of DJZ, Jessie Godderz and Robbie E in a handicap contest for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. The Wolves won in 10:13 and took the belts, so this is an immediate tag-title transfer rather than a routine successful defense. The sides also differ in size: two challengers opposed three champions' group members, not a conventional two-on-two match. The B-plus (8.0) credits the unusual handicap setup and concrete championship result in an opener that quickly changes the division's picture. It is more useful to watch for the transfer and uneven pairing than to treat it as an interchangeable undercard tag match.

Mr. Anderson's rivalry with Samuel Shaw turned the second match at Sacrifice 2014 into a "Committed" stipulation rather than a standard pinfall contest. The only way to win was to put the opponent into a padded vehicle backstage and shut its doors. Shaw used the feud with Christy Hemme to distract Anderson, applied a choke and stalked Hemme around ringside. Anderson revived, brawled with Shaw up the entrance ramp and wheeled him toward the backstage vehicle, but Shaw struck back before the last part of the struggle.

Hemme intervened with a low blow to Shaw. Anderson followed with a Mic Check, loaded Shaw into the vehicle and shut both doors to win in the protected 10:30. No referee counted three and no submission was recorded. The B- (7.2) credits the distinct character feud and unusual stipulation, but the extended backstage antics are better sampled than watched as a must-see wrestling contest. The source match is therefore a SKIM, and the backstage result should not be described as Shaw being pinned in a normal singles match.

Kurt Angle and Willow, the darker persona played by Jeff Hardy, met Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud in a tag match focused on Angle's unresolved issue with EC3. Carter repeatedly avoided a straight exchange with Angle, tagging Spud in or leaving the ring to keep his own exposure low. After Willow briefly controlled the action, Angle hit the ring steps and the heels isolated his partner, a stretch that gave Spud some offense without making him the central threat.

Angle returned to help Willow, and the finishing exchange came only after Willow forced EC3 to the floor. Spud was left alone, took Willow's Twist of Fate followed by Angle's Angle Slam, and then WILLOW pinned ROCKSTAR SPUD after a Swanton Bomb. The original 9:04 event clock is preserved. Angle and Willow won, but Angle did not pin EC3, so the personal feud continued without that decisive individual result. B- (7.4) acknowledges the storyline and recognizable sequence while supporting the existing SKIM guide placement.

Sanada and Tigre Uno met for the deciding third match of their best-of-three X Division Championship series. Both worked at speed, exchanging control on the mat and throwing themselves outside the ring when the opportunity came. Tigre hit a twisting splash on the floor and later sent Sanada into the lower turnbuckle with a release German suplex. A cradle-position spike DDT gave Tigre another near fall and made his subsequent top-rope 450 attempt plausible as a winning move.

Tigre missed the 450 splash, giving Sanada the opening he needed. Sanada connected with a top-rope line-drive moonsault and pinned Tigre Uno, retaining the X Division Championship at the protected 9:29. He then helped his opponent up and offered a handshake. The result ended the title series without transferring the belt or adding a separate rematch to the card. B (7.8) recognizes the reversal-heavy technical sprint and specific championship consequence; the event guide's SKIM call is a reasonable abbreviated viewing choice.

Gunner and James Storm contested an 18:50 I Quit match at Sacrifice 2014, with Gunner winning their personal rivalry's stipulation bout. The surrender requirement, rather than a normal pin or championship change, is the defining feature of this outcome. This is the longest recorded match on the eight-bout card and arrives after the X Division championship defense, giving the middle stretch a substantial non-title attraction before Angelina Love challenges for the Knockouts belt. The A-minus (8.8) rewards that extended time and the finality of an I Quit result. Fans following Gunner and Storm's feud can prioritize it without mistakenly treating Gunner's victory as a new title reign.

Angelina Love, accompanied by Velvet Sky, defeated champion Madison Rayne in 8:07 to win the Knockouts Championship at Sacrifice 2014. Sky's role was ringside support, not participation as a second challenger in the official singles match. The championship changed hands here, distinct from Sanada's earlier successful X Division defense and Eric Young's later world-title retention. That precise sequence is the point of the B-plus (8.1) evaluation: a short singles contest with a real title-lineage consequence for Love. Readers tracking who left as champion should not overlook it between the Gunner-Storm I Quit feud and the Roode-Bully Ray tables match.

Bobby Roode and Bully Ray fought under table-match rules, where putting the opponent through a table ends the bout rather than a conventional pinfall. Roode initially drove Ray toward a table, but Ray blocked a suplex and eventually put Roode through one while the referee was incapacitated. The apparent first finish was not recognized because the official could not signal for the decision. That distinction keeps the sequence from becoming an invented second match or a clean pinfall outcome.

After another table was set outside, Bully climbed the ropes to attack Roode. A person disguised in dark clothing pushed Bully off the turnbuckle and through the waiting tables. The intruder revealed herself as Dixie Carter, allowing ROODE to win the Tables match at the protected 13:42 despite Roode not delivering the final table impact. The A- (8.5) is WrestleFile's opinion of the storyline payoff and destructive spots; the source reveals a heavily interfered finish, not a decisive unassisted win for Roode. The two separate table falls and Carter's identity make this match worth discussing beyond a generic time-allocation comment.

Eric Young entered Sacrifice 2014 as TNA World Heavyweight Champion and faced former champion Magnus in the closing singles match. Magnus relied on a Camel Clutch, tried to stop Young's rallies with heavy counters, and later caught him in a Texas Cloverleaf. Young reached the ropes, fought back with a belly-to-belly suplex and pursued the piledriver, but missed an early top-rope moonsault. Magnus' power offense earned near falls without producing a championship change.

Young locked on his own submission attempt, survived another near fall when Magnus countered a top-rope move, and hit a piledriver after the referee confiscated an attempted weapon. Magnus kicked out of that first piledriver, only for Young to block a counter and deliver a second piledriver followed by a top-rope elbow drop for the PIN at 15:50. Young retained the TNA World title. The match was neither a first title win nor a submission result. A- (8.6) weighs the finishing counter sequence and confirmed championship defense while acknowledging that the build had not made a Magnus rematch feel especially unpredictable.