|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2007-03-15|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-10-02}}</ref> O time de Cage, consistindo de Cage, Tomko, Steiner, A.J. Styles e Abyss, seria derrotado pelo time de Angle, consistindo de Angle, Joe, Rhino, Sting e Jeff Jarrett no Lockdown.<ref name="SlamLD07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/04/16/4034252.html|title=Lockdown pulled down by gimmick matches|date=2007-04-16|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-02|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> Como estipulação prévia, Sting tornou-se desafiante pelo NWA World Heavyweight Championship no [[Sacrifice (2007)|Sacrifice]].<ref name="PWTorchImpact040507">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_19951.shtml|title=Caldwell's Impact report 4/5: Ongoing virtual time coverage of Spike TV show|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2007-04-05|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=2009-10-02}}</ref><ref name="SlamLD07"/>
<!--[[File:Christian cage 3.JPG|thumb|left|Reso como "Christian Cage"]]
AbyssMais wastarde, laterAbyss kickedfoi outexpulso ofdo thegrupo groupapós after he attackedatacar Cage onno the''Impact!'' Aprilde 19, 2007de episodeabril ofde ''Impact!''2007.<ref name="SlamImpact041907">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/04/19/4078570.html|title=Impact: Champions collide in main event|date=2007-04-19|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> Steiner wasfoi theo nextpróximo toa leavedeixar theo groupgrupo, after he was attacked byatacando Tomko followingapós theireles tagperderem teamuma titleluta matchde atduplas theno Sacrifice PPV event.<ref name="SlamSac07"/> Cage wasdeveria setdefender to defend theo NWA Championship againstcontra Sting atno Sacrifice, howevermas, on the May 3, 2007 episode ofno ''Impact!'' Anglede was3 addedde to the matchmaio, makingAngle it afoi threecolocado wayno matchcombate.<ref name="WVImpact!050207">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/results/tnaimpact/tnaimpact2006/1178248549.shtml|title=Impact! results – 5/3/07 ('Sacrifice' main event announced and more)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-05-03|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-10-20}}</ref> TheNo daydia ofdo the PPVevento, thea [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (NWA), thedonos owners of thedo NWA World Heavyweight and thee NWA World Tag Team Championships, strippedtiraram Cageos oftítulos thede titleCage ande Team 3D of the tag team titles.<ref name="end of NWA-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://revver.com/video/267425/nwatmtrobich-strips-tnacageteam-3-d-of-nwatm-branded-championships/|title=NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships|accessdate=2009-10-20|publisher=[[National Wrestling Alliance]]}}</ref> NWAO Executivediretor Directorexecutivo da NWA Robert K. Trobich statedafirmou theque reasontomou wasa thatação porque Cage refusedrecusava-se toa defenddefender theo NWAtítulo Titleem ateventos da NWA live events.<ref name="end of NWA-TNA"/> AtNo the PPV eventevento, Cage, stilldefendeu holdingo thetítulo physicalcontra NWAAngle Championshipe beltSting, defendedapesar whatde wasser billedconhecido asapenas thecomo "World Heavyweight Championship" against Angle and Sting. Angle wasvenceu theo victor of said contest by making Sting submit, who had "technically" just pinned Cage at the very same moment, and was announced as the new "World Heavyweight Champion"combate.<ref name="SlamSac07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/05/14/4178802.html|title=World title picture muddied after good Sacrifice|date=2007-05-14|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> TheNo ''Impact!'' followingapós theo eventevento, Angle cameanunciou toter theo ring with a new championship belt in-toe, and announced he was the new "[[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|TNA World Heavyweight ChampionChampionship]]",<ref name="PWTorchImpact0517">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_20292.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Impact report 5/17: Angle-Rhino, Daniels-Raven, blood, Gore, and Stomper |last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2007-05-18|publisher=PW Torch.com|accessdate=2009-10-20|quote=The fans chanted for Christian and Angle said he is the new TNA champion.}}</ref> a [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|championship]] that TNA had just introduced the day of the airing on the May 17, 2007 edition of [[TNA Today]].<ref name="newbeltDevido (world)">{{citea video|date=15controvérsia Maysobre 2007|title=Theo 5/15fim "TNAda Today" –luta New World Title revealed!|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRiXuRIDFzY&feature=player_embedded|publisher=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|accessdate=2009-10-20|time=0:30 – 3:15}}</ref> Afterwards, Cage and Sting came to the ring and the three began to argue over who was the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Due to the controversial finish to their match atno Sacrifice, theo titletítulo wasfoi declareddeclarado vacant by Cornettevago. AO tournamentcampeão wasseria heldescolhido forpor theuma title which culminated in aluta King of the Mountain match at TNA'sno [[Slammiversary (2007)|Slammiversary]] PPV event on June 17, 2007.