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Great review TripleG, nice read. I haven't watched most of these matches, because I caught up with TNA in 06. May check out some old TNA weeklies one of these days.

[Taroostyles]

Impact 6/19

MCMG vs Daivari/Dux-***1/4
AJ/Christian vs Team 3D-***1/4

2 very good TV matches.

[stinger-splash]

Just finished watching TNA Impact 6/22 and 6/29. Great AJ beatdown segment. Overall solid Impact, but also some bs. As far as the matches: Kong vs Kim (6/22) *** and Tomko vs Cage (6/29) ***. Up to the go-home show before slammi and tomorrow I'll watch Slammi. Almost back up with TNA now.

[Taroostyles]

I think you mean 5/22 and 5/29.

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Originally Posted by Taroostyles

I think you mean 5/22 and 5/29.

Oh yeah of course, sorry for that. BTW Booker is really brilliant as a heel and AJ is damn awosome now he's back the phenomenal one.

[- Styles -]

Slammiversary (2005)




1.) Shark Boy vs. Zach Gowen vs. Jerrelle Clark vs. Amazing Red vs. Elix Skipper vs. Delirious - **1/2
Insanely fast paced, spotty goodness. Clark was actually the most impressive out of the bunch. Great opener that got the crowd going.

2.) Shocker vs. Alex Shelley - ***
Nice technical wrestling match.

3.) Ron Killings vs. Kip James - *
Jeez, did the New age outlaws EVER have a good match since joining Tna...

4.)Tag titles - The Naturals vs. Team Canada - **1/2
Good tag action but a little on the average side. Great surprise at the end though.

5.) Dutt vs Joe - **3/4
Very significant moment in that this was Joe's debut. Good showcase and an above average debut for the current champ.

6.) Hoyt vs Roode - **1/2
A fine match but the show stealer was the after match antics of D'amore getting his pants pulled down and Tenay and Dw's reaction to it. "Children all around the world are scarred for life!" lol. Hoyt was over as hell on a ODB type of scale.

7.) AMW vs. 3Live Kru - *1/2
Read match #3...

8.) X division three way elimination - Sabin vs Daniels vs Bentley - ***3/4
Bentley kind of dragged down the quality a bit and you could really notice this as the action was alot better when it was Sabin vs Daniels. Started off spotty but got really good toward the end. The finish was a little abrupt but other than that a great x-division match.

9.) KOTM World title - Styles vs Monty vs Waltman vs Raven vs Abyss - ***3/4
Lots of memorable and amazing spots in this such as Aj doing a spiral tap to the outside through a table on Abyss, Waltman hitting an X-factor off the top of the ladder, Abyss getting pounced off the ladder into a table etc. Really fun chaotic match. I didn't really like the whole "making deals" thing that Aj and Waltman did, made the champ look like an idiot but a great ME regardless.

Overall a pretty good ppv, some duds (mostly involving 3live crew/NAO) but also some solid wrestling and 2 great matches towards the end.

[Taroostyles]

Great review AJ, I agree with your KOTM rating. Only match I've seen from that show.

Samoa Joe's Title Defenses So far

vs Angle-Impact 4/24-***1/2-***3/4
vs Kaz/Steiner-Sacrifice-***1/2
vs Booker/Cage/Rhino/Roode-KOTM-Slammiversary-***3/4
vs Kaz-Impact 6/12-***1/4

Nothing outstanding so far, but still all atleast ***+. I have a feeling that Joe/Booker will be the first defense to crack ****+, there sequences at KOTM were awesome and with the hot crowd it could be really great.

[Rafael122]

Global Impact is now at Best Buy for $15. Picked up my copy. Thank God. I didn't order it from TNA b/c their shipping is like $20.

[TripleG]

Here's a fun little thing. Since we've already done top ten matches of 2008 so far, let's here what everybody's top ten matches are from each year.

