page_title: Bound for Glory IV
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: Bound for Glory IV / Reception
context_page_description: Bound for Glory IV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion that took place on October 12, 2008 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It was the fourth event under the Bound for Glory name and the tenth event in the 2008 TNA PPV schedule. The show was promoted as TNA's premier PPV event and their equivalent to the rival World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania. Eight professional wrestling matches and one untelevised match were featured on the event's card, four of which were for championships.
  The main event of Bound for Glory IV was a standard wrestling match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, pitting the champion Samoa Joe against the challenger Sting. Sting won the match to become the new champion. Another highly promoted contest on the card was between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett, with Mick Foley serving as the Special Ringside Enforcer. Jarrett was the victor of the encounter. TNA held a Three Way War between A.J. Styles, Booker T, and Christian Cage at the event, which Booker T won.
context_section_description: There were several reported attendance figures for Bound for Glory IV, with the initial attendance figure being 5,000 people before being retracted and updated to a total of 5,500 people by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This was lower than the maximum seating capacity available at the Sears Centre of between 11,000 and 11,800 people for festival style events. However, the Bound for Glory IV setup caused the event to only hold a maximum capacity of 8,000 people. Of the 5,500 that attended the show, only 4,500 of them were paid tickets. Despite this, it was seen as one of the largest paid crowds in the company's history and one of the most responsive crowds the company has had as well. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that 35,000 people bought the event.
  Chris and Bryan Sokol of the Canadian Online Explorer reviewed and rated the show on a scale out of 10, giving it a 7. This was the same rating given to the 2009 edition by Nick Tylwalk, but lower than the 7.5 out of 10 given to the 2007 edition by Chris Sokol. Compared to TNA's previous PPV event No Surrender, Bound for Glory was received better as No Surrender was given a 3 out of 10 by Jason Clevett. Meanwhile, Chris and Bryan Sokol gave TNA's next PPV event Turning Point a 7 out of 10. Rival World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) produced two PPV events in October that competed against Bound for Glory IV. The first was the No Mercy PPV event on October 5, while the second was the Cyber Sunday PPV event on October 26. No Mercy was reviewed by Chris and Bryan Sokol and given a 6 out of 10, lower than the Bound for Glory IV rating. Cyber Sunday was rated an 8 out of 10 by Andy McNamara, higher than the Bound for Glory rating. Compared to WWE's WrestleMania XXIV PPV event on March 30, Bound for Glory IV was outperformed as WrestleMania XXIV was given a 9 out of 10 by Dale Plummer.
  Chris and Bryan Sokol rated the matches on a scale out of 10, with the main event receiving a 7. The Jeff Jarrett versus Kurt Angle bout and the Four Way Tag Team Monster's Ball match were both given an 8 out of 10. The Three Way War between A.J. Styles, Booker T, and Christian Cage was given a 7, while the X Division Championship match got a 6 out of 10. In their review, they commented that the ending of the event was a "sloppy finish to a decent PPV". They felt the Jarrett versus Angle contest was a "great match with lots of close calls and near falls", while the Three Way War they considered was "pretty good". As for the Monster's Ball match, they said that it was "crazy", with "tons of brawling". The X Division Championship encounter was called a "good match" in their review.
  Wade Keller of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reviewed the show. Keller rated the matches on a scale out of 5 stars, with the main event given a 3 1/4 stars and called a "fine match that fit its slot on the PPV well" but had a finish that he described as "horrible". He gave Jarrett versus Angle 3 1/2 stars with Keller commenting that it was a "good old-school match ... but a bit slow". The Three Way War received a 3 star rating, stating that there was "enough good" but overall it was "above-average." The Monster's Ball match was given 3 1/4 stars in the review and called "an exciting match" with Keller explaining that there were "four stars worth of action, but it crossed into gratuitousness" and also criticized some awkward moments and the fire's danger. The X Division Championship contest got 2 1/4 stars with Keller commenting that it "started okay" with the middle being a "little too slow" and that the "build to the finish was solid" but the "actual pin was sloppy".
  James Caldwell, also of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter, posted a review of the show rating the matches on the same scale as Keller. The main event was given 3 1/2 stars with Caldwell commenting that it was a "really good main event match" but that the finishing sequence "killed the momentum". The Jarrett and Angle bout got a 4 star rating and called a "really nice match with a good story". Caldwell clarified that the "finish didn't hurt
caption: The Kurt Angle versus Jeff Jarrett match at Bound for Glory IV (pictured) was called the "match of the night" by Daniel Wilkenfeld of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter in his review of the event.
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