Ric Flair made his debut in the company on the January 4, 2010 live episode of TNA Impact!, getting acquainted with A.J.

As a result, this set up a mystery opponent to take on Abyss leading to the re-debut of Mr. Anderson, who last made appearances for TNA in its early years.

A feud on the card had Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) seeking vengeance against Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.

Wanting to avenge the beat down they encountered, an upset Roode and Storm approached on-screen executive Eric Bischoff and requested a match with Hall and Nash at Genesis.

A match was made where a debuting Brian Kendrick faced defending champion Amazing Red for the TNA X Division Championship.

The event began with Amazing Red defending the TNA X Division Championship against a mystery opponent, which was revealed to be Brian Kendrick.

[4] The match concluded after Daniels missed the BME, allowing Morley to capitalize and connect with the Money Shot, followed by the pinfall.

[4] The next match saw The British Invasion defend their TNA World Tag Team Championship against the number one contenders Matt Morgan and Hernandez.

[4] After a backstage segment in which The Band members Syxx-Pac and Scott Hall competed in a game of rock, paper, scissors to determine who would be Kevin Nash's tag team partner, the following match began.

As the match neared its finish, Nash attempted his Jackknife Powerbomb, however was distracted by the emergence of Hall, which allowed Storm to hit a Last Call, and Roode to pin him with a roll-up.

[4] After Abyss' entrance the arena lights were killed momentarily as Mr. Anderson (formerly Mr. Kennedy), made his TNA debut.

After several moments Styles submitted to the hold, however, the referee did not witness the submission due to Ric Flair suddenly pulling him out of the ring.

Flair then retrieved the championship belt from ringside and slid it to Styles, who thought hard about using it but in the end decided to hit Angle with it, thus turning himself heel.