SallyIsNow
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Who the fuck is Heroman?
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July Wrasslin' |OT| All this G1 talk is making me Climax.
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excelsiorlef
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I know but still.
Nah that one falls more into the pathetic category
PHOENIXZERO
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Kairi Sane, Dakota Kai... At least Kairi Hojo keeps the first name and looks like the "Pirate Princess" and diving elbow will be intact. It's gonna take a minute to get use to Dakota Kai for Evie though. Do wonder if the "Kai" part is meant to be a homage of some sort to Leilani Kai.🤔
excelsiorlef
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I swear they just have a name generator
PHOENIXZERO
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I've wondered that for years and I wouldn't be surprised.
SallyIsNow
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excelsiorlef
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The entire US expansion is silly so I don't what know what you're expecting.
SallyIsNow
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When your name is Anthony
Liger with his real hair is a 7 star look
Liger with his real hair is a 7 star look
HashtagLapsed
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Real hair?!?!
SallyIsNow
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Whoops. Was supposed to say "real fine"
When you try to build meter in No Mercy:
I <3 Ishii. Hope he has some good showings this weekend.
Mr. Luchador
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We'll discover that was Jack Black when in 4 years time Jack Black is cast in a movie about the WWE.
TarpitCarnivore
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People know about AXS as much as they know about POP. I wouldn't read into the live thing too much. AXS is still very much a small network that isn't easily known by a lot of people.
FlammableD
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Rev Pro are going to try livestream their show from the Cockpit tomorrow, with a Keith Lee vs Matt Riddle main event. Check their back catalogue while you're at it! https://rpwondemand.pivotshare.com/
How was the match? I was always a Swagger fan, and I'm still hoping he has a Galloway run oan the indies
Big boi
Arrowgigantic
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Arrowgigantic
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Hasney dreaming again
Hasney getting a title rematch for no reason... 🤔
I don't care what people chant
If you lose Monday will you blame the ladder? 🤔
Your father
Shasney sounds fabulous. Like SHAZZAM
RecRoulette
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Sounds like a very cheap wine.
Like a tier below Lambrini. Served in a box.
RecRoulette
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Some boxed wines can do the job a-ok. Unlike those insanity wines like Night Train
HashtagLapsed
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Boxed wine is the Jinder Mahal of wine.
Reneledarker
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Right now that one falls in the Trump supporter category q:
giancarlo123x
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The greatest of all time?
HashtagLapsed
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More like: "Fuck, I really need to fix this problem I have. I am desperate. This may damage me in the long term but fuck it, even if it is horrible and mediocre I really need it."
Oh my.
formated4tv
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Rough and dry on the outside, squishy and vomit inducing on the inside?
avengers23
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All right, here we go with a dive into TNA's best matches by year in each era. I'll give Impact Wrestling/Global Force Wrestling this much: they have a lot of their matches available for free on their YouTube page. Of course, it's not like they have a streaming network you can pay for to watch their old matches.
2002: Low Ki vs. Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles (Part 1 and Part 2), August 7, 2002 PPV
This was the era of weekly PPVs, and most of the shows were filmed in the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena, aka the TNA Asylum. It's funny how Low Ki is an infamous bridge burner, but he seems to always have a home in TNA. AJ Styles was Mr. TNA for years, and it's still a little strange to see him in WWE. Jerry Lynn transferred some credibility from his ECW days to the new generation of cruiserweights like Styles, Ki, and Elix Skipper. There is an entire series of matches between Lynn and Styles for someone to unearth one day during an AJ Styles career retrospective.
2003: NWA-TNA Tag Team Championship Cage Match: XXX (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) (c) vs. America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), June 25, 2003 PPV
Believe it or not, but this is not the one with the famous spot from Elix Skipper because that would come later. Daniels is a technically fine wrestler, but the "Fallen Angel" gimmick never seemed to really mean anything. Skipper was always good for a crazy spot, and he has a couple of breathtaking ones in this match. Harris and Storm bring the brawling violence, but they're athletic enough to keep up with Daniels and Skipper.
The Super X tournament from this year is also worth a view.
