TNA Wrestling: Best of TNA 2007

TNA Wrestling Destination X 2007 on DVD includes an unrivaled roster of wrestling superstars. Matches include: Double Bull Rope Match: James Storm & Jackie Moore vs Petey Williams & Gail Kim, Chicken Wing Match: Senshi vs Austin Star (Bob Backlund at Ringside), 2 Out of 3 Falls NWA X Division Championship Match: Chris Sabin (c) vs Jerry Lynn, Elevation X Match: Rhino vs AJ Styles, Grudge Match: Kurt Angle vs Scott Steiner, NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship Match: Christian Cage (c), vs Samoa Joe and much more including 2 Tag Team Matches and Last Rites Match: Sting vs Abyss. Highly recommended TNA Wrestling program.

First I want to say that this is one of those dvd's that make you just so pumped and I really feel like when we saw these matches they just made the show pefect1. Ultimate X LAX vs XXXI think that this is the best opener they could have picked but tna usually don't pick the best opener but this one is near pefect. The spots were great but the wrestling was cool also with hotstuff killing skipper and senshi most of the time and the cross body block from the top of the tower that held the X ropes was sick 9/10 (but still not as cool as the rana of the cage in 2005 but skipper really rules!!)2. Fight For the RightI didn't like the inside out battle royal because it was just sorta a sloppy mess. But when the 8 get in the ring the match picks up and the match got pretty good I thought it was nice to see the guys who were in the battle royal in it but I wish Storm wouldn't have gotten screwed but he beat the winner on impact ha ha 7.5/103. World Tag Team Title Team Pacman vs Tomko and Aj StylesIt was great when pacman couldn't wrestle because Creed made his debut and did great aj and tomko do great during the match and Creed makes the best debut ever with maybe the best showing and Ron Killing didn't impress but he can't any more because he does the same moves in every match 8/104. X Division Title Jay Lethal vs Christopher DanielsThis is one of the best matches of the night. These two really tried hard to put on the best match and came close to it if they had the same time as sting and angle I think they would have. Daniels hit the BME and the Angel's Wings. Lethal hits the elbow drop and the Lethal Combonation so who wins it? 10/105. Tables Match Steiners vs Team 3DThis is better than there match at hard justice. (which I didn't hate that match) They start on the outside and then move to the ring and the spots start coming. It was easy to tell who would win but it was fun to watch the match anyway. I love all the table Spots in this one and Rick looks pretty good for being so old. 7.75/10 (and sting is even older than him)6. Knockouts Title Battle RoyalAll the girls get good spots in this one and it is a very good womens match better than wwe puts on all the time everyone looks good but not Christy Hemme I mean she looked good in her attire but then she was killed by Awesome Kong will Kong destroy them all? 8.25/107. Matt Morgan as enforcer Samoa Joe vs Christian CageThis is one of the best matches I have seen these matches just keep being awesome in there own ways that is why this is the second best ppv ever. (second only to that AAA ppv which was there only one but was just great) These to just put on one of the best 15 min Wrestling shows ever the moves flowed and were perfect. 10/108. Monsters Ball Black Reign vs Rhino vs Abyss vs RavenLet me start off by saying I hate Black Reign I wish Dustin Rhodes would retire he is just boring, I mean Shattered Dreams to Raven in Monsters Ball and to make it worse I heard this is the last Monsters Ball. The match was good I wish it was a Three way though and that Raven would win his first Monster's ball but no he is pinned again(every year) pretty good and better than the first but not like the second and third 8.25/109. World Heavyweight Title Sting vs Kurt AngleThis match is just history the first time one on one and the title is on the line. The match is set up perfect it is like the main event of wrestlemania 24 perfect and slow then we get to the good spots and then a great finish. When the Stinger has the belt after the match I knew he wouldn't hold it long (two days) but I knew it might be his last time (don't think he will beat Joe) but it is probly just great history it makes this a must buy 10/10

The best matches on the card were The Christian Cage-Samoa Joe match which was a pretty good,hard-hitting,solid bout and the TNA World title match between Sting & Kurt Angle which was not great but good and could have done better without Kevin Nash & the lame ending. The worst matches were The Fight for the Right Reverse Battle Royal which was nothing more then a mindless filler and the 10 women Gauntlet For The Gold to be the first TNA Knockouts champion which while not a bad match,I still think they could have done better. The Rest were ok. I give this event a 6 out of 10.

(This review was edited in May 2015.)**THE STORY**From their modest beginnings in 2002 and right through 2007, TNA had always been a mixed bag. A company with awesome potential and too many bad ideas, it was rare that they were able to put all their ducks in a row and produce an outstanding show from beginning to end. But thanks to some good buildup from the previous month and everyone busting their butts in the ring, that's exactly what Bound For Glory was--and it was bookended by two more excellent events in No Surrender and Genesis.**THE SHOW**We kick things off with a stunning Ultimate X match as the Latin American Xchange takes on a reformed Triple X (Elix Skipper & Senshi) with crazy high-flying moves, including yet another classic stunt from Skipper and a dramatic ending. The winning team gets a future Tag Team Title shot and I think the right guys won. The rest of the show just builds up from there with the bizarre but solid 'Fight for the Right' battle royal featuring most of the other wrestlers in the company, a wild Tables Match between the Steiners and Team 3D (kudos to Scott Steiner for coming back from a legit trachea injury a few months earlier that almost killed him), and the traditional Monster's Ball hardcore match with Rhino, Black Reign, Raven, and Abyss that ends with a career-defining moment for the Monster.And those weren't even the best matches of the night. Christopher Daniels and Jay Lethal do the X-Division proud with a brilliant back-and-forth encounter for Lethal's X Championship where 'the Fallen Angel' always seems to be one step ahead, while Lethal fights back with heart and toughness. AJ Styles and Tomko, usually despised heels in Christian's Coaltion, are de facto faces in a spirited effort to dethrone Team Pacman and restore honor to the Tag Team Championship. (Pacman stays out of the ring this time, thank God, and has a substitute named Consequences Creed wrestle in his place.)The Knockouts battle royal is a vital moment in TNA history, and the true birth of a women's division that would go on to regularly outperform WWE's "Divas." Entrants included Awesome Kong (debuting), Christy Hemme, Roxxi Laveaux (Nikki Roxx), Jackie Moore, and of course Gail Kim--whose mission to elevate women's wrestling in this company is finally achieved. Christian Cage and Samoa Joe steal the show in a match so good it almost hurts; Joe is larger and has the upper hand for most of it, but Cage is still portrayed as a threat. Special enforcer Matt Morgan plays his part very well, giving Joe a prime opportunity to take his revenge.And if all that isn't sweet enough, the main event is a dream match: Sting taking on Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Despite an unnecessary storyline with "the slap (not) heard 'round the world," Kurt stalking Sting's son in California, and the usual distractions from Karen Angle and Kevin Nash, Kurt and Sting give us the great encounter we were hoping for. Sting looks like a god in this match. Nothing can keep him down, not even a 450 Splash from Angle or a baseball bat shot to the face that he fails to block (ouch!). A near-classic.**THE VERDICT**If you're a fan of TNA or wrestling in general, you have got to see this show. Everything came together in an amazing event with an atmosphere that truly felt like the Super Bowl of TNA. Every match had a reason to be on the card and the crowd was electric. In my opinion, this was TNA at its absolute best.