| Genesis (2009) | |
| Promotion: | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling |
| Date: | January 11, 2009 |
| Attendance: | 2,700[1] |
| Venue: | Bojangles' Coliseum |
| City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Lastevent: | Final Resolution |
| Nextevent: | Against All Odds |
| Event: | Genesis |
| Nextevent2: | 2010 |
| Lastevent2: | 2007 |
The 2009 Genesis was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on January 11, 2009 at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.[2] It was originally scheduled to take place on November 9, 2008 at the Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida,[3] [4] however, TNA moved Turning Point to that date instead. It was the fourth event under the Genesis chronology.
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Mike Tenay |
| Don West | |
| Interviewer | Jeremy Borash |
| Lauren Thompson | |
| Ring announcer | |
| Referee | Earl Hebner |
| Rudy Charles | |
| Andrew Thomas | |
Genesis featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
| Elimination | Wrestler | Eliminated by | Elimination Move[6] | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Young | Sonjay Dutt | Pinned after leg drop on ropes | 10:33 | ||
| 2 | Homicide | Jimmy Rave | Pinned by a Schoolboy | 11:25 | ||
| 3 | Kiyoshi | Hernandez | Pinned after Border Toss | 12:45 | ||
| 4 | Sonjay Dutt | Hernandez | Pinned after sitout powerbomb | 13:03 | ||
| 5 | Jimmy Rave | Hernandez | Pinfall after Diving splash | 13:43 | ||
| Winner: | Hernandez | |||||