Flashback Reviews TNA Unbreakable

The summer of 2005 was a trying one for TNA. They had debuted on Fox Sports Net in 2004 and changed from weekly PPV's to monthly three hour events. But the FSN deal was short term with WWE moving back to USA a spot on Spike TV opened up but in the over lay TNA found itself without a TV deal. Instead Impact aired exclusively online. And these were some of the strong shows TNA did at Slaimmversary Raven won the NWA world and had a great run as champion. Samoa Joe began building his legacy in TNA and the company again showed nothing could truly stop them. TNA would debut on Spike in October and the call was made to go black the final few weeks. before the debut. This was mainly done because the Impact Zone needed a makeover for the Spike era and it also allowed them to pull off a shocking title change. Now that last PPV before the Spike debut could have been a throw away. After all Bound For Glory was next, save the great stuff for Spike. Instead Unbreakable was one TNA's best shows ever at the time. It featured the match I still call the very best in TNA history. NOw going into this show Raven is NWA champion feuding with Rhino who just debuted as heel. The Naturals are NWA tag champions and Christopher Daniels is setting the record (at the time) as longest reigning X-Division Champion. So now nearly a decade later does Unbreakable still stand up? 

The pre show is included in this since it's the way I prefer it a live show in the arena with a match. Again I think that 'one of things I want TNA to do again. Jeremy Borash and Shane Douglas welcome us to the show. Shane hypes the monster vs manic match of Abyss vs Sabu. JB plus the return of Jeff Hardy. Shane tells us the NWA title match will be under Raven's rules. They toss to Traci Brooks (working as an interview) who is with Larry Zbyszko. Traci asks about the recent signing to TNA. Larry says he is getting calls from talent all over the world. Traci asks about Raven's Rules. Larry says Raven cried his way to the top and now he will cry his way to the bottom so he is granting the request. That is actually kind of interesting given what TNA did in the months a head where Larry was part of screwing Raven out of the title. More hype by JB and Shane. Mike Tenay and Don West take over before going to the ring.

Cassidy Riley vs Jerrelle Clark- Riley's gimmick was he was a follower of Raven and came out in a Raven t-shirt and did the Raven pose. Headlock by Riley. Riley blocks a side Russian leg sweep. Arm drag by Clark. Series of Arm Drags exchanged. Clothesline by Riley.  Spring board back elbow by Riley. Monty Brown comes down to the ringside. Riley bails out. Lariat by Brown on Clark to end the match. Way to shot a match to grade.

Brown gets a microphone. Riley gets back in the ring. Brown gives him a chance to leave. Riley won't and does Raven's pose. Brown hits Riley and than give him the pounce. Brown says he won't sit on the back burner and demands his title shot. Brown officially challenges the winner of Rave vs Rhino at Bound for Glory. Jeff Jarrett makes his entrance in his gear. Tenay says Jarrett doesn't have a match tonight. West points out Brown beat Jarrett to the punch in calling for a title shot. Jarrett says Brown knew he was coming out. Jarrett says there are unemployed wresters hanging around to take jobs. Jarrett talks about everything he has done for Brown.  Brown teases like he is going to fight Jarrett. Kip James who teams with Brown comes to try and calm things down. Jarrett pleads with Monty to listen to him. Jarrett says that on October 1st he will have position of the NWA title. Jarrett says he's the only one the deserves. Jeff Hardy makes his entrance. Brown and Kip leave. Hardy and Jarrett brawl. Hardy sends Jarrett to the floor and goes for a dive off the top but Jarrett moves. Hardy hits the steel guard rail. Hardy rammed into the board cast table. Jarrett hits Hardy with the office chair Don West uses. Jarrett goes for a stroke on a steal chair. Hardy counters and DDT's Jarrett into the chair. Kip James comes out and  pulls Jarrett safety. Pretty good segment. I thought watching at the time "Ok Jarrett will try to steal the NWA belt." Instead it was hinting at the title change at a Can-Am wrestling show.