<ref name="PWTorchImpact0517"/> Cage wonconquistou entryuma intovaga theno matchcombate onao thederrotar JuneAbyss 14, 2007 episode ofno ''Impact!'', byde defeating14 [[Chrisde Parks|Abyss]]junho.<ref name="WrestleViewImpact!061407">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1181877322.shtml|title=Impact! results – 6/14/07 (Final KOTM Qualifier, Slammiversary PPV)|last=Martin|first=Adam|date=2007-06-14|work=[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]|publisher=WrestleView.com|accessdate=2009-10-20}}</ref> Cage, however, failed to defeat the four other men (Styles, Joe, Angle, andfoi [[Chriso Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]]) and win the titlevencedor, as Angle hung the title belt to become the new and undisputed TNA World Heavyweightno Championentanto.<ref name="SlamSlam07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/06/17/4268988.html|title=TNA scores with Slammiversary|date=2007-06-17|last=Clevett|first=Jason|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
<!--After defeating Harris at TNA's [[Victory Road (2007)|Victory Road]] PPV event on July 17, 2007<ref name="SlamVR07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/07/16/4343726.html|title=Victory Road full of surprises|date=2007-07-16|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> and [[A.J. Styles and Tomko|Tomko, Styles]], and he losing to the team of [[Andrew Martin]], Sting, and Abyss at TNA's [[Hard Justice#2007|Hard Justice]] PPV event on August 12, 2007 in a [[Barbed wire match#Six Sides of Steel Barbed Wire Cage match|Doomsday Chamber of Blood match]] to become number one contender to the TNA Title,<ref name="SlamHJ07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/08/13/4414471.html|title=Bad booking mars Hard Justice|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=2007-08-13|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> Cage restarted his feud with Samoa Joe. The two met at TNA's [[No Surrender 2007|No Surrender]] PPV event on September 9, 2007, where Cage defeated Joe by [[Professional wrestling#Disqualification|disqualification]] when Joe refused to release his [[Professional wrestling holds#Rear naked choke|Coquina Clutch]] submission hold he had applied.<ref name="SlamNS07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/09/10/4483932.html|title=No Surrender delivers on Angles and a new TV deal|date=2007-09-10|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> The two had a rematch on October 14, 2007 at TNA's [[TNA Bound for Glory|Bound for Glory]] PPV event with [[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] as the special outside enforcer. There, Joe defeated Cage to end his 23 month long undefeated streak by not officially being pinned nor made to submit.<ref name="SlamBFG07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/10/15/4577676.html|title=Angle gets stung at Bound For Glory|date=2007-10-15|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> Cage and Joe fought one more time on the October 18, 2007 episode of ''Impact!'', with a spot in [[Fight for the Right Tournament|The 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament]] to become number one contender to the TNA Championship.<ref name="PWTorchImpact101807">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_23240.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Impact report 10/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2007-10-18|accessdate=2009-10-20|publisher=PWTorch.com}}</ref> Cage defeated Joe to gain entry.<ref name="PWTorchImpact101807"/> Cage made it all the way to the final round of the tournament, where he fought [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]] on the November 8, 2007 episode of ''Impact!''. Cage defeated Kaz, but due to interference from Styles and Tomko on Cage's behalf, the match was declared a no contest, with the finals being determined on November 11, 2007 at TNA's [[TNA Genesis#2007|Genesis]] PPV event in a [[ladder match]].<ref name="PWTorchImpact1108">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_23520.shtml|title=Caldwell's TNA Impact report 11/8: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show|last=Caldwell|first=James|date=2007-11-08|accessdate=2009-10-20|publisher=PWTorch.com}}</ref> Cage, however, failed to win the tournament final the second time around at Genesis.<ref name="SlamGenesis07">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2007/11/12/4649975.html|title=Booker T the surprise, but Angle still champ after Genesis|date=2007-11-12|last=Sokol|first=Chris|accessdate=2009-10-20|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
[[File:Christian Cage in TNA House Show.jpg|thumb|upright|Reso in September 2008 at a TNA live event]]
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