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Post by 543Y2J on Oct 31, 2013 6:03:17 GMT -5
AJ also defended the NWA belt in other promotions when he was TNA champ back in the day; he'd bring the belt with him to ROH sometimes, which was almost used as the basis of a mini-feud with ROH Champ Samoa Joe. Didn't AJ bring the X Division belt with him to ROH as well a couple of times? Not as important, but still
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 31, 2013 6:56:19 GMT -5
AJ also defended the NWA belt in other promotions when he was TNA champ back in the day; he'd bring the belt with him to ROH sometimes, which was almost used as the basis of a mini-feud with ROH Champ Samoa Joe. Didn't AJ bring the X Division belt with him to ROH as well a couple of times? Not as important, but still Indeed he did, as did Joe when he first won it (easy excuse for him to enter to "The Champ is Here", which I always approved of).
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Post by percymania on Nov 2, 2013 15:48:00 GMT -5
I hate to be a downer but this isn't as groundbreaking as most think it is. The TNA World title and NWA title used to be defended in other promotions years ago. Jeff Jarrett was a travelling NWA world champion during his reign. Double J would show up in a number of southern and northeastern indies with the belt in tow and fought a wide array of opponents. I remember Christian defending the NWA title in Canada. Jeff Hardy defended the TNA title against Tetsuya Naito in New Japan on one of their January super show. What made Punk's threat to take the title and defended in other promotions impactful (pun not intended) was that WWE hasn't let any of their titles especially the World titles be on shows not officially sponsored them in decades. The last time the world title was defended outside the realm of WWE's control was the first Terry Funk retirement show with Bret Hart defending it against Terry Funk. The TNA title was a familiar thing until TNA made that no tv/dvd/ppv rule and priced the top players out of most indies' budgets. wow, Jeff looked like s*** in this match.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 2, 2013 21:36:00 GMT -5
I hate to be a downer but this isn't as groundbreaking as most think it is. The TNA World title and NWA title used to be defended in other promotions years ago. Jeff Jarrett was a travelling NWA world champion during his reign. Double J would show up in a number of southern and northeastern indies with the belt in tow and fought a wide array of opponents. I remember Christian defending the NWA title in Canada. Jeff Hardy defended the TNA title against Tetsuya Naito in New Japan on one of their January super show. What made Punk's threat to take the title and defended in other promotions impactful (pun not intended) was that WWE hasn't let any of their titles especially the World titles be on shows not officially sponsored them in decades. The last time the world title was defended outside the realm of WWE's control was the first Terry Funk retirement show with Bret Hart defending it against Terry Funk. The TNA title was a familiar thing until TNA made that no tv/dvd/ppv rule and priced the top players out of most indies' budgets. wow, Jeff looked like s*** in this match. Isn't that the match that basically killed the working relationship between TNA and NJPW?
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Nov 2, 2013 21:55:16 GMT -5
wow, Jeff looked like s*** in this match. Isn't that the match that basically killed the working relationship between TNA and NJPW? Oh yeah, all of the TNA guys that show phoned it in which pissed off the NJPW staff.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 9:20:53 GMT -5
wow, Jeff looked like s*** in this match. Isn't that the match that basically killed the working relationship between TNA and NJPW? Probably that and having NJPW tag team changes hands on a TNA show without NJPW knowing about it too.
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Post by JTG Fan on Nov 3, 2013 9:30:23 GMT -5
That Hardy in Japan match was also just a few weeks before the infamous Victory Road 2011 event, FWIW.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 5, 2013 22:55:12 GMT -5
For those of you that care, AJ retained the title against Mesias in a match filled with run-ins. He now heads to Japan to defend the title against Seiya Sanada in Muta's Wrestle-1 company.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 5, 2013 23:05:41 GMT -5
Went ahead and changed the title so this can be the "official" thread to keep track of AJ's title defenses.