Video recapping Raven and Rhino's feud. We get a good promo by talking about how he likes pain and he will destroy Rhino. We also get Rhino saying he came for the World title and no one will stop him. Very well done vide. Back to JB and Shane hyping the show. Backstage Traci is with AJ Styles. Traci asks AJ about facing Daniels and Joe. AJ talks about this past with Daniels and his match the month before with Joe. AJ says when TNA started he redefined the sport and the face of the new age. AJ makes it clear he wants the belt back before the debut on Spike. Good promo.

Mikey Batts vs Shark Boy- Batts forces Shark Boy into the corner and slaps. him. Batts mocks Shark Boy and than runs away. Big slap by Shark Boy when he catches him. Nice looking dropkick by Shark Boy than the mounted punches with the shark bite. Batts drop toe holds Shark Boy into the corner. Batts chokes using the rope. Big clothesline by Batts. Spring board leg drip by Batts misses.Shark Boy with an anatomic drop and than the Shark Bite on the butt. Mikey to the outside and take a topa. Shark Boy goes to the top rope back in the ring. Batts shoves the referee into the ropes but Shark Boy sees it coming and drops down. Shark Boy fakes being crotched and Batts runs into a boot. Dead See Drop for the win by Shark Boy. Ok little match nothing to special. 

One final big hype job by Don West and Borash. JB says things will be hot in TNA the next month and it starts tonight. More general hype main focus on the world title picture. Since this took place on September 11th and just after Hurricane Katrina  we get a nice moment dedicated this show to the Unbreakable spirt of the American people class act TNA. Our opening video mocks football since the NFL season had started on the same day. The guy doing it does a nice job sounding like the NFL films voice. 

The Diamonds in the Rough Simon Diamond, Elix Skipper, and David Young vs 3 Live Kru Konnan, The Truth, and BG James- I don't think there was a storyline here just a match put on the card to pad it. Prior to the match Konnan apologizes to BG for doubting him and than does his stupid "where my dogs at." Before giving the microphone to Kip of this usual intro. BG and Skipper start us off. Hard kicks and forearms by Skipper than a kick to the back. Jab series by BG and one of rYoung. Knee drop by BG. Legal tag to Young. Tag to truth. Double team the Kru. Hammer lock by the truth and tag back to BG. Diamond slaps Skipper to fire him up. Skipper in illegally and hits a leg lariat. Triple team by the Diamonds. Simon in with  back elbow that gets two. Tag to Young he works over BG and than tags Diamond back in. Each guy goes for a shoulder tackle both men down. Tag to Young and tag to Konnan. Rolling lariat by Konnan. House of fires by Konnan o all the Diamonds. Rolling lariat again on Simon.Face jam for the win. Pointless match. why even have it on the card? I know they were the pushing for the next phase of the 3LK and there eventually breakup but who cares.

Don and Mike recap  the segment with Brown, Jarrett, and Hardy for anyone that missed it. This just happened I understand it was for anyone that might have missed the pre-show but this happened less than a half hour ago did we really need to see the footage?

Austin Aries vs Roderick Strong- Aries had made his TNA debut when the fans voted for him to get a chance to wrestle Christopher Daniels. Mike says the fans had spoken wanting to see Aries and again they were giving Strong a shot as well. I actually like this idea since I'm always in favor of talent getting a shot. As much as I dislike Strong as a main eventer the guy is good in the ring and is fine for a spot like this. Don talks about them being stable mates in ROH and how awkward it must be. Now I'm ROH bots will go "TNA was trying to steal them." Get over it ROH is an indy and TNA was throwing it a bone plus why would you not want guys you like to get a chance to make money. Headlock by Aries into a take down for a front chances. Hammer lock by Strong into a wrist lock. Aries counters. Strong with a modified northern lights suplex. Head scissors by Strong but Head stand escape with  a drop kick by Aries. Head lock by Aries. Strong block a monkey flip and sends Aries to the apron.Aries right back in with an elbow. Aries goes for a Cross body but Strong catches him. Back breaker by Strong he holds on and tosses Aries into the corner hard. Strong cover and gets two. Butterfly suplex by Strong gets two. Back breaker by Strong. Aries whipped back first into the corner. Full nelson with the legs by Strong. Rolling cradle by Strong gets two. Chin lock with a knee in the back by Strong. Aries gets free but runs into a dropkick. Chops by Strong but Aries with chops of his own. Running clothesline by Aries. Pendulum elbow by Aries gets two. Neck snap on the ropes by Aries. Sling shot twisting splash by Aries gets two. Strong blocks the suplex and hits a suplex into a back breaker. Strong Gut Buster followed by the sick kick gets two. Small package by Aries gets two. Strong with a clothesline and goes for the Strong hold. Aries bock. catapult by Strong into the turnbuckle. Strong goes for the half nelson suplex but Aries escapes. Running drop kick by Aries. Brain buster and 450 for the win by Aries. Good match I can decently see why both guys did get signed. Some fans kept chaining ROH but the good news is by the end they were chatting for TNA the company giving these two this chance.

