JSP's Column #2: Are We Witnessing The Second Summer of Punk

CM Punk may have single handedly saved wrestling. CM Punk made the interest in it skyrocket. With 7 minutes, he may have taken part in one of the greatest angles of our time. About two hours ago as of this writing, CM Punk sat down criss-crossed at the top of the ramp on WWE Raw. He looked at Cena, who just minutes earlier had been speared through a table by R-Truth, because of Punk’s actions. He looked at Cena as he raised the microphone up to his mouth. From there, for six and a half minutes, CM Punk proceeded to take the whole WWE to task. He started off rather low key. He called John Cena an ass kiss to Vince McMahon, then The Rock, but by his name, Dwayne. From then on, one of the most insane promos of all time happened.

            Punk said that he was the best. Ever since he walked through the curtain in his ECW debut against Justin Credible, he was the best. Punk said Paul Heyman saw something in Punk, that no one else seemed to. Yeah, Punk was a Paul Heyman guy. Guess who else, says Punk; Brock Lesnar. Punk says, however, the difference between him and Brock is that CM Punk will leave with the WWE title. He goes off on a tirade about how he was barely promoted. He was never on the cover of a WWE program. He was never on a cup, he’s never been on a crappy USA Network show, and he’s never been on the signature at the beginning of WWE shows. The cheering fans, obviously appreciating this amazing display, aren’t even cut any slack. He berates them because they’re the ones drinking out of the cups, looking at the programs that CM Punk aren’t on. “The fact that Dwayne is main eventing Wrestlemania next year and I’m not makes me sick!” He says he’s going to leave with the WWE Title. Maybe he’ll go to New Japan Pro Wrestling or maybe he’ll go back to Ring of Honor. He then does a shout out to Colt Cabana. He takes it up a few levels, and even goes as far as saying John Laurinaitis (the talent director for WWE)  is a kiss ass. Then, he says one of the best things I have ever heard in WWE; “Maybe the company will be better after Vince McMahon is dead, but it’s going to get taken over by his daughter in his doofy son in law.” After this, he goes on to tell a personal story about Vince, but the microphone is cut off. Punk is pissed off, and the show ends with Punk yelling into the camera.

            There obviously will be questions. “Was this real?” “Is CM Punk really suspended?” In all honesty, in the wake of the whole promo, I thought this was real. It may make me sound retarded, but in the midst of the whole thing, I was actually thinking Punk would be perpetually fucked after cutting something like that. So those questions? I don’t have an answer. If it was real, everyone must give their hats off to Vince McMahon for letting his ego take a backseat, and giving something WWE fans have been clamoring for.

I’m sure Punk was really feeling a lot of this. Everyone in the Internet Wrestling Community has at least a feeling of relation to what Punk was saying. There aren’t a lot of people looking forward to Triple H and Stephanie taking over the company. People have bitched about Punk not being promoted, being stuck in weak stables, and recycled feuds. He’s never been on the signature of WWE programming, even though the man pretty much has a highlight reel full of things for the signature. And frankly, he’d be the guy I want to main event a Wrestlemania. And the main thing I agree with on Punk here? John Laurinaitis is a kiss ass. He’s also a prick. CM Punk cut the most riveting promo in WWE history, and he was right about all of it. Mick Foley said, in the introduction of his “Cane Dewey” promo on his DVD, that in cutting that promo, he followed Michael Hayes’ cardinal rule of promo cutting: “No matter how wrong he is, the bad guy always has to believe he is right.” I have no doubt in my mind that CM Punk was right. He said some things that everyone else wants to jump on the stage and say. But the difference is, CM Punk had permission to do it.

While in the heat of the moment, I thought it was real, it clearly is not. Think about it. Punk brought up Ring of Honor, NJPW, and said those things about HHH and Stephanie before he was cut off. If this was an actual shoot promo, Punk would have been cut off the second he mentioned a crappy USA Network show. Does this mean I’m taking away from it? Hell no, it doesn’t. The fact that WWE let this go on, much less planned it, is a testament to how much talent is back there, writing. Six months ago, no one would have taken this risk. I’m sure they went into this, telling Punk to go apeshit out there, thinking they had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. I’m sure once CM Punk got back there, everyone looked at him, and the creative team realized they got what they were looking for. They got it in spades. I’m sure, deep inside, every writer back there was made aware of their flaws. And they made up for it with this.

