411’s NWA TNA Report 07.30.03

Hey, did any of you see Donnie Darko? What the heck was that all about? Somebody please explain the end to me.

I was wondering what Low Ki has been up to. So I asked him:

PETER BY GAWD KENT: “Can you explain how and what caused your injury?”

LOW KI: “I fought Flash Barker in FWA, England. He had me in a rear naked choke, which I had tried to counter with a kick. I made contact with him but didnt protect myself on the way down and landed hard on my shoulder.”

KENT: “So what are you doing during the injury down time? Are you watching any wrestling tapes?”

KI: “Playstation 2. A true lifesaver. I rarely have down time but since I have been enjoying myself more with that and reading.”

Now, I need to talk about last week. I got a bajillion emails about me busting on Philly for booing Jeff Hardy when the show was actually held in Elizabeth, New Jersey. See, here’s what happened: As soon as I read about the booing, all I saw was red rage and flew into a fury, distorting my perception of reality. So OK, I fucked up, but sweet christ did I get alot of mail. Here is a sample (names witheld):

“Um, whoever you are,
So you hate Philly fans? Well if it wasn’t for us, you wouldn’t have ECW, ROH, CZW, or 3pw. See, there’s a reason Philly is a breeding ground for the hottest independant wrestling organization in America. It has something to do with us Philly fans going to all of these organizations shows. With that being said, first of all, the show this weekend that Jaff Hardy was booed at wasn’t in Philly and wasn’t really near Philly either. As a matter of fact a large number of the audience was from the great city of New York. So before you go on a tirade about the wrestling capitol of the states, know the facts. As a matter of fact, the audience was a cornicopia of many different fans from all over the country. Maybe your jeolous of the fact that the wrestling promotions already mentioned operate out of the great city of Philly and not New Yawk. Have you been to an ROH show in Philly? If you had you would know that this is not a regular accurance at the Murph. Well, except for Konnan and he pretty much deserved it. It really doesn’t suprise me knowing where you come from. We already hate any sports fans from New Yawk anyway. I really don’t condone what happened to Jeff Hardy this weekend and actually I think its disgusting. But blaming that on Philly fans makes you sound like a fuckin idiot. Blame it on new age wrestling fans you moron. That happens in halls, arenas, gyms and barns all over the country. Basically, what I’m trying to say is, fuck you, fuck New Yawk and your fans and if you don’t like us Philly fans, stay the fuck outta Philly and don’t come to any of our fuckin shows! This aint coming from no 16 year old punk with a chip on my shoulder. This is coming from a 23 year wrestling fan who loves and respect this sport that I have been watchin all my fuckin life. In closing, the Mets still fuckin suck. Hope they enjoy watchin the Phils in the playoff hunt.”

This guy made the column just because he fit “cornucopia” into a sentence.

Fuck Philly fans? Come on. Let me explain why Philly sports are so passionate. You live in New Yawk, you win a fuckin championship in at least one major sport every year.I’ve lived here my whole life and the sports history lately has been sad. The Phillies haven’t won a it all in 23 years, and haven’t been to the World Series since 93 (Fuck you, Joe Carter). The Eagles never won a super bowl, haven’t been there since 80, and lost horribly in the NFC title game two years running. Same goes for the Flyers and Sixers. If you take a look at that history, you can see where we are coming from. Philly fans need something to cheer for because their sports teams have been average at best for well over a decade. Even when they’re good we boo them. Mike Schmidt, greatest 3rd baseman ever, and we booed him until he got 500. Philly fans are very bitter. So when we go to a wrestling show, we expect great things. ECW spoiled us into thinking indy shows were God’s gift to Philadelphia for screwing up our sports. The point is we pay the money to see these shows. They’re in our hometown, it’s all we got left. I’ll guarantee you one thing: You’ll never find fans more passionate than in Philadelphia. SO move the promotions to Canada. I’m sure they won’t yell at the wrestlers. Hell, they probably won’t do anything.

Come on now, Canadian crowds are awesome. Here’s what this guy had to say about Canada:

“ya…over there you can hear them say “YOU SCREWED BRET!” or “WE WANT BRET” or “YOU SCREWED BRET” tell me something that hasn’t been said yet about Philly fans…I’m surprised you didn’t get accidentally punched in the face at a philly show”

SASSY! No I haven’t been assaulted (yet), but if I finally take one of those bus trips to a Philly ROH, then us New York fans will show you how to properly conduct yourselves at a wrestling show.

