10 Best TNA Wrestling Moments

1. Kurt Angle Debuts

As great as the acquisition of the likes of Team 3D, Christian Cage, and Sting were, TNA made a signing in the summer of 2006 that felt like a total and utter game-changer. 

Soon after leaving WWE under a cloud, Kurt freakin’ Angle was announced as joining Dixie Carter’s crew at the end of the No Surrender pay-per-view. 

The video hyping his impending arrival was enough to set pulses racing, but his actual TNA debut was on another level entirely. 

Marching out with purpose on the October 19, 2006, edition of IMPACT on Spike TV, the Olympic gold medallist laid a shoot head butt on Samoa Joe, before hitting the Samoan Submission Machine with an impressive Angle Slam. 

The subsequent pull-apart brawl between the two men was positively electric and set the tone for the Wrestling Machine’s frankly incredible almost decade-long TNA Wrestling run. 

There have been some amazing moments in TNA Wrestling history, but they don’t come much better than Kurt Angle laying the nut on Samoa Joe. 

Oh, it’s true alright, It’s damn true!