10 greatest TNA Wrestling matches

TNA, or Impact Wrestling as they are known, is having a hard time at the moment. In fact, has been having a hard time a lot in recent years, whether it be wrestlers leaving the company, bad business decisions or poor attendance, which has left the company under a lot of criticism. But now and the past, they've had one hell of a roster that have given us some of the greatest matches and moments over the last 16 years.

That brings me to this list of the Top 10 TNA greatest matches in the history of TNA Impact Wrestling.

Honorable Mentions: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett - Genesis 2009, Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles - Hard Justice 2008 & Genesis 2010, Kurt Angle vs. Jay Lethal - No Surrender 2007, Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe - Turning Point 2009, James Storm vs. Chris Harris - Sacrifice 2007, AJ Styels vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Low Ki - NWA:TNA PPV #8, Bobby Roode vs. James Storm - Bound For Glory 2012, Kurt Angle vs. Abyss - Turning Point 2008, Abyss vs. Sabu - Turning Point 2005, Austin Aries vs. Low Ki vs. Jack Evans vs Zema Ion - Destination X 2011 & The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Generation Me - Bound For Glory 2010.

#10 Kurt Angle vs. Sting - Bound For Glory 2007

Kurt Angle vs. Sting was a dream match that WWE would have loved to have booked, and very nearly did at one point. WWE had been in negotiations with Sting in early 2002 and believed at one point that a deal between the two sides was close to happening — so close,that they even came up with having Sting wrestle Kurt Angle at WrestleMania X8.

However, the deal never happened and with Kurt as a seemingly lifelong WWE star, all hopes of the match went down the drain.

The year 2006 was a big one for TNA Wrestling, not only had Sting come out of retirement to wrestle for them, but Kurt Angle would also part ways with WWE and find himself working for Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett.

The plans for Kurt Angle vs. Sting immediately came into play, but TNA needed to be smart about it, and they were, for the most part. Although Sting and Kurt did share the ring on a couple of occasions in multi-man matches, the first one-on-one meeting between the two was saved for TNA's biggest event of the year, Bound For Glory, in 2007.

The build up to the bout was well executed and when it was all said and done, we were left with the best match Sting had wrestled since the late 90's. It had that ‘big match’ feel to it and the crowd loved it, everything was well paced and was just overall exciting. Sting pinned Kurt to lift his second World Championship in TNA.

#9 Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe - Genesis 2006

Although the build up for this match was just a little over a month, it quickly became the most hyped match in the four years of TNA's existence.

TNA labelled this a 'dream match' and although that is up for debate as Joe wasn't a huge star at the time, wrestling wise, they were kind of right. Kurt is arguably the best wrestler of all time and Joe was one of the best in the world at the time. The build up to the match had been excellent with the most believable pull apart brawls you will ever see in wrestling, the build up was so good that this was quickly becoming the best feud in company history, before the match itself took place.

While the match itself was under 15 minutes, they made the most out of it and it was quite frankly a great match. The atmosphere in the Impact Zone had never been quite like it was, which made it even more special. Kurt and Joe were just made the wrestle each other, the two had fantastic chemistry together and not even Kurt's matches with AJ Styles could top them. The action featured a series of submissions, reversals, and power moves, it was beautiful. Kurt forced Joe to tap for the hard earned victory.

#8 AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe - Turning Point 2009

AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe had what many believe to be the greatest match in TNA/Impact history four years prior to this match.

They had at least two more televised rematches, making this one to be the fourth TV Triple Threat between them, overall. The others had all been for the TNA X Division Championship, but this one was different, they were now competing for the World Heavyweight Championship.

In my opinion at least, they didn't top the first match they had in 2005, but they came damn close. The action was near flawless, very fast paced, and from star to finish the audience believed it would be one of the years finest encounters, and they were right. AJ retained his title after a springboard 450 splash on both men.

#7 Jeff Jarrett vs. Raven - NWA:TNA Pay-Per-View #43

TNA, still aligned with the NWA, had only been active for, not even a year by the time this match happened, just about 10 months in fact. Raven had a rough couple of years prior to this, he hadn't really seen true super stardom since he left ECW in 1997, which was followed by two lackluster runs with WCW and WWE.

By the time he debuted for TNA at the beginning of 2003, his career was almost destroyed, almost. Thanks to TNA treating him like the star he was in ECW, Raven became a star again, and thus this NWA World Championship match with Jeff Jarrett became the first heavily promoted match in company history. The match was a nice mix of Jeff's pure standard wrestling style, with Raven's hardcore antics.