“Mr. Kent,

Dish network doesn’t carry TNA, so I appreciate your recaps. I truly enjoy your style and I like the end comparison features (best match, total worth, best show), it’s a great touch. Thank you for trashing Philly fans. I could never understand why people always said that ECW had the best fans, they embarrassed me. They do not deserve a promotion to themselves; just a bunch of obnoxious arm-chair quarterbacks who couldn’t execute a hammerlock properly and see fit to scream you fucked up.”

SING IT! Thanks to everyone who mailed me, I’m glad to see there are so many people who are passionate about pro wrestling. Now, onto more pleasant matters…

My brother taped Vengeance, so I watched it expecting a decent Benoit/Guerrero, Angle proving his insane awesomeness and a big pile of turds. And hey, being the TNA fanboy that I am, I love to yell out how crappy the latest WWE offering was. But Vengeance was fricking AWESOME (I fast-forwarded through the Billy Gunn and APA Bullnuts)! Benoit/Guerrero.. Was that a MOTY candidate? I think maybe it was, certainly on the level of the WWA four way dance and maybe touching Low Ki/AJ Styles Zero One U$A… It was a great match. Then came the tag with Rey/Kidman vs Haas/Benjy and that was great too. It is so sad to me that the only women’s wrestling that gets a good reaction are matches involving Sable and Steph, but they had the crowd rocking…. until the finish, anyway. Undertaker/Cena I skimmed, I was expecting the Taker win and the buggy-eyed “wow it took me 5 minutes longer than I thought it would” look of “respect”. Instead Taker was spitting up blood and writhing in pain, and watching it made me think… Maybe this is how it works. They put Cena out there with main eventers to gouge the reaction, see if he can hang, see if the fans buy him. Once Cena’s been up in the card for awhile, if he’s over and producing, then maybe they push him some more. I dunno, this finish just seemed RIGHT, if that makes any sense. And there was Vince/Zach, which in theory I hate because I loathe how the McMahons are non-wrestlers but push themselves at the expense of.. you know.. FULL TIME WRESTLERS. But I love Z, he is absolutely amazing, and I really enjoyed that match, too. Zach with the CORKSCREW!?! He loses, gets up to a huge reaction, pops his leg on, and leaves the ring… Made me want to cry. But everything makes me want to cry, from The Secret of Nimh to The Phantom Menace. Then the main event. Big Show was in there and rocking it, to my complete surprise. He didn’t just plod around the ring with a blank expression on his face, he was roaring and stomping and slamming… And what I LOVED about this main event, was that it was an All Finisher match. They busted out the finishers at THE VERY BEGINNING, and we got a beautiful 20 minute finish, no WWE punch/kick filler fodder nonsense. This show was just plain great, in my (sadly) useless opinion.

TNA Episode #56: “Of mega mullets and ringside brawling”

DATELINE: JULY 30th!! Let’s check out the line-up! What do we got this week? Jarrett/Legend, crap on poles? Uh, K. Howzabout… Kid Kash vs MEGA MULLET MORTON!?! Ewww.. Hmm.. No CM Punk. Dammit.. Sabin vs Shane? Welp, maybe Shane’ll have improved since he underwhelmed my senses last year.. And what the hell is this from the preview: “Shark Boy has been moping around the last couple of week looking like he’s lost his best friend. He’s back this week and will be looking for a new friend.” HEY! Where the hell is New Jack? DON’T EVEN TRY IT! DO NOT TEST ME, LOAFERS! Tough sell this week. I can only muster an unenthusiastic “hoody hoo.” Let us examine the evidence:

– Live from the TNA Asylum 7/30/03

– Your hosts are Mike Tenay and Don West

We open with a video recap of AJ vs DLo from last week, where Siaki ran in two or three times. The final fall was a ladder match, where both guys snatched the belt at the same time and fell to the mat still holding it. Ref said this was the equivalent of a draw, meaning AJ retains. The onus is on DLo to pick up the win.

Interview with referree Rudy Charles, explaining his decision from last week. Then we cut to Russo in the back with AJ, where AJ says he isn’t wrestling DLo again.

Hudson is outside the Asylum, limo pulls up. It’s Trinity and AJ. Trinity looking insane. AJ has nothing to say. Siaki butts in, a guy with a video camera is following him. Siaki says a documentary about him. That is a really funny idea.