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Post by Loser on Nov 5, 2013 23:06:31 GMT -5
Back in 2005, the TNA X Division Title was defended multiple times in PWG. In fact, Styles & Daniels had a PWG World Title (held by Styles) vs. X Division title versus title match. Daniels also defended the title once against El Generico (Sami Zayn) there.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Nov 6, 2013 11:57:54 GMT -5
Also on the Wrestle-1 show, Rob Terry and Jay Bradley are the 2 TNA guys chosen to compete on the show. They will stay in Japan and train in Muto's dojo for an extended time.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Nov 6, 2013 12:00:07 GMT -5
For those of you that care, AJ retained the title against Mesias in a match filled with run-ins. He now heads to Japan to defend the title against Seiya Sanada in Muta's Wrestle-1 company. His match against Sanada will be interesting because Styles never faced him and Double J is high on Sanada as a talent.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 18:32:22 GMT -5
I never thought for a second he'd actually get an offer from WWE that was serious.
The fact that TNA hasn't made this Bruce Banner/AJ Styles storyline with the TNA title part of their #365 thing is pretty crazy.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 6, 2013 21:04:57 GMT -5
1/5 OF HIS TNA PAY?! Ah, that's dirty as hell WWE, haha.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 0:44:46 GMT -5
I'm surprised that the E made any offer actually, AJ just doesn't fit in with the E IMO. He's a dopey redneck with some cool moves that younger guys in WWE/NXT can do at least just as well. Dude is overrated as all hell IMO.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Nov 7, 2013 1:17:54 GMT -5
I'm surprised that the E made any offer actually, AJ just doesn't fit in with the E IMO. He's a dopey redneck with some cool moves that younger guys in WWE/NXT can do at least just as well. Dude is overrated as all hell IMO. That's why they only offered him a fifth of his TNA deal. Of course he could make more overtime with his downside, merchandise rights, being in video games, action figures, etc. But to go from a big fish in a small pond living comfortably to a small fish in a huge pond with a 30/70 chance of survival, you go with the first one. Hell it might even be harder for him, he doesn't have the mic skills to even get to that point, the best he could hope for is Evan Bourne's old spot at filp dummy.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 2:21:16 GMT -5
Wasn't the Angle/Lesnar match in IGF billed as a "unification match"? I know Angle came out with the belt but I can't remember if that was actually a thing or I'm misremembering it
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Nov 7, 2013 5:33:53 GMT -5
I'm surprised that the E made any offer actually, AJ just doesn't fit in with the E IMO. He's a dopey redneck with some cool moves that younger guys in WWE/NXT can do at least just as well. Dude is overrated as all hell IMO. Well that's your opinion but I respectfully disagree. In the ring, not counting on the mic where he is undoubtedly - flawed - shall we say, he'd be in the top 3 of the company. In fact I only think Bryan could ever lay a claim to being a better in-ring wrestler than Styles. And even then Bryan's changed his style so much since coming to 'E that - while he's still very good - he's not the in-ring machine he was. So it's quite possible - at least in my opinion - that if AJ signed he'd be the best in-ring wrestler the 'E have.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 7, 2013 5:46:00 GMT -5
The fact that TNA hasn't made this Bruce Banner/AJ Styles storyline with the TNA title part of their #365 thing is pretty crazy. The problem with doing that is that they would have to have TNA's YouTube channel acknowledge AJ's claim to the title, which makes no sense for Dixie to allow.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Nov 7, 2013 6:02:06 GMT -5
I'm surprised that the E made any offer actually, AJ just doesn't fit in with the E IMO. He's a dopey redneck with some cool moves that younger guys in WWE/NXT can do at least just as well. Dude is overrated as all hell IMO. Well that's your opinion but I respectfully disagree. In the ring, not counting on the mic where he is undoubtedly - flawed - shall we say, he'd be in the top 3 of the company. In fact I only think Bryan could ever lay a claim to being a better in-ring wrestler than Styles. And even then Bryan's changed his style so much since coming to 'E that - while he's still very good - he's not the in-ring machine he was. So it's quite possible - at least in my opinion - that if AJ signed he'd be the best in-ring wrestler the 'E have. WWE got tons of wrestlers on their main roster and in developmental who are better than AJ in every facet of his game. If this was 10 years ago, he would be a more valued commodity. Adrian Neville does everything AJ can do ring wise and more. And he has youth on his side and less mileage on his body. WWE wants all new people to go through NXT no matter their experience level. They don't see him as someone worth the time and effort in developing. It's best for AJ to either stay in TNA or work independent.
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