2004: X Division Championship Match: Petey Williams (c) vs. Chris Sabin, Turning Point 2004
We're in the Impact Zone now. Most other lists will point to the Six Sides of Steel Cage Match between XXX and AMW, but let's go with the other match from Turning Point 2004 that people like to talk about when they talk about TNA. Like WCW, TNA's undercard had various gems while the main event shambled along, and the X Division was the jewel of the undercard. This was when the Canadian Destroyer was cool, and Sabin was a good but bland babyface.
The World X Cup from this year is also worth a view.
2005: X Division Championship Match: Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles, Unbreakable 2005
You don't have a list of TNA's best matches without the three-way from Unbreakable 2005. But it's worth revisiting the series of matches involving Styles, Joe, and Daniels, from Joe vs. Styles at Turning Point 2005, Styles vs. Daniels in an Ironman Match from Against All Odds 2005, Joe vs. Styles at Sacrifice 2005, and Styles vs. Daniels in another Ironman match from Bound for Glory 2005. And then there are the other X Division matches from this year, like the Ultimate X match featuring Styles, Petey Williams, and Chris Sabin from Final Resolution 2005, Joe vs. Sabin from No Surrender 2005, and the six-man tag with Joe, Alex Shelley, and Christopher Daniels vs. Sonjay Dutt, Austin Aries, and Styles from the October 25 Impact. This was when I was watching TNA regularly, and it was because of these X Division matches. Styles vs. Abyss from Lockdown 2005 is also worth a watch.
2006: Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle, Genesis 2006
Styles, Joe, and Daniels had more matches in 2006 at Against All Odds and the Ultimate X match at Destination X, but TNA's 2006 was defined, to me, by the LAX vs. Styles & Daniels series (Hard Justice, the Ultimate X match at No Surrender, and the Six Sides of Steel Cage Match at Bound for Glory), the Styles & Daniels vs. AMW matches (Slammiversary 2006 and Sacrifice 2006), and the Joe vs. Angle match at Genesis and the rematch at Turning Point. Thanks to Angle's and Christian's defections to TNA and the quality of the undercard, this was probably when TNA was closest to breaking through, as far from WWE as it was and will be. Oh, and there's a Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi match from this year too.
2007: Texas Death Match: Chris Harris vs. James Storm, Sacrifice 2007
As OSW put it, their blindfold match at Lockdown was a shambles. However, this hardcore match, full of plunder and blood, was the match that they should have had. Storm is an underrated brawler, and Harris wasn't quite Braden Walker yet. Meanwhile, Angle had great matches against "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal at No Surrender and Samoa Joe at Final Resolution. LAX dominated the tag scene, and they had a good match against Elix Skipper and Senshi (Low Ki again) at Bound for Glory.
2008: Kurt Angle (c) vs. Samoa Joe, Lockdown 2008
This is the famous faux-MMA, bordering on worked shoot match, and I still remember how much arguing there was about this match back in 2008 on the LAW and WON shows. Angle also had matches against Christian Cage (Against All Odds and Final Resolution), Styles (Slammiversary and Last Man Standing at Hard Justice), Jarrett (Bound for Glory), and Abyss (Falls Count Anywhere at Turning Point), but this is the other match that I closely associate with TNA. However, there are also the Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim matches (the January 7 Impact, the August 13 Impact, the No DQ match at Final Resolution, and the three-way with ODB at Destination X) that are worth a check. Finally, there's a random Rey Bucanero and Ultimo Guerrero vs. Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino match from the June 23 Impact and a Motor City Machine Guns vs. Doi and Yoshino match from the June 9 Impact that will be of interest to some people.
2009: Desmond Wolfe vs. Kurt Angle, Turning Point 2009
There was that brief period when Wolfe, aka Nigel McGuinness, looked like a star in the making despite TNA's crappy booking. This was one of those matches. Styles, Daniels, and Joe resumed their rivalry with their matches at Turning Point, Final Resolution, and No Surrender. There's a triple threat tag match featuring the Motor City Machine Guns, Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito, and LAX at Lockdown. This was also the best year of ODB's career. The Amazing Red had some random undercard matches. Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams teamed up for some pretty good matches. I had stopped watching regularly by this point.