I have followed CM Punk since about 2005, when he was in his last year of Ring of Honor. It all came to a head at Death Before Dishonor III. Punk was to wrestle his “last match” against Austin Aries for the ROH World Title, a title that had been eluding him ever since he started in ROH. This was in front of a New Jersey crowd, that preceeding this, had always hated Punk. CM Punk had been one of the most beloved figures in Ring of Honor elsewhere, but when he stepped inside New Jersey state lines, he was hated. But not tonight. This night, he was covered in streamers, and was bombarded with chants of “Please don’t go”  or “Thank you, Punk!” The crowd has on his side, and was absolutely livid about anything and everything Austin Aries did. After his streamer covered introduction, the wheels were in motion. CM Punk and Austin Aries gave us an absolutely beautiful match, with such crowd involvement, that I thought this was ECW from back in the day. The match went on for a riveting 31 minutes, until Punk pinned Austin Aries and became Ring of Honor World Champion for the first time.

Then the Summer of Punk began with one promo. CM Punk, who had just been embraced wildly by these once hateful New Jersey fans, had turned heel on everyone. The crowd stood there for a minute, then started jeering and booing Punk mercifully. Christopher Daniels came out to a big pop, and demanded that Punk give him a shot at the title. “Kiss my ass, Daniels. You can wait 16 months.” With that, it seemed he wouldn’t be back in ROH for almost a year and a half. Obviously, there were other matches, but this was such a captivating moment to be a wrestling fan. The brilliance of the angle made you shake your head, and hate Punk, but it also made you realize that what you are witnessing is absolute genius.

This isn’t the same situation. The casual WWE fanbase hates CM Punk. Though he’s been stuck with a weak, pitiful stable and stuck in an already done feud, they cannot stand him. They can’t stand the way he looks at people when he gives them a smart comment. They cannot stand the way he berates them and thinks he’s better because he’s Straight Edge. Only a true, natural heel would be able to be stuck through meaningless crap and still be hated as much as CM Punk. To us Internet fans, he is our darling. A lot of us have stuck with him since his Ring of Honor days, and watched him grow into a Chris Jericho-like performer. And with this worked shoot, we may see the second Summer of Punk.

Never have I seen so much interest in WWE’s product until June 27^th, 2011. I browsed around the Oratory forums, looked at the comments on John C’s website, and looked around in general, and the wrestling world is enamoured with CM Punk right now. How couldn’t they be? This is one of the best promos in wrestling history. With the story that VKM suspended Punk, it’s obvious this program can’t go anywhere but up. And if CM Punk is going out on July 17^th, he left us with an amazing memory.

Where will CM Punk go from here? I assume John Cena will call out CM Punk, saying he doesn’t give a damn about the suspension. Punk cost Cena his tables match against R-Truth, and just saw the business he loves be ripped a new asshole verbally. This feud will be red hot. I’m sure Punk will show up on RAW before Money in the Bank, and when he does, the casual crowd will be surprised. They’ll look at him, and after unraveling everything, they’ll fucking hate him. The heat will be molten. Cena will have a good opponent to work with, and a great story to tell. He can cut promos about how he hates what Punk did, and will kick his ass for tearing apart a business he loved so much. This will lead into the PPV match, which more than likely will go on last, and should get 20 minutes. Punk is a wonderful worker, and should carry Cena to a fantastic match. Remember when everyone was clamoring for Orton-Christian IV? Fuck that. No one wants to see that match. After Raw, no one is thinking about that. They’re fixated on the best performer in WWE today. The Summer of Punk, Chapter Two is upon us.

So with that, I’m checking out,

Jake St. Pierre

JSP's Column #1: My Thoughts On The Current Product Offered By WWE and TNA

I know that my blog says JSP's reviews, but I'm gonna do columns as well. I mean, they won't be groundbreaking or anything, but I guess I can try. Reviews are my main strength, because I can really put my thoughts out to something I've seen a few times. Taking a shortcut? Maybe. Whatever floats your boat, dude.