Shane Douglas is with Monty Brown. Kip asks what that (the stuff on the pre show) was all about Monty says Kip hasn't been getting the job done. Monty refuses saying he does things his way. Kip tells Monty to get his head in the game. Monty says both Lance Hoyt and Apollo will fill the Pounce. Ok promo thankfully Brown controlled himself for once and didn't go over board with his various lines.

Kip James and Monty Brown vs Apolo  and Lance Hoyt- Mike says Monty is upset about Kip no being able to sway BG James to there side when BG was the referee of there match the month before. Kip and Monty had laid out Apolo's usual tag partner Sonny Siaki so Apolo was teaming with Hoyt for payback. Siaki comes out in street clothes and wearing a neck brace. Hoyt was coming off a match with Abyss while he lost they played up how he hung with the monster. Apolo and Hoyt tell Siaki to go to the back and not be at ringside. Kip and Hoyt start the match. Hammer lock into a head lock by James. Shoulder tackle by James. Hoyt returns the favor and gets a hip toss. Power slam by Hoyt gets one. Kick to the gut by Kip and a punch. Monty tags himself in. Kip and Monty argue allowing Hoyt to hit a double clothesline. Side walk calm by Hoyt gets two on Brown. Tag to Apolo who works a wrist lock. Brow takes over with punches and chops. Chops in the corner by Apolo. Brown runs into the boot. Clothesline by Apolo. Tag to Hoyt. Double team back elbow. Blind tag by Kip. Hoyt keeps control until a Brown cheap shot. Sloppy neck breaker by Kip. Tag back to Monty. Brown rams Hoyt's head into the turn buckle. Brown goes for a running knee or hip but he's so all over the place it winds up being his ass that hits. Brown tears at the face. Hoyt moves on a corner splash. Mounted punches by Hoyt. Back drop suplex by Brown than a second one. Hoyt escapes on the third. Brown than goes for a modified power bomb I think it was another strange move where I don't think he knew what to do. Tag to Kip James. Jabs by James. Kip runs into the elbow. Double clothesline both men are down. Tag to Brown and Tag to Apolo. House of fire by Apolo DDT on Brown Power slam on James. Spine buster by Apolo on Brown. Kip breaks up the pin and hits the famouers. Big Boot by Hoyt on James. Moonsault by Hoyt but Brown sends him to the floor. Brown send Hoyt into the post. Brown hold Apolo but he Apolo moves and Kip kicks Brown. Super Kick by Apolo gets two on James. Brown yes up and goes after Apolo. POUCNE for the win on Apolo. Ok match but I would of had preferred Kip and Monty Blow up. Monty leaves allowing Hoyt and Apolo to beat Kip.Post match we see Brown and James are still upset with each other.

Traci is with Team Canada. Williams tells EY and A-1 they have to be on the top of there games. Eric Young starts to freak out when he realizes it's 6 on 2 in the tag match. Roode tell him to get a grip eh also tells A-1 to start earning his keep. Roode talks about his match with Hardy. Williams cuts a promo on his long history with Chris Sabin. Williams says the Canadian Destroyer sets him apart and Sabin is just another infer American. Decent segment. 