2010: Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team Championship Match: Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me, Final Resolution
Hey, it's Motor City Machine Guns vs. the Young Bucks in a TLC match. This was the MCMG's year, with matches against Beer Money (the July 12 and August 9 Impacts, and Victory Road) and Generation Me (the Ultimate X match at Destination X, No Surrender, Final Resolution and Bound for Glory). Angle wrestled everyone in the main event, and people will point to the match against Jeff Hardy at No Surrender. This was also the year of the Jeff Jarrett, MMA enthusiast gimmick in the build to the match against Angle.
2011: Last Man Standing Match, AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray, Slammiversary
We're deep in the WWE-castoffs, full on Vince Russo period of TNA, so it's getting hard to find the gems. Therefore, if you don't want to watch a whole bunch of Angle vs. Jarrett matches, look to AJ Styles, who had this match, a match against Christopher Daniels at Destination X, and an Ironman Match against Bobby Roode at Final Resolution.
2012: Ladder Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries, Turning Point
TNA felt really stale at this point except for Austin Aries's ascension to the main event. The idea of cashing in the X Division championship for a shot at the Heavyweight championship cheapened the X Division championship, but it wasn't like you could ruin the X Division's value any more at that point since they were stuck firmly in the undercard. Hardy also had a match against Angle at Victory Road that is worth a watch. Beer Money also broke up, and Storm and Roode had a street fight at Bound for Glory that's worth checking out.
2013: Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy, Lockdown
I hope you like Aces and Eights (cue the Taz betrayal gif at Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan's wedding) because that's what you're going to get a lot of during this period. Hardy wasn't as drugged out of his mind as he was in the past, and Bully Ray was actually motivated and in shape because he was getting a title run. This is probably Bully Ray's best singles match, and it's almost a shame that WWE never allowed him to be anything more than Bubba Ray Dudley.
2014: Full Metal Mayhem: American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) vs. The Hardys, September 19 Impact
This is the time of the American Wolves in TNA, and they had a title series against Team 3D and the Hardys. Unfortunately, the full match doesn't seem to be anywhere online, so you'll have to live with the crappy quality clip on Impact's YouTube page.
2015: Hair vs. Hair match: Rockstar Spud vs. Ethan Carter III, March 13 Impact
Unfortunately, this match is also unavailable online anywhere, and this was violent and bloody. I remember that they even had to show this in black and white because there was so much blood. Spud was a really sympathetic babyface in this feud, and EC3 makes a great bully heel. If WWE ever buys TNA, this would be one of the jewels in the library for the Network.
2016: Drew Galloway (c) vs. Bobby Lashley, Slammiversary
I remember that the build was actually pretty good for this match because they took it seriously, and Galloway had really honed his craft in the indies prior to this match. Lashley had been toiling in TNA for a while in between his MMA matches, so they were able to throw bombs at each other in a really good heavyweight match.
There are a couple of contenders at Slammiversary 2017 this Sunday for TNA's best match of 2017, from Sonjay Dutt vs. Low-Ki in a two out of three falls match for the X Division championship to the fatal four way tag match with LAX (Ortiz and Santana), Drago and El Hijo del Fantasma (aka King Cuerno), Naomichi Marufuji and Taiji Ishimori, and Laredo Kid and Garza Jr.
2002: Low Ki vs. Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles (Part 1 and Part 2), August 7, 2002 PPV
This was the era of weekly PPVs, and most of the shows were filmed in the Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena, aka the TNA Asylum. It's funny how Low Ki is an infamous bridge burner, but he seems to always have a home in TNA. AJ Styles was Mr. TNA for years, and it's still a little strange to see him in WWE. Jerry Lynn transferred some credibility from his ECW days to the new generation of cruiserweights like Styles, Ki, and Elix Skipper. There is an entire series of matches between Lynn and Styles for someone to unearth one day during an AJ Styles career retrospective.
2003: NWA-TNA Tag Team Championship Cage Match: XXX (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) (c) vs. America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), June 25, 2003 PPV
Believe it or not, but this is not the one with the famous spot from Elix Skipper because that would come later. Daniels is a technically fine wrestler, but the "Fallen Angel" gimmick never seemed to really mean anything. Skipper was always good for a crazy spot, and he has a couple of breathtaking ones in this match. Harris and Storm bring the brawling violence, but they're athletic enough to keep up with Daniels and Skipper.