We pan the crowd, getting a good look at the supple Athena as Tenay starts talking about the upcoming matches.

Elix Skipper vs Jerry Lynn: YESSS! Elix jumps Jerry at the get-go. Elix goes for his finisher right off the bat, Jerry countered out and hits a La Magistral. 1..2..3?? Winner: Jerry Lynn Elix is upset, he wants best two out of three. YES! Jerry accepts! So let’s change that: Winner of the first fall – Jerry Lynn Back and forth, Jerry crotched on the middle of the top rope, Elix with the ROPE WALK RANA! That move rules. Elix dodges the head-thru-the-ropes-legdrop, Jerry trips Elix on the apron, Jerry goes off the ropes, Elix flips in and hits a slightly off clothesline. Elix kind of lost his footing. Both men sell, “Jerry” chant. Elix with his awesome tip up-twist-legdrop. Gets two. Lynn rallies with a tornado DDT gets two. Time for the Cradle of Filth! Elix turns it into a catapult! Lynn hops off the buckle, hits a tilt-a-whirl.. Ref bumped. Elix low blow. Elix grabs the scale, Lynn kicks it in Elix’s face. Lynn covers.. 1..2…3. Winner: Jerry Lynn Lynn is a MACHINE!

We see Mike and Don at ringside. Talk about Kid Kash taking on his trainer, Ricky Morton. They make sure everybody knows Michael Shane is Shawn Michaels’ cousin, which seems to be the guy’s only claim to fame from what I’ve seen.

Sonny Siaki makes his way out to the ring with Trinity. Crowd LOVES Trinity. He has a mic. He says he’s the past, present and future of TNA. He says he got the magic stick. He talks about how he ran in on all 3 falls last week. Sonny says AJ would have lost the title if it wasn’t for him. He calls out DLo.. AJ’s music hits. AJ hits the ring, has a mic. He says like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he is a champion because he earned it. He says Sonny has forgotten his role in “Team Styles”. Crowd chants: “Know your role” heh heh. He wants Sonny to carry his bags and stuff. Sonny says he is Russo’s right hand man. He calls AJ a joker, AJ slaps him. AJ says he dpesn’t need them, all he needs is the NWA title. DLo’s music hits. Signs point to the three way dance. This is cool, no Russo taking center stage, letting young and underused guys have their chance to shine. DLo tells AJ to ditch Russo, and that deep down AJ is a good guy. He knows they both want to know which of them is better. DLo wants another one on one match with AJ for the title. Mixed “AJ”/”DLo” chant. AJ says there will be a re-match, and it will be about respect. AJ wants a handshake. They shake, Siaki gives DLo a chop block. Then.. AJ helps Sonny, ahh there’s your swerve.. It’s WATTS! CHOKESLAMS SIAKI! He has a mic! He says DLo and AJ will wrestle next week for the title. He says there will be no Trinity, Legend or “Ace Hole” Siaki out at ringside. Crowd immediately chants “Acehole”. Watts says he will be at ringside, Russo will be handcuffed to him. And this match will be in a STEEL CAGE! WOO! Long segment, but full of fresh faces. I like it. Right now Meltzer is pointing out how a cage match nullifies the need for Russo to be handcuffed. Someone give that guy a doobie.

West and Tenay put over Watts’ decision. He says this cage match is a potential match of the year candidate.

Hudson is in the back with Raven in his lair. Lit in red. Julio says he thinks CM “flaked out on us”. God that sucks. Raven says this match will be 3 on 2 then. Wait.. Alexis pops in and says she’s coming too! Hoody Hoo!

Don Callis comes out.. with big Edward Chastain. Chastain has the Hard 10 trophy. Don takes the mic and produces HEEL GOLD. Callis says when Chastain and Sandman wrestle, it will not be hardcore. If Sandman doesn’t accept, he will be downsized.

Edward Chastain vs The Sandman: Callis on commentary! Chastain pummels Sandman as a HUGE “Let’s go Sandman” chant breaks out. Sandman lying on the concrete, Chastain on the apron: FLIPPING DIVE! Sandman moves! Chastain’s got CAJONES! In the ring, Sandman hits a bulldog. He wants to use his cane, ref takes it away. Sandman crotches the ref, takes his stick, cracks Chastain in the head. Sandman hits the legsweep. Covers.. 1..2..3. Winner: The Sandman Sandman takes his trophy and leaves. Callis gets in the ring, tells Edward he disappointed the customers. He puts on a rubber glove. He shakes Chastain’s hand and fires Chastain.

