Top 5 AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe matches

#2 AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe (TNA Turning Point 2005)

TNA Turning Point 2005 - history in the making

This was the first time Joe and Styles faced each other one on one for a championship, and it surely did not disappoint.

For months Joe had been running through the competition in TNA, and it was only a matter of time before the company decided to pin a championship on him. That time came at Turning Point in 2005, as Joe finally lifted the X-Division Championship.

The two TNA icons battled intensely in the early sequence of the match as Styles got his mouth busted open. Then they both would go on to exchange near falls before Joe finally managed to lock in the Coquina Clutch, and Styles passed out to award Joe his first championship in TNA.

Joe would then attack Styles, leading to Christopher Daniels making the save. But all theatrics aside, it was an amazing match that night.