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Who was TNA's MVP in 2010?
The title says it all who was TNA's most valuable player in 2010 and why? Use whatever criteria you deem fit to come to your conclusion, but be sure to explain your reasoning don't just tell us who and bail. You'll be infracted or warned for it, and your post will be removed.
I've included a pre-supplied list in the poll of 14 options (the 15th being a write-in), some of whom have a brief year-summary below. If you don't feel any of the listed deserve it, tell us who you feel does by using the "Other" option at the bottom of the poll and post your write-in with an explanation as to why you felt he/she was TNA's MVP.
Brief Summaries:
Other names to consider:
The title says it all who was TNA's most valuable player in 2010 and why? Use whatever criteria you deem fit to come to your conclusion, but be sure to explain your reasoning don't just tell us who and bail. You'll be infracted or warned for it, and your post will be removed.
I've included a pre-supplied list in the poll of 14 options (the 15th being a write-in), some of whom have a brief year-summary below. If you don't feel any of the listed deserve it, tell us who you feel does by using the "Other" option at the bottom of the poll and post your write-in with an explanation as to why you felt he/she was TNA's MVP.
Brief Summaries:
Jeff Hardy re-debuted on the January 4th live episode of iMPACT!. He helped Team Hogan defeat Team Flair at Lockdown, tagged with Mr. Anderson for a short period in a team known as the Enigmatic Assholes, won his way to the finals in the TNA World Heavyweight Championship tournament and won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound For Glory in the company's biggest story line (to date), turning heel in the process and revealing to everyone that he (along with Jarrett, Abyss, Hogan and Bischoff) were "They".
Mr. Anderson debuted at Genesis defeating Abyss as a surprise contender. He went on to advance to the finals of the 8 Card Stud Tournament where he lost to D'Angelo Dinero at Against All Odds. He then entered into a feud with Kurt Angle which lasted a few months and was culminated by what was arguably the best match of 2010 against him at Lockdown. He later formed a brief tag team with Jeff Hardy known as the Enigmatic Assholes and eventually found his way to the main event at Bound For Glory in which he lost an opportunity to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when Jeff Hardy hit both he and Kurt Angle with a crutch on his way to picking up the victory.
AJ Styles carried the TNA World Heavyweight Championship into 2010 as rollover from his reign that began in 2009 (that would end with him holding the longest title reign in company history as a result). He turned heel at Genesis aided by Ric Flair whom he began to emulate for months. He eventually lost his championship to Rob Van Dam whom he feuded with briefly as a result. Styles was later included in the Four Horsemen redux, Fortune, along with James Storm, Robert Roode. The group eventually added and later removed Desmond Wolfe, Matt Morgan and Doug Williams, eventually settling with Kazarian, Styles, Storm and Roode. In that time he defeated Rob Terry for the TNA Global Championship and renamed it the TNA Television Championship. He and Fortune entered into a feud with Tommy Dreamer and EV2.0 that lasted months before one-by-one the members of EV2.0 were fired/lost their jobs.
Kurt Angle was ranked number 2 in the TNA Top-10 Rankings, but removed himself from the running, vowing to fight his way through the entire list one-by-one before winning the title again. At Slammiversary he began his climb by defeating Kazarian, and continued his climb by defeating Desmond Wolfe, D'Angelo Dinero, AJ Styles, and Hernandez before the plug was pulled on the rankings system. He later feuded briefly with Mr. Anderson (already covered), and eventually was "screwed" into a retirement stipulation he himself put on his quest to re-win the World Championship when Hardy hit both he and Anderson with Hogan's crutches at Bound For Glory. The following iMPACT! when he came out to make his retirement speech, he was interrupted by Jeff Jarrett who ran him down before attacking him. Angle made repeated returns on iMPACT! each week trying to get to Jarrett, but was almost always held back from him. On the January 6th, 2011 episode of iMPACT!, Angle interrupted Jarrett's Double J Double M-A challenege and signed a contract to face him at Genesis in an MMA exhibition match.
Rob Van Dam debuted in TNA on March 8th, defeating Sting. He team entered into a short tag-team with Jeff Hardy, eventually being included as a member of Team Hogan at Lockdown where they defeated Team Flair. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship the night after Lockdown on the April 19th episode of iMPACT! after he first defeated Jeff Hardy earlier in the same night to become the number one contender. He beat then incumbent champion AJ Styles to win, and defeated him at the following Pay-Per-View, Sacrifice, as well in the rematch. He later entered into a short program with Sting, defeating him as well at Slammiversary to retain the Championship. He aligned himself with EV2.0 after being saved by them from an attacking Abyss who following the Hardcore Justice Pay-Per-View visciously attacked him (kayfabe) following a Stairway to Janice match which forced him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on August 10th. Van Dam returned two months later to defeat Abyss in a Monster's Ball match. Later in the evening he was attacked by long-time friend Jeff Hardy, who turned heel just moments before. Van Dam spent the remainder of 2010 fighting his way to Jeff Hardy, including a brief mutiny-feud within his own stable of EV2.0.