Petey Williams vs Chris Sabin- Both men had been trained by Scott D'Amore and had wrestled each other many times. Mike tells us that AAA had pulled Shocker from the event so Williams was replacing him. Wrist lock by Sabin.  O'conner roll by Sabin gets two. Sabin with an arm drag into an arm bar. Williams use the hair to send Sabin to the floor. Topa by Williams misses but he lands on his feet. Flying head scissors using the ropes by Sabin damn cool spot. Flying back elbow by Sabin in the ring. Williams to the apron. Sabin tries to sunset bomb him to the floor but Williams blocks. Led drop on the apron by Williams misses. Running drop kick from the floor to the apron by Sabin. Sabin dives off the apron but Williams moves and Sabin goes into the steel. Back in the ring Williams covers and gets two. Sabin hung in the tree of wow. Petey stands on the crotch and sings Oh Canada. Back breaker by Williams gets two. Clotheslines by Sabin.  Back kick by Sabin. Power bomb attempt by Sabin but Williams counters into a DDT. Neck tie by Williams. Sabin gets free but takes a shot arm lariat. Basement dropkick to the head by Williams. Dropkick to the back by Sabin to break up a move by Williams. Forearms by Sabin. Chop exchange. Spin kick than an enziqure followed by a Fishermen's buster by Sabin. Cradle shocked block. Destroy blocked. Williams gets the sharp shooter. Tornado DDT by Sabin gets two. Side Russian Leg Sweep by Williams. Canadian Destroyer blocked again. Sabin goes for a spring board cross body but Williams swats him away. Williams back to the sharp shooter. Sabin counters out but Williams still in control and stomps him. Sabin whipped into the corer. Bronco buster like move blocked. Nigra Driver into the turnbuckle by Sabin. Cradle shocked  set up but Williams goes to the eyes to break it. Sabin is blind and and nearly gives the moves to referee. Williams set for the Canadian Destroyer but Sabin counters into the cradle shock. and hits it for the win. Good match. These two guys knew each other so well I assume they could go "Spot 1 than Spot 14 and follow it up with spot 87."

Post mach Matt Bentley who had been out of TNA for a while returns and lays Sabin out with a superkick. Bentley says people thought I was bound for up north but instead he's Bound For Glory. Bentley calls for a an Ultimate X at Bound for Glory. Bentley than lays out Williams with a super kick. Good segment to set up for Ultimate X witch would be these three men.

No DQ Match Abyss with James Mitchell vs Sabu- Sabu had returned afar a serious of medical problems and he tried to stop Abyss from destroying Raven. Pre match Mitchell says not even Sabu can survive the 350 LBS weapon of Mass Destruction and makes the match NO DQ. Mitchell warns Sabu he is signing he own death warrant. Lights go out and Sabu appears when the come back on. Punch by Sabu one gets blocked and Abyss hits him. Sabu ducks the clothesline but runs into a big boot. Over hand slaps exchange and damn those stand stuff. Abyss charges in tot eh boot. Over head belly to belly suplex by Abyss. Sabu rolls to the floor. Fans hand Sabu chair. Abyss takes the chair. Drop toe hold by Sabu than the led droop. Sabu get the chair and hits another leg drop. Sabu covers and gets two. Chair springboard by Sabu for a clothesline both men fall to the floor. Sabu gets a table but one leg breaks so the table leans. Sabu sent into the guard rail. Abyss gets a different table. Sabu back to the ring and summersaults of the chair to the floor. Drop kick to the leg by Sabu. Double spring board DDT by Sabu gets two. Abyss caught in the ropes. Sabu charges right into an over head belly to bell over the top rope and though a table on the floor. Abyss gets another table and puts it in the ring. Table set up. Chair shots by Sabu and than the toss of the chair gets two. Leg drop from the top rope with the chair though the table by Sabu. Both men are down. Mitchell puts the foot on the rope breaking the pin. Sabu grabs Mitchell but Abyss makes the save. Shock treatment by Abyss gets two. Abyss gets the black bag filled with thump tacks. Choke slam blocked by Sabu. Abyss sets for a power bomb but Sabu with punches. Sabu goes for the double spring DDT but Abyss catches him and hits the black hole slam into the tacks. HOLY SHIT! These guys are nuts. Abyss covers and picks up the win. Well I'm glade that was the finish. Damn good hardcore match. Its clear they had to hold back a little because of the NWA title but still it's pretty cool to see the man that made ECW hardcore vs The TNA King of Hardcore.

