[AIW]

Ownage's list is about close to mine. I haven't seen the Victory Road 12 man tag as of yet, replace that with Lethal Lockdown and switch around Angle/Cage & Joe/Angle for #2 and #3 spots. That would be my exact top five for the year.

Angle vs. Styles at Hard Justice rocked that I also have it over all other TNA matches this year.

[EffectRaven]

Ratings for some of the top TV matches from this year

Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage- 3/6/08 ****

Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe- 4/24/08 ***3/4

MCMG vs. Speed Muscle- 6/12/08 ***1/2

Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles- 1/17/08 ***1/4

Booker T vs. Robert Roode- 3/27/08 ***1/2

Christian Cage and Rhino vs. MCMG- 4/24/08 ***1/4

Samoa Joe vs. Kaz- 6/12/08 ***1/4

X-Division KOTM- 6/5/08 ***3/4

[TripleG]

^^^ I also thought Christian Cage vs. Tomko in the KOTM Qualifier was a really strong TV match.

And because I'm bored, here's another Top 10 List!

Top Ten Samoa Joe Matches:

1) Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles: Turning Point 2005 - My favorite X Title Match ever.

2) Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels: Unbreakable 2005 - Yeah this match rocked.

3) Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage; Destination X 2007 - Probably my favorite World Title Match in TNA history. Fantastic Match.

4) Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle: Turning Point 2006 - Awesome match. Best of their series by far.

5) Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage: Bound for Glory - Yet another awesome bout in their great series.

6) Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels: 1st Thursday Night Impact - I'm glad to see this match is well remembered. Most TV matches aren't. This was a damn good one.

7) Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle: Lockdown 2008 - The match where Joe won the title, which is probably my favorite TNA moment for Joe. It was like "Ugh! FINALLY!!!" The match itself was very unique and the style of the match actually won me over alot more than I thought it would.

8) Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle: Genesis 2006 - I really liked this match. Some people were disappointed with it, but I thought the intensity was great and they really gave off the impression that they were trying to kill each other, so major thumbs up for that.

9) Samoa Joe vs. Scott Steiner: Slammiversary 2006 - I know some people might say I'm overrating this, but I just lobed watching these two mix it up. I think they have a great chemistry and it was Joe's first big win in the heavyweight division.

10) Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin: No Surrender 2005 - A bit of a forgotten match, which is kind of why I put it on here. There was nothing special about it storyline wise. Joe just beat Sabin, but it was a really good X Division style match and the first time I thought "Whoa. This Joe guy is the real deal"

[macs182]

Originally Posted by TripleG

10) Samoa Joe vs. Chris Sabin: No Surrender 2005 - A bit of a forgotten match, which is kind of why I put it on here. There was nothing special about it storyline wise. Joe just beat Sabin, but it was a really good X Division style match and the first time I thought "Whoa. This Joe guy is the real deal"

I also love this match, the parts when Sabin dropkicked Joe into the guardrail .....when Sabin powerbombed Joe and he kicked out .

Great midcard match for what it was......

[palace of wisdom]

Going to download The Unbreakable Triple threat aswell as Hard justice and the 12 man tag match that was an opener of a PPV from this year.

Will review them all

[palace of wisdom]

Sorry for Double post.

Aj styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels - Unbreakable 2005.

Nice start to this match with Joe and Styles teaming before styles getting some cool nearfalls. Nice. Pretty cool stuff follows with a lot of chops and irish whips in to the corner, 2 freakish dives by Daniels and Styles take action to the outside! They were awesome! Lol at the woman in the crowd chanting holy shit. WOW! Monkey flip into a Hurricarana from all 3 men! That was an awesome spot. OMG, Thats the first spinal tap i've seen and it was awesome, on 2 men aswell! Man i love Joes corner kicks, He did one after another cool 3 man spot in the corner. "TNA TNA TNA". Man joe is athletic. Daniels shows good strength to hit a Death valley driver on Joe. HOLY SHIT! Nice flipping between Daniels and Styles with neither man hitting before Joe jumps over the top rope!! God this is great so far. God the spots don't stop coming, A double back drop off the top rope by Joe!! The fans rightfully chant TNA. Good stuff with the ref distracting Joe. Daniels counters a spinnign head scizzor with a weird move but its awesome :P. Follow that with a chokeslam! Best moonsault ever follows, Wow, That was a great combination of moves. Lovely inverted DDT by AJ to finally get him some offence, He has been dominated most of the match .

Thats short lived as Daniels gets a superplex. Daniels kicks out of a Joe powerbomb but Joe puts him in a STF! Awesome spot. PELE KICK! Then a weird move that looks like an Angle slam! This is near the end for sure! DAMN! Awesome crucifix into the styles clash! That would have been an awesome finish but Joe breaks it up. Daniels goes for his finisher and AJ counters for the win.

WOW! Best 3 way match ever in my books. That was phenominal pardon the pun!! I'm not a hardcore TNA fan but that was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. *****

[- Styles -]

^Great review

If you're a wrestling fan this is one match you HAVE to see.

***** Stars indeed

[palace of wisdom]

Thanks styles. I'm downloading 2 more TNA matches then reviewing them in the near future.

The 12 man tag at Victory road and The Hard justice Last mand standing.

Just fun watching TNA classics because i don't know the backstage crap going on their and it's all round fun.

[- Styles -]

Yeah watching the old stuff is so great because the matches have to stand on their own merit. You have no idea (if you weren't watching back then) of the tv ratings, internet reports, rumors, backstage nonsense, nothing Just pure wrestling.

VR 12 man and LMS are both incredible matches and If you haven't seen these I'd also recommend:

Aj vs Daniels - Against all odds 05
Aj vs Joe - Turning Point 05
Amw vs XXX - Turning Point 04
Ultimate X Aj/Daniels/Petey - Final Resolution 05

The 4 other Great matches besides the Unbreakable three way.

[palace of wisdom]

Thanks for that, Got ratings for them?