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TNA Top 10 Matches: Motor City Machine Guns vs. Team 3D Genesis 2007

May 15th 2012 03:36

Please excuse my tardiness but given Mother’s Day Sunday I felt obliged to spend some quality time with family. Now though we can return our attentions back to my TNA Top 10 Matches countdown. For match number nine let us rewind to Genesis 2007, specifically Motor City Machine Guns versus Team 3D.

Motor City Machine Guns feuded with Team 3D in late 2007/early 2008. Photo: Wikimedia Commons user daysofthundr46

Motor City Machine Guns vs. Team 3D from Genesis 2007 combines the Guns’ speed and Team 3D’s power into an excellent action pack contest. Perhaps what I like most about this tag team bout comes with the fact the wrestling embodies the contest’s backstory.

In late 2007 Team 3D began bullying X-Division wrestlers, ridiculing the wrestlers’ sizes and abilities. Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley emerged as X-Division leaders, standing up for their “no limits” peers. To counter Brother Ray and Brother Devon’s weight advantage Sabin and Shelley displayed a more aggressive attack, taking it to Team 3D at Genesis before the bell even sounded.

Once the match officially started Motor City Machine Guns displayed firsthand why so many fans enjoy their work. Shelley and Sabin complement each other’s movements so well they could become a synchronized swimming duo! Therefore when TNA gave the veterans Team 3D the opportunity to wrestle the youngsters, no surprise the two talented teams put together a bout ranking within TNA’s top 10 matches. So at least in my opinion, what do you think?

TNA Top 10 Matches Recap
10. Hulk Hogan vs. Sting Bound for Glory 2011
9. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Team 3D Genesis 2007

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TNA Top 10 Matches: Sting vs. Hulk Hogan Bound for Glory 2011

May 10th 2012 22:37

Yes, you read this post’s title correctly. Sting vs. Hulk Hogan from last year’s Bound for Glory, the battle between two fifty plus year olds, kicks off a countdown destined to feature awe-inspiring athleticism and hard hitting action. While Hogan and Sting hardly put together a five star rated contest, I couldn’t stop myself from denying the Bound for Glory 2011 bout a spot on my TNA Top 10 Matches list.

As I mentioned in my previous post “TNA Top 10 Matches of All-Time Posting Schedule” I’m judging matches on not just action but significance (storyline) and in-ring psychology. Storyline wise no bout may prove more important to TNA history than Sting vs. Hulk Hogan from Bound for Glory 2011. The match served as the climax to a year and a half long feud. Also Hulk Hogan’s control over the company remained on the line!

The Hulk Hogan Sting TNA feud dates back to 2010. Photo: Wikimedia Commons user daysofthundr46

Additionally the journey leading to Sting and Hulk Hogan’s Bound for Glory 2011 battle embodied much psychology. Sting snapped and lost his sanity, creating for some very enjoyable television. Psychology proved prominent during the actual match too. Sting wore a red and yellow Hulkamania shirt to the ring, non-verbally urging Hogan to stand and be his own man once again. Hogan and Immortal stacked the deck against “The Insane Icon” by naming Eric Bischoff’s son Garrett referee and allowing Ric Flair ringside.

Finally, considering Hulk Hogan’s physical limitations even the in-ring action proved decent. Simply put, Hogan and Sting constructed a contest much better than what should’ve been.

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TNA Top 10 Matches of All-Time Posting Schedule

May 9th 2012 03:15

To celebrate TNA’s upcoming 10 year anniversary I will compile a list featuring what I feel to be the promotion’s top 10 matches. For the next five weeks expect posts every Thursday and Sunday. This schedule leads TNA’s number one bout or at least number one bout in my opinion to be revealed Sunday, June 10, the day of Slammiversary.

AJ Styles will likey become a recoccuring name on my TNA's Top 10 Matches list. Photo: Wikimedia Commons user daysofthundr46

Now I did a similar list five years ago, counting down TNA’s top five matches to commemorate the company’s five year anniversary. I don’t believe the list, published on tnawrestlingnews.com as a The Hardcore Truth column, remains available online anymore. Don’t worry though! I recall my top five rather easily. Here’s how things shaped up.

5. Ultimate X: AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin vs. Petey Williams (Final Resolution 2005)

4. Six Sides of Steel: AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels vs. LAX (Bound for Glory 2006)

3. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe (Turning Point 2005)

2. Six Sides of Steel: America’s Most Wanted vs. Triple X (Turning Point 2004)

1. 30 Minute Ironman Match: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (Against All Odds 2005)

How these bouts hold up five years later should prove interesting. I intend to rank contests based on significance (storyline), action, and in-ring psychology. Feel free to nominate matches for consideration with a comment below!