2002 - Since the promotion started in June, I'll only do Top 5 here.
1) AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Low Ki vs. Psichosis: First X Division Title Match
2) AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Low Ki: X Title Triple Ladder Match
3) The New Chruch vs. America's Most Wanted Match 3: Tag Titles
4) AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn: Best of 3 Series (No DQ, Falls Count Anywhere, 15 Min Ironman)
5) Ron Killings vs. Jeff Jarrett: World Title

2003:
1) Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven: World Title
2) AMW vs. XXX: Tag Titles Cage Match
3) Jeff Jarrett vs. AJ Styles: World Title
4) Chris Sabin vs. Michael Shane vs. Frnakie Kazarian: X Title Ultimate X Match
5) XXX vs. Jerry Lynn/Amazing Red 4/16/03 - Tag Titles
6) AJ Styles vs. Abyss 11/2003
7) AJ Styles vs. Raven: Hardcore Ladder Match
8) The New Church vs. America's Most Wanted Final Match: Tag Titles
9) XXX vs. America's Most Wanted from 1st Anniversary Show: Tag Titles
10) Jeff Jarrett vs. AJ Styles vs. Raven: World Title

2004:
1) AMW vs. XXX: Six Sides of Steel (TP04)
2) Ron Killings vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven vs. Chris Harris: World Title King of the Mountain Match
3) Jeff Jarrett vs. Monty Brown: World Title (Dec Impact)
4) Petey Williams vs. Chris Sabin: X Title (TP04)
5) Chris Sabin vs. Low Ki vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Michael Shane: X Title Ultimate X Match
6) Jeff Jarrett vs. Chris Harris: World Title
7) America's Most Wanted vs. The Naturals: Tag Titles Six Sides of Steel
8) AJ Styles vs. Michael Shane vs. Frankie Kazarian: X Title Ultimate X Match
9) Monty Brown vs. Raven vs. Abyss: Monster's Ball (VR04)
10) Diamond Dallas Page vs. Raven (TP04)

2005:
1) AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe: X Title (TP05)
2) Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe: X Title (Unbreakable)
3) AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels: X Title 30 Min Ironman Match (AGA05)
4) AJ Styles vs. Abyss; Six Sides of Steel (LD05)
5) Petey Williams vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin: X Title Ultimate X Match
6) Team Canada vs. America's Most Wanted: Tag Titles (FR05)
7) Jerry Lynn vs. Sean Waltman (Sac05)
8) The Naturals vs. America's Most Wanted: Tag Titles (HJ05)
9) AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels: X Title 30 Minute Iron Man Match (BFG05)
10) Abyss vs. Sabu: Barbedwire Massacre (TP05)

2006: - This one was by far the hardest for me
1) America's Most Wanted vs. AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels: Tag Titles (Slam06)
2) Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle (TP06)
3) Jeff Jarrett vs. Christian Cage: World Title (AGA06)
4) AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels vs. LAX: Tag Title Six Sides of Steel (BFG06)
5) Christian Cage vs. Abyss: World Title Six Sides of Steel (LD06)
6) LAX vs. AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels: Tag Title Ultimate X Match (NS06)
7) Senshi vs. Chris Sabin: X Title (BFG06)
8) America's Most Wanted vs. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels: Tag Titles (Sac06)
9) Rhino vs. Christian Cage: Barbedwire Six Sides of Steel
10) AJ Styles vs. Christian Cage (Gen06)

2007:
1) Chris Harris vs. James Storm: Texas Deathmatch (Sac07)
2) Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe: World Title (DX07)
3) Kurt Angle vs. Sting: World Title (BFG07)
4) Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle vs. Christian Cage vs. Chris Harris: World Title King of the Mountain (Slam07)
5) Kaz vs. Christian Cage: Fight for the Right Finals Ladder Match (Gen07)
6) Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage (BFG07)
7) LAX vs. XXX: Ultimate X Match (BFG07)
8) Kurt Angle vs. Jay Lethal: X Title (NS07)
9) Team Angle vs. Team Cage: Lethal Lockdown (LD07)
10) Jay Lethal vs. Christopher Daniels: X Title (BFG07)

[M.S.I.I.]

Awesome Kong and Gail Kim 2008
1. Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim II (Final Resolution)
2. Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim vs. ODB (Destination-X)
3. Awesome Kong and Raisha Saed vs. Gail Kim and ODB (TNA Lockdown)
4. Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim I (Turning Point)
5. Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim IV (TNA Impact)
6. Gail Kim vs. Roxxi Lavaeux (TNA Sacrifice)
7. Awesome Kong vs. Roxxi Lavaeux (TNA Impact)
8. Awesome Kong vs. ODB (TNA Against all Odds)
9. Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim III (TNA Impact)