page_title: Sacrifice (2009)
section_title: Preliminary matches
hierarchical_section_title: Sacrifice (2009) / Event / Preliminary matches
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional wrestler Jay Lethal at a TNA Impact! taping
context_page_description: Sacrifice (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on May 24, 2009 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the fifth event under the Sacrifice chronology. There were eight matches on the card.
  The show's main event was a Four Way Ultimate Sacrifice match, which pitted TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Mick Foley, against Sting, Kurt Angle, and Jeff Jarrett with each participant wagering an important aspect of their career: Foley's title, Sting's career, Angle's leadership of the Main Event Mafia, and Jarrett's shares in the company. The match was ultimately won by Sting, who pinned Angle, thus winning leadership of the Main Event Mafia.
  There were two other high-profile matches with A.J. Styles defending the TNA Legends Championship against Booker T in an "I Quit" match as well as Beer Money, Inc. winning the "Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament" against The British Invasion.
context_section_description: The first match on the show was a Six-Man Tag Team match between the team of Eric Young and Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed) against The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) and Sheik Abdul Bashir. A the end of the match, Lethal was able to get the win for his team by pinning Bashir with a sunset flip.
  The next match was the Monster's Ball match between Taylor Wilde and Daffney (with Abyss in her corner). Both women exchanged weapons shots before Wilde was able to get a pinfall victory over Daffney after using a fireman's carry takeover to throw Daffney onto a trash can. Following the match, Abyss' storyline therapist, Dr. Stevie, came down to the ring with a bag filled with thumbtacks and demanded Abyss to throw Wilde onto the contents of the bag that were spilled onto the mat. After some influence from Lauren, an interviewer for TNA with personal ties to both Wilde and Abyss, he turned on Stevie by chokeslamming him onto the thumbtacks.
  Daniels challenged Suicide for the TNA X Division Championship after he saved Suicide from an attack a week prior on Impact! by the Motor City Machineguns. During their match, the Motor City Machineguns, who were determined to reveal the identity of Suicide, attacked him before fleeing the ring. Daniels did not realize the attack had occurred and pinned his opponent. Once he saw a replay, he refused to accept the title under the circumstances. He requested the match continue, adding five minutes, which expired, leading to Suicide retaining the title.
  Following was a second title match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship, which pitted Angelina Love, the champion, against Awesome Kong. During the match, Love repeatedly ran from Kong before being blocked by Kong's manager, Raisha Saeed. Kong took the opportunity beat down on her opponent before the referee was distracted. Love then grabbed a can of hair spray and sprayed it into Kong's eyes and capitalized on her opponent's compromised state by executing a roll up-style cover to get the pinfall victory. Following the match, Kong recovered from the attack and performed her signature drop, the Implant Buster, driving Love's face into the mat, before the leaving the ring.
  Next was the match between Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash. Joe won the match by applying a choke with a half nelson hold. After the victory, he continued to beat on Nash with elbow strikes before several officials came to the ring to break them up.
caption: Jay Lethal, competitor in the Six-Man Tag Team match to open the show
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