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I think that "match" with Singh was her last TV appearance. She was released three months later.

This one still ended up happening *kind of* as Heyman managed Heidenreich in 2004/2005. A big man with a German name managed by a Jewish man. It's like a Russo idea that Vince, or someone, watered down to tasteful levels.

So I finished the year of PPV's/big shows (with the exception of ROH as I am completely burned out with that promotion) and about about 60% through TV which I'll be finishing up this month. The plan from here is going to be: Get a Top 10 for both WWE and TNA from the re-watch pile for 2008. TV and PPV for TNA/WWE 2009 ROH 2008 ROH 2009 Top 10's/year for WCW, ECW (00-01), WWE, TNA, and ROH Try and hammer out a Top 20 for Other US Who knows after that. I'm going to eventually get a Top 25/decade for each company and maybe a Top 100 for the decade encompassing all US. At this point, with the footage being hard for me to come by, I'll just be working on Lucha/Europe/Japan as I can or as it comes to me. WWE NO MERCY 2008 Mark Henry v. Matt Hardy - ECW Title Pretty good match. Matt works on the left knee during the match which played into the end when Mark went for World Strongest Slam and Hardy punches the knee and hits the twist of fate for the pin. HHH doing his too cool for school act with Jeff Hardy during an interview Beth Phoenix v. Candice Michelle - Women's Title Beth retains in an okay women's match. Kane promo. Kane v. Rey Mysterio - If Rey loses, he has to unmask. A little too long for my tastes, but nothing really wrong with it. Kane gets DQ'ed for using a chair as Mysterio came off the top rope to the outside with a dive. Wow. A really long segment that really didn't end with any substance. MVP wants to see Vickie, but Show says no. So he goes to the ring saying how great he is and mad because he doesn't get enough PPV time. This brings out Randy Orton saying he's better. This brings out Legacy who punks Orton who leaves. Then they punk MVP and he goes to leave but CM Punk and Kofi come out and say lets go three on three. They run down and pause allowing MVP to get beat down for a few seconds before they go in and clean house. This is where the segment ends. Pretty much a waste of time. Batista v. JBL - # 1 Contender for World Title Batista pretty much dominates a short match. JBL gets on the mic after the match and thanks congress and the fans for the bailout and allowing him to keep his money. Cryme Tyme on the TitanTron, takes JBl's limo and all the Divas, plus Sgt. Slaughter out on the town. Undertaker/Big Show/Vickie Guerrero recap package Big Show v. Undertaker Back and forth power moves until Show wins via KO after an exposed turnbuckle shot along with three knockout right hands. Taker sells it all the way to the back. Hardy/HHH video package Jeff Hardy v. HHH - WWE Title Really good match. A re-watch Arn kisses HHH's ass, Vladimir Koslov gets in HHH's face. Jericho/HBK feud recap video package. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels - Ladder Match, World Title Very good match. TNA BOUND FOR GLORY 2008 Sonjay Dutt, Curry Man, Jay Lethal, Jimmy Rave, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Johnny Devine, Petey Williams, Shark Boy, Super Eric - Steel Asylum match for # 1 contender to X Title Another cluster fuck just like the last match of this type. However, I'd say this one was a little better because of a spot where Shelley tries for a sliced bread # 2 that gets countered into a running Canadian destroyer and the finish with Jay Lethal beating on Dutt with punches as Dutt hangs upside down from the cage top. Also, Johnny Devine nearly kills Jimmy Rave with a botched Jay Driller ("Devine Intervention") Cornette/Foley love fest, Beautiful People want blue M&M's and hate Foley's wardrobe. Traci Brooks is the special referee for the next match as Cornette made her "Knockout Law" a few weeks ago. Beautiful People/Cute Kip v. ODB/Rhaka Khan/Rhyno - Knockout Bimbo Brawl Goofy match, but it was kept short. Khan looked bad. So there's been two matches so far and 16 wrestlers have been used along with a special referee. Consequences Creed interview Consequences Creed v. Sheik Abdul Bashir - X Title Match Bashir wins after holding the ropes after a roll up. Okay match. Foley telling JB about his HITC match, Kong and Saed come in and say Kong isn't in a good mood. Mick name drops JR, The Rock and Yurple the Clown during this short segment. Sit down interview with Taylor Wilde, Roxxi about the match coming up next between them and Kong. Taylor Wilde v. Awesome Kong v. Roxxi - Knockout's Title Match Taylor retains by pinning Roxxi with a German suplex with a bridge. Decent match. Another Foley segment with AJ, then Team 3-D. I'm tired of Foley already here in TNA. Cornette comes back allowing Foley to get ready to be the enforcer in the Jarrett/Angle match. Matt Morgan/Abyss v. LAX v. Team 3-D v. Beer Money - Monster's Ball Match w/ Mongo McMichael as special referee - TNA Tag Titles Holy shit. I didn't think it was possible for Mongo to be a worse referee than he was a wrestler. Just awful. He took a lot away from the match. Terrible to start, but picked up a bit at the end, however not enough to save it. Enjoyable at times, but Mongo killed it for me. Also, Morgan almost killed Homicide with some sort of botched head scissors into a gonzo bomb. Beer Money retain after pinning Hernandez who was just 3-D'd through a table tacks. Booker T v. AJ Styles v. Christian Cage One of the better triple threat matches I've seen in a while. A re-watch. Booker wins after an axe kick on Christian. Angle/Jarrett feud recap. Angle says for Jarrett to tell his girls daddy isn't coming home after the PPV. Yeah, good thing to say when the girls mom died. Angle, Jarrett interviews. Kurt Angle v. Jeff Jarrett - Grudge Match, Mick Foley special enforcer Both guys worked hard enough for me to give it a re-watch, but what a shitty finish. Jarrett wins after a guitar shot that was preceded be a bunch of bullshit. Sting/Samoa Joe video package Samoa Joe v. Sting - TNA World Title Match Who would have thought Kevin Nash could ruin a match? Everyone? You'd be right. God dammit. Sting wins after Nash hits Joe with the bat and a Scorpion Death Drop. Terrible finish which is par for the course with this company. The match itself was very good. I usually don't like brawling in the crowd, which this match did almost 50% of the match, but it worked here. Joe took an insane bump on the concrete stairs and dominated most of the match until the aforementioned shit finish. A re-watch. WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 Rey Mysterio v. Kane - No Holds Barred (voted over Falls Count Anywhere and 2/3 Falls) Drawn out match but I liked the finishing sequence Rey wins with 619 and splash. First four Divas show off their costumes and ask for a vote. Jericho asks Legacy to take out Batista, they say no. Teddy Long and assistant Tiffany out to announce winner of ECW title shot against Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy v. Evan Bourne (wins over Mark Henry and Finlay by a large margin) - ECW Title Bourne runs through his entire offense and Hardy eats it most of the match. Hardy wins after the Twist of Fate. Okay sprint. Four more Divas show off their costumes. Cryme Tyme v. Miz/Morrison (voted over Mickie/Noble v. Regal/Layla and Punk/Kingston v. Rhodes/DiBiase) Average PPV tag match. Miz/Morrison win after Morrison hits the Midnight Ride on Shad. Four more Divas show off their costumes. Khali turns down Jericho when he asks for help with Batista. Santino v. Honky Tonk Man (voted over Roddy Piper and Goldust) Santino's pre-match promo was better than anything after it. Match was 100% (bad) comedy and kind of depressing. Last four Divas show off their costumes. Show/Taker video package. Big Show v. Undertaker - Last Man Standing Match (voted over Knockout and I Quit matches) Vickie out and botched the result saying I Quit. Wonder if they meant to work the results, but they were the ones that messed up. Counterpoint to No Mercy match as it was nearly the exact same except Taker wins with the Hell's Gate Submission. Jericho tries to change Adamle's mind, but walks away when he gets a text. Mickie James (as Lara Croft) won the Diva's costume contest. Video package of HHH/Jeff Hardy/Vladimir Kozlov regarding next match. HHH v. Jeff Hardy (voted over Vladimir Kozlov and a Triple Threat Match with both) - WWE Title Not as good as their No Mercy match. Ending was abrupt. Finish was a pedigree in the middle. Commentary say it was off the top rope, but he just pulled him down from the top. Jericho/Batista video package Chris Jericho v. Batista - World Title (Steve Austin special referee - voted over Randy Orton and HBK) Very good match with a shit overbooked finish. A re-watch. TNA TURNING POINT 2008 Theme for tonight is Millionaire's Club v. New Blo... err, Main Event Mafia v. TNA Originals. X Division Elimination Match (Order of Elimination determines Top 10 rankings in the Division) Participants: Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Volador Jr., Jimmy Rave, Petey Williams, Doug Williams, Homicide, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Eric Young, and Consequences Creed. Typical X sprints. Eric Young and Lethal are the last two with Young winning. Young cuts a promo about how they are young and like being wrestlers Some skit with Jarrett and Foley with sleeping kids in the background. Awesome Kong/Raisha Saed v. Taylor Wilde/Roxxi Good women's tag match. Jarrett talks to Main Event Mafia. Angle calls him a pussy and tells him to grow so "bawls!" and leaves. I'm sensing a show with a series of these all night. Sheik Abdul Bashir v. Rhyno - Grudge Match Nobody cared or paid attention to the match because ICP, Scott Hall, Corporal Robinson, etc. showed up at ringside. They weren't acknowledged even when Bashir pushed Corp and spit on them. Rhyno wins with the gore, but looked pissed walking to the back. MCMG's make fun of Mick Foley during his "pep talk." Motor City Machine Guns v. Beery Money, Inc. - TNA Tag Titles Good, entertaining match. A re-watch Booker T interview. Booker has regressed into some weird hood aristocrat hybrid speech. Kind of Harlem Heat Booker T meets King Booker. Weird. Booker T v. Christian Cage - Legends Title, If Christian Cage loses, he must join the Main Event Mafia Legends Title was introduced by Booker T and proclaimed himself first champion. Okay match, but well below last months Triple Threat. Booker wins after reversing a roll up and holding the tights. Stipulation says Cage has to join Main Event Mafia, but we'll see. Abyss interview and recap of Kurt/Abyss/Jarrett situation Abyss v. Kurt Angle - Falls Count Anywhere Match Okay match with Angle winning after knocking Abyss off scaffolding onto Spanish announce table. The ending was a bit too contrived even for pro wrestling. Samoa Joe interview/Joe v. Nash feud recap Samoa Joe v. Kevin Nash - Grudge Match Terrible match. Joe doesn't get pinned after two jack knife power bomb's and multiple shots to an exposed turnbuckle, but he gets pinned a minute after being hit with a low blow. I have a feeling MEM is going 4 and 0. Sting Interview. Sting/AJ feud recap Sting v. AJ Styles - TNA World Title Battle of the Bible Bangers was an okay match with a flat finish. Styles was on top of the match, but he had to hold off Angle and Booker T so Sting dodges the Pele kick and gets rolled up. MEM wins all of their matches and every one of them to come out and celebrate. Lame. WWE SURVIVOR SERIES 2008 Jeff Hardy found unconscious at his hotel and may not show up. HBK/Great Khali/Cryme Tyme/Rey Mysterio v. JBL/Kane/Miz/MVP/Morrison - Traditional Survivor Series Match First five eliminations went pretty quick. Second five was slower paced and the match was okay, but nothing great. HBK, Rey, and Khali are the three survivors after HBK last eliminates Morrison with a super kick. HHH says he'll face Vladimir Koslov to a round of boos. Michelle McCool/Maryse/Victoria/Natalya/Maria v. Beth Phoenix/Mickie James/Jillian/Candice Michelle/Kelly Kelly - Traditional Survivor Series Match Raw v. Smackdown Divas Good Diva's Match. Guys were having a ton of fun on commentary. Matt Hardy talking about Jeff. Big Show/Undertaker video recap. Undertaker v. Big Show - Casket Match Taker wins a boring casket match. Hopefully, this is the end of the feud as these matches aren't fun to watch. Comedy with Bellas, Colon's, Charlie Haas, and Boogeyman dressed as Gobbledy Gooker. Orton says he didn't want to be on his Survivor Series Team, he and Cody get into it. Randy Orton/Cody Rhodes/Mark Henry/Steve Regal/Shelton Benjamin v. Batista/R-Truth/CM Punk/Kofi Kingston/Matt Hardy - Traditional Survivor Series Match Goes down to 4-on-1 with Batista all alone. Batista kills Shelton and Henry and almost Rhodes but Orton makes a blind tag and hits the RKO for the win. Decent match. Vladimir Koslov interview. JR says Jeff will not be competing before showing the Jeff/HHH video package. HHH v. Vladimir Koslov - WWE Title Okay, let me see if I can recap this so one can follow. First, The match sucked and the crowd was telling them so. Vickie Guerrero comes out after a pedigree and excitedly says "He's here!" Out comes Edge joining the match well, just because. Then out runs Jeff Hardy with a bandage on the back of his neck and attacks edge them smashes everyone with a chair, except Edge who spears him and then pins HHH. So Edge is champion still married to Vickie and happy with each other even after the years events and it seems as if he was the one who attacked Edge. First Class Shit. Jericho/Cena video recap Chris Jericho v. John Cena - World Title Match Good match. Cena regains the belt after an Attitude Adjustment. A re-watch. TNA FINAL RESOLUTION (DECEMBER EDITION) 2008 Cute Kip, Sonjay Dutt, Jimmy Rave, Lance Hoyt, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Homicide, Hernandez, BG James, Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Curry Man, and Shark Boy - Feast or Fired - 3 title shots, 1 pink slip Jay Lethal, Curry Man, Homicide, and Hernandez all get cases. Couple of cool spots, overall it was just okay. After a long, drawn out process Jay Lethal opens his case to reveal he gets a Tag Title shot. MCMG's pissed because Lethal grabbed the case from them at the last minute. Borash punks Shelley calling him an ass. Sharmell is pushed into the Beautiful People act for tonight and they give an incredibly long interview to talk about it. If they win, they get Booker T's locker room. Sharmell/Beautiful People v. ODB/Roxxi/Taylor Wilde Taylor reverses a cross body block by Angelina Love for the win. Okay match. Eric Young interview about X Title shot. MCMG's come in and get back at Borash. He tells them where Foley is. Eric Young v. Sheik Abdul Bashir - X Title Match Best thing on the show so far, but it was just okay. Young wins the belt and a ridiculous angle continues afterwards where the referee hulks up and attacks Bashir until Bashir bloodies him and leaves him laying. He tries to steal the belt, but Cornette and security get it back. Kong/Hemme video. Hemme gets trained by AJ Styles for the match. Awesome Kong v. Christy Hemme - Knockouts Title Match This match + segment was best thing on the show so far. I can't believe I'm saying this. Match was short and a DQ due to Kongtourage interference, but Hemme did a great job and the post fight was entertaining. Angle interview. Beer Money/Abyss and Morgan video Beer Money v. Abyss/Morgan - TNA Tag Title Match Your average tag match with Beer Money retaining after a brass knuckle shot on Abyss. Pretty funny exchange between Mick Foley and the MCMG's. Segment continues in the ring again with good stuff from the guns, this time directed towards Cornette. Suicide debuts and clears the guns from the ring. The a Rhyno interview. Then a Rhyno/Kurt video package. Kurt Angle v. Rhyno - Special Enforcer, Mick Foley. If Kurt wins he gets Jarrett at Genesis in January. If Rhyno wins, Kurt leaves TNA. Bland match. Al Snow of all people is brought in by Kurt to distract Mick Foley allowing Kurt to hit Rhyno with a chair/Angle slam for the win. Lauren backstage with a MEM interview. MEM/Frontline video recap. Sting/Booker T/Scott Steiner/Kevin Nash v. AJ Styles/Samoa Joe/Team 3-D - If TNA Frontline wins, AJ is World Champion. If MEM wins, Sting retains his World Title. - TNA World Title. I enjoyed when Sting/AJ and Joe/AJ were in, but Team 3-D provide zero entertainment value, Nash is old and brittle, Steiner provides unintentional comedy outside the ring and really nothing more and Booker T has phoned in 95% of his year in TNA thus far. Bad finish to an underwhelming match with a Nash low blow to Samoa Joe and Scorpion Death Drop from Sting for the pin. WWE ARMAGEDDON 2008 Matt Hardy v. Vladimir Koslov - Non-Title Match (ECW) For Koslov being involved, this was okay. He wins with a choke slam/spine buster combination. He's still being billed as undefeated. Edge/Vickie/Chavo backstage. Vickie makes Chavo go get coffee and denies attacking Jeff Hardy last month. Hornswoggle is backstage hammering Eve (inflatable hammer) and Finlay tells him to stay backstage during his match as he wants him to be safe. IC champion Regal and Layla at ringside for next match. Rey Mysterio v. CM Punk - Final Match of Intercontinental Title # 1 Contender Tournament. Real fun match. A re-watch. Punk wins with brutal GTS. Emo Jeff Hardy promo. 20 minutes of JBL/HBK angle where HBK is broke and JBL hires him as an employee. Why this was on PPV and not Raw beats me. Orton/Manu/Rhodes interview regarding Orton v. Batista. Finlay v. Mark Henry - Belfast Brawl Really fun match with Henry doing strong man stuff. I enjoyed it. Finlay wins with shillelagh shot A re-watch. Divas X-mas party with BoogeyMan, Goldust, Santino, IRS, Jesse, Festus and assorted silliness. Kennedy says drink responsibly and to buy his DVD Behind Enemy Lines. Orton/Batista history video package. Randy Orton v. Batista Decent match, but it didn't quite get me to the point where I think it deserves a re-watch. Batista wins with the Batista bomb. Cena/Jericho feud recap. Mickie James/Kelly Kelly/Maria/Michelle McCool v. Maryse/Jillian/Victoria/Natalya - Santa's Little Helpers 8 Diva Tag Match Eye candy match. McCool blind tags in and hits the Styles clash for the win. Khali out wanting to kiss Divas (Kiss Cam), but nobody wants to. Out comes Mae Young and they make out. Another Cena/Jericho recap video. Chris Jericho v. John Cena - World Title Match Really good match. A re-watch. Cena retains with STFU. Triple Threat video recap. HHH v. Jeff Hardy v. Edge - WWE Title Cool that Hardy won the title, good match but not one that would hold up in a re-watch.

