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Post by microstatistics on May 25, 2020 19:33:34 GMT -5
Underrated gem from early TNA. Nice start as Styles gets tired of Sandman's showboating and levels him with a huge dive. Then follows that up by schooling him in a neat amateur wrestling sequence. The interference near the end is annoying but the finish itself is great.
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Post by superstarsleeze on May 30, 2020 21:42:22 GMT -5
I fucking love this project. I did not know this existed. I am a huge AJ Styles fanboy. Based on my most recent ECW re-watch, Sandman is now a guilty pleasure of mine. I really look forward to watching this! Thank you, Micro!
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Post by mvz on Oct 12, 2021 2:25:16 GMT -5
It’s hard to believe that the world is a better place in 2021 than it was in 2003, but some parts of this clip on YouTube have me believing it.
Younger me loved the Sandman In ECW though, and it was pretty cool to see these two have a match. Nothing I would call essential, but it sounded like an interesting storyline and the match had the dynamic you would expect which made it satisfying.
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Post by elliott on Sept 21, 2023 11:19:42 GMT -5
Fun match
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Post by mrjmml on Feb 9, 2024 21:33:38 GMT -5
AJ Styles vs Sandman (TNA - 2/26/2003)
I don’t know how to start with this one, the two previous matches I reviewed were amazing in their own unique way this match is completely unremarkable at least for me. This is good don’t get me wrong it’s good but nothing else I don’t see anything here that deserves to be considered among the greatest matches of any year even 2009 ( the worst year in that department in my opinion) but still this match has something going for it. The runtime is very short around 10 minutes of Sandman’s madness will be enjoyable and this one is no exception although I don’t consider this match to be great it was way better than I expected going into it but it’s not for me it’s not my kind of match at all, it’s the TNA version of an ECW car crash and if that’s up your absolutely go for it. The best thing about this whole thing is the crowd they were ecstatic throughout the match especially by TNA standards by AJW standards they would be just a run of the mill crowd. This match made me understand why this year is very low end in the west if this is one of the best matches 2003 but this match made me think about something I read in October: ‘‘ There are no bad years in wrestling if you search hard enough’’. I think that’s what I think happened here because this match wouldn’t have been seen as great if this match happened in 1993 when the MOTY list was absolutely loaded anyways I don’t regret giving this one a chance but if you don’t like Sandman avoid this match it will be an enormous waste of your time even if it’s just 10 lone minutes it’s not worth it at all. Wrestling is the most subjective art form so you may find something in this match that I’m just missing that’s what keeps me in the wrestling community.
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