Homicide and Curry Man compete in the 2008 Feast or Fired match at Final Resolution. Curry Man claimed the briefcase shown in this picture, which contained a pink slip and resulted in his firing.
Feast or Fired is a professional wrestling match concept featured in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The idea is based on the object on a pole match, which sees wrestlers trying to gain possession of items hanging from poles attached to the ring posts. In this case, the participants in the match try to grab one of four briefcases from the poles. In the match itself, a wrestler can only claim a briefcase if he/she leaves the ring with it and both feet touch the floor.
The winners of the briefcases do not reveal what is in them that night. Instead, they are revealed in a segment on a later episode of Impact!. Before the contents of the cases are revealed, each wrestler is given a choice to keep their case or forfeit it, which protects the wrestler from being fired, but also gives up any potential title match.
Once a wrestler wins a briefcase, it may be (and has been) defended in matches similar to the way championships are.
The allocated time period during which a wrestler must invoke their title opportunity has not been explicitly stated, all that has been said is that the title opportunity can be invoked "anywhere, anytime", making it similar in fashion to the WWE Money in the Bank ladder match contract, which lasts for one year.
Scott Steiner (Case 2 – World Title match) (11:54) Petey Williams (Case 4 – X Division Title match) (03:04) B.G. James (Case 1 – Tag Team Title match) (04:53) Senshi (Case 3 – Pink Slip) (06:27)
On the December 13 episode of TNA Impact!, Steiner beat Williams, James, and Daniels. Following the match, Jim Cornette offered him $50,000 for his briefcase, which he refused. Steiner then switched briefcases with Williams (who ended up with Steiner's original case which was a World Title match), stating afterwards he would get his original briefcase back the next week. At Against All Odds, Steiner defeated Williams to win both briefcases, after a distraction from an unknown woman later introduced as Rhaka Khan. On the April 17, 2008 episode of Impact!, Steiner issued an open challenge, which Williams answered. Williams lost after interference by Khan. Steiner would later form an alliance with Williams and give him the X Division briefcase.
On the December 6, 2007 episode of Impact!, Christopher Daniels defeated Senshi with Elix Skipper as special guest referee to win his briefcase, which turned out to contain the pink slip, resulting in Daniels being fired. (Kayfabe)
Hernandez (Case 4 – World Title match) (03:53) Homicide (Case 1 – X Division Title match) (09:33) Jay Lethal (Case 2 –Tag Team Title match) (12:10) Curry Man (Case 3 – Pink Slip) (06:31)
On the April 30 edition of Impact, Hernandez had his briefcase stolen by the debuting British Invasion but, won it back from Rob Terry at Hard Justice.
On the April 30 edition of Impact, Homicide had his briefcase stolen by the debuting British Invasion but, won it back from Douglas Williams in a ladder match on the July 9, 2009 episode of Impact!
Samoa Joe (Case 3 – World Title match) (09:20) Rob Terry (Case 4 – X Division Title match) (05:00) Kevin Nash (Case 1 – Tag Team Title match) (07:14) Sheik Abdul Bashir (Case 2 – Pink Slip) (04:47)
Gunner (Case 1 – World Title match) (14:11) Zema Ion (Case 2 – X Division Title match) (08:39) Ethan Carter III (Case 3 – Tag Team Title match) (02:06) Chavo Guerrero (Case 4 – Pink Slip) (12:19)
Gunner defended the briefcase against James Storm on the December 26, 2013 episode of Impact Wrestling. The match ended in a double countout, enabling Gunner to retain the case.
Gunner successfully defended the briefcase in a Briefcase on a Pole match against James Storm on January 16, 2014 at Impact Wrestling: Genesis (aired on January 23).
Gunner successfully defended the briefcase in a tag team match with James Storm against Bad Influence during the January 30 broadcast of Impact Wrestling
Gunner successfully defended his briefcase, and won Carter's Tag Team Championship briefcase in a tag team ladder match on January 31, 2014. Gunner teamed with James Storm, while Carter teamed with Magnus. Later, Gunner would give the Tag Team Championship briefcase to Storm. The match aired on the February 13, 2014 broadcast of Impact Wrestling.
Austin Aries (Case 1 – World Title match) (05:45) Rockstar Spud (Case 4 – X Division Title match) (04:20) Magnus (Case 3 – Tag Team Title match) (07:43) Velvet Sky (Case 2 – Pink Slip) (01:17)
On the August 28, 2015 taping of Impact Wrestling, GFW co-founders Jeff and Karen Jarrett invoked Magnus' briefcase because he was part of their roster and gave his title match to Brian Myers and Trevor Lee.
Sky was at ringside in support of Robbie E, and climbed up to grab the case on his behalf. Since she was the one who grabbed the case, she was the one who was fired. (Kayfabe)[4]
Drew Galloway (Case 1 – World Title match) (10:07) Eli Drake (Case 4 – King of the Mountain Title match) (12:38) James Storm (Case 3 – Tag Team Title match) (16:06) Grado (Case 2 – Pink Slip) (04:16)
Grado was fired (kayfabe), but it was later revealed that Drake had peeked into his case before they were supposed to be opened, and may have switched the contents of his case with Grado's. After posting video evidence of this, Grado was given a chance to win his job back if he could beat Drake in a ladder match with a new contract at stake, which he did on March 16.[5]
Eli Drake defeated Moose to win his briefcase in a Case vs. Case match (aired April 12)
Ethan Carter III was fired. (Legit)
2023
Impact 1000 (taped September 9, 2023, aired September, 14, 2023)
Moose (Case 2 - World Title match) (13:34) Crazzy Steve (Case 1 - Digital Media Title match) (06:17) Chris Bey (Case 3 - Tag Team Title match) (02:54) Yuya Uemura (Case 4 - Pink Slip) (09:45)
Hernandez invoked his title opportunity vs Sting and won via disqualification due to outside interference by the Main Event Mafia. Due to the disqualification, TNA Managing Partner Mick Foley returned the briefcase to Hernandez, allowing him a second chance.
Hernandez lost to A.J. Styles, who would become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, in a five-way match also involving the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan and Sting
Beer Money (James Storm and Bobby Roode) defeated The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Aired on March 8.
Moose defeated Alex Shelley to win the TNA World Championship.
Race for the Case
Race for the Case was a similar concept used by Impact in 2017. This was a pole match where different colored briefcases hang from poles. Retrieving a briefcase allows to the participant to challenge any wrestler in any match stipulation on an Open Fight Night episode of Impact Wrestling. Inside each briefcase contained a number from one to four, which denotes the winning wrestlers placement in being able to make a challenge. Once a wrestler lays down a challenge, the other briefcase holders are no longer able to make the same challenge.[7]
