Aj styles is something thats missing in the modern day wrestling, especially for high flyers. Instead of doing moves just because they can, he made it looked like he had to, the selling, the timing, the facial expression, body language, ring awareness, everything made sense. He and his generation of wrestlers just made wrestling seemed more realistic. Hes simply phenomenal.
The funny thing is though - back when AJ was new on the scene, a fair amount of people were saying the exact same kinda stuff about him. Flippy high flier guy, just doing moves because he can. It all goes in a cycle. A few of those young fellas just doing moves will have it all click one day too.
The first time I saw AJ Styles was 2005 my jaw dropped to the ground watching him he has faced and beaten so many legends in his career they don't call him "Phenomenal" for nothing
Prime AJ was a couple of years ago when he was beating Cena, etc. I watched him from the beginning and he's improved so much more today than people realise. In WWE he learned storytelling which took his game to another level.
This in my opinion is the best singles steel cage match in tna/impact wrestling history. Even more so, this match alone had 2 of the best biggest names in the company's history.
I think Abyss was literally trying to peel off AJ's entire face in the most brutal way. And I doubt many kids went to bed... they super glued themselves to the sofa lol
AJ Styles was in his bag at this time. He wasn’t even at his peak greatness, and I think that we can honestly say that he was still one of the top 5 workers at that time.
I think this is my favorite match of all time. I've been rewatching it about once a year for 17 years. It never gets old. Really loved this particular time in TNA and both of these guys.
Man channel 427 on sky. What time that was! Just pure wrestling with a website with a rooster. No wrestlers with social media influencers with a link to their only fans or wrestlers purely making money from advertising instagram. Just pure entertainment and pure wrestling!
Some of the best storytelling in wrestling history. This didn’t feel like a wrestling match. It felt like a fight. It felt like a horror movie where the main hero needs to survive the monster. Fighting out of the cage made sense in this case because AJ is trying to weaken Abyss before having to be trapped in the cage with him. AJ Styles around this time was probably the best in the world and Abyss in 04-05 is one of the best big men ever.
I wish abyss would have taken a break from tna in 06 or 08 whenever undertaker wanted to take him on at wrestlemania, if they had brought in abyss and didn't change him, played up that he was a former nwa champion and if they had james Mitchel come with him to sell him as a real monster it would have been so perfect
TNA: “We need a big monster character wrestler” Creators: “What if we dress this guy up like a cross between Mankind and Kane?” TNA: “Sure… but try not to make it obvious…”
one good performer? TNA is loaded with great wrestlers. So you're honeslty saying guys like Drew, Lashley,the Wolves, Lee, Roode, Storm, Eli Drake are not good performers? you're just a troll
Eli Drake, Drew Galloway and EC3 are amazing and more charismatic than AJ Styles will ever be. Great wrestlers who can tell a fantastic story in the ring
I swear aj styles is the perfect wrestler he got the star power in ring abilities he's a good story teller his gear looks cool he looks cool his music is awesome he could sell moves like no other he could do what Shawn Michaels did and more because Shawn Michaels doesn't do any flips aj does and Shawn never did submissions aj does I swear he could do it all in the ring he's fast strong powerful athletic technical I could go on about how great he is when he steps into the wrestling ring but I'm done anyone else agree.
They dropped the ball with the Daniels-AJ feud after 2005 making them a tag team and then killing them off after 2006!!Then Daniels turned into a jobber and Aj became a jokester!!It pained me to watch how they messed up a feud that could have made them soo much money
+Kobe mac what feud did he have with Abyss besides this match right here?i kno they were tag champs for like a week in 2002 but that's it..The angle styles story was soo stupid!!!Why did they need to have Karen angle involved??They should have just booked Aj as a strong face before he became a lackey for cage and angle and Made angle a kickass type of heel like Samoa Joe was and then have them feud..The sting Aj feud was burnt out from all of the BS that went on in 2009!!(Foley was champ) smh they had an awesome match at turning point 2009 before the run ins began but their bound for glory match didn't deliver..tbh I stopped watching TNA in mid 2011 because of all the stupidity so i didn't really see the bully Ray stuff
+Derod2012 as far as the grand slam champion goes!!Yea that wasAwesome!!but how much did TNA endorse that?? ZERO!!Aj should have been the TNA World champion so many more times and not been in stupid feuds like with Daniels in 2012 or being away from TNA in 2013-2014..They should have been promoting the fact that he Samoa Joe and Abyss are all grand slam champions..But they are all Morons and now look at them..On the verge of being out of business and off TV
Looking back on this, Abyss looked so much more threatening here then he does now. Maybe while he's away from the company for a while, he can try out that DDP yoga. It did wonders for other Wrestlers. Just look at Jake and Goldust right now. Might help Abyss in the long run to.
