Sacrifice 2014 Sacrifice 2014 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) promotion , which took place on April 27 , 2014 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando , Florida . It was the ninth show under the Sacrifice chronology and sixh event in the 2014 TNA PPV schedule . Background . Sacrifice 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 build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches . Storylines . On April 3 Magnus successfully defended his TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Samoa Joe , Eric Young and Abyss . On April 8 part of TNA Impact365 , Director of Wrestling Operations MVP announced a 10 - man gauntlet match that took place on the April 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " where the winner receives a future TNA World Heavyweight title shot at Sacrifice ( 2014 ) , the match would later be won by Eric Young who requested to have his shot at the same night where he went to defeat the champion Magnus . Magnus will invoke his rematch clause at Sacrifice , and wrestle Young for the title . At Lockdown , Bully Ray was introduced by Dixie Carter to be the special guest referee for the eight - man Lethal Lockdown match . During the match , he slammed Team Dixie ' s captain , Bobby Roode allowing Team MVP to be victorious . After the match , he powerbombed Roode through the table that he introduced during the match . On March 13 episode of " Impact Wrestling " Bully Ray explained he didn ' t want to wind up working for Roode , who would have become part owner of TNA had his team won at Lockdown ) . On March 20 Carter was supposed to have a meeting with Bully Ray but Roode attacked him from behind and beat him down . On March 27 both men engaged in a brawl were both tried to put each other through table . On April 3 Bobby and Ethan Carter III were victorious against Willow and Bully after putting Ray through a table , after the match Bobby and EC3 put Ray through another two tables . On April 10 after both men failed in winning a 10 - man gauntlet match for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship Dixie made her return and slapped Bully in retaliation for screwing her team over . This will culminate in a tables match between Ray and Roode at the PPV . On March 6 Kurt Angle was attacked by Ethan Carter III and severely damaged his knees , thus losing his chance to fight him at Lockdown 2014 . On March 13 Willow seeking revenge against Rockstar Spud and Ethan after costing him the world title shot at Final Resolution ( 2013 ) , made his debut squashing spud , beating him with umbrella and trapping his leg to a chair and stomping on it . On March 20 Willow attacked EC3 and did the same to him . On March 27 EC3 and Spud were looking for Willow in the woods only for Willow to ambush them . On April 10 Spud cost Willow the 10 man gauntlet match and EC3 Eliminated him , then Willow challenged them for a handicap match on April 17 which he won , after the match Angle made his return , vowing revenge . On April 24 Kurt Angle defeated Rockstar Spud after the match EC3 attacked Angle but Willow made the save . Angelina Love made her return to TNA on the March 13 , 2014 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , calling out Velvet Sky wanting to reunite The Beautiful People . Sky would later accept Love ' s offer on March 20 , while TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne declined due to Love ' s attitude towards her . Later in the show , Love attacked Rayne , after the two hugged , establishing herself as a heel in the process . On the March 27 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Love defeated Rayne in her return match due to interference from Sky , officially returning the original incarnation of the stable . The Beautiful People made their in - ring return the following week on " Impact Wrestling " , defeating Rayne and Brittany after pinning Brittany following the Makeover . On April 10 , Love defeated ODB , Gail Kim and Brittany in a four - way match to become the number one contender to the Knockouts title , wrestling Rayne for the belt at the PPV . On March 9 at Lockdown , Gunner defeated James Storm in a steel cage Last Man Standing match . On the March 20 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , after Storm berated Gunner ' s father , Gunner attacked Storm , but Storm managed to handcuff him to the middle rope and threatened Gunner ’ s father at ringside . Storm walked away , but returned to smash a beer bottle over Gunner ' s father ' s head . On March 27 both men fought in a no disqualification , no countout match were Gunner was victorious . On April 10 both men failed in winning a 10 - man gauntlet match for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . On April 17 Bobby Roode issued an open challenge for a tables match which was answered by Gunner but Roode got the win with help from James Storm , After the match Storm and Roode beat down Gunner until Bully Ray made the save . Storm and Gunner will wrestle in an I Quit match at the PPV . Fresh off his victory at Lockdown , after escaping the cage following the use of Christy Hemme as a distraction by pulling her through the camera cut - out of the steel cage . Samuel Shaw lost a street fight rematch against Mr . Anderson on the following " Impact Wrestling " bringing a mannequin dressed as Christy Hemme to the ring . On April 3 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Shaw defeated Mr . Anderson in a Straitjacket match after rendering him unconscious following two Kata Gatame attempts . On April 10 , Hemme and Anderson attempted to have Shaw committed , but Shaw had escaped . This will culminate in a " Committed Match " between Shaw and Anderson at the PPV . New TNA acquisitions Tigre Uno and Sanada were put against each other in a best of three series for Sanada ' s TNA X Division Championship . Sanada won the first match on the April 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , and the following week Uno won the second match . At Sacrifice the rubber match of the series will occur , with the X Division title on the line .