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Top Five Feuds In TNAs History To Be Proud Of !!Have Your Say
By: tnafanforum Date: September 24, 2015, 9:04 am
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Hello TNA Fans . We all know that TNA have Had A lot of Bad
Press. Over the years about how much money they spend on big
stars like hogan and flair but yet they have never really hepled
TNA grow to crappy matches and bring in ex WWE stars . But today
we're going to be looking at TNA and more specifically the best
feuds that the company have had in 13/14 years ..
I really feel that In all probability at least one of the feuds
on this top five list will be one of the reasons why you have
stuck through TNA through thick and thin.
I am also hoping all the while that things will get better and
TNA will go back to making great Feuds again ..
IF YOU ARE not a TNAnfan please read this anyway so you have
incontrovertible proof that even if TNA died tomorrow, they
still accomplished things to be proud of and made a lot of
history !!
Hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day, right?
Please post and share this topic and get involved ..mint would
be great to see what all of you think guys and girls ..!,!
Number 5 .The Main Event Mafia vs. the Frontline
Right I am going to kick this off with a Big Feud what a lot of
TNA fans may of made this their number 1
The Main Event Mafia vs. the Frontline was a great way for TNA
to use guys like Booker T ,Kurt Angle , Nash , Scott and Sting
to get over the younger stars .. TNA went down a simple road
with this storyline and the truth is TNA a wanted to make big
money from Five Top stars who have made it in WWE and TNA.
With the emergence of huge up-and-coming fan favorites like
Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, this seemed like a license for
incredible television and a great way to cement the younger guys
as permanent stars in the world of professional wrestling.
Unfortunately, that's not what happened. But what did happen
was an epic conflict that changed TNA and became the root of
almost every significant storyline TNA has ever done up to
today.
In 2008, Samoa Joe had finally defeated Kurt Angle and was
enjoying a nice title reign. He was beating guys like Booker T
and had Kevin Nash mentoring him on how to stay on top, now that
he was champion. This led to a title match at Bound For Glory
against Sting, the basis of which was the fact that Samoa Joe
had no respect for anyone or what they did in the past.
Respect is a word that would become the rallying cry for this
movement, and it started here.
At Bound For Glory, Joe absolutely decimated Sting and beat him
half to death, only for Joe's mentor Kevin Nash to betray Joe
and give Sting the victory. On Impact the following week,
Sting, Nash, Booker T, Scott Steiner and Kurt Angle publicly
joined forces to keep their generation of respect on top and to
keep TNA out of the hands of young punks like Joe.
Over the next few months, the Main Event Mafia, as they
christened themselves, laid waste to TNA, ruthlessly putting
down any pretenders to their thrones. They injured Joe, bullied
Styles and drove Christian out of TNA.
They were dominant, they were successful and this storyline was
getting OVER.
Seeing their company stolen from them and being controlled by a
bunch of power-hungry old men, a group of younger guys formed
and named themselves The Frontline. The group was originally
started by Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, who put aside their noted
differences to take on this threat to their livelihoods. A
number of younger guys followed their lead, such as Jay Lethal,
The Motor City Machine Guns, Petey Williams and Eric Young, and
they declared war on the veterans.
For a few months, this feud was the hottest thing in wrestling,
as the two groups fought anywhere and everywhere and took over
whole segments of Impact with these fights springing up all over
the arena.
Of course, the trouble began when TNA a had some crazy pills in
there tea when we all sew Rhino joining the group and became its
leader and mouthpiece. What really took away from guys like Joe
who was great on the mic anyway.. He was a great talker and a
great leader for this group . Rhino was in his 30s and he was
over and a big start so why did TNA add his to this story who
knows ..
After Rhino joined He was followed by Team 3D and Mick Foley,
who was also 3 big names in wrestling and they was in there
30/40s to at the time , bring in 4 top guys had a lot of
backslash because it was causing problems because the actual
people the storyline was meant to get over was being pushed to
the back.
Eventually Kurt Angle and Sting's personal feud overshadowed the
conflict with the Frontline altogether.
The feud ended with a whimper, and the young guys didn't really
benefit much from it. But for those few months in the winter of
2008-09, this feud was electric and is by far the most ambitious
storyline that TNA has ever attempted.
4. Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong
This is one of the only Knockout Feuds what I can think about
when I think about the knockouts . Not because it is the only
one to ever happen but because it was so good and at the time
kong was at the top and the one everyone wanted to beat ..