AJ Styles among a few others are the ones that built TNA but AJ is on top of that list and he carried that company on his shoulders, once he left it fell down in a hurry.
Aj styles is something thats missing in the modern day wrestling, especially for high flyers. Instead of doing moves just because they can, he made it looked like he had to, the selling, the timing, the facial expression, body language, ring awareness, everything made sense. He and his generation of wrestlers just made wrestling seemed more realistic. Hes simply phenomenal.
You’re spot on. He makes it seem as if that’s the only way to defeat his opponent. He’s not trying to put on a “show.” He’s tryna win
"Modern Day Wrestling"?.. Compared to Ancient Wrestling?
Do you even know what Modern Day is?
The funny thing is though - back when AJ was new on the scene, a fair amount of people were saying the exact same kinda stuff about him. Flippy high flier guy, just doing moves because he can.
It all goes in a cycle. A few of those young fellas just doing moves will have it all click one day too.
TNA was at its peak here. I hate how far its fallen since then.
I know bro... 😢
oh the horror
Imagine your company failing when you had AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Beer Money, Abyss etc (Just talking TNA originals here).
After 2009 it went down hard
honestly its gotten better these past few years, obviously not 2005-2010 tna though
I never seen anything like this version of AJ Styles. He definitely Top 5 of all time for me back in TNA
The first time I saw AJ Styles was 2005 my jaw dropped to the ground watching him he has faced and beaten so many legends in his career they don't call him "Phenomenal" for nothing
I miss the prime AJ but he is still great today
Prime AJ was a couple of years ago when he was beating Cena, etc. I watched him from the beginning and he's improved so much more today than people realise. In WWE he learned storytelling which took his game to another level.
This in my opinion is the best singles steel cage match in tna/impact wrestling history. Even more so, this match alone had 2 of the best biggest names in the company's history.
2 TNA originals against each other. But 2 different types of wrestlers. Perfect.
This match had me mesmerised as a kid
I think Abyss was literally trying to peel off AJ's entire face in the most brutal way. And I doubt many kids went to bed... they super glued themselves to the sofa lol
AJ Styles was in his bag at this time.
He wasn’t even at his peak greatness, and I think that we can honestly say that he was still one of the top 5 workers at that time.
8:53 Tenay’s over the top yelling was crazy!
RIP Don West
Mike and Don were so dramatic on commentary I love it
I think this is my favorite match of all time. I've been rewatching it about once a year for 17 years. It never gets old. Really loved this particular time in TNA and both of these guys.
I miss how Mike Tenay and Don West made these matches feel so alive. RIP Don West.
AJ blew my mind around this time in 05 he was cold
Man channel 427 on sky. What time that was! Just pure wrestling with a website with a rooster. No wrestlers with social media influencers with a link to their only fans or wrestlers purely making money from advertising instagram. Just pure entertainment and pure wrestling!
One of the first matches that pulled me in as a kid
this was cutting edge hyper action wrestling
nah this might be one of the best TNA Matches ever!!!!
Some of the best storytelling in wrestling history. This didn’t feel like a wrestling match. It felt like a fight. It felt like a horror movie where the main hero needs to survive the monster. Fighting out of the cage made sense in this case because AJ is trying to weaken Abyss before having to be trapped in the cage with him.
AJ Styles around this time was probably the best in the world and Abyss in 04-05 is one of the best big men ever.
I wish abyss would have taken a break from tna in 06 or 08 whenever undertaker wanted to take him on at wrestlemania, if they had brought in abyss and didn't change him, played up that he was a former nwa champion and if they had james Mitchel come with him to sell him as a real monster it would have been so perfect
Too much of an obvious copy of Kane’s masked era character and James Mitchell being Paul Bearer
Wow I remember watching this while it came out
8:55 THIS COMMENTATOR LEGIT SNAPPED...SHEESH..
