TNA books The System vs Order 4 for Bound for Glory Hardcore War

TNA announced on Thursday that the longrunning rivalry between factions The System and Order 4 will culminate in a five on five Hardcore War at Bound for Glory on Sunday, October 12 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. The stipulation match, made official following a chaotic brawl on this week’s episode of iMPACT, will be contested under no rules and is slated to close what promoters are calling the company’s biggest event of the year.

The bout was confirmed on air after Mustafa Ali defeated The System’s Brian Myers in singles action. According to TNA broadcasts and multiple accounts of the episode, the postmatch sequence devolved into a full-scale fight between the two factions, prompting an on-screen authority figure to intervene and announce the match. Some reports identified the announcer as former WWE star Santino Marella, while other coverage referred more generally to TNA’s Director of Authority. Both versions said the confrontation was resolved by booking the Hardcore War for Bound for Glory.

TNA’s posted lineup for the Hardcore War lists Order 4 as Mustafa Ali, Agent Zero, John Skyler, Jason Hotch, and Tasha Steelz. The System is listed as Moose, Brian Myers,...