Shane Douglas is with Alex Shelley. Douglas asks where Shelley's Candio Cup winning tag partner Sean Waltman is. Shelley says no one would love to give answer more than himself. Shelley says everyone always tells him Waltman comes though in the end well he better tonight. Shelley says he will go down with or without Waltman. Decent promo by Shelley I don't think he was quite clear his gimmicking TNA was. Don and Mike says they can't believe Waltman would leave Shelley hanging. Mike talks about how the Candido cup was about the older wrestlers mentoring the younger talent as Candido went out of his way to do. Don says Shelley could get lucky since the other three teams hate each other so much. Good covering by Don and Mike. Sadly Waltman went Sean Waltman and just didn't show up. It's to bad as he was having a really good run in TNA at this point and I don't think he ever got the same kind of momentum anywhere again. 

Bobby Roode vs Jeff Hardy- I don't really remember the storyline if there was one. It could have been TNA was just trying to get Roode and Hardy on the card. Don talks about how much potential Roode has. Mike tells us this is Jeff Hardy's first match in four months well sadly because Jeff Hardy was Jeff Hardy and was a long way from beating his demons. Roode jumps Hardy at the start. Big punches and kicks by Roode. Flying clothesline by Hardy. Drop kick by Hardy sends Roode to the floor. Hardy nails the baseball slide and the slingshot cross body. Roode rammed into the steps. Roode sees the moonsault comes and drops Hardy on the ropes. Roode chokes Hardy. Clothesline in the corner by Roode. Gut wretch into a back breaker by Roode get two. Hardy choked on the ropes by Roode. Surfboard by Roode. Sloppy sunset flip by Hardy gets two. Running knee to the gut by Roode and again. Belly to back suplex by Roode gets two. Hardy fight out of a suplex. Twist of Fate blocked. Roode's short arm cloth lines is ducked by Hardy. Jumping back kick by Hardy. Double slide and  a clothesline by Hardy. Whisper in the wind by Hardy gets two. Big knee by Roode. Leg drop between the legs by Hardy. STO by Hardy. Petey Williams out and uses the hockey stick to trip Hardy on the ropes. Roode superplex is blocked.  Roode back up and hits a super over head belly to bely for two. Williams distracts the referee. Roode has the hockey stick but misses. Hardy takes out Williams than hits the twist of fate on Roode. Roode rolls to the floor. Hardy to the top. Hardy dives and takes out both Roode and Williams. Roode sent into the steel steps. Hardy puts Roode back in. Williams goes of the destroy but its block. Jeff Jarrett out and hits Hardy with the hockey stick. Roode covers and gets the win. This is one of those matches where you could tell Hardy was not at this best. He was clearly off make of that what you will. Roode defiantly showed why even back than people thought he could be world champion someday.

Backstage The Naturals and Jimmy Hart. Douglas calls this the toughest team of the Naturals title reign. Hart agrees. AMW interrupts and asks how the Naturals plan to stop them. Stevens says tonight they end this obsession AMW has. Harris talks about AMW's history with the Naturals and says there is nothing can stop AMW from getting the gold back. Storm says they only have about 15 mins left as champions. Good segment as AMW was deftly hinting at there big heel turn.

