Genesis (2017)

The main event was a thirty-minute Iron Man match, in which Eddie Edwards defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lashley.

Caleb Konley made his debut as a member of TNA's main roster at the event as one of the participants in the X Division Championship five-way match.

[4] On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Eddie Edwards defeated Lashley to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

A title match between Edwards and Lashley ended in a no contest after the two brawled through the crowd into the backstage area at Total Nonstop Deletion.

Edwards accepted the challenge and retained the title against the two in a triple threat match later that night thanks to assistance by his returning tag team partner Davey Richards.

The following week, on Impact Wrestling, Lashley defeated EC3 in a last man standing match to become the #1 contender for the title at Genesis.

Rosemary defeated Jade for the vacant title in a six sides of steel cage match on the December 1 episode of Impact Wrestling.

On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, Death Crew Council attacked the Hardys which resulted in a brawl between both teams.

This set up a three-way match between Broken Hardys, Decay and DCC for the World Tag Team Championship at Genesis.

[7] The main event was an Iron Man match in which Eddie Edwards defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Lashley.

On the February 2 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bram cashed in his Race for the Case briefcase as Death Crew Council took on Decay in a falls count anywhere match, which DCC won.