TNA VICTORY ROAD 2008 MCMG/Curry Man v. Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero/Averno v. Doug Williams/Alex Koslov/Tyson Dux v. Yossino/Puma/Milano Collection AT - 3rd Round of World X Cup. Great, fun match. Constant action and executed just like TNA wanted I'm sure. I definitely was entertained. If this was 12 TNA guys, it probably would have stunk, but having some vets in there from all over just made it awesome. Standings before was Mexico and TNA tied for 3. Team International and Team Japan both with 2. Standings going into final Ultimate X match is Team TNA 6, Japan 4, and Team Mexico and Team International tied with 3. Goofy "Cribs" segment with Booker T (since they are in Houston) Gail Kim v. Angelina Love - Grudge Match Love cost Kim a title match against Kong so here this match is. Pretty good women's match. Gail Kim wins with cross arm neck breaker. After the match the Beautiful People attack Kim, but she bails. Sonjay Dutt v. Black Machismo - Grudge Match Feud over So Cal Val. Match was a backdrop for story as So Cal Val was main part of the segment with Dutt getting the win with feet on the ropes after a roll up. Beer Money interview talking about "the marks" with belts at ringside and doing typical heel schtick. Jackie says she isn't going out because the fans have belts. Beer Money v. LAX - Fan's revenge lumberjack strap match for tag titles Beer Money strapped LAX on impact! so this is why the stipulation. Fans won some sort of contest to be lumberjacks. They all are wearing LAX shirts. LAX retain in a simple match. Nothing special and the impact match between the two that started the feud was better. Booker T at his gym video. Awesome Kong v. Taylor Wilde - Knockout's Title Last week on impact, Taylor upset Kong for the belt after trying the 25K challenge for a few weeks. This is the rematch. Another good women's bout with Taylor retaining after a roll up after countering a series of Kong's moves. After the match, Saed attacks Taylor and throws her back to Kong. Abyss makes the save continuing his gimmick since returning of saving people in trouble. Saed tells Kong to leave, but the she gets a choke slam from Abyss. Another goofy Booker T video at his restaurant, Sharmell's. Naruki Doi v. Kaz v. Daivari v. Volador Jr. - Ultimate X, World X Cup Finals Everyone still in contention so winning team gets four points and World X Cup. Volador Jr. wins it for Team Mexico. Kaz did a crazy spot jumping off the top of the truss that holds the X ropes with a leg drop onto Daivari who was on the ropes near the center. Still, the opening match was better. Final goofy Booker video with him on the golf course. AJ Styles/Rhyno/Christian Cage v. Kurt Angle/Team 3-D - Fan's pick the stipulation Full Metal Mayhem was chosen. Basically a Street Fight. AJ and Kurt feuding over Karen Angle is the main angle going into this match. Typical brawl. Ends when Frank Trigg gets up from announce table and hits AJ with kendo stick. Then Angle grabs AJ and does Angle Slam off ladder onto table for the pin. Samoa Joe v. Booker T - TNA World Title Started slow, but picked up with both bleeding and Joe just destroying everything including Booker T. Nobody could stop him so Sting comes out, Joe says fuck off, Sting hits him with a bat. Sharmell counts three and her and Booker leave with the belt. I'll give it a re-watch. WWE GREAT AMERICAN BASH 2008 Hawkins/Ryder v. Miz/Morrison v. Festus/Jesse v. Finlay/Hornswoggle - WWE Tag Titles Yes, this is your Smackdown/ECW tag division. It wasn't bad and okay for an opener. Ryder and Hawkins win the belts after pulling Jesse off the top rope and Hawkins pinning him. Matt Hardy v. Shelton Benjamin - US Title Good match with Shelton especially looking good even after having not been featured on PPV for months. Shelton wins the title with a power drive type DDT. CM Punk Interview/Recap of Edge/Vickie Wedding and Edge making out with Alicia Fox. Mark Henry v. Tommy Dreamer - ECW Title Henry retains after Delaney turns on Dreamer. Dreamer sucks so this match had no chance. Recap of Jericho/Michaels feud Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels - Grudge Match Ref stoppage. Jericho beats Michaels bloody. I'll give it a re-watch. Michelle McCool v. Natalya - To crown first Diva's Champion McCool wins with a heel hook in a fun Divas match. Recap of Batista/CM Punk feud CM Punk v. Batista - World Title Great match until fucking Kane had to run in for the DQ. Why couldn't this happen after the match. Ugh. JBL v. John Cena - NYC Parking Lot Brawl Recap of JBL attempting murder via vehicular homicide was shown. It's okay though. No arrests because dammit we have to have this match. Corny match that included setting a car on fire, jumper cables to the balls connected to a car battery and mean face forklift driving. JBL wins after pushing Cena off stage through car windshield. Yet another replay of HHH showing Edge with Alicia Fox. HHH v. Edge - WWE Title Lame match with lame ending. Vickie and Alicia get involved with Edge spearing Vickie and turns around into a pedigree. WWE SNME #36 7/28/08 - Aired 8/2 Cena/Batista/Cryme Tyme v. Kane/Ted Dibiase/Cody Rhodes/JBL Typical TV match that the crowd got kind of hot for near the end. JBL pins JTG after lariat. Great Khali v. Jimmy Wang Yang Squash. Edge v. Jeff Hardy Surprisingly good match. I'll give it a re-watch. TNA Hard Justice 2008 Rap performance by Filthee, Grandmaster Kaz and Melly Mel Consequences Creed v. Petey Williams - X Title Scott Steiner out with torn ACL so he's not a ringside. Went from fun opener, to great opener and other than the chair shot interference by Daivari it was very good. Definite re-watch. Beautiful People/Amazing Kong v. Gail Kim/ODB/Taylor Wilde - Traci Brooks special referee Good six woman tag. Taylor pins Angelina with a roll up Bad comedy with Team 3-D. LAX v. Beer Money - Tag Titles Timing was a bit off, but I'll give it a re-watch because it was a pretty good match. Beer Money wins the belts after Roode hits Homicide with a beer bottle during a Gringo Killer attempt. Jay Lethal v. Sonjay Dutt - Black Tie and Brawl match Basically they are chained together and winner is first to strip tuxedo off opponent or pin opponent. Show Jay's family in the crowd since they are in Jersey and next to his mom was none other than AJ Lee who I believe was his girlfriend at the time. Have to believe Cornette had a hand in this as Jay ties his chain to the ropes as Dutt gets connected by the referee. That was shades of Lawler/Idol. I enjoyed this as it was a tuxedo match done right (if there is such a thing). "Fire Russo" chants break out towards the end as it did probably go on a little too long. Nothing wrong with it IMO. Funny and weird Booker T promo. Calls Joe a "backyard, trailer park, wanna-be independent worker." He has the belt he stole from Joe at the last PPV and says he's the champion. Then makes weird faces after taking a drink of wine. Team 3-D v. Rhyno/Christian Cage - Jersey Street Fight I should mention they are putting video game scenes in everyone's entrance video as I guess this was around the time TNA's video game came out. Even with gimmicks and Christian and a good brawler like Rhyno, a good match alludes Team 3-D. Johnny Devine comes out and a beat down in the winners begins, but Abyss comes in to save the day as has been his gimmick for a couple of months. Recap of Angle/Styles feud Kurt Angle v. AJ Styles - Last Man Standing Great match and really good LMS style match. Kurt sold the finish really well. Styles wins with DDT off top rope.Styles attacks Kurt again as he was being put in the stretcher. As AJ is leaving, lights go out and Sting appears and death drops AJ on ramp. Nash asking what's up? Samoa Joe v. Booker T - Six Sides of Steel w/weapons, World Title Okay match. After Booker hits axe kick the lights go out. They come back on and Joe has a guitar which he smashes on Booker and gets the pin fall. I guess Jarrett is coming back soon. With all that shit about Sting he didn't have anything do to with the Main Event. WWE SUMMERSLAM 2008 Jeff Hardy v. MVP MVP wins a good match after a kick to the head. A re-watch. Funny Santino Interview. Talking about Inter-gender tag match where both IC and Women's title on the line. Mickie James/Kofi Kingston v. Santino/Beth Phoenix - Inter-gender, Women's and IC Title Match Played mostly for comedy, but wasn't bad. Beth pinned Mickie with her finisher and now she is Women's champion and Santino is the IC Title holder. Incredible segment with HBK retirement announcement interrupted by Jericho. Jericho hits HBK's wife after HBK ducks. Mark Henry v. Matt Hardy - ECW Title 20 second match as Atlas pulls Hardy out of ring during pin attempt for DQ after Hardy hits Twist of Fate on Henry. Jeff out to help his brother fight off Atlas/Henry. Punk/JBL feud recap CM Punk v. JBL - World Title Good match with Punk retaining after GTS. Khali/HHH package showing Khali getting # 1 contendership after winning battle royal and then clips of squeezing HHH's head. HHH v. Great Khali - WWE Title I think HHH did a good job here with Khali. Decent little match. Cena/Batista package John Cena v. Batista - First Time Ever Surprisingly good. I'll re-watch Undertaker/Edge recap for thousandth time. Undertaker v. Edge - Hell in a Cell Really good with a good finish. A re-watch WWE UNFORGIVEN 2008 Matt Hardy v. Miz v. Mark Henry v. Chavo Guerrero v. Finlay - ECW Title Championship Scramble Hardy wins after being the last man to pin someone within the 20 alloted minutes. Decent. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes v. Cryme Tyme - World Tag Titles Okay match. Nothing special. Rhodes/DiBiase retain after reversing a roll up. Manu debut during post match beat down of Cryme Tyme. Jericho/HBK feud recap Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels - Unsanctioned Match Not as good as the Bash match, but probably will re-watch to fairly determine best of the feud Randy Orton disses "Legacy" Jeff Hardy v. HHH v. Shelton Benjamin v. The Brian Kendrick v. MVP - WWE Title Championship Scramble A little better than the ECW scramble mostly due to the story of Hardy and HHH trading falls (mostly on Kendrick) to try and be the champion at the end. Pretty well executed. HHH retains with 1 second left. HBK interview playing non-believable tough guy. Also Orton punts CM Punk taking him out of the Scramble Maryse v. Michelle McCool - Divas Title Short, but impressive. Really Good. McCool retains after a Falcon Arrow type move. Long, drawn out segment with Vickie Guerrero berating Show until Taker comes out to put her in a coffin only to have Show beat down the Undertaker in a swerve and side with Vickie. Batista v. JBL v. Kane v. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho - World Title Scramble Match Jericho was a replacement for CM Punk due to the punt kick Punk took from Orton earlier. He wins with a sneak pin on Kane after Batista had given him a spine buster and pinned him. Jericho laid on the ground for about 98% of the five minutes he was out there. This was like the others. Nothing special. I am definitely not a fan of this match type. TNA NO SURRENDER 2008 Stizzing in the Hizzouse. Mentions respect, Bret Hart and says he needs to teach respect to the young boys. Way too long. Mike Tenay announcers Booker T isn't at the PPV due to the hurricane in the Texas area. Rock and Rave Infection/Christy Hemme v. Super Eric/Curry Man/Shark Boy Perfectly fine comedy match opener. Curry Man pins Hemme while laying on her to check to see if she's hurt after a "chummer" from Shark Boy. Awesome Kong v. ODB - Falls Count Anywhere Match What's the point of a falls count anywhere if you are going to do the pin inside the ring? Just make it No DQ. Kong wins after spearing ODB through a table. Not as good as it could have been. Christian Interview Team 3-D v. Abyss/Matt Morgan Bad match. I couldn't wait for it to end as it had no entertainment value at all. Dudley's hit Morgan with a chair and give it to Abyss for the tag team miscommunication that is Russo's staple. Petey Williams v. Consequences Creed v. Sheik Abdul Bashir - X title Match Bashir wins after he pins Creed after Williams hit Creed with the Canadian Destroyer and Bashir pulls Williams out of the ring. Best thing on the show so far, but that isn't saying much. Angelina Love v. Taylor Wilde - Knockout's Title Match Video package says Wilde is youngest Knockout's champion in TNA history. Yeah, third champion in the history of a title that is less than a year old. Kip James goes from "Megastar" to "Cute Kip." Bum. Rhyno is brought out by Wilde to even the odds. Okay match with Wilde retaining after a northern lights suplex. Jay Lethal v. Sonjay Dutt - Ladder of Love Match So yeah. Ring is above the ring. First to climb the ladder and grab the ring gets to have sex with So Cal val ("Whoever gets it, can have me") was Val's words. So she's pimping herself out to the winner of a ladder match. "Fire Russo!" No chants, but that was my sentiments. Decent match with a goofy premise. Of course Val turns on Lethal and Dutt gets the ring. Don West is pissed. Dutt and Val make out. Kurt Angle Interview LAX v. Beer Money - Tag Titles Beer Money retains after Jackie throws powder in Homicide's eyes allowing Roode to hit the payoff. Not one of their best matches. Jackie also took out Salinas in the bathroom earlier in the show so she wasn't out. (She quit to film a movie). AJ Styles v. Frank Trigg - MMA Style Match Trigg with a heel promo straight out of 1985. "We Want Wresting" and "Fire Russo" chants erupt during the first round. (Three, 5 minute rounds with a one minute rest in between.) "This is bullshit" chant as the second round begins. Early in the round AJ gives unintentional low blow and the match is ruled a no contest. AJ has a puffy right eye. AJ grabs a cane and beats down Trigg and calls him a faggot. (Trigg had hit AJ with a cane on impact.) Samoa Joe Interview Samoa Joe v. Christian Cage v. Kurt Angle v. x - TNA World Title Okay match, dead crowd, lousy finish. Christian working hard in front of the Canadian crowd. Jarrett comes down and hits Angle with guitar. Muscle Buster by Joe, Jarrett throws referee back in for the pin fall.

