10 Precise Moments TNA Was The Best Wrestling Show On Earth
2. The Headbutt Heard Around The World
TNA's reputation for the infamous "[Ex-WWE guy] Is In The Impact Zone" debut was such that it's become an audience gag that's survived long after the actual company initials. Unfortunately for the organisation, they believed they had evidence of its success.
Kurt Angle's arrival in the building - not least because he didn't require a wacky new name painfully close to his old one - and subsequent scuffle with Samoa Joe was so perfectly performed that it looked like proof of concept.
Unstoppable tweener Joe was holding Jeff Jarret's NWA Championship hostage, but was interrupted by Angle's electrifying arrival. Hostilities kicked off between the two immediately when Kurt stuck his nut on the 'Samoan Submission Machine' drawing blood and utter rage from the company's other biggest star.
It kicked off a three-match series between the two and a spell of Angle almost always having Joe's number. As if they were worried they wouldn't have him as long as they eventually did, TNA started hot with the Olympic Hero. And that same heat hadn't subsided two years later...