TNA Best Of The Bloodiest Brawls: Scars and Stitches DVD Review

TNA: Best of The Bloodiest Brawls: Scars and Stitches DVD Review

By Ethan Lewis

This is the 2nd volume of TNA's Best of Bloodiest Brawls. It features matches that weren't able to make it on the first volume as well as matches that happened after the release of the first one. This DVD features Abyss, James Storm, Chris Harris, AJ Styles, Sting, Rhino, Christian Cage, and many more.

1) Rhino vs. Jeff Jarrett - Turning Point 2005

The DVD opened up with this match. It was a great battle between these two veterans. They battled into the crowd and near the backstage area where Jarrett hit Rhino with a chair knocking him off a scaffold through a table! Solid match and great way to start this DVD.

Match rating - 8.5/10

2) Lethal Lockdown Match: Sting, AJ Styles, Ron Killings, and Rhino vs. Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, James Storm and Chris Harris - Lockdown 2006

Lethal Lockdown matches are similar to the War Games matches back in the day. It starts off with two guys from each team. They have to wrestle for five minutes, then members of each team enter at two minute intervals. After all 8 men are in the ring, the roof of the cage (which is filled with weapons) drops down. The match starts off with AJ Styles and Chris Harris. They go at it for five minutes and get busted open before the rest of the guys get in there. Once all the competitors are in there, all hell breaks loose because the roof drops and so do the weapons. Jarrett busts Steiner over the head with his guitar while AJ and James Storm climb up to the roof of the cage. AJ delivers one of the craziest moves I've ever seen as he sets up a ladder on top of the cage and jumps onto a lighting fixture hanging from the roof and drops down onto Storm who is on a table on the roof of the cage. Crazy match!

Match rating - 9/10

3) AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels vs. LAX (Homicide & Hernandez) - Six Sides of Steel Match - Bound For Glory 2006

These guys never fail to put on amazing matches. They put on one of the best Ultimate X matches I have ever seen a few weeks prior and they set out to top it with this match. In this bout, we see AJ get on top of the cage, which is really sketchy because there is no roof, and he was standing on the tiny edge of the wall of the cage, and he dives off of it onto Hernandez. Awesome! Then we see Hernandez, yes the 6'6 300lb Hernandez do the same thing, but he crashes and burns as AJ moves out of the way. Homicide brings a fork into the match and scrapes the head of Christopher Daniels with it, cutting him open. I'm giving these guys a 10/10 rating because I don't know what more these guys could have done. They put it all out there. You definitely will want to check this one out.

Match rating - 10/10

4) Rhino vs. Christian Cage - Barbed Wire Cage Match - iMPACT - November 2006

Christian can put on amazing matches when he wants to and this proves it. He gets busted open badly and bleeds profusely throughout the match. To win this, you had to either climb out of the top of the cage, which is wrapped with barbwire, or either walk out of the cage door. As mentioned before, this was a brutal and bloody match that I will definitely go back and watch again because it was awesome. Rhino hit the biggest gore I have ever seen, by goring (spearing) Christian THROUGH the cage door! Epic match, especially to be a television match. One of the bloodiest on this DVD.

Match rating - 9.5/10

5) Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe - Genesis 2006

This was the first ever match between these two and the crowd was on fire. From "Let's go Angle" chants to "Joe is gonna kill you" chants, the crowd added alot to this match. Some people were somewhat disappointed because this wasn't a technical wrestling clinic, but this was still an amazing match and from what I've heard Angle and Joe put on that type of a match the next month at Turning Point. Anyway, this was simply awesome. A great match that will leave you wanting more, which is why I will soon be getting Turning Point 2006 to see their next encounter.

Match rating - 9/10

6) Abyss vs. Sting - Last Rites Match - Destination X 2007

This was basically a casket match. It wasn't bad, but it was one of the weaker matches on this DVD. Some cool moments include Abyss chokeslamming Sting onto the casket and breaking the top of it in. Good match, but you probably won't watch it more than once or twice.

Match rating - 7/10

7) James Storm vs. Chris Harris - Texas Death Match - Sacrifice 2007

Although the set began to slow down with the previous Abyss/Sting match it certainly picked back up to speed here. Harris and Storm put on one of the most brutal and best hardcore style matches I've seen. They began the battle outside and fought through the crowd then headed back to the ring, but not before Harris dove over the railing into the crowd with a crossbody onto Storm. Several tables were involved and there was loads of blood as Storm got busted open terribly by being catapulted under a table. Outstanding match, one of the best on this DVD.

Match rating - 10/10

8) Abyss vs. Tomko - No Disqualification Match - Slammiversary 2007

I didn't expect this to be a good match. I figured it would be a bland match without any spots, but they actually shocked me! This was a really good match. Started off kind of slow, but soon picked up. Glass and thumbtacks were brought in early and both men were slammed into them. Then here come the spots, Tomko chases Abyss up the ramp with a barb wire bat then they climb up a scaffold type thing near the stage and Abyss throws Tomko off of it then dives off it himself, crashing onto Tomko. Solid match.

Match rating - 8/10

9) Abyss vs. Judas Mesias - Barbed Wire Massacre 2 - Against All Odds 2008

While this was quite bloody, it wasn't too great of a match. Certainly not as good as the first Barbed Wire Massacre. Suprisingly this was one of the weaker matches on the DVD. Just like the Sting/Abyss match, it's worth a watch, but I doubt you'll watch this bout more than once.

Match rating - 7.5/10

Overall thoughts: This is a solid compilation with several matches that are worth getting this to see if you haven't. Those matches being: Styles/Daniels-LAX, Angle/Joe, Rhino/Christian, Storm/Harris, and Lethal Lockdown. So that means there are 5 outstanding matches on this set, what about the other 4? Rhino/Jarrett and Abyss/Tomko are solid matches. Abyss/Sting is decent, but not great. Abyss/Mesias was disappointing. If any of the 5 matches I mentioned above interest you, then I'd definitely recommend. Solid set. I enjoyed watching it, I'd say it's worth a viewing.

Overall DVD rating: 8.5/10

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