Elimination Rules for the NWA World Tag Team Championship The Naturals Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas with Jimmy Hart vs America's Most Wanted Chris Harris and James Storm vs Team Canada Eric Young and A-1 vs Alex Shelley - AMW and the Naturals had briefly put there long feud aside to try and take out Team Canada. It didn't work. The Candido cup was in honor Chris Candido and we see Candio's family at ringside including his brother Johnny who is a trained wrestler. The Naturals come out with a towel as Candido would do and they gave it to Candido's father. AMW and the Naturals starts to brawl right at the top. Douglas and Harris spill to the floor. Storm and Stevens int eh ring. Sunset flip by Stevens. Storm right up and kicks Stevens in the head. Shelley tags Storm to get in. Shelley covers and gets two. Running kick by Shelley than a belly to back suplex for two. A-Q kicks shelley int eh back. Stevens pulls Eric Young to get Shelley get some shots in on him. Roll up by Shelley gets two. Front face hold by EY and he works over the back. A-1 tags in and attacks Shelley. Suplex by A-1. Tag back to Eric Young who drops an elbow and gets two. Front face lock by Eric Young. Shelley fires up But the Naturals won't tag in. A-1 nail Shelley from behind. Legal tag to A-1 who kicks and punches Shelley. Shelley tries to tag AMW but they won't tag it. Young tags back in an the drops a fist. WE see Johnny Candido getting upset at the ringside. Double team by Team Canada.  Shelley avoids the A-1 splash. Stunner on Eric Young and DDT for A-1 by Shelley.Johnny Candido hops the rails and gets in Shelley's corner. Tag to Candido and the referee allows it. House of fire by Candido and a big kick. Low blow by Eric Young and he rolls Candido up to eliminate the team. I give TNA credit they had to make lemonade and actually got a petty cool moment out of it with Johnny coming. Andy Douglas in and he nails Young with a back elbow. Douglas tag in Storm.  Eight second ride by Storm on Young. Power slam on A-1. Eye of the Storm on Young. A-1 nails Storm in the back. Young tosses Storm of the top rope. A-1 works over Storm on the floor. Snap suplex by Young gets two. A-1 tags in and punches Storm. A-1 chokes Storm on the ropes with his knee. Tag back to Young. A-1 drags Storm to the floor and slams him back first into the post. Harris over and attacks A-1. Back in the ring Young lock in a sleeper hold. Storm tries to get feee but gets pulled down by his hair. Tag to A-1 who stands on Storm's head. Tag back to Young.

Storm nails the superkick on Young. Tag to Harris who takes out A-1 before giving Young a leaping lariat. Harris nails the Naturals. A-1 and nails a should tackle.e Harris with a a thez press and a bulldog. A-1 blocks the Catantoic. Suplex by Harris gets two. Storm in and he nails Young followed by the Naturals.. Stevens dumps Storm to the floor. Back in the ring while the referee is dealing with Storm and Steven A-1 hits Harris with a hockey stick. Small package by Eric Young for the win. Douglas in and hits Young with a dropkick. Tag to Steven.s Bulldog by Douglas onto Steven's knee gets two. Snap suplex than a leg drop by Stevens. Tag to Douglas. A-1 nails Douglas from the floor. Choke by Erick Young and than one by A-1. Douglas fires back. Douglas tries a crucifix but Young falls back and gets a two count. Douglas sent to the food. Young shoves Jimmy Hart away so he can attack Douglas. Stevens breaks it up. Running high knee by Douglas and the tag to Stevens. House of first time. Alabama slam by Stevens on Young. A-1 breaks up the pin. Power bomb by A-1 puts Stevens down. Douglas in and goes after A-1. Eric Young a superplex on Douglas. All four men down. Young and A-1 double team Stevens. A-1 set for an electric chair. Young to the top rope but Jimmy shoves him off and Young crotches himself. Natural Disaster by the Naturals for the win. Ok match but it never really clicked. It felt like no one was sure if they were a heel or a face outside of Team Canada who were always heels. 

Shane Douglas is with Rhino. Shane says this is what Rhino's wanted his whole career. Rhino talks about four year of agony and wrestling heel. No more cooperate ass kissers no more Hollywood bitches. Rhino says Raven's rules is what he's wanted. Raven will cry tears of blood. Rhino says he has one word… PAIN!