There is a thread on the main board asking if TNA is the worst promotion in history. The thread was started six years ago and I never commented on it. I figured I would post my thoughts here to avoid accusations of trolling because my opinion may not be a popular one. TNA is not the worst promotion in history. In fact, I believe it is better than the sacred cow known as the original ECW. I've watched 154 of TNA's PPV's and all Impacts so I feel confident in this statement. Granted, I haven't watched any 2010-current TNA and I've heard the stories, but just based on 2002-2008 period I feel good about this comparison. Just a few highlights of how I came to my conclusion. Business End Time in business: ECW = 10 years (February 1992-January 2001) // TNA = 11 years + (June 2002-Current) == Advantage: TNA National television exposure: ECW = 14 months on TNN (August 1999-October 2000) // TNA = Approaching 8 years on the same network (Spike) (September 2005 - Current) == Advantage TNA PPV Buy rates: It's hard to find definitive information here, but it looks like ECW averaged 85-100,000 buys per PPV while TNA is in the mid 20k's. == Advantage: ECW Live Attendance: TNA averaged around 900-1000 during the Asylum and Impact Zone PPV's which were almost exclusively free tickets. However, When they took PPV's out of the Impact Zone they drew 3 to 6,000. ECW is almost identical to those numbers and their arena shows sold tickets more than giving away, but I don't think they drew that much on PPV's. For the sake of argument I'll give this one to ECW as well. Advantage == ECW So on the Business end I'd say they are tied. When it comes to talent, it's a no contest. Content Tag Teams The Top Five Tag Teams in ECW History (Arguably and in no order): Dudleys, Eliminators, Public Enemy, The Gangstas, Pitbulls Those ten individuals are almost exclusively terrible workers. I'd give Ted Petty distinction as the best. Five Tag Teams from TNA that are better (by far IMO): AMW, LAX, MCMG, Beer Money, XXX. Singles Same thing here. In ECW, I'd say the top ten were Sabu, Sandman, Raven, Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Taz, Justin Credible, RVD, Jerry Lynn, Rhyno Sandman and Tommy Dreamer may be candidates for the worst wrestler ever IMO. I really have no problem with the others, but to say any are super workers would be a stretch. For TNA: Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Christian, Sting, Abyss, James Storm, Bobby Roode Only Jerry Lynn would be able to compete (and mostly exceed) with this list in terms of talented worker. Most of the guys below this level in TNA would already be on the ECW list such as Raven, Rhyno and RVD. Story ECW has a major advantage here as when they were at their peak (late 1994 to Barely Legal 1997) wrestling for the big two were old, stale and cartoonish angles and characters being showcased. Paul Heyman was at the right place and right time being able to showcase the NJPW Musketeers, the Luchadores and mix popular music with cutting edge gimmicks. Given the talent above he truly made chicken shit into chicken salad. I will give them the innovation edge, but coming a decade later sure does help there. For TNA, they've had their share of absolute shit, but once they got Spike and ran monthly PPV's up until what I've seen it really has not been that bad. Sure, bad stuff is on the shows and there hardly are any outstanding matches but the same can be said for ECW especially if you take away matches from the guys passing through for short stays (Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Rey, Juvi and Psicosis). the advantage here is that TNA is consistently average with flashes of greatness while throughout ECW history is hit and miss for the entire decade. So for overall talent and entertainment value TNA is victorious. While it may not be by much, TNA is/was a better promotion than ECW at least during the same time period.

