10 Moments When TNA Was The Hottest Wrestling Company In The World

10. Hogan And Sting Take Philly

The Bound For Glory main event between Bobby Roode and Kurt Angle remains one of the bigger disappointments in company history, but that may be in part due to the show being stolen one match earlier.

Expectations were rock bottom for a match pitting Hulk Hogan (accompanied by Ric Flair) against Sting for control of TNA. The storyline was yet another weathered power struggle, and the trio's combined age of 168 represented the antithesis of a young dynamic brand the organisation was always supposed to be.

Worse still, though the Philadelphia crowd were only witnessing their second company event ever, the locals weren't known for patience and decorum when served something not to their discerning tastes. Remarkably, Hogan and Sting not only had a serviceable (though heavily gimmicked) brawl, but also provided blood, a babyface turn and a grandiose payoff that wrong footed the exhilarated audience.

With Hogan associate Garrett Bischoff installed as the guest referee and Flair ringside for all the action, the odds were stacked against 'The Icon', but he remarkably prevailed at the conclusion of the bells and whistles scuffle after making Hogan tap out in the Scorpion Deathlock.

Having lost power to Dixie Carter, Hogan and Bischoff's 'Immortal' group hit the ring to join Flair in a post-match beatdown of 'The Stinger', but in some surprisingly powerful pathos, the bloodied Sting begged for help from the equally crimson 'Hulkster', who tore his shirt off and turned babyface to a rapturous ovation. The faces cleared the ring to conclude the spectacle.