Both men bled heavily, Raven through everything at him, but the kitchen sink, even with tones of interference from James Mitchell's New Church, Justin Credible, Perry Saturn, Vince Russo's S.E.X faction, Sabu and more, and being handcuffed for several minutes, Jarrett overcame it all to pin Raven and retain his title in this blinder.

#6 Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe - Lockdown 2008

This was a very different and unique cage match, mainly because it had more of an MMA feel to it.

This, adding to the already (previously mentioned) tremendous chemistry between Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe, made for a truly phenomenal match. The match featured a series of submissions, reversals to other submissions, strong style kicks, forceful punches, mat wrestling and a nice blend of standard Joe and Angle move sets. Joe pinned Kurt to lift his only TNA Heavyweight Championship after a Muscle Buster.

#5 Abyss vs. Rhino vs. Sabu vs. Jeff Hardy - Bound For Glory 2005

Now this match was just fun. TNA has always had a major habit of overdoing hardcore matches, which really takes the fun out of them, but they had it spot on with this classic.

Abyss, Rhino, Sabu and Jeff Hardy really earned their standing ovation here, this was an all out war that went everywhere. Poetry in motion by Jeff off of Sabu, Standing Arabian Face Buster to Jeff by Sabu, chair and other weapon shots galore.

We also witnessed one of the craziest moments in TNA history as Jeff Swanton Bombed Abyss through a table off an at least 18 ft drop from the top of the stage to the floor, just narrowly avoiding breaking his neck.

Somehow Jeff is able to recover, only to take a top rope piledriver from Rhino for the War Machine to take the win.

#4 AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels - Against All Odds 2005

AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels is arguably the best feud in TNA history, thanks to every single one-on-one match between them being one of the best matches of the year to happen, every time they did.

By Against All Odds in February 2005, both men had been with the company for two and a half years, but had yet to collide one-one-one, and TNA was going to make sure their first time was going to be special, as it was held under 30 minute Iron Man rules.

The match was non-stop from start to finish, the pace never slows down. Flips one after the other, some mat wrestling from Daniels, a dozen near falls, slugging it out, Styles Clash, Angels Wings, 450 splash, BME, holds, they bring out everything, and with just 1-1 as the match draws to a close, Daniels demands sudden death, and a minute and a half later, AJ takes the win with another Styles Clash

#3 America's Most Wanted vs. Triple X - Turning Point 2004

This one of those bloodbath matches that just truly felt epic. America's Most Wanted, James Storm and Chris Harris, and Triple X, Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper proved in this match just why they were the two best wrestling tag teams on the planet in 2004.

A lot of back and forth action to get going, it doesn't take very long for blood to spill. XXX hits the original powerplex (suplex with a crossbody), use AMW's own signature moves against them, lots of high risk moves from the cage, including perhaps the most famous match spot in TNA history when Elix walks across the top bar of the cage and hits Storm with a Frakensteiner off the top of the cage. AMW considers going for the Death Sentence before deciding to finish with the Powerplex (neckbreaker/powerbomb combo) for the three.

#2 AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Low Ki vs. Psicosis - NWA:TNA Pay-Per-View #2

A history making match, from the send ever TNA show, this was the first ever X Division Championship match. AJ Styles faced off with Jerry Lynn, Low Ki and Psicosis in a Fatal Four Way match, but not just a normal Four Way, but a double fall one, yes, the participants had to be pinned or submitted twice, to be eliminated, and the much different rule that fans weren't use to made for a much more compelling encounter.

Yet another X Division clash where the action doesn't slow down at all, the action was fast paced from beginning to end. Psicosis din't last very long, but he made an impression when he did. The match really showed what kind of future epic match the other three would have, which they did.

They all shined here, particularly AJ, if you weren't a fan of AJ before this or even knew who he was, you certainly were now. Flips, kicks, blood and piledrivers, this had it all.

AJ last eliminated Lynn to become the first ever X Division Champion.

#1 AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe - Unbreakable 2005

As mentioned earlier, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe had one hell of an excellent match at TNA's Turning Point event in 2009, but it couldn't live up to the original, and neither could any other match from anyone in TNA history.

Yet another to never slow down, AJ and Joe kick it off with a double take down on Daniels. Flips and stiff kicks all over, even the bigger Joe shows off his high flying ability in this one.

AJ performs a breathtaking shooting star press from the middle rope to both men on the outside, AJ hits both with his infamous Spiral Tap, knees and kicks from Joe to both, death valley drivers, Muscle Buster, Styles Clash, Angels Wings, everything is being thrown out only for each man to interfere on all attempted covers.

AJ reverses the Angles Wings to a roll-up for the win. crowd goes ever more insane than they were for the entire match.

Best match in company history.

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