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TNA's Highs and Lows


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So, with the recent news of Spike choosing not to renew TNA's TV deal, it seems like a good time to do a podcast looking at the story of TNA thus far - the good points and the bad. The direction of the show will be balanced purely based on the feedback given.

So what I'd like to ask is, to you personally, what is your one high point and one low point in TNA history. A moment, a match, an angle, a character, a point in time, whatever. Feel free to elaborate on your chosen points, and feel free to add any additional comments about the Spike TV news and TNA's situation itself (I know a lot have been posted in the Cancelled thread, but I didn't want to mooch off that without permission)

I'll be reading the comments on the show, and it should be pretty entertaining due to some of the absurdity of the past twelve years. So yeh, in your opinion, highest high and lowest low? Was there ever any hope?

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High: Angle vs. Joe. The series was really good but the final pseudo MMA match at Lockdown I believe was great and was being praised for being innovative. TNA did a good job with the build and really seemed like an alternative to WWE.

 

Low: Hogan/Bishoff regime. When they came I there was buzz and optimism and a chance for real change, IMO but it quickly became all about Hulk and Bishoff. They seemingly had a bunch of good ideas but really didn't want to listen to fans (Example: Nigel McGuinness) which made people ultimately quit caring altogether.

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I know pretty much everyone will point to '05-'06, so I'll offer another time period that I honestly enjoyed instead...

 

High: 2011 (basically everything post Jeff Hardy drug-induced main event versus Sting at Victory Road) through all of 2012 and possibly up until Lockdown 2013. Hogan as GM wasn't as bad as you might think. Concepts like Open Fight Night, the "mandatory" defending of the Television Championship, and even Gut Check were at least unique in theory & even turned out alright in execution more often than not. They put on a string of solid pay-per-views, with Aries, Jeff, Roode, Storm, and others contributing. The emergence of Bad Influence as a tag team, the refocusing on the X-Division, and a serious upgrade in production values took place throughout this tenure as well.

 

Low: Definitely most of 2010. And a lot of the terrible gimmick matches & stipulations they cooked up, simply for the sheer desperate sake of seeming "different."

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High: Joe's run from his debut until (see the low). He was booked as a monster and the future ace. Went through everyone and had great matches with the X division guys and Scott Steiner, among others.

 

Low: The ppv before Bound for Glory Joe faces Jarrett in a non-title strap match, wins and the main event at bfg is sting-jarrett for the title. What stupidity, just have Joe win the title there and things would had made sense.

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For as much shit as the Lockdown event gets (and deservedly so, since it's bizarre to book an entire night of cage matches), it's actually produced some of their better matches & moments. AJ/Abyss is already posted here, but I'd put Christian Cage vs. Abyss, Bobby Roode vs. James Storm, Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe, and even Kurt Angle vs. Ken Anderson - all from various Lockdown shows - right up there as definitive highs for the company.

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A high for me was seeing their toys in stores when I was shopping for my nephews Christmas presents. If he was into wrestling (sadly not) I'd have loved to have gotten him a Samoa Joe figure or whatever. TNA had a tonne of toys which was nice to see, around 2006 / 2007. Also, the graphics on their video game looked amazing at the time. Shame the game was rotten, if not slightly apt.

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Alright suckers, I've had enough of this! :D

 

Someone put together this top 50 TNA matches list. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

 

