[2004-02-25-NWA TNA] AJ Styles vs Abyss

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AJ Styles vs Abyss - TNA 02/25/04

 

Double table match. With Abyss. And yet, AJ Styles manages to have a really fun gimmick match, with some brillant moments like him kicking a table away while he's in a chokeslam position. Abyss is clearly a guy who can have some special matches with because of his physical abilities and will to work hard, but he's such a stupid worker too. One thing he does all the time after taking huge bumps is *adjusting his shirt to hide his belly*. Ok, Choshu and Misawa were doing the same thing, kind of, with their tights, but it looked like a reflex move. Abyss looks like a trucker adjusting his cosplay costume. Anyway, lots of teases and escapes before the big bumps, which is exactly how you should work these kind of matches. AJ Styles would have had the greatest Onita match ever. Ends with some schmooz with Johnny Fairplay (whoever he was but he could have been an 80's manager) followed by Lollipop apparently (the return of babyface Vince Russo also coincides with no more cage dancers, sadly, I liked the sleazyness of it) and Lex Luger, of all people, looking older than last time. Is this the last appearance of Luger before his accident ?