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Looking Ahead

May 1st 2012 00:24

I know, I know. Excluding the “Wrestlemania Reflections” posts in March my presence here since December at Seek Extreme can be best described as consistently inconsistent. The trouble is I’m just not that into today’s wrestling scene. Ironically I still feel the urge to keep Seek Extreme going.

Now admittedly I never really liked WWE’s in-ring style, so for the last decade I’ve only been watching the industry kingpin on and off. However, I remained a diehard TNA fan since Impact debuted on Fox Sports Net in 2004. The intensity behind my TNA enthusiasm varied over the years but yet thrived, until Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff came to the company in 2010. Robert Roode losing to Kurt Angle at Bound for Glory this past October served as the metaphorical final straw leading me to stop watching TNA altogether

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Lockdown Look Back: Team 3D vs. LAX Lockdown 2007

April 14th 2012 00:28

When people think back to Lockdown 2007 and the electrified cage match between Team 3D and LAX, they probably think “Wrestlecrap.” For this reason I figured it would be entertaining to look back at the match which will likely live on in TNA Wrestling infamy.

Interestingly enough the feud between LAX and Team 3D proved a compelling one. At the time Hernandez and Homicide reigned as NWA Tag Team Champions. Team 3D played up their strong tag team resume, acknowledging their many ECW, WCW, and WWE tag team titles accolades. However, Brother Ray and Brother Devon emphasized their desire for more, to hold the prestige NWA Tag Team Belts

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Lockdown Look Back: Samoa Joe vs. Sabu Lockdown 2006

April 13th 2012 01:06

This Sunday, April 15th TNA Wrestling presents their all cage event Lockdown on PPV. While I no longer watch Impact Wrestling, I wanted to offer some Lockdown flashbacks with a few “Lockdown Look Back” posts. For starters we turn back in time to six years ago when the undefeated “Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe went one on one with the “Homicidal, Suicidal, and Genocidal” Sabu.

Sabu locks Samoa Joe into the camel clutch. Photo: PrtSc Image

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DVD Review: EDGE A Decade of Decadence

April 4th 2012 21:51

Given last weekend WWE inducted “The Rated R Superstar” Edge into the company’s Hall of Fame, now seems like an ideal time to review the DVD, EDGE A Decade of Decadence. Released in 2008 I’ve had my eyes on EDGE A Decade of Decadence for some time, specifically for the encounters with The Undertaker.

However, I never made the purchase because I try to avoid adding DVDs with duplicate matches into my collection. Between The Ladder Match and Mick Foley’s Greatest Hits and Misses Hardcore Edition DVDs I already owned a handful of the bouts on Edge’s home video. Yet at the end of 2011 when I saw EDGE A Decade of Decadence on sale at Amazon for $6.69, I threw caution away and went through with the transaction

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Wrestlemania Reflections: Randy "Macho King" Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior WM7

April 1st 2012 01:24

Well, today we come to the end of our “Wrestlemania Reflections” countdown to Wrestlemania XXVIII in Miami, FL. Over the past month I’ve looked back at Wrestlemania classics, such as Hogan/Savage from Wrestlemania V and the HBK/Razor Ramon ladder match from Wrestlemania X. Additionally I’ve reflected on less popular Wrestlemania bouts, like Jake “the Snake” Roberts vs. Honkey Tonk Man from Wrestlemania III and Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero from Wrestlemania XX. On what I believe a fitting note, we finish our “Wrestlemania Reflections” countdown to Wrestlemania XXVIII by examining a retirement match.

Match: Retirement Bout: Randy “Macho King” Savage w/ Queen Sensational Sheri vs. The Ultimate Warrior

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Wrestlemania Reflections: Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. McMahon WM19

March 30th 2012 00:54

We remain three days away from “the grandest stage of them all,” Wrestlemania XXVIII in Miami, FL. With today’s “Wrestlemania Reflections” post I wish to point out the WWE Universe doesn’t call Wrestlemania “the grandest stage of them all” for no reason. Some of the biggest matches in WWE history occurred at Wrestlemania, perhaps none bigger than the following one.

Match: Street Fight: Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. McMahon

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Wrestlemania Reflections: World Heavyweight Title Triple Threat Wrestlemania 22

March 27th 2012 21:54

Five days from today in Miami, FL Daniel Bryan will defend the World Heavyweight Championship on the “Grandest Stage of Them All” Wrestlemania XXVIII. For anyone who follows independent wrestling and still thinks of Daniel Bryan as Bryan Danielson, this may seem unbelievable. Daniel Bryan dedicated himself to professional wrestling and finally receives his payoff. The same could be said for another man who wrestled for the World Heavyweight Title at Wrestlemania six years earlier.

Match: World Heavyweight Title: Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle

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