50. Last Man Standing: AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray (6/12/11, Slammiversary)
49. TNA World Heavyweight Championship: James Storm vs. Robert Roode (10/26/11, Impact)
48. TNA Knockouts Championship/No DQ: Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong (1/6/08, Final Resolution)
47. NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Jarrett vs. Christian Cage (2/12/06, Against All Odds)
46. AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (7/10/11, Destination X)
45. Monster’s Ball: Jeff Hardy vs. Abyss vs. Rhino vs. Sabu (10/23/05, Bound For Glory)
44. Super X Cup Semi Final: Chris Sabin vs. Frankie Kazarian (8/27/03, Wednesday PPV)
43. NWA World Tag Team Championship/Ultimate X: The Latin American eXchange vs. AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels (9/24/06, No Surrender)
42. TNA World Heavyweight/Steel Cage Match: Robert Roode vs. James Storm (4/15/12, Lockdown)
41. 30 Minute Iron Man Match: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (1/14/07, Final Resolution)
40. AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle (5/13/12, Sacrifice)
39. NWA World Tag Team: Bobby Roode/Eric Young vs. America’s Most Wanted (1/16/05, Final Resolution)
38. NWA World Heavyweight: Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven (4/30/03, Wednesday PPV)
37. TNA World Heavyweight: Kurt Angle vs. Robert Roode (10/16/11, Bound For Glory)
36. Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin (7/17/05, No Surrender)
35. TNA World Heavyweight: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (12/20/09, Final Resolution)
34. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (10/12/08, Bound For Glory)
33. Fight For Your Right Final/Ladder Match: Christian Cage vs. Kazarian (11/11/07, Genesis)
32. TNA World Heavyweight/King of the Mountain: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Harris (6/17/07, Slammiversary)
31. NWA World Tag Team: America’s Most Wanted vs. AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels (6/18/06, Slammiversary)
30. Ultra Male Rules/Steel Cage Match: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett (4/17/11, Lockdown)
29. TNA X Division/30 Minute Iron Man Match: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (10/23/05, Bound For Glory)
28. TNA World Heavyweight: AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle (1/4/10, Impact)
27. TNA World Heavyweight: Robert Roode vs. AJ Styles (5/15/12, Impact)
26. Texas Death Match: AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle (8/10/08, Hard Justice)
25. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy (3/18/12, Victory Road)
24. AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle (6/8/08, Slammiversary)
23. TNA X Division/Double Elimination: AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Low Ki vs. Psicosis (6/19/02, Wednesday PPV)
22. NWA World Heavyweight: AJ Styles vs. Raven (8/27/03, Wednesday PPV)
21. Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe (11/15/09, Turning Point)
20. NWA World Heavyweight: Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe (3/11/07, Destination X)
19. For a TNA Contract: Austin Aries vs. Low Ki vs. Jack Evans vs. Zema Ion (7/10/11, Destination X)
18. Steel Cage Match/#1 Contendership: AJ Styles vs. Abyss (4/24/05, Lockdown)
17. Three Degrees of Pain: Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe (12/20/09, Final Resolution)
16. TNA X Division/30 Minute Iron Man Match: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (2/13/05, Against All Odds)
15. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (11/19/06, Genesis)
14. Steel Cage Match: Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson (4/18/10, Lockdown)
13. Super X Cup Final: Chris Sabin vs. Juventud Guerrera (8/27/03, Wednesday PPV)
12. TNA X Division/Ladder Match: Low Ki vs. Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles (8/21/02, Wednesday PPV)
11. TNA World Tag Team/Steel Cage Match: Triple X vs. America’s Most Wanted (6/25/03, Wednesday PPV)
10. TNA X Division/Ultimate X: Petey Williams vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin (1/16/05, Final Resolution)
9. Steel Cage Match/TNA World Heavyweight: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (4/13/08, Lockdown)
8. Steel Cage Match/Losing Team Splits Up: America’s Most Wanted vs. Triple X (12/5/04, Turning Point)
7. Super X Cup Finals: Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles (8/14/05, Sacrifice)
6. World Title Tournament Semi Finals: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy (9/5/10, No Surrender)
5. TNA World Heavyweight: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe (11/15/09, Turning Point)
4. Texas Death Match: James Storm vs. Chris Harris (5/13/07, Sacrifice)
3. TNA X Division: AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe (12/11/05, Turning Point)
2. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (12/10/06, Turning Point)
1. TNA X Division: Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe (9/11/05, Unbreakable)
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