Provided that he is without doubt one of the founders of the corporate, Jeff Jarrett has seen extra matches from TNA Wrestling than most individuals, particularly in its early levels. Nonetheless, there may be one match that’s quickly approaching its twentieth anniversary on the time of writing that Jarrett claimed on his “My World” podcast is without doubt one of the finest matches in TNA historical past. That match being the Six Sides of Metal Match between America’s Most Wished and Triple X from Turning Level 2004.
“I simply suppose it is on the very prime of the record,” Jarrett stated. “[It’s] definitely one of the best tag match, it is most likely prime three…definitely prime 5 matches in TNA historical past.”
The match is finest identified for the death-defying stunt carried out by Elix Skipper, who walked throughout the highest of the cage and delivered a Hurricanrana to Chris Harris from the highest to the canvas in a second that’s nonetheless replayed to at the present time. When requested what the response backstage was when Skipper executed the transfer completely, Jarrett had one response. “
Holy s**t…and once more the timing of all of it, and I am not saying–no in loads of methods I’m,” Jarrett exclaimed. “Chris Harris’ timing…simply your entire high-risk maneuver was off the charts.”
Jarrett additionally praised the commentary of Mike Tenay and the late Don West for bringing a lot power to the second that makes the transfer appear much more spectacular. Nonetheless, regardless of being identified for one of the crucial harmful strikes within the historical past of wrestling, Skipper did not attain the heights of the opposite males within the match, one thing Jarrett believes would have been totally different a number of years after this match.
“If Elix would have been born 10 years later,” Jarrett claimed, “and he would have walked the highest of a cage in…2015, 2016, 2017, he could also be a World Champion as we speak.”
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