Shark Boy is in the back, looking sad. ATHENA! and Norman Smiley step in. Athena has HULK HANDS! They try to cheer him up, seeing how he lost his partner (this is horrible news for this recapper). Smiley wants to be Shark Boy’s new partner, and tries to teach him the big wiggle.

Simon & Swinger vs Shark Boy & Norman Smiley: Tenay says New Jack has been “suspended” for violence and bad language by Don Callis. Simon hits the simon series, covers, rope break. Shark Boy whips Simon, Simon comes off the ropes, Shark Boy motions for him to stop. Simon stops, looking curious at Simon. Shark Boy begins to apply the BIG WIGGLE! Simon drops him. Jesus look at the crowd, a TON of people bought Shark Boy masks. Swinger works over Shark Boy, keeping him isolated. “Let’s go Sharky” chant. Sharky with a back suplex, both men prone. Hot tag to Norman. Smiley goes to town and caps it off with a graphic big wiggle on Simon. Shark Boy tags in, missle dropkick gets two. Simon and Swinger hit the Problem Solver, a DDT/flapjack – gets three. Winners: Simon & Swinger Gilberti says they whipped everybody but one guy – Jeremy Borasch. They drag him into the ring, AMW comes out and clears the ring. Storm has a mic, wants a rawhide strap match against Simon & Swinger. Storm’s combo of yelling and accent makes it difficult to understand him, the guy rules though.

Taped interview with Vince Russo: He says he’s on AJ’s side. SEX is on the back burner because of Jarrett. All because of Russo’s kids SHOOTING on that oh so memorable episode. He says he has power now, he can threaten the NWA that AJ will quit if they don’t do what he wants.

Hudson in the back with Chris Sabin. When does Frankie get another shot at the X Title? Sabin says he alone is the future of TNA. Watts breaks in. He wants a special ref for the title match tonight against Michael Shane – Frankie Kazarian. Sabin turns and cries to Hudson.. haha he is so much like Christian. He should do the Christian temper tantrum thing.

X Title match – Michael Shane vs Chris Sabin(c) – Special ref Frankie Kazarian: Jeez Shane even has TIGHTS similar to HBK. Awesome ROH wristlock sequence. Shane with some beautiful hip tosses, a rana and a back heel kick. Gets two. OHHH Sabin with a missle dropkick to Shane’s back, Shane goes FLYING out of the ring. Sabin on the outside, Shane with a HUGGGEE charging flip dive! That ruled! Shane up top, Sabin grabs him as if to bodyslam him off the top, tosses him so he lands CROTCHED on the rope! Kicks him to the outside.. HUGE spring splash to the outside! Rolls Shane in the ring, gets a two. West is LOVING this. Sabin wants a top rope bull dog, Shane elbows out and hits a TOP ROPE SWINGING NECKBREAKER! That was a thing of beauty! Shane with some awful forearms, pumping up exactly like HBK, almost scary how much they look alike. Sabin hits a SPRING TORNADO DDT! Covers.. Only two! Sabin off the ropes, Shane SNAPS him with a superkick, falls on him for the cover… Gets two. Sabin with a pumphandle.. into a TKO! Gets two! Crowd chants “that was three”. Sabin brings in the belt. Kazarian takes it.. Shane with a rollup! 1..2.. Only two! Sabin with a NASTY BIG BOOT! Kazarian and Sabin go at it. Frankie hits the Wave of the future on Sabin! The cover.. Frankie counts.. 1..2… Another ref slides in and kicks Kazarian out. Sabin with the belt shot on Shane. Sabin covers, new ref in to count.. 1..2..3. Winner: Chris Sabin Well I was wrong, Michael Shane was AWESOME! Great match, annoying finish.

A Day in the life of Mad Mikey: Mikey beats up his roomates. His computer doesn’t work so he throws it onto a parking lot. He’s in a traffic jam, has road rage. He goes to a drive thru, gets the wrong food, throws it at the drive thru guy. He’ll be “returning next week”.

Video of Kid Kash running down the legends from last week. Morton’s evolution of the mullet is simply staggering.. The height! The length! He is progressive, that is for sure.

Hudson is in the back with Ricky Morton. He trained Kash, now they’re going to wrestle.

