Saturday, November 23, 2013

TNA Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles Volume 2 Review

Another look at one of the greatest stars in TNA History!

As with my X-Division Twin Pack Review (and most of my "Best of" Reviews) , I'll just put up my match ratings, then talk about the DVD as a whole.

TNA Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles Volume 2

Lockdown 2005 - #1 Contender’s Six Sides of Steel – AJ Styles vs. Abyss: ****1/2 

Hard Justice 2005 – NWA World Heavyweight Title – Special Guest Referee: Tito Ortiz – Jeff Jarrett vs. AJ Styles: ***1/4 

Unbreakable 2005 – TNA X-Division Title – Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles: ***** 

TNA iMPACT! (10/1/05) – Non-Title Match – AJ Styles vs. Roderick Strong: **1/4 

Genesis 2005 – TNA X-Division Title – AJ Styles vs. Petey Williams (with A-1): ***3/4 

Slammiversary 2006 – NWA World Tag Team Titles – America’s Most Wanted (with Gail Kim) vs. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels: ****1/4 

No Surrender 2006 – NWA World Tag Team Titles – LAX (Homicide & Hernandez) vs. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels: ***3/4 

TNA iMPACT! (11/2/06) – TNA X-Division Title – AJ Styles vs. Chris Sabin: **1/4 

Overall: 8.5/10

I really enjoyed this DVD for a few reasons. Firstly, of course, are the matches. This is a really good selection. It does a really good job of encapsulating AJ's career from 2005-2006. I honestly love how it continuously varies, from his matches in the heavyweight division, to his X-Division Matches, to his time as a tag team with Christopher Daniels. The fact that DVD has the Five-Star Three Way from Unbreakable, probably the greatest match in TNA History, almost makes the DVD worth getting by itself. Overall, despite having two seemingly random (one is more random than the other) iMPACT! contests, the match quality is fantastic. Their is also the other content, which include the documentary portion and bonus footage, which are perfectly fine, but I was more into this for the matches. On the whole, this was a really good compilation. AJ Styles is one of the biggest stars in the history of TNA, and this DVD certainly shows why.

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