TNA Lockdown 2008 Black Machismo, Curry Man, Sonjay Dutt, Johnny Devine, Consequences Creed, Shark Boy - X Title Pin or submission until last two with winner having to escape the cage. Dutt and Shark Boy go out early. Creed looked good before being eliminated. Devine stole Jay Briscoe's Jay Driller calling it the Devine intervention to pin Curry Man. Lethal retains with goofy finish. Nothing special Frank Trigg gives his analysis on main event. Says Angle wins. Queen of the Cage Match - Hemme, Salinas, Jackie, Traci, Love, Sky, Khan, Roxxi All women brawl outside cage and first two inside go for pinfall or submission to win title of Queen of the Cage and # 1 contender. Brawling portion quick and painless as Angelina Love and Roxxi make it in the cage. The Beautiful People have been feuding with Roxxi so this was no surprise. Roxxi wins an okay match with Voodoo drop/Barbie Crusher. Kip James - BG James Kip hit Bullet with a crutch, turns on BG so here is the grudge match. Quick win for BG. Doesn't look like the feud is gonna be over going by the way it ended. Typical back and forth with them getting all their stuff in. Well, Kip faked reconcile and hits BG with clothesline. Joe and Angle promos hyping the main event. Six Team Tag Rock and Rave Infection, Kaz/Young, Rellik/Black Reign, MCMG, LAX, Petey/Scotty So the last team not handcuffed is the winner. So we had a match with all the X guys, then all the Knockouts and here all the Tag Teams. Way to get everyone on the card. One of the dumbest match premises I've ever seen. Huge cluster fuck. Super Eric has been on two PPV's and I'm already over it. Just terrible. Interview with Joe's dad and brothers. Kong/Raisha saed v. ODB/Gail Kim Best match of the card so far. Just well done and good effort by all four. Karen Angle interview - she supports Kurt even though they separated a month ago. Roode/Banks v. Booker T/Sharmell Hype package airs. Another pretty short match in this feud. It was good while Booker and Roode where in which was about 95% of the match. Sharmell pins Payton Banks after she gives Roode a low blow. Too short. Roode berates Payton for the loss. Marcus Davis interviewed talking about his training Joe. Lethal Lockdown is next. Cage match with weapons hanging from a roof-like structure. Team Tomko (Dudleys, Tomko, AJ Styles, Storm) v. Team Cage (Cage, Nash, Morgan, Sting, Rhyno) Two start and a new entrant every 2 minutes after the starting five minute period. Similar to War Games. Again too many people in the ring. Big spot where AJ and Christian climb a ladder that is on top of the cage and go through a table also on top of the cage. Not sure why they had Rhyno pin Storm in the finish as they are a mid-card feud and the main event feud was involved. Joe/Angle recap of their history together before the main event. Karen at ringside. Joe vs. Angle - TNA World Title v. Joe's career. Before the match, Kurt tells security to remove Karen from her ringside seat and she's pissed. As for the match, it was the best TNA match of the year so far mainly because it had a clear purpose and was built well and seemed like a huge deal. Kurt was barefoot in trunks ala UFC and the match was worked differently than their previous matches which helped since this was their fifth singles match on PPV in a year and a half. I really enjoyed this and definite re-watch. BACKLASH 2008 MVP - Matt Hardy US Title Good match. Matt wins after twist of fate. These two have been feuding for over 5 months and this didn't seem like the end. Chavo - Kane - ECW Title Kane one after catching his neck during a frog splash attempt followed by a chokeslam. Bam Neely is Chavo's bodyguard and they worked over Kane's knee on TV which was Chavo's focus here. Big Show - Great Khali Better than it had a right to be. Short and interesting. HBK - Batista Douche bag Dave mad cause HBK retired Ric. Jericho instigating the situation and both men attack him on separate occasions so he is the special referee. Good match with arm work from HBK and then he faked a knee injury to hit super kick on Batista for the win. Jericho called it fair. 12 Diva Tag Beth Phoenix/Natalya/Melina/Jillian/Layla/Victoria v. Mickie James/Maria/Ashley/Michelle McCool/Cherry/Kelly Kelly Mickie beat Phoenix for the belt after Mania and it was called an "upset." 2 minutes of action - 12 woman brawl outside - 2 minutes of action - teams trade off one-on-one moves ending with phoenix dropping Ashley for the pin. Undertaker v. Edge - WrestleMania rematch Since WrestleMania, Undertaker has been having brutal matches set up by Vickie while her and Edge were going to the spa and having sex. Undertaker coming in hurt after spine buster from Batista on edge of steel steps. Really good match and good companion match to the WrestleMania bout. A re-watch for sure. Edge does a stretcher job after being in Taker's hold for awhile with suspicious looking blood coming from his nose/mouth. JBL v. Orton v. Cena v. HHH - Elimination Four Way for WWE Title Back and forth action between all four typical of this type of match. About 10 minutes in JBL tapes to Cena's STFU and then Orton kicks Cena in the head directly after the elimination and pins him. This left HHH and Orton for the final 20 minutes. Triple H wins the belt in a match that was nothing special, but nothing wrong with it. SACRIFICE 2008 Hype video for Kurt Angle v. Joe v. Scott Steiner for title, then the PPV comes on and Kurt pulls out due to injuries. Steiner arrives with Petey, Rhaka and Rick Steiner + Kevin Nash. Joe arrived and was told of both developments and didn't seem happy. Deuce's Wild Tag Tournament Quarterfinal for vacant titles: Dudleys v. Storm/Sting So titles were stripped after Young/Kaz won them, but Styles complained it was Super Eric that got the pin and not Eric Young and Eric Young wouldn't admit he is Super Eric, they were held up. Illogical? Yes. Gimmick of tournament are established teams mixed with wild card teams "deuces wild, get it?" Anyway, here Sting wrestled the Dudley's while Storm drank beer on the apron. Finally Dudley's just walked away while Sting through Storm through a table allowing Dudley's the win. Trigg talking about how Kurt is hurt. 2nd Quarterfinal: Robert Roode/Booker T v. Rhyno/Christian Cage ...and you thought random draws were worked. Standard, short match that Rhyno wins with the spear on Roode. Tournaments like this always run short. Booker T turns on Rhyno/Christian after match. Scott steiner wants Nash to help him and in return give him a title shot. Kip James has a tiger in his intro video now. He is now a megastar. 3rd Quarterfinal: Kip James/Matt Morgan v. LAX No Salinas = bullshit. Hector Guerrero out with LAX. Quick match with LAX going over. Kip stinks and Morgan not much better. Angle runs out during AJ interview and yells at him asking if he is seeing Karen Angle. AJ says no and then decides not to answer after Kurt asks him again. Final Quarterfinal: AJ Styles/Super Eric v. BG James/Awesome Kong Played for comedy and won by Styles/Eric team after Styles blows the finish, but recovers with a small package on James after James had Kong slammed onto him. TNA adds yet another gimmick match with the "TerrorDome" This will determine the # 1 contender for Petey Williams' X Title and involves: Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Curry Man, Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, Jimmy Rave, Johnny Devine, Kaz, Alex Shelley, and Shark Boy. Thunderdome (with guys noted above) Cornette out before the match to say winner also takes Kurt's place in the Main Event tonight. Kaz wins it after pulling Devine off the top of the Dome onto the other eight guys. So Kaz goes from feuding with Black Reign and Rellick in the mid-card to #1 contender for the X belt and Main Eventer. As for the match, it was just a spot fest inside a cage. Cool moves though. Semi-Final Deuce's Wild Tournament match: Dudley's v. Christian/Rhyno While this was the best match of the tournament so far, it's not saying much. Dudley's work over the neck injuries of Rhyno/Cage after those Booker T chair shots from earlier. Finish came when Johnny Devine distracted the referee while Bubba hits Rhyno with the cane allowing D-Von get the pin. Semi-Final Deuce's Wild Tournament match: AJ Styles/Super Eric v. LAX Salinas out this time and I'm happy. Close to the first Styles/Super Eric match. This one had a crap finish while ref was distracted by Salinas (can't blame him) while Hector Guerrero flips the small package so Homicide is on top. Ref counts pin although AJ's shoulders weren't down. Dudley's v. LAX final. Knockouts Makeover Match (Gail Kim, Roxxi, Christy Hemme, Salinas, ODB, Beautiful People, Traci Brooks, Rhaka Khan, Jackie) This starts as a 10-woman battle royal with the final two then participating in a ladder match. The winner of that is the # 1 contender's to Kong's Knockout's Title. The woman who loses the ladder match portion gets their head shaved. Well, except Gail Kim who gained immunity from that so if she comes in second (she won't) whomever was the last person to be eliminated during the battle royal will get their head shaved. Salinas is the first out. Boo. This is an over-the-top battle royal, but she was eliminated after going through the ropes. Either her or TNA's fuck up or she didn't want to go over the top. This part went by quickly with one elimination after another. Rhaka Khan just kept adjusting her hot pants, but the announcers made her out as a threat who was holding her own. Ladder match portion was good as well as brutal with some pretty hard falls onto the ladder. Roxxi bleeding from the head. The ending was predictable, but well booked. Since Angelina Love was the last one eliminated from the Battle Royal and Gail Kim and Roxxi were the final two, she would get her hair shaved if Roxxi won. So with the help of Velvet Sky, both of whom have been feuding with Roxxi, she cost her the match. This kept her hair safe and caused Roxxi to get the haircut. By result, Gail Kim is the # 1 contender. After the match Gail Kim tries to get Angelina in the chair but Beautiful People fight her and Roxxi off. Crowd erupts in "Fire Russo" and "Bullshit" chants as Roxxi gets shaved bald. Skull and forehead bloody and gashed from the brutal bumps in the ladder match. All the babyface women out for support. Joe punks "Sam Elliott" aka Kevin Nash saying he'll drop him if he shows up at ringside during the main. Billy Corgan was shown in crowd earlier and now "Saving Abel" Nobody knows or cares. Finals of Tag Team Tournament: LAX v. Dudley's Looked as though Dudley's were going to win via the same method as last time, but Hector Guerrero cut off Johnny Devine and came off the top rope to the outside with a double-stomp, dropkick hybrid type move onto Devine who was on a table. Homicide pinned D-von after a border toss/frog splash combination from LAX. LAX new champs for first time in over a year. Slammiversary is going to be in Memphis, TN. Eric Young will be looking for Elvis. Hi, Russo. Samoa Joe v. Kaz v. Scott Steiner - TNA World Title Match Pretty good match, but nothing I need to revisit going forward. I did like it though. Joe retains after a muscle buster on Steiner. For all the interviews and hype, neither Nash or Rick Steiner even showed up in front of the live crowd. Angle wasn't either and barely seen except opening interview where he announced he was out of the show and when he shoved AJ asking about Karen. Judgment Day 2008 JBL v. Cena JBL blames Cena for his last PPV loss. JBL beats down Cena pretty much the entire match working over the arm and ribs. However, he loses when Cena counters a second short-arm clothesline into the FU. Miz/Morrison make fun of CM Punk and Kane on the Dirtsheet Kane/CM Punk v. Miz/Morrison - WWE Tag Title Match Okay match between the two teams that ended when Morrison pinned Punk following a spinning neck breaker. Recap of HBK/Jericho feud. Y2J calls HBK's knee injury stunt at Backlash B.S., but Michael's insists he's hurt. After they tag against Miz/Morrison, Y2J thinks HBK is actually hurt and offers to call of their Judgment Day match. HBK out limping, but tells Jericho he isn't hurt. Jericho isn't buying it until HBK superkicks Y2J proving Jericho right all along. HBK v. Jericho Great Match. Definite re-watch. Mickie James went out with Cena after Raw - JBL interrupts her interview and bullies Todd Grisham. Mickie James v. Beth Phoenix v. Melina - Triple Threat for Women's Title Pretty good women's match with Mickie retaining after DDT on Melina. Cool spot where Beth Phoenix has an over-the-shoulder back breaker on both women at the same time. Batista tells HBK he's gonna hurt him at a time and place of his choosing for faking the knee injury. One of Michael's eyes was looking at the other which was looking at Batista with fear. Undertaker v. Edge - World Title Title is vacant because Taker was stripped by Vickie for hurting and not letting loose of Edge on his choke finisher at Backlash. She also banned the finisher going forward. On Smackdown, Vickie organizes a convoluted qualifying matches leading to a battle royal series with the winner facing Taker at Judgment Day. Batista wins, but Vickie comes out saying just at that moment Edge had been medically cleared to compete so he runs in and spears Batista off the apron for the win. Not near as good as the previous matches between the two. The ending sucked as Edge was counted out and Taker announced new champion until Vickie came out and said title can't change hands via CO even when vacant. In response, Taker tomb stoned Edge. Title still vacant. Randy Orton Promo. MVP out saying it's B.S. that he isn't on the card. Matt Hardy out and says he already proved he can beat him, but he knows someone else that wants to prove it. This leads to: Jeff Hardy v. MVP Best Jeff Hardy match I've seen in a while mostly due to MVP. A re-watch. HHH v. Randy Orton - Steel Cage for WWE Title Average. HHH retains after chair shot and pedigree. ONE NIGHT STAND 2008 Umaga v. Jeff Hardy - Falls Count Anywhere Fun opener with the brawling all over the place. Cool spot where Hardy rode down the rail of a set of stairs for a body block onto Umaga. Finish came when Umaga got kicked off a semi truck while half way up a ladder attached to the back and then Hardy doing a Swanton off the top of the truck. Cool visual helping you to think they landed on concrete, but after the pin you could see shots of the crash pad in the background. Foley with Stretcher match 101 Big Show v. John Morrison v. Chavo Guerrero v. CM Punk v. Tommy Dreamer This is a Singapore Cane Match with four canes, one hanging from a pole in each corner. There is also a trash can full of canes on the outside. Winner of the match gets a shot at the ECW champion at the next PPV, Night of Champions. Just a typical cane match with tons of brutal shots. Notables include Chavo hitting ringside spectator, Shaun Merriman of the Chargers with a cane after Punk moves, only for Punk to hand Merriman a cane when he recovers to hit Chavo. Punk and Merriman then embrace which is funny because they would have a little twitter war a year or so later when Merriman unsuccessfully hits on Divas and Punk calls him out for being a douche. Anyway, second was Show split open hard way on ring steps. He still wins after caning and chokeslamming Dreamer. Promo for Vince's One Million Dollar giveaway deal during the summer. John Cena v. JBL - First Blood Match Bad match. So far this year these two have the same match. JBL beats Cena for the whole match and then Cena wins out of nowhere. Here, Cena was caught in the ropes ala Andre the Giant and JBL had a bullwhip. Before he could use it Cena kicked JBL, escaped from the ropes and got him in the STFU with a chain around the throat causing JBL to spit up blood and lose. Melina v. Beth Phoenix - I Quit Match One of the best women matches of the year and definitely best so far in WWE. Phoenix wins after Melina quits from being almost bent in two. Cena with Mickie James talking about submitting each other. Adamle comes out of the bathroom and does lame comedy. I guess this is about the time the WWE wrote him off as a joke. HBK v. Batista - Stretcher Match This was okay I guess, but was disappointing. Batista had HBK beat a couple of times only for Jericho to come out and try and will HBK up and tell him he's better than this. One of these was when Michaels was near the crossing line for the stretcher. Batista responds with a spine buster on the steel steps. Before a Batista Bomb, Batista told Shawn, "I don't love you. I am not sorry." as a play on what HBK said to Flair at WrestleMania. HHH v. Orton - Last Man Standing for WWE Title Recap video of the feud. One of the worst Last Man Standing matches I've ever seen. No heat, No hatred, just very weak all around. Orton did suffer a legit broken collarbone so that may be the reason. Recap of Edge v. Undertaker seven month feud. Edge v. Undertaker - TLC Match - Vacant World Title/Taker's career. What you would expect from a TLC match. This also had tons of interference from Ryder, Hawkins, Bam Neely, and Chavo Guerrero. Finish came when Edge pushed Taker off the ladder and he fell outside the ring onto four tables. Predictable finish. Edge wins vacant title and Taker is gone from WWE "for life" Of course he is. SLAMMIVERSARY 2008 Petey Williams v. Kaz - X Title Really good match with some innovative stuff I've never seen. Petey retains with the Canadian Destroyer. Steiner beats down Kaz after the match mad because Kaz gets a World Title shot Thursday on Impact and because he is not on the card tonight. Abyss makes his return and lays out him, Petey and Rhaka Khan. Eric Young says he found Elvis and he reserved a seat for him in the front row. ODB/Roxxi/Gail Kim v. Beautiful People/Moose Second good match in a row. The majority of good TNA matches this year have been from the Knockouts. ODB pins Moose after a running power slam. Rhyno Interview. Dudleys v. LAX hype video Dudleys v. LAX - Tag Titles Well, with the Dudleys involved it looks like the good match streak of this PPV is about to come to an end. I was right. Typical match with LAX retaining after Homicide schoolboys Bubba. Bobby Roode Interview Awesome Kong v. ? - Knockouts Title, $25,000 challenge continues. Serena Deeb and Josie/Sojourner Bolt were the two plants chosen and both got squashed quickly even though Josie got a little bit of offense in. Eric Young out to introduce "Elvis" who I'm sure was a local Indy guy. Anyway, you guessed it, Kong Awesome bombs him and so ends the bad comedy. Christian Interview So Cal Val / Jay Lethal wedding Groomsmen include Jake Roberts, George Steele, Koko Ware, and Kamala. This goes like every other wrestling wedding as best man Sonjay Dutt interrupts and declares his love for Val. He and Jay get into it until Koko and Kamala take out Dutt. Jake throws in the snake and Kamala bails. Booker T Interview talks about signing with TNA and having a locker room smelling like elephant urine and changing the "equilibrium" of TNA. Way to build the main event, Booker. AJ Styles v. Kurt Angle - Grudge Match over Karen Angle Great match with AJ winning after a Styles Clash when Karen distracts Kurt. Samoa Joe Interview and King of the Mountain Hype Package Samoa Joe v. Christian v. Rhyno v. Roode v. Booker T - King of the Mountain Match/World Title Kevin Nash is "Special Enforcer." Good match and one of the better KOTM matches. Joe retains which marks the first time the champion retains in this type of match. Night of Champions 2008 Miz/Morrison v. Finlay/Hornswaggle - WWE Tag Titles Okay, so this isn't going to win any awards, but it was entertaining. Miz/Morrison were the perfect opponents for a match like this as they were great foils for Hornswaggles offense. I enjoyed it. Morrison pins Hornswaggle after pulling him off the top rope during his tadpole splash attempt. Matt Hardy v. Chavo Guerrero - US Title What's with these matches where the heel dominates and the face hits his finisher and wins? That is what happened here in a nothing match with Hardy retaining with the twist of fate. Recap of Vince having the Raw set fall on top of him during the million dollar giveaway Mark Henry v. Kane v. Big Show - Triple Threat for ECW World Title Okay match with the big guys working hard. Henry wins with a splash on Kane after Kane had given show a suplex for the first title change of the night. Cody Rhodes/Hardcore Holly v. Ted DiBiase/Mystery Partner - World Tag Titles DiBiase comes to the ring by himself saying his partner is late. Rhodes goes to start the match, but DiBiase wants Holly. Holly is tagged in and Rhodes gives him a DDT and is announced as DiBiase's partner. A Million Dollar Dream and Russian leg Sweep later and Rhodes/DiBiase are the new champs. JBL Interview Chris Jericho v. Mystery Opponent - WWE Intercontinental Title Kofi Kingston is the opponent making his PPV debut. Decent match with Jericho about to retain with the Walls until he was distracted by HBK and Kofi hits trouble in paradise to win title. HBK overacts with his "eye injury" and Jericho punches him in the face after the match. Edge/Vickie/Alicia Fox wedding planning and Main Event talk Preview of Vince/Cena Gillette commercial Mickie James v. Katie Lea Burchill - Women's Title Good women's match with Mickie retaining with a DDT. Edge v. Batista - World Title Bland match capped off by a finish of ref punching, interference, crooked referee, belt shot madness. Edge retains after that belt shot. John Cena v. HHH - WWE Title Best of the show. Re-watch.