People seem to sour on WWE as of late. I don't get it. There are always faults with the product at hand. People were fans of the Attitude Era, when it was cool to watch wrestling. But they long to go back to the days where basically anything could get by on television, where MMA was in the shitter, being hurt by John McCain's incessant bullshit. But they never seem to recognize that back then, there weren't very good matches. There were a lot in 1998, yes, but 1999, where the Attitude Era was in full swing, you couldn't really find good matches. There were some. Steve Austin and The Rock had some good ones, particularly at Backlash, in a very good brawl I rate personally at ****. 1999 also marks the big breakout ladder match between the Hardy's and Edge and Christian. Rock and Mankind had an awesome series of matches, featuring an I Quit match, a surprisingly entertaining Empty Arena Match, Last Man Standing, and a ladder match. What else really comes to the top of your head? Not much, huh? This is really my obnoxious way of saying that though people want more in ring action, the same people want to go back to 1999, where everything was funny and edgy.
        Back then, everything was overbooked and jumbled. Vince Russo had some good ideas at first, but when WWE let him have too much power, we saw a different product. Russo buried the Intercontinental Title, which had been held by wrestlers like Davey Boy Smith, Bret Hart, Owen Hart and Shawn Michaels as a transition to the World Title scene. The IC title was well regarded was well, actually main eventing one of the big four PPV's in 1992, when Davey Boy and Bret squared off in a ****1/2 classic. When Russo came along, we saw the likes of The fucking Godfather holding the belt, that once meant so much to the wrestling world. Hell, in Stone Cold's DVD, he said that he thought the IC belt meant even more than the World belt, because it had been held by so many wonderful workers, and been fought over in some of the best matches of all time. To go from being one of the most prestigious titles in the wrestling industry, to being a hunk of gold for worthless pieces of shit like Billy Gunn to carry around, well, that's disappointing. Of course, taking into consideration all that I've said about this year, the IC title is still treated as such, only Big Zeke is carrying it around, defending it against worthless British dipshits, like Wade Barrett. Okay, he's not that bad. Just thought I should keep up my trend of trashing wrestlers who could probably kick my face into next week.
         So where am I going with all this incessant rambling? 2011 isn't that bad. Yeah, I said it. I don't think John Cena is the big, slow, piece of shit everyone says he is. I don't think Austin Aries is the greatest worker in the world. I enjoy anything I can get. I like to watch Orton and Christian every week. I can enjoy Superstars on the web, because that is the source for a lot of the wrestling in WWE nowadays anyway. I can enjoy most things that aren't midget feuds, dance offs, or Kelly Kelly screaming in the fucking camera. I'm not your typical internet wrestling fan. Maybe this is just me trying to be obscure, trying to differentiate from the other people who bash everything WWE and TNA do, and swearing by Ring of Honor and Japan. I like Japanese wrestling, I like Ring of Honor, but they're not my favorite. WWE is. They always have been, and more than likely always will be. Sue me. And seriously, when it all boils down, I hate being an internet fan. I really do. But I do it anyway because I'm a hypocrite. I've already been smartened up, so why turn back now? I still want to be a mark. I wanna look at Ric Flair strutting down the aisle somewhere and want to punch him in the face. But don't we all?
         But if there is something I will agree with the IWC on, it's that TNA is booked by a bunch of fucking retards. I mean, Jesus Christ, how could a wrestling company with so much promise in late 2009 turn to such a piece of shit by mid 2010? I mean, Kurt Angle and Nigel McGuinness had some really awesome wrestling matches, the Motor City Machine Guns had very, very good tag matches with a variety of teams, and it looked like the first time Samoa Joe gave a shit wrestling since his feud with Kurt Angle. I swear, anything Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan touch turns to absolute crap. I really liked Bischoff in small doses when he was GM of Raw. He cut a fantastic promo when he had something good to work around, and was an overall good guy to have around as long as he didn't have creative power. And I am a bit ashamed to admit that I was the biggest Hulk Hogan fan when I was little. Even when I was smartened up, minus the internet, I was still a fan. When Shawn Michaels superkicked him on the July 4th Raw in 2005, I wanted to fucking kill HBK. And I was a smart fan by then. Now that I've read his shit with the Ultimate Warrior, and heard about his crap backstage, keeping Bubba The Love Sponge over Awesome Kong, I really wanna kick the guy in his plastic balls. I enjoyed him, and often cheered for him when he didn't have creative power.
          Vince Russo, on the other hand? I fucking hate this guy. I've seen everything he's done to try and destroy fan's enjoyment for the business so many people give their lives for. I really put my pencil through this guy's hands, so he can't write or type anything again. Maybe through his larynx too, so he can't voice ideas. My sole belief is that everything should either be booked by Scott D'Amore or Paul Heyman. Fuck Vince Russo in the face.