Beautiful
Back when Wrestling was WRESTLING
You aree, you areeee... I AM I AM
TNA: “We need a big monster character wrestler”
Creators: “What if we dress this guy up like a cross between Mankind and Kane?”
TNA: “Sure… but try not to make it obvious…”
Great match and, in my opinion, Abyss's best match ever
Is it just me or does anyone else have an advert pop up literally every minute on every match on this channel?
Flashback Friday
I always wanted a Kane vs abyss match
Don't think it will ever happen
TNA: the original house that AJ Styles built
Another aj classic
Abyss!!!🥰😍🤩
Pro wrestling referees really do get the absolute brunt of it don't they.
He hit him with the styles clash into the tacs I miss don west
It's a shame abyss never won the heavyweight title in tna/impact wrestling
He did
I always thought that Abyss was a cross of Mankind & Undertaker (Motorcycle Riding Version).
YOU ARE YOU ARE...I AM I AM
Holy cow!
It's like watching a hero get brutally beaten up by an over powered villain, but somehow prevails
Abyss flung him all of his might and strength:
The first ☝️is the left shoulder and his face.
AJ Styles, Jeff Jerrett, John Cena and Brock Lesnar, the best in my beleif.
A. J. looks a like like the late Brian Christopher. Maybe it’s the short haircut.
🤘
2:21
After School
these commentators sound similar to GCW figures's commentator's.
Naw, he hasn't met the Celtic Warrior!😅
Why the Commentator sounds like he is underwater?
Who u know could walk through Pyro with a hoodie on 😢
👍👍🏼👍🏼💪
marcus
TNA was so awesome from 2005-2009 Hulk came in and fucked it all up and TNA is struggling now.
TNA has been really good last couple years. Especially 2012 and 2014.
2016 started great so far
one good performer? TNA is loaded with great wrestlers. So you're honeslty saying guys like Drew, Lashley,the Wolves, Lee, Roode, Storm, Eli Drake are not good performers? you're just a troll
it ended when aj styles got beat in 2014
Eli Drake, Drew Galloway and EC3 are amazing and more charismatic than AJ Styles will ever be. Great wrestlers who can tell a fantastic story in the ring
lol ok sure
One of the best cage matches I have ever seen
8:57 is one my favorite cage spots ever. to this day idk if aj got his hands up or not...... awesome sell though
best seller in the game is AJ Styles!
If he wrote a book, it could say "From the best selling author, AJ Styles..."
+darius rogers
I love how the TNA commentary sold it as well... it was great
+Gaming Palooza Empire *"OH MY GOD!! RIGHT IN HIS FACE!!!"*
I miss Mike Tenay and Don West calling matches.
R.I.P Don West
AJ Styles is the best wrestler in the world.
***** Good list basically the same for me but I replaced Okada with Adam Cole.
Austin Aries is way better!
why joke? what's better about styles?
styles and michaels are complete different type of wrestlers
AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Roman Reigns, and Kazuchika Okada are top 5 for me.
this is the real tna
Always hated TNA after Hogan came and destroyed it....but AJ styles has always been an exceptional talent
Well He Was Pretty Much The Cornerstone Of The Company So It Makes Sense!!!
This was when TNA was raising the bar each week.
TNA is awful now.
Final Flame Productions You area a moron TNA has been great for the last year
Chris Hill maybe only to you probably
Final Flame Productions I am a TNA fan but a wrestling fan more and I agree with you 100 hundred percent
One of the best cage matches,not only in TNA but of all time!
Wow Abyss was in great shape at this time. You really see how much weight he's gained today and has really slowed him down.
2005 to 2009 TNA was fantastic...soon as Hogan and Bischoff got there they fell off a cliff
It was still OK I thought for about another 3 years before it bamecame really terrible lol
I swear aj styles is the perfect wrestler he got the star power in ring abilities he's a good story teller his gear looks cool he looks cool his music is awesome he could sell moves like no other he could do what Shawn Michaels did and more because Shawn Michaels doesn't do any flips aj does and Shawn never did submissions aj does I swear he could do it all in the ring he's fast strong powerful athletic technical I could go on about how great he is when he steps into the wrestling ring but I'm done anyone else agree.