Final Resolution 2008 (January Edition) Only thing notable about the opener is the reveal of Salinas as the "thug" attacking Christy Hemme. I have an unhealthy love for Shelley Martinez. Silliness throughout the show for the drinking championship between Young and Storm. Was what it was. The rest of the show up to the main event was skippable stuff with the exception of Gail Kim v. Kong which was the best match on the show.Notable angle stuff was Sharmell getting a "broken jaw" from a shot from Roode and Nash walking out on Joe during the tag title match. I will mention MCMG/Lethal v. Dudleys/Devine only for the stupid shit. The Dudley's suck, but did have a fun spot here trying to lift each other up to get the belt. Oh yeah, and Johnny Devine died three times. First, fell off top of the ladder that was in the ring through two side-by-side tables on the outside that didn't break. Second, he was on Bubba's shoulders and took a reverse hurrancanrana and landed on his head. Finally, pulled off the X ropes by the MCMG's and lands on his head. Angle v. Cage for the title was best thing on show other than Women's match. AJ aligns with Angle and Karen is hot. Not much else. Royal Rumble 2008 Flair v. MVP - Near falls to sell the career ending angle, sad to see Flair not being able to keep up and move like an old man. JBL v. Jericho - Cool video hype package. Good match with Blood! Enjoyed work on throat to continue beating - badly missed face smash to setup lionsault turned the crowd on them -- cheap chair shot DQ finish may keep it out of re watches -- post fight brawl was good Edge - Mysterio Rey won Beat the clock to get shot, Edge loves Vickie -- Ugh. decent enough match - MSG crowd boos Rey - Vickie interferences eats a 619 and edge hits spear as Rey springboards for the pin Filler Stuff: Flair in a towel and guys hugging him - HBK is a douche. Ashley wants Maria to pose for playboy, Santino out with cheap heat and fat oily naked guy in patriots gear. Adamle debut with the "Jeff Harvey" Hardy - Orton okay match - consistent with the night so far - RKO finish out of nowhere which I guess it is meant to be. Cool little Royal Rumble Match stat package played before the match -- Michael Buffer doing intros Rumble Match 1st 3rd - cool opening sequence with HBK/Taker and comedy from Santino -- not much else as far as standout except Hornswoggle going under ring after coming in at 9 2nd 3rd - Piper/Snuka in for nostalgia and Kane comes out at 20 and takes them out - nothing else noteworthy Final 3rd - Match followed the norm until Cena's entrance - one of my favorite Cena moments. The final stretch between him and HHH was the highlight of the match. Against All Odds 2008 Cool opening package Styles/Tomko - Bullet/BG James BG cashing in feast or fired - match not offensive even given the participants Traci Brooks - Payton Banks Roode made the replacement and the reason for the match - nice to look at - okay match to boot. Steiner - Petey TNA getting a lot of mileage out of feast or fired. Steiner wins both cases and as a result wins X and World title shots. - Rhaka Khan debut as "Steiners freak" - just a match Storm - Young Silly premise, good match. probably best of both PPVs so far except Kong/Kim. Rhyno back to help Young win. Continuity!~ Rhyno return after months away. Kong - ODB notch above a squash Abyss - Mesias Has to be held in Orlando cause Greenville commission wouldn't sign off on it. Probably a work so that didn't have to string up wire and ropes taking too much time. Great visual - but just your standard match of this type - nothing special Bobby Roode's promos on Booker/Sharmell are great Roode - Booker T Short, bad match with double count out after they all run down the tunnel and into the back Dudleys/Devine - MCMG/LEthal Stupid. If Dudleys win X division goes away - if X guys win Dudleys have to get under 275 -- so dumb - street fight. bad match - know its bad when best part was Bubba ray piledriving a blow up doll - as a result of win Lethal wins X title -- hopefully Guns can get away from being programmed with the black hole of talent Dudleys Angle - Cage with Joe as enforcer On par with their match last week - interference with Tomko turning on Christian to help angle retain No Way Out 2008 Punk - Chavo okay match -- clips of Gulf of Mexico match, lol Elim Chamber # 1 May be a contender for rewatch. I wasn't expecting much and the first half of the match was slow and nothing as bums Big Daddy V and Khali were in. They were smart to eliminate them early. Star of the match by far was Undertaker as he performed the three highlights of the match 1) MVP was on top of a pod and Taker through him over his shoulder with one hand and MVP took a hell of a bump 2) Taker choke slammed Finlay on the metal grate (which Cole called concrete) and 3) Taker was on Batista's shoulder out on the grate and he was torpedoing him into the chains but Taker pushed off and landed in the ring which in turn flipped Batista into his arms in the tombstone position for the win. Maria and Ashley at playboy mansion - Playboy or Santino for Maria Kennedy - Flair - Career threatening match again Pretty much same as MVP match with Flair getting killed until applying the figure four and getting the win Hornswoggle McMahon angle in full effect - Vince and Horny in cage on Raw tomorrow Vickie and Edge love each other - Rey wants title Rey - Edge Really short match - Rey has torn bicep -- hurt it during 619, pin after springboard into a spear Show returns and picks on injured Rey - calls out Mayweather and awesome angle to set up WM followed Cena - Orton Short match which was just pretty much an angle with Orton beating the pec and trying to get counted out etc, finally he bitch slaps the ref for a DQ - Cena leaves Orton laying -- end of match Raw Elim Chamber - Jericho - HBK - HHH - Umaga - JBL - Hardy Awesome match. Clear re watch. Destination X 2008 LAX - Rock/Rave - MCMG's - 1 contender Fun and fast opener - Worked well and entertaining glad to see Guns away from Dudleys. Probably a re-watch. Petey - Lethal - X title Also a real fun match and on the re-watch list as well - pretty much same sentiments as last match Rellik/Black Reign - Kaz/Young Young scared of monsters. Stupid match with Young running away a lot only to come back as "Super Eric" and win. Black Reign and Rellik suck - feel bad for Kaz ODB - Kong - Kim awesome women's match with Kong retaining Main Event info - Cage "won" cage match on impact for man advantage in six man at PPV but disputed, awaiting Cornette decision - Styles worried about Karen -- Nash says he isn't gonna be lazy. Cornette upholds decision and Cage team keeps advantage Shitty promo by Rhyno Dudleys - Curry Man/Shark Boy Stone cold Shark Boy gimmick - Dudleys need to make 275 or fired due to last month and they did - BS This is a fish market street fight with a bunch of fish along the aisles - fucking stupid - all played for comedy which is where Dudleys belong cause they suck. This was a bad, but mostly inoffensive comedy match - Curry Man actually put a hostess cake on a fishing line and "caught" Bubba - lots of other silly stuff. Roode - Booker - winner has his lady to whip other girl with 10 lashes very short match - these two seem to not work long together - this was a strap match and Booker lost after getting hit with handcuffs. Traci got lashed 10 times by Payton, but I'm sure Traci had some extra padding on her top where she was getting whipped. Sharmell returns from a "broken jaw" to lash everyone from Roode, to Atlas security, to Penzer to Cornette. Rhyno - Storm - Elevation X Modern scaffold match - everyone putting over how high and dangerous it is "two stories!~" They aren't Dundee or Koko Ware but the match wasn't that bad and they did a good job with the limitations this match gives. Karen Angle has a huge announcement Thursday on impact apparently - AJ distraught as he hasn't seen her in 10 days. Styles/Tomko/Angle - Nash/Joe/Cage Angle not out for first five minutes -- match starts with 14 mins to go on PPV. Pretty good match - everyone did their stuff and Joe wins Lockdown title shot after choking out Tomko for the finish. WrestleMania 24 (2008) JBL - Finlay Turns out Hornswaggle is Finlays son. JBL killed him in a cage match last month. This Belfast Brawl was fun and the second JBL match of the year I liked. Really heated. A re-watcher as a low contender. Kim Kardashian is guest hostess -- no problem as this was back before the entire earth was tired of her. Money in the Bank (Morrison, Carlito, Punk, Shelton, Kennedy, MVP, Jericho) Watch you would expect from this type of match. They never hold up well, but it wasn't bad. Punk wins it. Hall of the Fame recap -- Comedy with Snoop, Santino, Festus, and Foley Umaga - Batista Battle for brand supremacy. I guess ECW didn't make the cut. Angle created for WrestleMania filler and that is exactly how the match came off. Recap of the pre-show battle royal for right to face Chavo for the ECW title. Kane won and the match is next. Chavo - Kane 10 second squash WWE gets 50 wishes to Make-A-Wish kids and give them seats where it is impossible to see. Raven Symone introduces them. King loves Raven ... yeah he does. Flair - HBK Career Match Michaels did his best to make you forget it was 2008 Flair and not 1988 Flair. About the best you can ask for and Flair gave a good showing. Certainly not MOTY, but a good match with a WrestleMania moment ending. In hindsight, it would have been that much better if it was truly the ending and last match of Flair's career. As it is, still enjoyable 5 years later. Playboy Bunny Lumberjack Match between Maria/Ashley and Melina/Beth Phoenix Snoop Dogg is the master of ceremonies which means riding a golf cart to the ring and sitting in a big chair. Lights go out during the one match people are probably watching only for the visuals. King nails Santino after Santino pulls Maria's leg during a pin (and for stealing his sandwich in Raw I assume). Phoenix wins the match. I stand corrected. Snoop throws a clothesline on Santino HHH - Cena - Orton for WWE Title Felt like your by-the-numbers WWE Triple Threat, but it picked up a bit at the end and I really enjoyed the finish. Orton retains. Show - Mayweather Great hype video for the match. Fun from start to finish. This is Pro Wrestling. Undertaker - Edge Really good match to end a good show. We had a good brawl, emotional match, spectacle (Show/Floyd) and wrestling matches.

