The 2012 Bound for Glory was the eighth annual Bound for Glory professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 14, 2012, at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was the first TNA event in the state of Arizona, the first Bound for Glory PPV to be held in Southwestern United States, and was the premiere event of the 2012 for TNA.

Eight professional wrestling matches took place at the event broadcast on pay per view around the world. The predominant matches on the card included the main event which saw Jeff Hardy defeating the champion Austin Aries to capture the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, the Aces & Eights defeating Sting and Bully Ray to earn "full access" to TNA, Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez defeating both the champions The World Tag Team Champions of the World (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian), and A.J. Styles and Kurt Angle to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, and James Storm defeating Bobby Roode in a Street Fight with King Mo as special guest enforcer.

With the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand in October 2017.