[Y²]

I would have to give Joe/Angle a **** at most. I couldn't get into it, plain and simple.

[- Styles -]

Joe/Angle ****1/2

Wow It's so refreshing to see something a little different. I don't watch too much stuff outside Tna/wwe so I've never seen a match like this with the whole MMA Vibe. I loved every second of it. (Eventhough some of the crowd clearly weren't into it) The ending I believe could've been a little better, seemed anticlimactic tbh. But still great stuff. No BS run ins or ref bumps just an incredibly realistic and gripping match. So happy Joe's finally the champ

Lethal Lockdown ****

Didn't like how Morgan or Sting were kinda just background figures in this since they've been building the match around them these last few weeks... and Rhino picking up the win was pointless. But fun match and loved that Ladder spot from Cage/Aj.

[-Mystery-]

Originally Posted by Leonardo LunchBoX

I didn't like the match. I feel the MMA stuff was very cheesy and for the 5th match they should have just gone at each other from the get go. Plus Joe isn't a MMA fighter and neither is Angle plus they were inside a cage....just felt like one giant letdown.

EXACTLY! These two have built up such a hatred for each other that it would've made perfect sense for them to come out and brawl with each other and bloody each other up via the cage.

[McQueen]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

EXACTLY! These two have built up such a hatred for each other that it would've made perfect sense for them to come out and brawl with each other and bloody each other up via the cage.

Your talking about TNA you know.

[GP_Punk]

Well played sir...

I must say i'd mark pretty big if Joe and Angle went into full Frye vs. Takayama mode and beat the living daylights out of each other...

[Taroostyles]

TBH, I thought what they did made perfect sense.

[Leonardo LunchBoX]

I just pictured a more brutal match up. Joe had he career on the line so why would he change his style? Why wouldn't he use the style that got him in the position he was in? Just didn't make sense to me.
The crowd was dead. The announcer even sounded bored. Angle looked like he forgot to change and just came out.

[M.S.I.I.]

I don't think it would have made sense to brawl. Why would Joe train for 4 weeks, not appearing on impact, to come out and just brawl with Angle? Why would Angle have sparring sessions, and all that, ignore his wife/family to brawl with Joe?

The way the match was done, it was perfect, and it matched the build that they did. I would have been disappointed if they just came out like an ordinary match, and just brawled. Yea they do have a heated rivalry, but for this match it just made sense to find out who could out wrestle the other.

[-Mystery-]

After 4 matches, is there really a point to finding out who could out wrestle the other? Honestly, I thought that's something we already "found out" seeing how Angle already had 3 wins over Joe. I mean had they been split 2-2 then it would've made a bit more sense. But at match 5 and Angle already having 3 wins over Joe, it's kind of pointless to see who could out wrestle the other.

Also, they should've built the match to be a brawl and a fight to the death so to speak. Firstly, you have their history. Last time Joe and Angle wrestled, Angle stole all the titles from Joe and his chance to main event TNA's biggest PPV of the year. Then, you have Joe putting his career on the line. It doesn't make much sense for Joe to change up his style in what's supposed to be the biggest match of his career.

[M.S.I.I.]

Brawling just wouldn't have done it, especially if your giving the belt to Joe. I would have been disappointed seeing these guys trying to get all hardcore and shit like that in the match. Joe changed up his style for the match, but it fit what they were building all along. Sometimes you have to change up your style if you want to get to a certain point.

Joe's wrestling career was on the line, so why not take a chance? Especially when you saw the confidence that Joe was regaining from Destination-X to his training with Davis, to the first bell at Lockdown. Like you said, he only won one match against Angle, so something in his approach wasn't working. So maybe it was time for him to switch it up, so he could finally get to the top of TNA. He was willing to do anything to win the championship, and he did it.