I wanted to make a quick post to say that going over 2008 and 2009 is going to be a first time run with the material and I really am looking forward to it. The last PPV I ordered and watched was 2008's WrestleMania 24 and the last PPV's I watched in any fashion was a semi-reliable stream of WrestleMania 25 and then the top three matches from this year's Mania show. Beyond that and probably 2% of television I've seen nothing since WrestleMania 24. I did "come back" a few times, but they were all short lived: I came back for the 1/4/2010 TNA/WWE head to head, but tuned out by 1/5/2010 I came back for the June 2010 Nexus destruction, but tuned back out when Danielson was released. I came back after the June 2011 "Punk Promo", but tuned back out by August 2011. I came back for the "It Begins" vignettes of December 2011/January 2012, but tuned back out by February 2012 not caring about "trolling Jericho" Right now, I love the Wyatt family vignettes, but I know none of that greatness will transfer over into the ring. Gimmicks like that don't do well out of their environment. So I'll probably stick to watching the "old stuff" and scan the message boards for the next thing causing a ruckus and go Youtube it. Enough ranting ... off to watch TNA Final Resolution 2008 (January edition ... yes TNA has two PPV's the same year with the same name, lol.)

I finally acquired 2008 TNA and WWE PPV's to continue this project, and then I remembered I had three ROH shows I had to download and watch before I could. This post will cover those shows. Race To The Top Tournament Night 2- Edison, NJ 7/28/07 Honor Nation- Boston, MA 10/5/07 Unscripted III- Chicago Ridge, IL 12/1/07 Race To The Top Tournament Night 2- Edison, NJ 7/28/07 Having moved ahead in 2007 ROH, I knew that Claudio Castagnoli had won the tournament, but I still needed to watch the show in order to be the completest that I am. The tournament matches were nothing special although El Generico and Claudio, the two finalists had the best matches and ended the night with the best match of the entire show. I tabbed it as a keeper for the 3rd round of re-watches. The Six Man Mayhem match was forgettable. The $10,000 Tag Team Challenge match was a joke played for comedy, but the interview exchange to set up the teams with Danielson, Nigel and Becky Bayless was very entertaining. Honor Nation- Boston, MA 10/5/07 The first three matches were typical ROH early show stuff with the three-way with Nigel, Generico and Hallowicked being the best of the three. Not a great match, but I did enjoy the spot were Nigel gave El Generico a European uppercut as he was attempting his "through-the-turnbuckle" tornado DDT which he then followed up with a Tower of London on the floor. I meant to mention this in my Race to the Top card overview, but Claudio Castagnoli had really become a great wrestler by this point. I'd peg his improvement to after his return from his aborted WWE signing and cut his hair. He's one of the guys I enjoy watching the most on 2007 ROH. On this show he wrestled Chris Hero and the match is what you would expect, but, for me, Larry Sweeney was the highlight. Such a great talker and fun guy to watch. Perhaps the best thing about Sweeney is he gets his heat the old fashioned way and doesn't have to resort to cussing or vulgar speech like a lot of the wrestlers. Sweeney's highlight here came while Hero and Claudio were brawling on the floor and as they were on the ground Hero picked up a prescription pill bottle he found on the floor and showed it to the referee saying "What's this?" to which Sweeney replied, "That came out of his tights! He's cheating! He's using anabolic steroids!" That was so great and impromptu. Amazing. By the way, it looks as though the bottle looked to a questionable looking couple in the front row. The rest of the card was solid with one great match between Danielson and Aries. This was the first match of the best of three series for a title shot. I've set it before, but these two have great chemistry with one another and almost always produces a good and different match (compared to their others). Necro and Jay Briscoe had a good brawl Age of the Fall squashed ROH school guys Vulture Squad with debuting member Jigsaw defeated the No Remorse Corps Morishima beat Steen in the Title Main Unscripted III- Chicago Ridge, IL 12/1/07 This was originally scheduled to be the Trios Tournament, but bad whether forced the card to be slapped together. This was not a good show, but none of the wrestlers can be blamed for that. Sara Del Rey v. Lacey was the best thing until the semi-main as Aries/Black was short and nothing spectacular. The Six Man Mayhem was full of prelim guys, Hero/Claudio was same old stuff, Hangmen 3 won basically two squashes and then a no contest when they blooded and hung Delirious with a chain. Danielson v. Jacobs was the best thing on the show and a "re-watcher." The main six man tag was a good ending to an off the cuff show.

What Coliseum Video did this appear on? I'm not sure I've ever seen it. WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

Found 5 instances of Hogan/Bret in same ring from 79-87. GEORGIA Augusta, GA 11/5/79: Sterling Golden beat Bret Hart Augusta, GA 12/5/79: NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Champion Sterling Golden beat Bret Hart NJPW Hachinohe, Japan 2/6/84: Tatsumi Fujinami & Akira Maeda beat WWE Champion Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart Heikinan, Japan 2/8/84: Antonio Inoki, Akira Maeda, & Kengo Kimura beat WWE Champion Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, & Iron Mike Sharpe WWF Worcester, MA 4/23/87 (Coliseum Video exclusive): WWE Champion Hulk Hogan & Billy Jack Haynes beat World Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Bret "Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart) & "Dangerous" Danny Davis in a handicap match Source: Old Hogan Results website

I've watched everything available from TNA from the beginning up to the end of 2007 so far. While it has been painless enough from mid 2004 to current, getting through the 110 weekly PPV's should only be attempted by the most stubborn and determined of people. El-P I think you can make it since you've held steady on Death of WCW.

IWA Mid-South Spirit Of '76 - 5/24/03 I still kick myself for not going to the Charlestown/Clarksville shows in 2000-2003.

