5 dream matches in Impact Wrestling that we never got to see

#1 Samoa Joe vs Nigel McGuinness

McGuinness realised his dream of reaching the WWE - just like Samoa Joe

Most WWE fans know WWE 205 commentator Nigel McGuinness as just another ex-wrestler employed by the company in a non-wrestling role. But McGuinness is much more than that.

Making a mark in that hotbed of rich independent talent - ROH, McGuinness had a 545-day reign as the ROH World Champion, having great matches with the likes of Lowki, Daniel Bryan and Samoa Joe en route. In fact, he was the one to end Joe's reign as the ROH Pure Champion.

McGuinness and Joe both had TNA careers and both hit the headlines with brilliant feuds opposite Kurt Angle. As McGuinness had a short tenure with the company, he and Joe never had a one on one match during his time there.

Wrestling in a different getup as Desmond Wolfe, McGuinness was supposed to be the next breakout star of TNA following his program with Angle. But a few months later, Hulk Hogan showed up on TV and McGuinness' push mysteriously vanished.

Having joined TNA after failing a medical with the WWE, McGuinness was treated shabbily from then on. Tragically, McGuinness contracted Hepatitis B after blading in a TNA ring and was brutally released by TNA soon enough.

McGuinness would fall on hard times, even resorting to working at the deli to support himself during the time of his illness. Like a true champion, he would bounce back up - signing with ROH as a colour commentator and producing a critically acclaimed documentary 'The Last of McGuinness' in addition to being completely cured of his illness.

McGuinness also realised his lifelong dream of getting into the WWE when he was signed to the company in 2016 to work as a commentator.

It is sad that he never had a chance to wrestle his great rival Joe in TNA, but it is probably for the better as the company did not deserve to put such a great match on its card after how they treated McGuinness.