Bound for Glory 2013 Bound for Glory 2013 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by TNA which took place on October 20 , 2013 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego , California . It was the 9th event in the Bound for Glory series . Production . The ninth event in the Bound for Glory chronology was first announced on June 2 , 2013 at the Slammiversary PPV to around the weekend where Kurt Angle would be formally inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame . Background . The 2013 Bound for Glory Series tournament began on TNA ' s flagship television program , " Impact Wrestling " , on June 6 , 2013 . All 12 competitors were tasked with the objective to accumulate the most points by gaining victories on Impact Wrestling , live shows and TV specials in order to challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory . It culminated with 4 remaining finalists on " Impact Wrestling : No Surrender " on September 12 , 2013 , where AJ Styles advanced over Magnus , Austin Aries , and Bobby Roode to earn a shot at the world title in a match with the champion , Bully Ray . Over the next course of weeks , AJ Styles ( admitting to not be contracted to the company but obligated to compete for the world title after winning the BFG Series ) ranted on and swore revenge against TNA President , Dixie Carter , leading to Dixie turning into a heel authority figure hellbent on taking him down by putting up a $ 50 , 000 bounty which went unsuccessful . It was later announced by Carter over social media that Styles ' title bout against Ray would be a No Disqualification match . On September 12 , 2013 , the TNA X Division Champion , Manik , wrestled against Jeff Hardy . The same night , TNA Triple Crown winner , Chris Sabin , turned heel when he felt Manik didn ' t show proper respect to him for his accomplishments . He additionally insulted fellow Triple Crown winner , Austin Aries . On September 26 , 2013 , Manik defeated Sabin in a title match , but after the defense , Sabin attacked Manik until Aries came to save him . On the October 3 edition of Impact Wrestling , Jeff Hardy and Manik defeated Kenny King and Chris Sabin in a tag team match . Afterwards , Sabin attacked Hardy and Manik . Austin Aries , who was on commentary , attacked Sabin and eventually challenged Hardy , Sabin and Manik to an Ultimate X match for the TNA X - Division Championship . On the October 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Samoa Joe announced his entry into the match , making him the fifth participant . At No Surrender , Roode was defeated by Magnus in the semi - finals of their Bound for Glory Series match . The same night , Roode and his stable , The Extraordinary Gentleman ' s Organization ( EGO ) interfered in the finals , attacking Magnus and AJ Styles . The next week , EGO attacked Magnus . On the October 3 , 2013 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Magnus faced EGO in a 3 - on - 1 Gauntlet match , prevailing over Christopher Daniels and Kazarian but lost to Roode , giving EGO the victory . Afterwards , Sting attempted to console Magnus , who was expressing his frustrations of losing the Bound For Glory Series . Magnus accused Sting of not understanding his frustrations due to accomplishing so much in his career . Sting responded by challenging Magnus at Bound For Glory . On the October 10 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Daniels and Kazarian announced Bobby Roode ' s induction into the " EGO Hall of Fame " , which led to a Roode diatribe about how he should have been selected for the actual TNA Hall of Fame instead of Kurt Angle . Angle then returned after an extended hiatus , fought off all three members of EGO and challenged Roode to a match at Bound For Glory . The following week , Angle stated his discontentment with Roode mocking his Hall of Fame induction and told Roode he would make him tap out . Roode responded by attacking Angle with help from his faction , EGO , forcing Angle to submit to the crossface hold in a precursory act prior to their match . On the October 3 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Velvet Sky and Brooke were supposed to have a number one contenders match , however , Lei ' D Tapa made her debut and attacked Sky . The following week , on the October 10 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Brooke defeated Sky to win a spot in the three - way match for the TNA Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim and champion ODB at Bound For Glory . TNA announced a four - way tag team gauntlet match between Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez , Bad Influence ( Christopher Daniels and Kazarian ) , Eric Young and Joseph Park and The Bro Mans ( Jessie Godderz and Robbie E ) taking place on the preshow to Bound for Glory . The winners are set to face TNA World Tag Team Champions , James Storm and Gunner at the PPV . On the October 17 th edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Robbie E defeated Hernandez , Christopher Daniels and Eric Young in a four - way match to get the advantage of the last position ( 4th ) . This meant that they entered the match last . Aftermath . TNA President , Dixie Carter , announced a rematch for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after the event . On the October 24 , 2013 " Impact Wrestling " episode , Styles defeated Ray to retain the World Title . After the match , Carter , who had opposed Styles , had a change of heart and offered a new , lucrative contract to Styles ; however , Styles refused to accept the contract due to his spite for Carter and left the company with the title . Carter vacated the title and began a World Title Tournament the following week , although Styles proceeded without authorization to defend the title belt in various international promotions . Reception . Mike Johnson , from PWInsider , said that the main event was " Really good , hard hitting , well told story here . Easily the best thing on the show and a really good main event . " However , he criticized the Magnus - Sting due to " The idea here was to make Magnus by having Sting lose clean in a back and forth contest . On paper , it made sense but the match didn ' t feel like it had the spark needed for that sort of moment " . Also , described Ethan ' s debut as " pitch - perfect " . He described the entire show as " It was just a show - some good , some eh , but Bound for Glory should never be just a show , it ' s their Wrestlemania , except this year , it wasn ' t . " Pat McNeill , from PWTorch , said Bound for Glory " Wasn ' t a great event " . Bob Kapur , from CANOE Slam , said that he enjoyed the event overall . Also , Matthew Asher , from CANOE too , enjoyed the PPV but said the ultimate success of this Bound for Glory rests on the future storylines this event sets up .