Kobemac 💯💯 no lie brotha..If booking in Tna was done right!!Aj would be a superstar on a national level instead of just to the hardcore fans
They dropped the ball with the Daniels-AJ feud after 2005 making them a tag team and then killing them off after 2006!!Then Daniels turned into a jobber and Aj became a jokester!!It pained me to watch how they messed up a feud that could have made them soo much money
+Kobe mac what feud did he have with Abyss besides this match right here?i kno they were tag champs for like a week in 2002 but that's it..The angle styles story was soo stupid!!!Why did they need to have Karen angle involved??They should have just booked Aj as a strong face before he became a lackey for cage and angle and Made angle a kickass type of heel like Samoa Joe was and then have them feud..The sting Aj feud was burnt out from all of the BS that went on in 2009!!(Foley was champ) smh they had an awesome match at turning point 2009 before the run ins began but their bound for glory match didn't deliver..tbh I stopped watching TNA in mid 2011 because of all the stupidity so i didn't really see the bully Ray stuff
+Derod2012 as far as the grand slam champion goes!!Yea that wasAwesome!!but how much did TNA endorse that?? ZERO!!Aj should have been the TNA World champion so many more times and not been in stupid feuds like with Daniels in 2012 or being away from TNA in 2013-2014..They should have been promoting the fact that he Samoa Joe and Abyss are all grand slam champions..But they are all Morons and now look at them..On the verge of being out of business and off TV
Shawn Michaels used to do moonsaults
Abyss best match, awesome match
This is the TNA that true wrestling fans miss . Its a shame we will never get this product again .
This was the Abyss that legit frightened me as a kid. I wouldn't wanna get anywhere near this Abyss. Now he's a damn comedy act.
I think 12:44 is one of the best sells ever. Straight up.
Schmitty300 Look at 8:57.. Hes phenomenal
AJ styles the best wrestler in the world!!!
One of my favorite TNA matches ever.
he was young and fast wow
hes still just as fast
Mac Gee He can move just as fast now, go watch his match against Osperay. It's just that he focuses more on psychology now.
8:56 - How to sell 101.
When TNA Was Awesome...
MacIsBack still is
Chris Hill funny how you seem one of the few that still enjoy tna
+Otto lol 😁😅
AJ Styles is Phenomenal. Then. Now. Forever.
These two MADE TNA.
19:14 That was an epic crowd reaction
what a memory :') thank you TNA
Jesus fuckin AJ launching out of the cage before the match starts. Seriously what an incredible performer
10/10 Steel Cage Match
One Of The Best Cage Matches In T.N.A History
The commentators screaming when aj got hit with the cage door LOLL
This is literally TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION! In a blink of an eye you can miss the whole thing.
Shame, now it’s called “impact wrestling”
this two awesome wrestlers are also the ones who wrestles on the debut show of TNA...until AJ left TNA...the show that made him a phenomenal
and this is the matchup that got me into tna back in 2005. i never looked back since
This is 2005? Vince what were you thinking not going after him?!
I liked AJ more when he had Short hair Idk why
Mac Gee I Know.....
Looking back on this, Abyss looked so much more threatening here then he does now. Maybe while he's away from the company for a while, he can try out that DDP yoga. It did wonders for other Wrestlers. Just look at Jake and Goldust right now. Might help Abyss in the long run to.
anthonydeadman do you mean he needs to lose weight or does he needs some stretching
A little of both.
TNA Lock down 2005 amazing ppv ever TNA best wrestler in the world.💕👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
AJ Styles among a few others are the ones that built TNA but AJ is on top of that list and he carried that company on his shoulders, once he left it fell down in a hurry.
this is one of the best matches in tna I remember this match
AWESOME BLADE JOB!
one of the greatest matches ever
craig gordon not only one of the greatest matches ever but it was also one of the most memorable matches in AJ and Abyss' career.
Aj Styles is the best wrestler in the world like this if you agree
i agree!!!1000%%%%%!!!!Im his biggest fan ever!!Im very obsessed with the phenomenal one aj styles!!💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💖💖💖💖
I miss this so much
thx you Tna for this free stuff
This match is sick!!!!!!
this was a hell of match
There's a reason why he is called the Phenomenal one!!
22:10-EPIC Tenaygasm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😂😂
still in my opinion the best tna match i seen
Probably my favourite TNA match ever. I have a soft spot for this one.