Thanks for listening to me be an asshole. I'll be back in a while with some review.

JSP Review #1: The First TNA Match Ranked Five Stars...See For Yourself

This a highly ranked match in TNA, often said as one of their best, if not THE best. And I haven’t ever seen it. I’ve been told to, but never got around to it. It’s probably a combination of I never watched TNA, and I really only know these guys from Ring of Honor. The X Division was thought of well at this point though, with these three leading the way. Dave Meltzer rated this match five stars, and usually, when he rates five stars, it’s not that debatable. My favorite from this match is Samoa Joe, because he was such a consistent worker in ROH, with his matches with CM Punk, or his match with Kenta Kobashi coming to mind first.

People usually say AJ Styles is the best worker in TNA, and I disagree. I think he’s a good worker, but he kind of falls in the same category as Rob Van Dam, though not as extreme (pun intended). He always seemed like he had the potential to be one of the best, but he lacked the psychology and know-how to string a match together logically. He has improved on that lately by working with Kurt Angle, and Samoa Joe in late 2009 though, and has greatly improved. He never impressed me much during his ROH stays, and that’s a shame, because his match with Austin Aries could have been fantastic if he would have brought his A game.

            Chris Daniels is a very good worker. I have heard some say he’s boring, and relies too much on technical wrestling, but I’ve seen his matches with AJ and Joe in TNA, and various matches in Ring of Honor, and I know enough to say that is absolute crap. He is a great heel, and he plays to the crowd wonderfully, and that overall makes his matches better. The crowd is always into his matches, and that is just a testament to his ring psychology.

            So what do you get when you throw two of the best American workers in the world at the time, and a seriously good one together? Well, you get the best match at TNA Unbreakable on September 11, 2005 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.

AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe

Triple Threat Match for TNA X Division Championship

TNA Unbreakable, 9-11-2005

Daniel mouths off to start. Styles and Joe team up to beat him down. Daniels gets up and Joe and Styles give him chops and elbows. Joe with a snapmare then a kick to the back. Then Styles says “THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT” then kicks Daniels like Joe did. Another kick by Joe then Styles. Styles then Joe.

Styles tries a victory roll pin on Joe but only gets two. Then he tries a small package pin on him but only gets two. Then a school-boy rollup for two. Wow. Then after Samoa Joe kicks out he puts an armbar on AJ Styles. Here comes Daniels to break the hold up and he goes for Joe. He kicks him in the head. Then a right hand. Now Daniels goes for AJ. Daniels Irish whips styles into the ropes and gets a good dropkick. Then some right hands follow. Here comes Joe now attacking Daniels.

He hits some knife edge chops. Then a good-looking enziguri that knocks Daniels through the second rope. With Daniels lying on the outside, Joe now goes for Styles. He hits about four elbows and a HARD kick to the mid-section. Ow! Joe runs into the ropes, possibly looking for a kick to the head, but Daniels trips Joe just as he gets to the ropes. Styles runs at Daniels on the apron but Daniels gets a shoulder to the gut and whips himself into the ring

Daniels has three right hands for AJ and a forearm for Samoa Joe. A kick to Styles’ gut but Daniels and hits a bulldog. While in the air he kicked Samoa Joe. Looked pretty cool. Daniels covers Styles. 1, 2 and Styles kicks out while Joe tries to break it. Joe gets up and kicks Daniels in the gut and he hits a hard chop in the corner that sends Daniels on his ass. Then he runs Daniels head into another turnbuckle. Now he goes over to AJ and chops him once. Then he Irish whips him into Daniels but Daniels moves and Styles hits the turnbuckle. Daniels comes back at Joe with some chops and tries to Irish whip Joe into Styles but Joe holds up and hits Daniels with a right hand. Then Joe Irish whips Daniels into AJ. Now Joe tries to run into them both but Daniel puts his foot up just as Joe gets there to stop him.

Daniels tries to bulldog styles again but Styles pushes Daniels into Joe and Joe hits a hard side slam. Now Styles hits a head scissors on Joe. Two kicks to the chest of Joe. Then he puts Joe back into the corner and hits a forearm. Then he runs and to another corner and jumps and clotheslines Daniels in the corner. Tries the same thing for Joe but Joe catches him and hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Kicks by Joe to Styles’ face. Joe runs off of the ropes looking to do something to Styles but Daniels comes and collides with Joe sending Joe out of the ring. Now Daniels runs off of the ropes and goes through the second rope to kick Joe. Then Daniels hits a nice springboard Moonsault onto Joe.