Prior to 2007, there wasn't a whole lot for women in TNA to do.
They could cozy up to some male wrestlers and become a valet
(which Gail Kim did with America's Most Wanted), you could have
scantily clad pictures of yourself taken for the website (which
Gail Kim did as well) or you could be violently assaulted by men
to get your clients over.
To what I'm sure is your great surprise, Gail didn't find this
overly stimulating after training for years to be a professional
wrestler. So after appealing to Jeff Jarrett and Dixie Carter
for months, she finally convinced them to launch a women's
wrestling division in TNA.
On October 14, 2007 Gail won a 10-woman gauntlet match to become
the first TNA Women's Champion. She was riding high and rolling
along as the beloved face of the company. Unfortunately, out of
her darkest dreams walked a nightmare with dreads named Awesome
Kong.
While ordinarily, women's feuds in mainstream wrestling are met
with indifference by crowds or even catcalls, this feud drew the
attention and respect of eyes from all over the wrestling
industry. The fiery and beautiful Kim defended her title for
the first time against the imposing and brutal Awesome Kong at
Turning Point that year.
This was a match that surpassed perhaps any women's wrestling
match that decade and completely stole the show.
Gail managed to retain when Kong got disqualified, but despite
her determination and resolve, she still wound up broken and
battered on the mat. When Kong got a rematch in a
no-disqualification match at Final Resolution, Kim again brought
everything she had in a valiant attempt to beat a foe nearly
twice her size, but just could not do enough damage to this tank
of a woman to get the job done. Kong broke her again and walked
away with the title.
So it came down to one more match.
Gail trained harder than she had for anything in her life and
came at Kong with everything. She used weapons and new moves
learned in training and staggered Kong, beating her nearly
senseless. But in the end, even this wasn't enough. And with
one final Awesome Bomb, Kong ended Gail's dreams of being the
queen of the division she created once and for all.
On paper, this may look like Gail didn't look good in these
matches, but nothing can be further from the truth. The saga of
the determined but overwhelmed champion going against the
wrecking ball of a challenger was massively compelling. This not
only resurrected Gail Kim's career in one go, (WWE came calling
not long after,) but a star was also born in Awesome Kong, who
went from a complete unknown to one of the most significant
wrestlers in TNA history in one feud.
Oh, and their Impact main event to close the feud? Only one of
the three highest rated segments of Impact in history.
Not too shabby at all.
3. Raven vs. TNA
For me this is one of the best old school feuds what a lot of
fans will YouTube this after reading this .. This was booking
101 and I loved it
Raven was always one to do things his own way. I don't think
it's news to anyone here that he was often on the outs with the
management of various companies he worked for. It was a
significant part of his career that despite his great popularity
and skill, he never won a World Championship outside of ECW. Not
in WCW, where he rose nearly to the main event and hit the glass
ceiling, and not in WWE, where he was little more than a jobber
for reasons known only to Vince McMahon.
So when he came to TNA in 2003 he was often known to remark that
his ultimate goal and his destiny was to become the NWA World
Heavyweight Champion. He spoke of it constantly for years, only
to get distracted by side feuds that diverted him from his
ultimate dream of holding the title held by such an old school
and traditional legends.
Now this was his dream for two key reasons:
1. Because it would validate him as one of the great
professional wrestlers of all time and show that his career
since ECW hasn't been a waste.
2. Because holy crap would it piss everyone off.
So in 2005, when he finally got his opportunity at the World
Heavyweight Championship in a King of the Mountain match against
five other guys, including the champion AJ Styles, he didn't
waste it.
Completely against the expectations of everyone and to the
horror of TNA commissioner Larry Zbyszko, who had been trying to
fix it so Abyss would win and be a controllable champion, Raven
won the title and celebrated to the approval of the fans in
attendance.
Yes, times were good for Raven, but one man was about to
intervene who would prove to be perhaps Raven's greatest foe in
TNA.
While Raven got about the business of defending his title and
upping his wrestling game higher than it had been at any point
in his career, the NWA Board of Directors was breathing down
Zbyszko's throat to get the title off of this madman, who they
could never possibly approve of as their champion.
Larry, under a huge amount of pressure and feeling entirely
disrespected by Raven, called in the assistance of Jeff Jarrett
to get the title back.
