3. Abyss, Flair And Styles Act Out A Farce - Destination X 2010
No-contest PPV main events will always be looked on unfavourably, but few were as lazily-booked, or as farcical as the conclusion of Destination X 2010. AJ Styles (backed up by manager Ric Flair and lackey Desmond Wolfe) faced babyface challenger Abyss for the TNA World Championship. Now a full heel, AJ tried every trick in the book to keep ahold of his title, while the brave Abyss soldiered on. Eventually Abyss chokeslammed Styles through the ring, prompting referee Earl Hebner to call for the bell - allowing AJ to keep his belt by virtue of a no-contest. Hogan, acting as Abyss' mentor, came down to raise his charge's arm, despite the challenger not actually winning the belt. Flair and Wolfe engineered a brawl, and ended up comically failing into the hole as well they tried to escape Abyss' wrath. The TNA fanbase immediately saw through such a cop-out of an ending, and gave it the ridiculing it deserved (as the video below demonstrates). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5GPmeVVAAg