Daniels hits a forearm to Joe’s back then STYLES HITS A CRAZY SPRINGBOARD STAR PRESS~!. Awesome spot! A small “Holy shit” chant starts up. The crowd cheers for Styles. Now Styles rolls Joe into the ring. Cover….1, 2, no he only gets two. Styles tries to Irish Whip Joe, but Joe holds onto the rope. Joe pushes Styles off then tries for a clothesline but Styles jumps right over him and he jumps over him again. He gets down, Joe jumps over him. Joe off of the ropes, eats a dropsault from Styles. Another cover gets only two.

Two and a half forearm shots for Styles until Daniels comes and attacks Styles. Daniels hits a chop then an Irish whip into the corner to Styles. Joe eats a forearm shot then an Irish whip from Daniels but Joe reverses it into an Irish whip of his own. But Daniels monkey flips Styles into Joe then Styles hits a hurricanrana in another awesome spot to see. Wow. That got a good pop. A “TNA” chant starts up. Styles goes for a clothesline but misses.  Daniels tries for a roll-up but only gets two. AJ gets up and looks to send Daniels to the outside but Daniels ELEVATES him and AJ pretty much flies to the outside. Ouch!

Daniels measure Joe up, then hits a knee to his chest. Daniels now starts to slap Joe. Daniels hits two right hands until Joe reverses the third one into one of his own. Now Joe returns the favor by slapping Daniels. Then three knees to the face and he runs off the ropes and tries for a clothesline but Daniels ducks and rolls Joe up for a two count. Joe brings him down and locks in his finisher called the Coquina Clutch (which is simply a rear naked choke).

Then AJ comes in with an AWESOME SPIRAL TAP OFF THE TOP TO BOTH OF THEM!!!! It may not sound like much during a written play by play, but the landing AJ had on both of them looked stunning. Pin attempt by Styles on Joe only gets a two count. Then on Daniels, but that gets two as well. AJ gets up and Daniels grabs his tights and puts him out to the floor.

Daniels picks Joe up, and knees him in the gut twice. Then a nice reverse STO. Daniels goes for the BME (Best Moonsault Ever) but AJ stops it. Then AJ hangs Daniels on the Tree of Woe. Four kicks to the chest of Daniels but Joe comes and splashes both of them! Joe drives his foot into the throat of Daniels. (Who of which is still hanging from the turnbuckle). Then Joe runs and hits a painful looking dropkick. Ouch. Daniels looks knocked out cold!

Joe now goes over to Styles and hits two right hands. Then Joe tries an Irish whip but it’s reversed by AJ. Joe comes off the rope and hits AJ with a Manhattan Drop. Joe off of the ropes again this time he hits a HARD flying kick. Then he hits a running senton. He covers, 1, 2, and NO….what a near fall!! Daniels now crawls over and Joe gets two knees to the head before Daniels picks Joe up in fireman’s carry and hits a Samoan Drop. Daniels turns Joe over and tries to pin him but only gets two.

Styles chops Daniels and tries for a suplex but Daniels stops it. Daniels hits two right hands to the gut and lifts Styles up but Styles lands on the apron and Daniels elbows him. Daniels does a slingshot splash. AJ moved but he landed on his feet. Then Styles tried a springboard Moonsault but Daniels moved and Styles landed on his feet. They trade right hands until Samoa Joe AMAZINGLY flies over the top rope onto the both of them with a senton! That was fucking awesome! Another “HOLY SHIT” chant breaks out. I’ve seen plenty of Samoa Joe matches, mind you, and I still don’t know how a guy his size can do that. This match fucking rules.

Joe rolls Daniels into the ring and puts him on the top rope. Looks like he’s setting up for a muscle buster! Daniels rakes Joe’s eye to reverse, then does it some more until Joe backs off. All three guys are on the top rope now. Then Joe throws them BOTH off. Daniels sells it like he were a  rag doll. Joe even looks fatigued by it. Joe and AJ trade right hands and forearm shot until AJ starts whooping some Joe ass with those punches. Joe comes back with some punches and he went for a spinning slap and AJ ducked it. AJ goes for a spinning kick but Joe counters it into a German suplex. Joe goes and puts AJ on the top rope for a Muscle Buster attempt. This time it hits. Joe signals for the Coquina Clutch until Christopher Daniels comes with the X-Division belt and tries to hit Joe with it but Joe turns that into a Powerslam. Joe grabs the belt but the ref tries to take it away but Joe snags it. Then Daniels hits an enziguri and he kicks the back of the belt so the gold hit JOE IN THE FACE!! OW!