In a match in Border City Wrestling, Raven was goaded into
putting the title on the line against Jarrett, and Jarrett
managed to steal it away due to huge amounts of interference
from America's Most Wanted. Upon hearing of this, Zbyszko had a
choice: either strike the title change from the record books,
since it was not a sanctioned NWA title match and featured a
huge screw job, or to acknowledge Jeff Jarrett as the new
champion and deal with the consequences.
He chose poorly.
The now title-less Raven came back to TNA in a storm of
vengeance aimed directly at Larry. Zbyszko, for his part,
spared no expense in hiring any wrestler he could find to try to
stop Raven from getting to him. But no matter who he found,
Raven went through them and often in the messiest way possible.
Finally, with his back against the wall, Zbyszko made a match
where if Raven won, he would get a match with Larry himself, and
if he lost, he'd be fired from TNA.
But the fix was in because when the ref got knocked out, Zbyszko
abused his authority to make the count himself and blatantly
ignored Raven's foot on the ropes. Raven was now out of a job,
and was robbed of his revenge.
Not long after, the Board of Directors themselves issued a
proclamation that Zbyszko had overstepped his authority and was
suspended from his position. And then they reinstated Raven.
Raven then finally got the match he had always wanted in a hair
vs. hair match with Larry Legend.
It didn't go well for Larry.
Number 2 this is where TNa started when it comes to the X
Division
AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa AJ Styles vs.
Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe
When the X Division was established in TNA, they went out of
their way to make it clear that the title and vision were more
about a particular style than about just crusierweights instead
of heavyweights. It was about a break-neck pace and excitement
at all times and a generally more athletic and move-oriented
wrestling style.
Of course, since the only people who really fit that style were
the same kind of people who had always been relegated to
crusierweight divisions, none of this really meant anything.
That is, until the day Samoa Joe walked into TNA.
Joe earned his stripes keeping up with the best young talent on
the indy scene and was not only able to keep up with them, but
he often ran circles around them despite his imposing size.
When you add to that a completely unprecedented ferocity, what
resulted was a beast of a man who walked into the X Division and
almost casually took it over.
For months he absolutely broke and humiliated anyone who was
unlucky enough to draw his name on the run sheet and finally
drove all the way to the X Division Championship as an
undefeated and untested monster.
At the top he first ran into Christopher Daniels, who saw him as
a tool to use. Joe went along with it exactly as long as he
felt like it, and the second he got bored, he viciously
destroyed Daniels, putting him out for weeks.
Once he rose to the top of the X Division, he ran headlong into
his greatest adversary, AJ Styles.
Now, Styles had been the golden child of TNA and the ultimate
example of the X Division style for years, but Joe wasted zero
time with respect. Joe battered AJ again and again, making AJ
madder and madder until their feud exploded into one of the
greatest matches of the decade, perhaps even in TNA's history,
as AJ gave everything to unseat the monster and came up short.
But the feud took on a new twist when Christopher Daniels came
back in defense of his fallen friend and came right at Joe, only
to be completely dismantled himself. I cannot overstate the
level of dominance Samoa Joe represented at this point. I don't
think anyone in modern day wrestling history has ever even
approached it.
He was unstoppable.
But with their backs against the wall and a company to reclaim,
Daniels and Styles continued to come after Joe and finally began
engaging in a series of Triple Threat matches that are, to this
day, generally considered the greatest achievement in TNA's
history.
Hell, one of them even got 5-stars from Dave Meltzer and that
guy gives out 5-star reviews like they're thousand dollar bills
and we all know he is a TNa hater too..
When the dust finally settled, Styles and Daniels had reclaimed
their division, but paid in blood for it, and Samoa Joe moved on
to the heavyweight title scene. And I'm damn glad he did ..
1. Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle
To explain why this was so great, let's flash back to 2006.
This was during Jeff Jarrett's reign of terror as the TNA
champion. He was on his way to the main event of Bound For Glory
against Sting when an enraged Jim Cornette booked him against
Samoa Joe in a "Fans Bring The Weapons" match.
Joe completely decimated Jarrett and took his title with him
because he's just cold like that.
In the weeks to follow, Cornette tried everything to convince
Joe to give the title back so Sting and Jarrett could fight for
it at Bound For Glory. But Joe wouldn't budge, and every attempt
by Jarrett or his associates to get it back resulted in a lesson
in bruises.