I finished through mid 2003 and put the project on the shelf. I plan to finish it whenever I can get a good scan to readable PDF scanner/printer as going through by hand was beyond tedious, and coupled with my bipolar disorder leaving many a abandoned projects in it's wake, it was enough to kill it for now. I'll post what I do have below. Some ratings may be repeated, but that's just because I pulled from different projects/files. I did start a blog here at PWO with my current project of actually watching PPVs/Big Shows from 2000-2009. I've just got 2007 ROH second viewing to finish and I'll have only 2008 and 2009 to finish. This project began in March of 2011 and it's still going two years later. That is something of a record for me =============================== Matches rated ****3/4 or higher for 2003-2004 =============================== Year 2003 Mitsuharu Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 3/1) ***** Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit (WWE, 1/19, Boston) ****3/4 ====================================== Year 2004 Kenta Kobashi v. Jun Akiyama (NOAH, 7/10, Tokyo) ***** CM Punk v. Samoa Joe (ROH, 10/16, Chicago) ***** Shawn Michaels v. Chris Benoit v. Triple H (WWE, 3/14, New York) **** 3/4 James Storm/Chris Harris v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper (TNA, 12/5, Orlando) **** 3/4 =============================================== Won Ratings ***1/4 and above for 2003 (through late June - incomplete) =============================================== 2003 WON AWARDS (MATCHES FROM 12/1/02 - 12/31/02 VOTED IN ARE DISPLAYED AS 'N/A' - For those see '2002' Results) 1. Mitsuharu Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 3/1, Tokyo) 2. Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit (WWE, 1/19, Boston) 3. KENTA/Naomichi Marufuji v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Makoto Hashi (NOAH, 9/12, Tokyo) 4. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels (WWE, 3/30, Seattle) 5. Bryan Danielson v. Paul London (ROH, 4/12, Philadelphia) 6. KENTA/Naomichi Marufuji v. Jushin Liger/Takehiro Murahama (NOAH, 7/16, Osaka) 7. Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar (WWE, 3/30, Seattle) 8. Kenta Kobashi v. Yuji Nagata (NOAH, 9/12, Tokyo) 9. Hiroyoshi Tenzan v. Jun Akiyama (XX, 8/17, Tokyo) 10. Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar (WWE, 9/16, Raleigh) 11. Juventud Guerrera v. Chris Sabin (TNA, 8/27, Nashville) 12. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper (TNA, 6/25, Nashville) 13. Low Ki v. A.J. Styles (Zero-One, 1/5, Tokyo) 14. Homicide v. Steve Corino (ROH, 8/16, Fairfield) 15. Randy Orton/Chris Jericho/Christian/Scott Steiner/Mark Henry v. Shawn Michaels/RVD/Booker T/Buh Buh Ray Dudley/D-Von Dudley (WWE,11/16, Dallas) --Past the WON Deadline-- xx. Triple H v. Shawn Michaels (WWE, 12/30, San Antonio) ================================================== ================================================== 2003 WON RATINGS MONTH-BY-MONTH (***1/4 or better) TOTAL = January Yoshihiro Takayama v. Tsuyoshi Kosaka (NJPW, 1/4 [TV]. Tokyo) ***1/4 Kurt Angle/Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas v. Chris Benoit/Edge (WWE, 1/11 [1/16 TV] SD Tapings, Meadowlands) **** Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit (WWE, 1/19, Boston) ****3/4 Royal Rumble Match (WWE, 1/19, Boston) ***1/4 Low Ki v. A.J. Styles (Zero-One, 1/5, Tokyo) ****1/4 Mitsuharu Misawa/Masa Hiro Chono v. Kenta Kobashi/Akira Taue (NOAH, 1/12 TV, XX) ***1/2 Jun Akiyama/Akitoshi Saito v. Shinjiro Ohtani/Masato Tanaka (NOAH, 1/12 TV, XX) **** Shinya Hashimoto/Kazuhiko Ogasawara v. Satoshi Kojima/Kendo Kashin (AJPW, 1/13 PPV, XX) ***1/4 Kaz Hayashi/Jimmy Yang v. Fuego/Super Dragon (AJPW, 1/13 PPV, XX) ***1/4 Yoshinari Ogawa/Naomichi Marufuji v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (NOAH, 1/19 TV) ***1/4 Chris Benoit/Edge v. Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas (WWE, 1/30 SD) ***1/2 Anthony W. Mori/Henry Sugawara/Taichi Ishimori v. Milano Collection A.T./Condotti Shuji/Yossino (W-1 PPV TOKYO SHOW) ***3/4 Dragon Kid/Kaz Hayashi v. Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero (W-1 PPV TOKYO SHOW) **** Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (NOAH, 1/26 TV) ****1/4 February Shark Boy v. Frankie Kazarian (WWA, 2/9 PPV) ***1/4 Mike Sanders v. Joe E. Legend (WWA, 2/9 PPV) ***1/4 Jay Briscoe v. Mark Briscoe (ROH, 2/8, New York) reported ****1/4 American Dragon v. Samoa Joe (ROH, 2/8, New York) reported ****1/4 Paul London v. A.J. Styles v. Low Ki (ROH, 2/8, New York) reported ****1/2 Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit (WWE, 2/6 SD) ****1/4 Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas v. Eddy Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero (WWE, 2/6 SD) **** Eddy Guerrero v. Rey Misterio (WWE, 2/9, San Diego) reported ***1/2 ?AVAIL? Ultimo Guerrero v. Shocker (CMLL, 2/14, Arena Mexico) reported ***1/4 Jun Akiyama/Akitoshi Saito v. Tamon Honda/Masao Inoue (NOAH, 2/2 TV) ***1/2 Yuji Nagata v. Osama Nishimura (NJPW, 2/8 TV) ***1/2 Chris Jericho v. Jeff Hardy (WWE, 2/23, PPV) ***1/4 Brock Lesnar/Chris Benoit v. Kurt Angle/Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas (WWE, 2/23, PPV) **** Jeff Jarrett v. A.J. Styles (TNA, 2/19, PPV) ***3/4 Kaz Hayashi/Tenryu/Anjo v. Gigantes/Tenta/Jimmy Yang (AJPW, 2/23, PPV) ***1/4 Satoshi Kojima/Kendo Kashin/Arashi/Nobutaka Araya v. Shinjiro Ohtani/Masato Tanaka/Kazuhiko Ogasawara/Ryoji Sai (AJPW, 2/23, PPV) ***3/4 Mitsuharu Misawa/Masao Inoue/Takuma Sano v. Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi/Tamon Honda (NOAH, 2/16 TV, X) ***1/2 Juventud Guerrera v. Jerry Lynn (TNA, 2/26, PPV) ***3/4 Nick Dinsmore v. Doug Basham (OVW, 2/26 TV Tapings) ***1/2 Masahiro Chono/Hiryoshi Tenzan v. Yasuda/Kazunari Murakami (NJPW, 2/22 TV, X) ***1/4 March Masato Tanaka/Kohei Sato v. Takashi Sugiura/Daisuke Ikeda (Zero-One, 3/2, PPV) ***1/4 Shinya Hashimoto/Shinjiro Ohtani v. Keiji Mutoh/Arashi (Zero-One, 3/2, PPV) ***1/4 Kensuke Sasaki/Hiroshi Hase v. Dan Bobish/Don Frye (WJ, 3/1, PPV debut) ***1/2 Jerry Lynn v. Super Crazy (TNA, 3/5, PPV) ***3/4 Mitsuharu Misawa v. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 3/1) ***** Team Angle v. Rey Mysterio/Billy Kidman (WWE, 3/13, SD TV) ***1/2 Los Guerreros v. Rhyno/Chris Benoit (WWE, 3/13, SD TV) **** Doug Williams v. Christopher Daniels (ROH, 3/22) ***3/4 AJ Styles/Red v. Briscoe Bros. (ROH, 3/22) ***3/4 Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho (WWE, 3/30, PPV) ****1/4 HHH v. Booker T (WWE, 3/30, PPV) ***1/4 Rock v. Steve Austin (WWE, 3/30, PPV) **** Brock Lesnar v. Kurt Angle (WWE, 3/30, PPV) ****1/4 KENTA/Naomichi Marufuji v. Kanemaru/Makoto Hashi (NOAH, 3/16 TV) ****1/4 Kazunari Murakami v. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW, 3/1 TV) ***1/4 April Shocker v. Vampiro (CMLL, 4/4) reported ***3/4 Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto v. The Heat/AKIRA (NJPW, 4/22 TV) ****1/4 Amazing Red/Jerry Lynn v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper v. Jonny Storm/Chris Sabin v. Jason Cross/Shark Boy (TNA, 4/9, PPV) **** Nick Dinsmore v. Doug Basham (OVW, 4/9, [4/12 TV]) **** Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper v. Amazing Red/Jerry Lynn (TNA. 4/16, PPV) **** Jun Akiyama/Akitoshi Saito v. Takeshi Morishima/Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH,4/6 TV) ***3/4 Koji Kanemoto v. AKIRA (NJPW, 4/5 TV) ****1/4 Masahiro Chono/Hiroyoshi Tenzan v. Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto (NJPW, 4/19 TV) ***1/4 Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Shinya Makabe (NJPW, 4/26 TV) ***1/2 Yuji Nagata v. Yasuda (NJPW, 4/26 TV) ****1/4 Mitsuharu Misawa/Yoshinari Ogawa/Masao Inoue v. Daisuke Ikeda/Naomichi Marufuji/Takeshi Morishima (NOAH, 4/13 Tapings) ***1/4 Sugiura/Kanemaru v. KENTA/Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH, 4/13 Tapings) ***3/4 Kenta Kobashi v. Tamon Honda (NOAH, 4/13 Tapings) ****1/4 Kaz Hayashi/Jimmy Yang v. Low Ki/Omega Griffon (AJPW, 4/12, [5/24 TV]) ***3/4 Kendo Kashin v. Carl Contini (AJPW, 4/12, [5/24 TV]) ***1/4 May Sabu v. Teddy Hart (Stu Hart Birthday Show, 5/2, Calgary) ***1/4 Jushin Liger/Koji Kanemoto v. The Heat/Tiger Mask (NJPW, 5/2, Tokyo Dome) **** Kenta Kobashi v, Masahiro Chono (NJPW, 5/2, Tokyo Dome) ***1/2 Yoshihiro Takayama v. Yuji Nagata (NJPW, 5/2, Tokyo Dome) ***1/2 Brock Lesnar v. Big Show (WWE, 5/18, PPV) ***1/4 Shinya Hashimoto/Nayao Ogawa v. Keiji Mutoh/Satoshi Kojima (Zero One, 5/2, [5/10 TV]) ****1/4 Jerry Lynn v. Chris Sabin v. Frankie Kazarian v. Johnny Swinger (WWA. 5/25, [6/8 PPV]) ****1/4 (Dave's rating; reported ***1/4) Sabu v. Joe Legend (WWA. 5/25, [6/8 PPV]) ***1/4 Jerry Lynn v. Chris Sabin v. Frankie Kazarian v. Johnny Swinger (WWA. 5/23) reported ***1/2 AVAIL? Saito/Jun Akiyama/Hashi/Kanemaru v. Kenta Kobashi/KENTA/Tamon Honda/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (NOAH,5/18 TV) **** (6/1 show clips, he gave it ***1/2) June Rey Mysterio v. Matt Hardy (WWE, 6/5, SD TV) ***3/4 Bill Goldberg v. Chris Jericho (WWE, 6/15 PPV) ***1/2 Ric Flair v. Shawn Michaels (WWE, 6/15 PPV) ***1/2 HHH v. Kevin Nash (WWE, 6/15 PPV) ***1/4 Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper v. Chris Harris/James Storm (TNA, 6/18, PPV) ***1/2 Chris Sabin v. Paul London (TNA, 6/18, PPV) ***1/4 ============================= WON MOTY results for 2004 and 1 star rating ============================= 2004 WON AWARDS (MATCHES FROM 12/1/03 - 12/31/03 VOTED IN ARE DISPLAYED AS 'N/A' - For those see '2003' Results) 1. Kenta Kobashi v. Jun Akiyama (NOAH, 7/10, Tokyo) 2. Triple H v. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Benoit (WWE, 3/14, New York) 3. Samoa Joe v. C.M. Punk (ROH, 10/16, Chicago Ridge) 4. Kenta Kobashi v. Yoshihiro Takayama (NOAH, 4/25, Tokyo) 5. Randy Orton v. Mick Foley (WWE, 4/18, Edmonton) 6. Eddy Guerrero v. Brock Lesnar (WWE, 2/15, San Francisco) 7. Samoa Joe v. C.M. Punk (ROH, 6/12, Dayton) 8. Kensuke Sasaki v. Yoshihiro Takayama (XX, 8/8, Osaka) 9. N/A 10. Triple H v. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Benoit (WWE, 4/18, Edmonton) 11. KENTA/Naomichi Marufuji v. Mitsuharu Misawa/Yoshinari Ogawa (NOAH, 4/25, Tokyo) 12. Kensuke Sasaki v. Hiroshi Tanahashi (XX, 11/3, Tokyo) --Past the WON Deadline-- xx. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper (TNA, 12/5, Orlando) xx. Austin Aries v. Samoa Joe (ROH, 12/26, Philadelphia) 2004 WON RATINGS MONTH-BY-MONTH (***1/4 or better) Yoshihiro Takayama v. Tsuyoshi Kosaka (NJPW, 1/4 [TV]. Tokyo) ***1/4 =================================================================== ALL PPV matches (besides TNA Weeklies) from 2003-2004 and their star ratings [only ***1/4 and above] =================================================================== Ordered Highest Rating to Lowest. Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit # # # # 3/4 WWE Royal Rumble 1/19/2003 Chris Benoit v. HHH v. Shawn Michaels # # # # 3/4 WWE WrestleMania XX 3/14/2004 Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper v. Chris Harris/James Storm # # # # 3/4 TNA Turning Point 12/5/2004 Randy Orton v. Mick Foley # # # # 1/2 WWE Backlash 4/18/2004 Chris Benoit v. HHH v. Shawn Michaels # # # # 1/2 WWE Backlash 4/18/2004 Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho # # # # 1/4 WWE WrestleMania XIX 3/30/2003 Brock Lesnar v. Kurt Angle # # # # 1/4 WWE WrestleMania XIX 3/30/2003 Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar # # # # 1/4 WWE Summerslam 8/24/2003 Kurt Angle v. John Cena # # # # 1/4 WWE No Mercy 10/19/2003 Team Bischoff v. Team Austin # # # # 1/4 WWE Survivor Series 11/16/2003 Edge v. Randy Orton # # # # 1/4 WWE Vengeance 7/11/2004 Randy Orton v. Chris Benoit # # # # 1/4 WWE Summerslam 8/15/2004 Brock Lesnar/Chris Benoit v. Kurt Angle/Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin # # # # WWE No Way Out 2/23/2003 The Rock v. Steve Austin # # # # WWE WrestleMania XIX 3/30/2003 Eddy Guerrero v. Chris Benoit # # # # WWE Vengeance 7/27/2003 Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin v. Kidman/Rey Mysterio # # # # WWE Vengeance 7/27/2003 Eddy Guerrero v. Brock Lesnar # # # # WWE No Way Out 2/15/2004 Eddy Guerrero v. Kurt Angle # # # # WWE WrestleMania XX 3/14/2004 20 Man X Division Rumble # # # # TNA Victory Road 11/7/2004 Petey Williams v. Chris Sabin # # # # TNA Turning Point 12/5/2004 Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar v. Big Show # # # 3/4 WWE Vengeance 7/27/2003 Tajiri v. Rey Mysterio # # # 3/4 WWE No Mercy 10/19/2003 Royal Rumble 2004 # # # 3/4 WWE Royal Rumble 1/25/2004 Batista/Ric Flair/Randy Orton v. The Rock/Mick Foley # # # 3/4 WWE WrestleMania XX 3/14/2004 JBL v. Eddy Guerrero # # # 3/4 WWE Judgment Day 5/16/2004 HHH v. Shawn Michaels # # # 3/4 WWE Badd Blood 6/13/2004 Chris Benoit v. HHH # # # 3/4 WWE Vengeance 7/11/2004 Kurt Angle v. Eddy Guerrero # # # 3/4 WWE Summerslam 8/15/2004 Chris Jericho v. Christian # # # 3/4 WWE Unforgiven 9/12/2004 Petey Williams v. AJ Styles # # # 3/4 TNA Victory Road 11/7/2004 Goldberg v. Chris Jericho # # # 1/2 WWE Badd Blood 6/15/2003 Ric Flair v. Shawn Michaels # # # 1/2 WWE Badd Blood 6/15/2003 Eddy Guerrero v. Rhyno v. Chris Benoit v. Tajiri # # # 1/2 WWE Summerslam 8/24/2003 Randy Orton v. Shawn Michaels # # # 1/2 WWE Unforgiven 9/21/2003 Christian v. Chris Jericho # # # 1/2 WWE WrestleMania XX 3/14/2004 Chris Benoit v. Kane # # # 1/2 WWE Badd Blood 6/13/2004 Kidman v. Paul London # # # 1/2 WWE No Mercy 10/3/2004 HHH v. Shawn Michaels # # # 1/2 WWE Taboo Tuesday 10/19/2004 Randy Orton v. Ric Flair # # # 1/2 WWE Taboo Tuesday 10/19/2004 Shelton Benjamin v. Christian # # # 1/2 WWE Survivor Series 11/14/2004 Royal Rumble 2003 # # # 1/4 WWE Royal Rumble 1/19/2003 Chris Jericho v. Jeff Hardy # # # 1/4 WWE No Way Out 2/23/2003 HHH v. Booker T # # # 1/4 WWE WrestleMania XIX 3/30/2003 Brock Lesnar v. Big Show # # # 1/4 WWE Judgment Day 5/18/2003 HHH v. Kevin Nash # # # 1/4 WWE Badd Blood 6/15/2003 Undertaker v. John Cena # # # 1/4 WWE Vengeance 7/27/2003 HHH v. Goldberg v. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho v. Kevin Nash # # # 1/4 WWE Summerslam 8/24/2003 Kane v. Shane McMahon # # # 1/4 WWE Unforgiven 9/21/2003 Chris Benoit v. A-Train # # # 1/4 WWE No Mercy 10/19/2003 Chavo Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio # # # 1/4 WWE No Way Out 2/15/2004 Chris Jericho v. Christian/Trish Stratus # # # 1/4 WWE Backlash 4/18/2004 Randy Orton v. Shelton Benjamin # # # 1/4 WWE Badd Blood 6/13/2004 Rey Mysterio v. Chavo Guerrero # # # 1/4 WWE Great American Bash 6/27/2004 JBL v. Eddy Guerrero # # # 1/4 WWE Great American Bash 6/27/2004 Shawn Michaels v. Kane # # # 1/4 WWE Unforgiven 9/12/2004 Spike Dudley v. Chavo Guerrero v. Kidman v. Rey Mysterio # # # 1/4 WWE Survivor Series 11/14/2004 Randy Orton/Maven/Chris Benoit/Chris Jericho v. HHH/Gene Snitsky/Edge/Batista # # # 1/4 WWE Survivor Series 11/14/2004 Hector Garza/Sonny Siaki/Sonjay Dutt v. Michael Shane/Kid Kash/Frankie Kazarian # # # 1/4 TNA Turning Point 12/5/2004 DDP v. Raven # # # 1/4 TNA Turning Point 12/5/2004