Kid Kash vs Ricky Morton: Sara Lee, ticket woman is at ringside. Kash sells a Morton punch HUGE. Ricky Morton with a suicide dive?!? Wow. Kash gets in some offense, cinches in a chinlock. They trade chops. Kash with a weird looking armlock. Morton backslide gets two. Now Corsica Joe is at ringside. Kash… WITH THE SPRING FLIP CROSS RING DROPKICK! Morton moves! Morton with a NASTY belly to belly – gets two. Trade pinfall attempts. Morton crotches Kash. Morton.. with top rope.. rana? Sort of. Abyss is in and FLATTENS Morton with the torture rack drop thing. Kash covers. Winner: Kid Kash The legends at ringside are upset. Kash gets in Sara Lee’s face. Chucks a chair at Morton.

3 Live Crew: They’re at a bar. BG takes a nasty dump. Truth gets drunk.

The TNA girls are in the ring. They call out Bitchslap. They want them without Trinity. Trinity, Nurse Veronica and Valentina come out. Trinity stays at the ramp. TNA girls whip Nurse Veronica with a.. whip. Then the bitchslap girls leave. OK.

Chris Daniels video. AWESOME video.. They’re doing a great job with these things lately.

We see Don and Mike at the table. West says Daniels returns next week! Looks like he’s going to get a big push.

Video recap of the stuff that led up to this 6 man match tonight. Rumor has it that this guy in white who bloodied Raven is Bull Buchanan under a hood. Don’t hit me, I kinda like Buchanan. He’s agile, and got saddled with the frickin BOSSMAN.

Clockwork Orange House of Fun – Shane Dougles & The New Church vs Raven, Julio & Alexis: Real quick, a clockwork orange house of fun is where they have a chain in a square lining the ring about five feet abouve the ring ropes. All sorts of weapons hang from the chain, bats, chairs, usually they have a big section of steel fencing. Sometimes it must be won by putting an opponent through two tables, don’t know if they’re still doing that. After entrances, there’s only a couple things hanging from the chain..? The Gathering clear the ring. Alexis goes for a crossbody.. New Church catches her and chucks them aside. Now we have some ringside brawling. Douglas throws some awesome looking punches on Raven. Slash chucks a trash can at Alexis. Anyway, Raven blades. We have chair and canshots akimbo. It’s only 9:31.. Is this going to go another ten minutes? OHHHH!! SLASH WITH THE HUUGGEE WHIRLYBIRD ON ALEXIS!! She’s so light she flew through the air and spun like two or three times! “TNA” chant! Douglas hits his belly-to-belly on Raven. Julio is bloody too. Alexis and the new church are in the ring. So is Douglas! Alexis dodges a Lee big boot, knocks Douglas out of the ring. Slash wants a powerbomb on Alexis, RANAS SLASH OUT OF THE RING! Julio and Raven hit the ring and the crowd is going insane! Now Alexis GOING TO TOWN with caneshots! Unbelieveable, the crowd is LOVING this! Raven lies Douglas on a table at ringside! Alexis hits a tope rope TORNADO DDT ON LEE! Raven puts Douglas through the table! Raven gets sucked under the ring by our mystery person. Julio sends Slash FLYING out of the ring onto a trash can. Julio, Alexis, and Lee are out in the ring. Raven is rolled out from under the ring. Shane Douglas covers on the concrete.. 1…2…3. winners: Douglas and The New Church This just ruled, crowd loved it.

Hudson in the back with DLo. Slash cuts a promo from behind steel fencing.

Tenay and West hype next week’s show: AMW vs Simon & Swinger in a “rawhide strap match”. DLo vs AJ in a steel cage for the World Title.

I totally forgot we still have Jarrett vs Legend. Good luck following that six man.

Hudson in the back with AJ. AJ says he doesn’t need a guidance counseler. Russo taught him more than DLo ever did.

Video of the ringside brawling of Jarrett and Legend.