Meanwhile, the announcement had been made previously that Kurt
Angle, recently released by WWE, had joined TNA and would be the
guest enforcer for the title match at Bound For Glory. So when
Cornette called out Samoa Joe and told him to either give the
title back or be fired, a confrontation that had been growing in
the hearts of fan boys everywhere for months finally came to
fruition.
And what followed is perhaps the best television that TNA ever
produced.
Now let's be clear. Kurt Angle came to TNA about three years
after main eventing Wrestlemania. From the moment he walked
through the doors, he was a bigger and more relevant star than
the entire company and everyone in it. By comparison, Samoa Joe
was an indy star and a rising TNA star who hadn't even held the
World title by this point.
But rather than treat the situation like Angle was far superior,
they made it clear from the very first segment that these two
were on exactly the same level. This catapulted Joe's
credibility about eight miles high right off the bat and would
give Kurt Angle the nemesis he needed to be great again.
It didn't take long for these two to mix it up in the ring.
In Angle's first PPV match for TNA, he defeated Joe clean,
ending the Samoan Submission Machine's 18-month long undefeated
streak. This just made Joe hungrier, and in their return match,
Joe defeated Angle cleanly to return the favor.
Finally they faced off in an Iron Man match to settle things
between them. But the issue of who was better remained as hot as
ever when Angle beat Joe 3-2 by milliseconds, as Joe had him in
the Anklelock as time expired.
As time went by, Joe and Angle often found themselves on
opposite sides of bitter conflicts and even found themselves as
tag-team champions together. The two men collectively won every
single title in TNA and put them all on the line against one
another.
Again, Angle won the match, though with interference as an
excuse, and again, Samoa Joe was foiled from conquering his
ultimate equal and becoming the TNA World Heavyweight Champion
for the first time. But after months and months of buildup and
hype, these two men decided to settle matters between them one
final time inside of the Six Sides of Steel for the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship.
They both trained with MMA specialists to get ready for the
fight of their life. When they clashed, it resulted in the most
commercially successful pay-per-view in TNA history, and 10s of
1000s of people tuned in to watch Samoa Joe finally defeat his
foe and take his place at the top of the mountain.
Since that night, this feud really hasn't been revisited much.
Joe has slipped down the card and Angle has slipped in and out
of feuds and turns seemingly at random. But perhaps more than
any other feud on this list, if these two got into a ring
together, sparks would fly at the sight of it.
And it's never too late to happen again...
Right guys tell us what your top five list is ..!
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Re: Top Five Feuds In TNAs History To Be Proud Of !!Have Your Sa
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By: sharkboy1200 Date: September 24, 2015, 6:13 pm
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Raven really should have a HoF spot in TNA. He was such a key
figure during the early years.
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Re: Top Five Feuds In TNAs History To Be Proud Of !!Have Your Sa
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By: ChrissiCalvert Date: September 25, 2015, 5:31 pm
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Gail vs Kong
EC3 vs Spud
MCMG vs Young Bucks
MCMG vs Beer Money
Daniels Vs AJ
Mine are in no particular order.
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Re: Top Five Feuds In TNAs History To Be Proud Of !!Have Your Sa
y
By: tnafanforum Date: September 25, 2015, 5:48 pm
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[quote author=sharkboy1200 link=topic=7762.msg33166#msg33166
date=1443136388]
Raven really should have a HoF spot in TNA. He was such a key
figure during the early years.
[/quote]
He was different in them days too. He was just all about his
self what made him a great wrestler and he had a great run ..
HOF ? Really
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Re: Top Five Feuds In TNAs History To Be Proud Of !!Have Your Sa
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By: tnafanforum Date: September 25, 2015, 5:50 pm
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[quote author=Chrissi Calvert link=topic=7762.msg33172#msg33172
date=1443220302]
Gail vs Kong
EC3 vs Spud
MCMG vs Young Bucks
MCMG vs Beer Money
Daniels Vs AJ
Mine are in no particular order.
[/quote] ec3 was a big reason why spud is a bigger star in TNA
now days . He did. Great job with spud tbh . He got him over
with out making his self look crap what was a great move by TNA
. Both of them have been pushed by TNA .
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Re: Top Five Feuds In TNAs History To Be Proud Of !!Have Your Sa
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By: tnafan Date: September 27, 2015, 6:53 am
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MCMGs vs TNA was great to . It was back in the day when they was
fighting for TV time ..
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