Raven's Rules NWA World Heavyweight Championship Raven © vs Rhino- Rhino had debuted at No Surrender and in a pretty well done angle they had Jarrett hunt him out all night only for it to be revealed Rhino was working with Jarrett and he attacked Raven. The next month at Sacrifice Rhino had pinned Raven and earned his title show (much to Jarrett frustration since he wanted a title shot.) Raven comes out with a shopping card felled with weapons with he tosses into the ring. Rhino gets a Kendo Stick. Raven has a chain. Rhino goes to the floor.  Rave drops the chain and toes a trash can at Rhino. Raven gets a broom handle. Raven lands first. Raven gets a crutch and hits him. Big kick by Rhino and than he uses nunchucks to choke Raven. Rhino with a leg drop. Pizza cutter by Raven. Rhino bleeds. Raven nails Rhino with baking sheets. Match to the floor. Raven pulls out a ladder. Rhino with a kick and a punch. Rhino nails Raven with a beer keg. Raven ducks another shot and the keg hits the post. Kendo stick shot by Raven. More cane shots by Raven gets two. Ankle lock by Raven.  Rhino gets free. Raven to the floor. Chair shot by Rhino. Rhino gets a trash can and nails Raven right in the face. Back to the ring. Raven is now bleeding another trash can shot by Rhino than some stomps. Raven sat in the corner and Rhino puts a trash can into front of his face and than stomps it. Face wash by Rhino. Raven block one drop toe hold back to the ankle lock. I really like the idea of Raven using a submission hold since it's something no one would except but also it takes away Rhino's ability to hit the gore and other trademark moves if you damage his leg. Rhino gets the trashcan and hits Rave got get free. Rhino grabs a staple gun. Staple to Raven's head and another one. Powerful chair shot by Rhino. Rhino climbs the ropes and goes for a splash. Raven moves and Rhino hits a chair instead. Jabs by Raven than the discos clothesline. Short lariat by Raven than the running knee. Bulldog by Raven gets two. Raven sets for the drop toe hold into the chair. Rhino sees it coming and throws Raven into the chair. Cassidy Riley out to cheer on Raven but he distracts the referee. Raven effect DDT but Riley still has the referee. Riley says I'm sorry to Raven. Rhino hits Raven in the gut with ladder. Mounted punches by Rhino. Power bomb by Raven onto the ladder witch is propped up on the chair. Only gets two. Raven probe the ladder on the ropes. Teader Totter by Rhino sends the ladder into Raven. Rhino is slow to follow up and only gets two. Rhino back to the floor and he picks up the shopping char and throws it into Raven. Cart into the ring.  Punch to the gut by Raven who gets the cart and runs it into Rhino. Low blow by Rhino. Rhino goes for the for the gore. Raven moves. Rhino stops himself form running into the cart. Drop toe hold by Raven into the cart. Jeff Jarrett runs in and grabs the NWA title and is ready to hit Raven. Hardy out and takes the belt. DDT for Raven. Rhino tires for the DDT but Raven revers it and hits the DDT on Rhino. Very good Hardcore match there was some actual logic behind it and they came up with some creative stuff. 

We get a great video recapping the history between the three men in the main event. Yes this is the only time the X-Division Title has main eventide a three hour PPV and it is widely consider to be one of TNA's greatest matches. Even the TNA haters that don't get TNA andy credit like this match.

X-Division Championship Christopher Daniels © vs Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles- Daniels had been feuding with AJ all year and even when AJ was working in the heavyweight scene he would still take pot shots at AJ. Joe had debuted a few months ago and had never been beat. Joe earned his shot beating AJ in the finals of the Super X Cup but AJ was added to this match because Daniels had interfered. You have Daniels the longest reining champion in the title's history vs the undefeated monster vs the man that had the record for the most reigns with the title. Daniels yells at AJ and Joe they will never beat him. Double team by AJ and Joe on Daniels. Hard kick to the back by Joe. AJ nails one to show Joe how to do it. Joe with another kick. AJ with another one Daniels gets up and yells "Stop Kicking Me!" So they kick him again and knock him down. Roll ups by AJ on Joe. Joe goes for a submission Daniels break it up. Running drop kick by Daniels on Styles. Joe chops at Daniels. Enziqrui by Joe sends Daniels to the floor. Joe with forearms for Styles than kick to the chest. Daniels trips Joe.  Daniels headlocks takedown's AJ and jumps up and hits Joe with an enziqrui. Joe up and goes after Daniels with front kick and chop. Chop for AJ and he tries to whip AJ into Daniels. Daniels moves and catches Joe with a shot. Joe whips Daniels into AJ but runs into the Daniels boot. AJ tosses Daniels into the ST Joe. Head scissors takedown by AJ on Joe. Stinger Splash by AJ on Daniels. Joe catches AJ and hits an over head belly to belly suplex. Joe face washes AJ. Daniels with a shoulder block sends Joe to the floor. Drop kick through the ropes by Daniels. Split legged moonsault to the floor by Daniels. Spring board Shooting Star to the floor by AJ whips out  Joe and Daniels. AJ tosses Joe into the ring and cover for two. Phenomenal Dropkick by AJ gets two on Joe. Daniels attacks AJ from behind. Daniels tries to whip Daniels into AJ. Daniels instead hits AJ with a monkey flip but AJ uses this as chance to hits a rana on Joe. Amazing Spot! Back body drop by Daniels sends AJ crashing to the floor. Running knee on Joe than a few slaps. Joe blocks one and fires back son Daniels. O'conner roll by Daniels but Joe gets him in the choke. AJ back up and hits the spiral tap to break up the move. AJ covers Joe and gets two. AJ covers Daniels another two count. Daniels tosses back out of the ring. STO by Daniels on Joe. AJ back and breaks up the BME. Daniels hung in the ropes. AJ kicks him.  Big running knee to Styles by Joe. Daniels still hung up and OLE Kick by Joe. Joe punches AJ, Atomic drop running big boot and a senton by Joe on AJ gets two. Don West it up perfect "This is everything we thought it would be and more!" Joe knees Daniels in he head. Daniels blocks one and hits a death valley driver all three men are down. 