The Super X tournament from this year is also worth a view.
2004: X Division Championship Match: Petey Williams (c) vs. Chris Sabin, Turning Point 2004
We're in the Impact Zone now. Most other lists will point to the Six Sides of Steel Cage Match between XXX and AMW, but let's go with the other match from Turning Point 2004 that people like to talk about when they talk about TNA. Like WCW, TNA's undercard had various gems while the main event shambled along, and the X Division was the jewel of the undercard. This was when the Canadian Destroyer was cool, and Sabin was a good but bland babyface.
The World X Cup from this year is also worth a view.
2005: X Division Championship Match: Christopher Daniels (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles, Unbreakable 2005
You don't have a list of TNA's best matches without the three-way from Unbreakable 2005. But it's worth revisiting the series of matches involving Styles, Joe, and Daniels, from Joe vs. Styles at Turning Point 2005, Styles vs. Daniels in an Ironman Match from Against All Odds 2005, Joe vs. Styles at Sacrifice 2005, and Styles vs. Daniels in another Ironman match from Bound for Glory 2005. And then there are the other X Division matches from this year, like the Ultimate X match featuring Styles, Petey Williams, and Chris Sabin from Final Resolution 2005, Joe vs. Sabin from No Surrender 2005, and the six-man tag with Joe, Alex Shelley, and Christopher Daniels vs. Sonjay Dutt, Austin Aries, and Styles from the October 25 Impact. This was when I was watching TNA regularly, and it was because of these X Division matches. Styles vs. Abyss from Lockdown 2005 is also worth a watch.
2006: Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle, Genesis 2006
Styles, Joe, and Daniels had more matches in 2006 at Against All Odds and the Ultimate X match at Destination X, but TNA's 2006 was defined, to me, by the LAX vs. Styles & Daniels series (Hard Justice, the Ultimate X match at No Surrender, and the Six Sides of Steel Cage Match at Bound for Glory), the Styles & Daniels vs. AMW matches (Slammiversary 2006 and Sacrifice 2006), and the Joe vs. Angle match at Genesis and the rematch at Turning Point. Thanks to Angle's and Christian's defections to TNA and the quality of the undercard, this was probably when TNA was closest to breaking through, as far from WWE as it was and will be. Oh, and there's a Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi match from this year too.
2007: Texas Death Match: Chris Harris vs. James Storm, Sacrifice 2007
As OSW put it, their blindfold match at Lockdown was a shambles. However, this hardcore match, full of plunder and blood, was the match that they should have had. Storm is an underrated brawler, and Harris wasn't quite Braden Walker yet. Meanwhile, Angle had great matches against "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal at No Surrender and Samoa Joe at Final Resolution. LAX dominated the tag scene, and they had a good match against Elix Skipper and Senshi (Low Ki again) at Bound for Glory.
2008: Kurt Angle (c) vs. Samoa Joe, Lockdown 2008
This is the famous faux-MMA, bordering on worked shoot match, and I still remember how much arguing there was about this match back in 2008 on the LAW and WON shows. Angle also had matches against Christian Cage (Against All Odds and Final Resolution), Styles (Slammiversary and Last Man Standing at Hard Justice), Jarrett (Bound for Glory), and Abyss (Falls Count Anywhere at Turning Point), but this is the other match that I closely associate with TNA. However, there are also the Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim matches (the January 7 Impact, the August 13 Impact, the No DQ match at Final Resolution, and the three-way with ODB at Destination X) that are worth a check. Finally, there's a random Rey Bucanero and Ultimo Guerrero vs. Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino match from the June 23 Impact and a Motor City Machine Guns vs. Doi and Yoshino match from the June 9 Impact that will be of interest to some people.
2009: Desmond Wolfe vs. Kurt Angle, Turning Point 2009
There was that brief period when Wolfe, aka Nigel McGuinness, looked like a star in the making despite TNA's crappy booking. This was one of those matches. Styles, Daniels, and Joe resumed their rivalry with their matches at Turning Point, Final Resolution, and No Surrender. There's a triple threat tag match featuring the Motor City Machine Guns, Yujiro and Tetsuya Naito, and LAX at Lockdown. This was also the best year of ODB's career. The Amazing Red had some random undercard matches. Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams teamed up for some pretty good matches. I had stopped watching regularly by this point.
