10 Great TNA Matches You Completely Forgot About

4. Kurt Angle Vs. Abyss - Turning Point 2008

The first of two Kurt Angle matches on the list, and arguably Abyss' best match in the company that didn't take place on the Hardy Family Compound. One little side note; for those looking for more examples of how poorly TNA used their relationship with NJPW, Hiroshi Tanahashi was on this show as a throwaway competitor in an X-Division nothing match.

Anyway, Kurt Angle and Abyss went at it in a Falls Count Anywhere bout, and those of you who felt like Kurt Angle vs. Kane could have been great should definitely go back and watch this. Abyss was something of a more mobile and sacrificial Kane at this point, and Kurt Angle was still trying to prove to WWE that he was the best professional wrestler on the planet.

The truth is, he was. He pulls out all of the stops in this one, somersaulting off the gosh darn stage at one point. He tries to make this a wrestling match whilst Abyss tries to make it an Abyss match, and in truth both men succeed. The finish works too, as Angle is moments away from getting slammed off the stage only to European Uppercut Abyss into oblivion.

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