Kazarian Wins Third Straight Call Your Shot Gauntlet at Bound For Glory

Frankie Kazarian made history at Bound for Glory on Sunday, October 11, outlasting 20 other competitors to win the Call Your Shot Gauntlet for the third year in a row. The annual mixed-gender battle royal-style match, which featured 21 total entrants from TNA’s men’s and women’s rosters, once again served as a precursor to the promotion’s biggest show of the year, with the winner earning the right to cash in a championship opportunity whenever and wherever they choose.

Kazarian’s victory extends a remarkable run in a match that, by design, is meant to be unpredictable given its open field and gimmick stipulation. Winning it once is an accomplishment. Winning it three consecutive times, against a field that mixes TNA’s top stars across both divisions, speaks to how comfortable Kazarian has become navigating the chaos of a multi-person gauntlet environment — survival instincts that have clearly carried over from a career built largely around tag team and trios wrestling, where awareness of the bodies around you matters just as much as raw athleticism.

What makes this three-peat especially notable is the format itself. Because the Call Your Shot Gauntlet is open to both male and female competitors, Kazarian has had to out-think and out-last opponents who present wildly different styles and threats than a traditional men’s battle royal would offer. That variance makes repeat success harder to engineer, not easier, and it’s part of why the contract has become one of the more prestigious — if unpredictable — prizes on the TNA calendar.

Now the real intrigue begins. Kazarian holds the same cash-in opportunity that past winners have used to insert themselves into the title picture on their own terms, and the big question for TNA going forward is when and against whom he chooses to use it. A three-time gauntlet winner sitting on a guaranteed title shot gives the promotion a built-in wildcard they can deploy at any point between now and whenever he decides to pull the trigger, whether that means targeting a world champion fresh off a grueling program or ambushing a titleholder when they least expect it.

For a company that has leaned into unpredictability as part of its booking identity over the past couple of years, having a proven gauntlet survivor like Kazarian walking around with that kind of leverage is exactly the sort of long-term storytelling device that can pay off down the line. Expect speculation about the timing of his cash-in to follow him to every TNA broadcast until he actually makes his move.