Someone uploaded the first dozen or so TWA Total Impact TV shows onto YouTube so I've been watching those and really enjoying them. Interesting seeing Spanky and Dragon as teenagers. Their match from the 1/1/00 show is very good considering they both have been wrestling less than three months by that point. Fun watching Dragon's first Japan tour for FMW as well.

TPT was okay. He did a lot of teaming with Rip which was entertaining. Personally I could never get over his look.

Hmm, 20 minutes from my house ... may attend this one.

I haven't watched the 90's OVW stuff since it first aired, but I do know almost all of it stunk. It wasn't until the year 2000 with Cornette involvement and subsequent WWE developmental money that it started getting good. By the summer of that year, they had flushed out most of Danny Davis' students that would never make it and started having a nice mix of good, albeit green guys and vets with WWE guys mixed in. So for 1999, unless it involved Nick Dinsmore, Rob Conway, Damaja (a/k/a Danny Basham), Doug Basham or Flash Flanaghan, I'd skip it. From an entertainment standpoint there was Rod Steele as a cult favorite and Rip Rogers, well, being Rip which is awesome. 1998/1999 match listings can be found here: 1998 and 1st half of 1999 and here: 2nd half of 1999 and beyond

Finally. I just finished the second to last run through for 2000-2004 US. I've also finished up first viewing of US through 2007 and am about to begin what I just finished for the first half of the decade for 2005-2007. I hope to have all 2008/2009 footage available by then. I was able to eliminate 50 matches that made the initial cut through 2004. Most of these matches looked good to great while viewed in context of complete shows, but somehow either fell short when compared against other top matches from the same company or somehow were actually not good and slipped through the cracks. That sums up everything listed so no further review With one more cut to go, I'm down to 118 total matches for 00-04. Super Crazy v. Taijiri - Mexican Death Match - ECW on TNN 1.15.00 Triple H v. Chris Benoit - Non-Title Match - WWE Smackdown 2.3.00 HHH v. Chris Jericho - RAW 6.12.00 HHH v. Rock v. Kurt Angle - RAW 6.26.00 Chris Benoit v. The Rock - WWE Title - Fully Loaded 7.23.00 Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Juventud Guerrera 9.19.00 Booker T/Jeff Jarrett vs. Scott Steiner/Sting, Nitro 10.2 2000 Chris Jericho v. X-Pac - Cage Match 10.22.00 Sean O'Haire/Mark Jindrak v. Alex Wright/Disco Inferno v. Rey Mysterio Jr./Kidman - WCW Tag Titles 10.29.00 Chris Jericho v. Kane 11.19.00 C.W. Anderson v. Tommy Dreamer - I Quit Match 1.7.01 Air Paris/AJ Styles v. Evan Karagias/Jamie Knoble 2.14.01 Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit - 30 Min Iron Man Submission 4.29.01 - Backlash HHH v. Kane - Chain Match 5.20.01 - Judgment Day Steve Austin/Kurt Angle/Chris Jericho/Kane/Undertaker v. Booker T/Rhyno/DDP/Dudley Boys - 7.22.01 - Invasion Rock v. Chris Jericho - WCW title - 10.21.01 - No Mercy Jeff Jarrett v. AJ Styles - NWA Title - 2.19.03 - TNA Weeky #32 Jerry Lynn v Juventud Guerrera - 2.26.03 - TNA Weekly #33 Steve Austin v. The Rock - 3.30.03 - WrestleMania XIX America's Most Wanted v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper - # 1 Contender Match for NWA Tag Titles - 4,23,03 - TNA Weekly #41 Jeff Jarrett v. Raven - NWA Title - 4.30.03 - TNA Weekly #42 Frankie Kazarian v. Chris Sabin - X Division Non-Title Match - 6.25.03 - TNA Weekly #50 Undertaker v. John Cena - 7.27.03 - Vengeance Undertaker v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title - 9.4.03 - Smackdown Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Yoshihiro Tajiri - Cruiserweight Title - 9.4.03 - Smackdown Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Yoshihiro Tajiri - Cruiserweight Title - 10.19.03 - No Mercy Kurt Angle v. John Cena - 10.19.03 - No Mercy Brock Lesnar v. Undertaker - WWE Title - 10.19.03 - No Mercy Dudleys/HBK/Booker T/RVD v. Chris Jericho/Christian/Randy Orton/Mark Henry/Scott Steiner - Elimination Match 11.16.03 - Survivor Series Brock Lesnar v. Rey Mysterio Jr. - WWE Title - 12.11.03 - Smackdown Triple H v. Shawn Michaels - World Title - 12.29.03 - Raw Chris Sabin v. Christopher Daniels v. Low-Ki v. Michael Shane - Ultimate X.2 X Divison Title - 1.7.04 - TNA Weekly #75 Bryan Danielson/Samoa Joe v. Briscoe Bros. - ROH Tag Titles - 1.10.04 - ROH Battle Lines are Drawn CM Punk v. John Walters - Pure Wrestling Title Tournament Round 1 - 2.14.04 - ROH 2nd Anniversary Show Doug Williams v. Chris Sabin - Pure Wrestling Title Tournament Round 1 - 2.14.04 - ROH 2nd Anniversary Show AJ Styles v. CM Punk - Pure Title - Steamboat Ref - 3.13.04 - ROH At Our Best Eddy Guerrero v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title - 3.14.04 - WrestleMania 20 Eddy Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio - WWE Title - 3.18.04 - Smackdown Triple H/Randy Orton/Batista/Ric Flair v. Shelton Benjamin/Chris Benoit/Mick Foley/Shawn Michaels - 4.12.04 - Raw Triple H/Randy Orton/Batista v. Shelton Benjamin/Edge/Tajiri - 5.3.04 - Raw Shawn Michaels v. Chris Benoit - World Title - 5.3.04 - Raw Petey Williams v. Hector Garza v. Chris Sabin - World X Cup: Ultimate X Match - 5.26.04 (5/12 - 5/19) - TNA Weekly #95 Homicide v. Samoa Joe - ROH World Title - 5.22.04 - ROH Generation Next Samoa Joe v. Mark Briscoe v. Homicide v. Austin Aries v. Colt Cabana v. Bryan Danielson - 6.24.04 - ROH Survival of the Fittest Eddy Guerrero v. Kurt Angle - 8.15.04 - SummerSlam Samoa Joe v. Doug Williams - ROH World Title - 9.11.04 - ROH Glory By Honor III Homicide/Rocky Romero v. Jack Evans/Roderick Strong - 10.16.04 - ROH Joe v. Punk II Alex Shelley v. Jimmy Jacobs - I Quit Match - 10.16.04 - ROH Joe v. Punk II Low Ki v. Austin Aries - 12.4.04 - ROH All-Star Extravaganza Bryan Danielson v. Low Ki - 12.26.04 - ROH Final Battle

For anyone who may be keeping up with this blog, but mostly for my own records I wanted throw up a quick update. It seems I've hit a wall with this project, but I seem to be coming around and finishing up some lose ends. I've finished all of WWE TV (RAW, Smackdown, ECW, etc) for 2007 and about the first six months of TNA Impact!. So far I have seven TV matches picked as contender's for MOTY. I felt I needed a change of pace half way through Impact for 2007 so I went back to try and finalize 2000-2004 narrowing it down to the best of the best. I still haven't dove into Japan, Mexico or much of US Indy's for the first half of the decade due to difficulty acquiring footage for cheap, but for the major US promotions through the end of 2003, here is my current count: WWE 2000 - 2003: 20 TNA 2002-2003: 10 ROH 2002-2003: 9 ECW 2000-2001: 5 WCW 2000-2001: 10 My plan going forward is to finish 2004, then try my best to find anything I may have missed between 2005-2007 including finishing up Impact for the year. After that I will either try to work on Japan/Mexico/US Indies for 2000-2004 or go ahead and finish out 2008-2009. Either of those are virtually brand new stuff for me as I haven't seen but a handful of matches since 2007 so it should be fun. I hope by the end of 2013 I will have Top 25 for each company for the decade and Top 10 per company, per year. Note: I am also keeping "second tier" level matches for use in case a poll comes up that requires more than 50 or so matches for a company. I also have a "third tier" that consists of stuff I eliminated through the second round of watching, but it is more for a "worth watching for some reason" type of record keeping.

I believe that was Nidia.

A much cheaper option is getting a 30 day sub to TNA on Demand for 3.99. So, if you watched a minimum of one a day for the length of your subscription you would save $26. I've watched all the PPV's via TNA On Demand up to the end of 2007 and only a few had buffering issues. I highly recommend the service.

In watching the decade of the 2000's I've noticed the WWE announcers L-O-V-E to use the word, "wherewithal." It's mainly, Michael Cole, but I've heard Ross, Coachman and Lawler use it as well. It's said, at least, twice a broadcast.

Boredom took over so I used excel to calculate dates that CM Punk "would have" broken the remaining 6* longest title reigns. It's actually 7 as I split Backlund's first reign to adjust for the Inoki switch that technically is now recognized by WWE. Bob Backlund 1 (2/20/78 - 11/30/79) - 648 days would be August 30, 2013 for Punk at 649. Pedro Morales (2/8/71 - 12/1/73) - 1,027 days would be September 13, 2014 for Punk at 1,028. Bruno Sammartino 2 (12/10/73 - 4/30/77) - 1,237 days would be April 11, 2015 for Punk at 1,238. Hulk Hogan 1 (1/23/84 - 2/5/88) - 1,474 days would be December 4, 2015 for Punk at 1,475. Bob Backlund 2 (12/6/79 - 12/26/83) - 1, 481 days would be December 11, 2015 for Punk at 1,482. Bruno Sammartino 1 (5/17/63 - 1/18/71) - 2,804 days would be July 25, 2019 for Punk at 2,805. **Punk actually said 7/25/18 on Raw so he was a year off**

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