2010: Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team Championship Match: Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me, Final Resolution
Hey, it's Motor City Machine Guns vs. the Young Bucks in a TLC match. This was the MCMG's year, with matches against Beer Money (the July 12 and August 9 Impacts, and Victory Road) and Generation Me (the Ultimate X match at Destination X, No Surrender, Final Resolution and Bound for Glory). Angle wrestled everyone in the main event, and people will point to the match against Jeff Hardy at No Surrender. This was also the year of the Jeff Jarrett, MMA enthusiast gimmick in the build to the match against Angle.
2011: Last Man Standing Match, AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray, Slammiversary
We're deep in the WWE-castoffs, full on Vince Russo period of TNA, so it's getting hard to find the gems. Therefore, if you don't want to watch a whole bunch of Angle vs. Jarrett matches, look to AJ Styles, who had this match, a match against Christopher Daniels at Destination X, and an Ironman Match against Bobby Roode at Final Resolution.
2012: Ladder Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Austin Aries, Turning Point
TNA felt really stale at this point except for Austin Aries's ascension to the main event. The idea of cashing in the X Division championship for a shot at the Heavyweight championship cheapened the X Division championship, but it wasn't like you could ruin the X Division's value any more at that point since they were stuck firmly in the undercard. Hardy also had a match against Angle at Victory Road that is worth a watch. Beer Money also broke up, and Storm and Roode had a street fight at Bound for Glory that's worth checking out.
2013: Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy, Lockdown
I hope you like Aces and Eights (cue the Taz betrayal gif at Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan's wedding) because that's what you're going to get a lot of during this period. Hardy wasn't as drugged out of his mind as he was in the past, and Bully Ray was actually motivated and in shape because he was getting a title run. This is probably Bully Ray's best singles match, and it's almost a shame that WWE never allowed him to be anything more than Bubba Ray Dudley.
2014: Full Metal Mayhem: American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) vs. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) vs. The Hardys, September 19 Impact
This is the time of the American Wolves in TNA, and they had a title series against Team 3D and the Hardys. Unfortunately, the full match doesn't seem to be anywhere online, so you'll have to live with the crappy quality clip on Impact's YouTube page.
2015: Hair vs. Hair match: Rockstar Spud vs. Ethan Carter III, March 13 Impact
Unfortunately, this match is also unavailable online anywhere, and this was violent and bloody. I remember that they even had to show this in black and white because there was so much blood. Spud was a really sympathetic babyface in this feud, and EC3 makes a great bully heel. If WWE ever buys TNA, this would be one of the jewels in the library for the Network.
2016: Drew Galloway (c) vs. Bobby Lashley, Slammiversary
I remember that the build was actually pretty good for this match because they took it seriously, and Galloway had really honed his craft in the indies prior to this match. Lashley had been toiling in TNA for a while in between his MMA matches, so they were able to throw bombs at each other in a really good heavyweight match.
There are a couple of contenders at Slammiversary 2017 this Sunday for TNA's best match of 2017, from Sonjay Dutt vs. Low-Ki in a two out of three falls match for the X Division championship to the fatal four way tag match with LAX (Ortiz and Santana), Drago and El Hijo del Fantasma (aka King Cuerno), Naomichi Marufuji and Taiji Ishimori, and Laredo Kid and Garza Jr.
Incredible post and thank you for it.
Sibersk Esto
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The OSW boys hit the nail on the head when they said that the Fallen Angel gimmick failed because it was poorly defined and Daniels just wrestled his usual style anyway.
giancarlo123x
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Fantastic post, wow at the crowd size in 2008. They really could've been something big but had to fuck it all up bringing in Hogan and company.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Got NJPW world again. I'm ready.
No Sting vs. Jeff Hardy from Victory Road? Lame.
Im resubbing tonight after work. Sad I'll miss part of Day 1.
Great post.
Im resubbing tonight after work. Sad I'll miss part of Day 1.
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