Daniels covers but AJ breaks it up. Daniels blocks the AJ suplex. AJ to floor. Daniels with a spring board cross body AJ moves but Daniels lands on his feet. Moonsault by AJ off the apron over Daniels back. Twisting suicide dive over the top rope by Joe. NO OTHER BIG MAN COULD DO THAT!. Joe sends Daniels into the ring. Muscle Buster is block as Daniels goes to the eyes. AJ and Daniels fight on the ropes. Joe with a double exploder suplex off the second rope. All three men down again. Joe and AJ up and they trade shots. AJ fires a combo. Joe responds. Dead lift German suplex by Joe. Muscle Buster on AJ. Daniels has the belt he charges Joe but takes the snap power slam. Joe has the belt the referee tries to take it. Daniels kicks the besot into Joe's face. Joe rolls to the floor. AJ and Daniels exchange. AJ blocks the German but runs into the blue thunder power bomb. Only gets two. Rock Bottom by Daniels on AJ. Best Moonsault Ever! Joe breaks up the pin. Jaw breaker by Daniels on Joe. Last Rights by Daniels on Joe. Joe back to the floor. Moonsault into the inverted DDT by AJ gets two on Daniels. AJ to the top but it cut off by Daniels with a palm thrust. Daniels with a superplex. Joe back into the ring but still hurting. Joe covers Daniels for two. Covers AJ and gets two. Joe power bombs Daniels and transitions into the STF. Daniels gets the ropes. Head but punch chop by Joe puts down Daniels. Uppercuts by Joe on AJ. Pelle by AJ on Joe. Rack bomb on Joe by AJ gets two. Daniels slams AJ on to Joe. AJ hits the styles clash on Daniels but Joe breaks it up. AJ sent to the floor by Joe. Daniels drops down as Joe charges. Joe hits the floor. AJ back in the ring. AJ and Daniels exchange punches. Daniels to the eyes. AJ counters the angles wins into a northern light suplex for the win! THE GREATEST MATCH IN TNA HISTORY! I could rave about the this match forever. How every move seemed to flow into the next perfectly. How there wasn't a single botch. How the whole match even all these lair has the electric feeling to it. How when I watched in 2005 I didn't care who won I just wanted it to keep going. We close AJ celebrates with his newly won title. Don and Mike note Joe is still undefeated since he wasn't pinned. Daniels can't believe it and is in agony having lost his championship. Joe is seething with anger on the floor.

I am actually stunned TNA hasn't ever used the Unbreakable name again. All and all this is a great show. The main event is a classic and a must see for any wrestling fan. Hell I would even Redmond young wrestlers watch this match to learn how to work a three way correctly. I will never get tired of watching it. On top of that we get two very good hardcore matches and a excellent effort by Aries and Strong. There are a few weak spots but they are worth sitting though in order to get to the good stuff. Also for TNA fans it's interesting to watch this show as it was the end of an era the FSN days were over it was time to go to Spike. The Summer of Raven would end and AMW was set to turn heel. Sting and Christian Cage both loomed on the horizon. A Must Buy Show just based on the main event alone.