TNA 50 Most Memorable Moments
Best of compilations are usually a superb idea for a wrestling promotion to produce. These often feature standout matches and angles from recent or classic pay-per-views live events, gimmick matches or specific genres. We may have these matches on separate discs or tapes, but the chance to possess them en mass in one set, can sometimes be too much to resist.
TNA have decided to buck that trend and churn out a DVD that looks so good on paper you know it’s never going to match it upon viewing. The concept is good, come up with a list of the top fifty most memorable moment in the company’s history and put them together for a definitive look back at the company’s formative years.
This is where the idea fails, the moments are quite often too brief a glimpse of the proceedings and don’t give the full effect you’d expect them too. The other major problem is that TNA can’t seem to decide if it’s the matches, feuds and niche they’ve carved for themselves they are celebrating, or the fact that they have attracted countless US sports/music and move stars to make personal appearances to boost ratings, or help liven up the fans.
Saying that some of the events listed here are worth noting, the signing of big name stars such as Nash, Hall, Sting, Scott Steiner, Christian Cage and Team 3D are well shown and detailed. We get to see such highlights as Raven get scalped (literally), Elix Skipper attempt suicide off the six sides of steel and Jeff Hardy try to pick up air miles as he took and insane bump against Abyss. The stomach turning scenes of Sabu and Abyss in their barbed wire massacre match are thankfully cut, it’s a pity the rest of the matches you want to see in their entirety are cut also. Of course TNA founder Jeff Jarrett is at the centre of many of the moments here, which is fine, but new fans will become confused as he jumps from face to heel and back again, out of context as he appears in various storylines.
The vicious attack on Hulk Hogan by Jarrett in Japan is a nice piece and looks as if it did its job of shocking the Japanese press. Pity Hogan never made that jump to TNA, it could have been a feud for the ages that one, considering the egos involved.
This is one of those releases current TNA fans will enjoy as its in essence a snapshot of the history of company from its early days in Nashville to it’s first pay-per-view and original Spike TV deal.
Out now
Runtime 3hours
By Phil Allely
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