Joe is dazed while Daniels goes over to work on Styles. They trade forearm shots until Daniels goes for a German suplex but AJ reverses that and goes off of the ropes but Daniels hits a nice looking spiral bomb! But only a two count on the pin attempt. A side slam by Daniels. It looks like he might try for a BME! And he hits it! He barely gets a two count because Joe broke the pin up. Joe hits a hard kick to Daniels’ chest. Then another kick. Joe tries for a third one but Daniels blocks it with his arms. Daniels hits a jawbreaker, a snapmare, then a rolling cutter on Joe. Cool move combo. Joe rolls out of the ring so now it’s only AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels in the ring.

Duel “Fallen Angel” and “Let’s go AJ” chants erupt. They trade forearm shots again this time in the corner. An Irish whip by Daniels on AJ and Daniels bends down and AJ kicks him in his face. Styles hits a springboard moonsault turned into a reverse DDT. He covers him for a near fall. Styles goes up top but Daniels spoils it with a forearm. Then Daniels hits a nice superplex. Joe comes back in the ring and tries to pin them both but he only gets two on each. Samoa Joe gets a release powerbomb pin on Daniels but only gets two. And now Joe has an STF locked in. John Cena, this is how you do it. The crowd is trying to motivate Daniels to get out of it.  Daniels gets to the ropes instead. Joe hits a headbutt, a right hand, and a chop that sends Daniels down.

Samoa Joe now goes over to AJ Styles and hits about three European uppercuts but then Styles, out of nowhere, hits a Pele Kick. Then he picks Joe up for an awesome torture rack that gets a good pop from the crowd. Then Styles slams Joe down and covers him. 1, 2, and NO!!! Daniels hits a headbutt on AJ. Then he scoop slams AJ onto Joe. Daniels tries a suplex but Styles goes behind and Daniels elbows AJ. Daniels goes off the ropes, but Styles floats over and gets a sunset flip then he turns it into a Styles Clash. Joe breaks up the pin at 2.99. Joe throws AJ through the second rope.

A right hand by Joe then an Irish whip. Daniels holds onto the ropes and Joe runs but Daniels pulls down the ropes and Joe goes out of the ring. Right hands are traded between AJ and Christopher. After a few trades, Styles starts unloading a can of whoop ass on Daniels. Then Daniels pokes AJ in the eye. Daniels goes for the Angel’s Wings but he can’t pull it off. AJ turns it into a pin. 1…2…3!! That’s it after 23 minutes. We have a new X-Division champion in AJ Styles! Fucking amazing match here.

Analysis: ***** You see how much I wrote in this match? That’s almost two pages worth of action. And you know what? That’s how much action this match had. There’s a usual triple threat formula in these matches, but this abandoned it completely and that made for a high end MOTYC for 2005. TNA’s X Division seemed to be in top form with these three, and even after this match, they had some good matches against each other, with Styles-Joe from Final Resolution and the 30 minute Iron Man match between Styles and Daniels sticking out. It’s a damn shame TNA doesn’t have these kinds of matches these days, because all four of these guys are splendid workers, and have been involved in some of the best matches of the decade, as witnessed here. The match was top notch. The spots were sick, especially AJ’s shooting star press to the outside. All these three really had their working boots on, had the crowd on their feet almost the entire match, and entertained the hell out of me. As was said, the X Division really shined during late 2005, and this was probably the brightest bulb of all, due to it’s recognition as arguably the best match in TNA’s 9 year history. Do I think so? I wouldn’t be able to see. I’m not a loyal TNA fan, so I wouldn’t know, but I can tell you that this match sure as shit beats what wrestling offers today, even though I seem to be the only person enjoying the current product. Along with Benoit/HHH/HBK from Wrestlemania XX, this is one of the absolute best triple threats ever put on in wrestling. Just an amazing, beautiful match that has to be seen to be believed, and one of the best matches inside TNA’s hexagon.