Who's the best TNA/NWA world champion?

[NOwave]

In it's 5+ years of existence, TNA has had some very interesting world heavyweight champions. Who would be your choice as the "best"? You can define "best" however you'd like: longest title run, most respected, drew the most money, whatever.

I'll start and say Jeff Jarrett. The company rode on his back for the first few years, and he did well in that role. Jeff has been criticized (sometimes justly) for various things, but I don't think most people would deny his technical skills and old-school personality. He is a good worker and a good talker, and he is obviously very loyal to the company.

Kurt Angle is a close second for me. He's proved that he is still a brilliant entertainer, and has been the pillar of TNA for most of his tenure.

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I think it's got to be Angle or Christian. Angle is still the best all-around talent in wrestling, and his tenure in TNA has been very entertaining. Christian's second run with the belt, when he was a heel was real good and solidified him as a bonafide main-event talent.

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AJ Styles.

No real reason - just cuz

[Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa]

Rhino.

[Hensley]

I would say Styles, but I never actually got to see any of his reigns. So I'll go with Cage, April 06-November 06 was my favorite period of TNA.

[Arturo Classico]

AJ Styles.

Because he is the real Mr. TNA, he repersents everything that WWE isn't and is the only guy TNA has that feels like a TNA guy instead of a WWE/WCW/ECW/ROH guy. The fact that AJ Styles has taken a back seat to Christian Cage, Kurt Angle and Sting is disgusting in my opinion. The fact is without AJ Styles what would TNA even be?

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I am going to go with Raven. The build up to his win and run were great,and, the matches were good. The only thing that sucked was the way he lost it.

[King of Fighters]

Christian Cage, I just love the guy. Jeff Jarret and Raven are runners up.

[bobolebowski]

The early heel AJ Styles was very very good......

Jeff Jarrett will probably get the nod from me though....with AJ being a close second and Christian Cage being a close third....

Abyss deserves a good run with the strap though.....he does the crap no one else will do and still comes off as bonafide badass.

[skiller]

Either Jarrett or Styles.

[canDELjak]

I hated Jeff as the champ. King of the Mountain my ass. He was like Triple H with X-Pac heat. TNA didn't just start copying the worst parts of WWE. They've been doing it since the beginning and almost by accident succeeded in spite of themselves. But I digress.

I'm gonna say AJ Styles.

[comahan]

Id say either Christian's heel reign of early 07, or Angle's current reign(s) [from Slammiversary to now]

Jarrett should be mentioned, obviously. Never saw any Styles NWA Title reigns.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

I don't think AJ Styles really fall in this. Yes he is Mr. TNA but his world title runs wasn't that great. I mean his last one lasted a month. The only title run he had that was good was his first.

Now I think Angle and Christian have been the best. First second title run as a heel was great. Angle like the man or not is the best all arounder in the business still. If he was hyped up better at the start, he would be a lot like Hogan in the numbers department meaning raising them noticeably.

Now you ask who draw the most money? well Angle wins because not until recently has TNA even broke even or turned profit. But the problem is that they go and spend it on something else that drops it again.

[Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone]

jinxed said:

I am going to go with Raven. The build up to his win and run were great, the run itself was good and, the matches were good. The only thing that sucked was the way he lost it.

Seconded.

[thesam07]

Ron Killings.