Stuff on a pole match – Jeff Jarrett vs Legend: So there’s two poles in the ring. There’s a bat on one, a guitar on the other. Jarrett gets pounded, Legend climbs for the bat, JJ shoves him off the top buckle and into the guardrail below. Ringside brawling. Back in.. Jarrett goes for the bat, Legend grabs him in a powerbomb setup, Jarrett punches away at Legend, Legend falls to the mat. Legend is up, hits some boots, locks in a cool-looking chinlock. Crowd is muted… I think making this the main event was probably not a good idea. Legend cinches in a variety of submissions. Legend climbs for the guitar, JJ grabs Legend in a powerbomb set-up… Powerbomb. Legend hits a powerslam. Wants that guitar. Jarrett gives Legend a bodyslam off the top. Jarrett hits The Stroke. Cheers and some vocal boos from the crowd. Jarrett grabs the bat. Sonny Siaki slides in. Takes the bat, JJ knocks it away. Jarrett sends Siaki flying, Legend grabs the bat. Hits Jeff with it. Siaki wants the guitar, black shirt security stops him. Jarrett hits Siaki with the bat, then the red shirt security guy Kevin Northcut takes the bat away. Legend bat shot. Covers.. only two. Legend climbs for the guitar. Jarrett crotches him. Jarrett with the superplex. Jarrett climbs. Legend climbs as well, both reaching for the guitar. Jarrett with the top rope stroke. Jarrett has the guitar. Jarrett goes for a leaping guitar shot, Legend ducks it and kicks Jarrett. Legend does a leaping bat shot. Jarrett with a leaping guitar shot… Doesn’t break. A second try.. it breaks. JJ covers.. 1..2..3. Winner: Jeff Jarrett

Wait.. It’s CHRIS DANIELS! Hits a split legged moonsault OUT OF THE RING ON JARRETT! Daniels with an AWESOME POSE! Legend and Daniels double team Jeff. The End.

Lynn/Skipper was good, Shane/Sabin was awesome and the six man tore the place a new hole. Definitely worth the money, despite the lame-ass screwjob finishes up the yin yang.

Total Value: $10.00

Top 5 Moments of the Show:
5. Athena has HULK HANDS! She rules.. They should make her Shark Girl or something.
4. Daniels split legged moonsault off the apron
3. Michael Shane’s top rope neckbreaker
2. Elix’s ROPEWALK RANA!
1. Slash hits the GREATEST WHIRLYBIRD IN RECORDED HISTORY on the awesome Alexis Laree!

MATCH OF THE NIGHT: Clockwork Orange House of Fun – Raven, Julio & Alexis vs Shane Dougles & The New Church

It’s that time of the month!

Hey, maybe I should bring you up to speed on my picks for the match of each month. OK? Relax, grab that calamine lotion over there.

January: 1/22/03 America’s Most Wanted vs XXX Good stuff!

February: 2/19/03 AJ Styles vs Jeff Jarrett Well-built and well-worked.

March: 3/5/03 Jerry Lynn vs Super Crazy FLAWLESS! Some say Juvi/Lynn was better, but to me this match was superior.

April: 4/30/03: NWA World Title Match – Raven vs Jeff Jarrett(c) Was, to date, the most anticipated match in TNA history.

May: 5/21/03 America’s Most Wanted vs AJ Styles & D Lo Brown AJ & DLo had a series of awesome tags.

June: 6/25/03 – NWA Tag Title cage match – AMW vs XXX Best TNA match of all time?

Now! Let us BEHOLD the candidates for The MATCH OF JULY:

7/2/03: NWA title match – AJ vs Frankie Kazarian This had that SICK Styles Clash at the end which looked like it KILLED Frankie. Great match!

7/9/03: Six Man Elimination – Kid Romeo vs Matt Sydal vs Altar Boy Luke vs Delirious vs Matt Striker vs Frankie Kazarian Romeo was great, Sydal was great, Kazarian was great.

7/16/03: A tie! Kazarian vs Sabin & Lynn vs Credible. Jerry Lynn bias.. CREEPING FROM MY PORES!

7/23/03: NWA World Title Match, 2/3 falls – DLo vs AJ Styles(c) Good stuff, crazy ass frogsplash by DLo in the final portion.. Not a big fan of spreading the three falls throughout the show, though.

7/30/03: Clockwork Orange House of Fun – Raven, Julio & Alexis vs Shane Dougles & The New Church

I am SO tempted to take the Lynn match, because it rocked ass… But the 2/3 falls AJ/DLo was very good if you watch the falls in sequence. And DLo’s huge freaking frogsplash was like unto the GAWDS.

Match of July: NWA World Title Match, 2/3 falls – DLo vs AJ Styles(c)

Bo way it beats the cage tag match though, and so:

Current TNA Match of the Year: 6/25/03 – NWA tag title cage match – AMW vs XXX