10 Great TNA Matches You Completely Forgot About

7. Samoa Joe Vs. Chris Sabin - No Surrender 2005

A perfect storm. Another Joe match and another Sabin match, but this was a wonderful time in TNA. Joe had not long arrived and was just starting out their true main guy, decimating everything in his path. Sabin on the other hand, well, he'd been around from the start and was one of the guys getting overlooked at this point. Going into this many assumed Joe would destroy Sabin in a matter of moments. Many ended up being wrong.

Somehow, this match at No Surrender in 2005 managed to give the viewer the belief that Sabin could maybe, just maybe pull of the ultimate upset, yet also solidified the fact that Samoa Joe was the baddest, most dominant mofo on the planet. Was it a wonderful squash? Not quite, but it was most definitely wonderful.

One of the forgotten missed opportunities in TNA was Chris Sabin at this point. This could have been a launching pad for him as a real star. They continued to get Joe right for the next year or so, but Sabin was left spinning his wheels. Still, go and watch this.

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