Matt Morgan began the year as part of a tag-team with Hernandez who he eventually turned on in a vicious assault (kayfabe) that saw him hit the Carbon Footprint on Hernandez' head while it was propped against the ring post, but not before winning the TNA World Tag Team Championships by defeating British Invasion at Genesis for them. Morgan proceeded to carry the belts around himself, referring to himself as Matt and Morgan; "we". He defended the titles successfully a few times before eventually losing them to The Band who were cashing in a Feast or Fired contract. Hernandez returned to feud with him through to Victory Road where Hernandez defeated Morgan in a cage match to pick up the victory. He formed an alliance with Immortal as their "Insurance Policy" later in the year, though his time with them would be short-lived as he eventually would leave the group citing philosophical differences after voicing his opinion against Bischoff & co. who were forcing then concussed Mr. Anderson to wrestle with the injury. He turned face as a result, eventually losing a World Title match to Jeff Hardy at Final Resolution.
Eric Bischoff debuted in TNA on the January 4th edition of iMPACT! as part of an alliance to take over and rebuild the franchise. He began short feuds with Jeff Jarrett, Mick Foley and Abyss over the first few months, even tryingt o shave Mick Foley's head bald (getting his own shaved in the process), as punishment for trying to help Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match the previous week a match he himself booked during his feud with Jeff. At Lockdown he turned face by helping Team Hogan defeat Team Flair in the main event by handing brass knuckles to Hogan instead of Flair. Following Lockdown and headed into the latter half of the year, Sting and Kevin Nash began to cryptically note that Bischoff was up to something (Deception angle) and went on for months over it. As the story evolved, Bischoff eventually presented Dixie Carter with paper work she thought would fire Abyss, who had been stalking her and taunting her for weeks, though it turned out at Bound For Glory when he was revealed as part of the architecture of "They", that the papers she signed signed control of the copmany over to Hogan and Bischoff. He spent the rest of the year spear-heading Immortal, even aligning them with Ric Flair's "Fortune" in the process.
Hulk Hogan debuted in TNA on January 4th as part of an alliance with Bischoff to take over and rebuild the franchise. He developed an immediate feud with TNA founder Jeff Jarrett, telling Jarrett he'd have to earn his spot in the company just like everyone else. He renovated the iMPACT! Zone on February 18th, eliminating the six-sided ring the company had previously been known for utilizing. That same night he gave his Hall of Fame ring to Abyss, telling him it'd give him all the powers of Hulkamania in the process. He and Abyss defeated SJ Styles and Ric Flair in a bloody contest on March 8th when the company attempted to go head-to-head with Monday Night Raw an attempt that would eventually see them return to Thursday nights. He eventually lead a Team Hogan charge against Ric Flair and Team Flair at Lockdown, coming out on top. His biggest moment of the year (aside from the debut) would come at Bound For Glory when he'd interrupt what looked to be Eric Bischoff screwing with the main event, only to have Hardy use one of his crutches to hit Kurt Angle with, using the other to hit Anderson with, winning the World Heavyweight Championship in the process. Weeks following the Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View, Hogan was interrupted on an episode of iMPACT! by Dixie Carter and was informed that a judge had filed an injunction against him on her behalf over not having signatory authority, indefinitely suspending Hogan from TNA.
Mick Foley began the year by being the first of many to question the motives of Hogan and Bischoff joining TNA. He was assaulted by Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman on the January 4th episdoe of iMPACT! and was "fired" by Bischoff on the January 21st episode, after claiming to have been attacked by him. By February 11th, Foley and Bischoff had "talked it over", and Foley was entered into the 8 Card Stud Tournament at Against All Odds losing to Abyss in the opening round. On the March 15th episode of iMPACT!, Bischoff announced that he would shave Foley bald as punishment for Foley interfering with Bischoff's "disciplining" Jeff Jarrett who he was feuding with at the time. Foley shaved Bischoff bald instead as a result. The following week, Foley lost to Jarrett in a no DQ Career v. Career match set up by Bischoff, which forced Foley to leave TNA (kayfabe). He returned at the July 12th iMPACT! leading an invasion of ex-ECW alumni eventually forming EV2.0 who feuded with Fortune following the Hardcore Justice Pay-Per-View. He had a Last Man Standing match with Flair on the October 7th episode of iMPACT! which he won. He didn't appear again for another two months until the December 23rd episode of iMPACT! where he confronted Fortune and Immortal.
Mr. Anderson debuted at Genesis defeating Abyss as a surprise contender. He went on to advance to the finals of the 8 Card Stud Tournament where he lost to D'Angelo Dinero at Against All Odds. He then entered into a feud with Kurt Angle which lasted a few months and was culminated by what was arguably the best match of 2010 against him at Lockdown. He later formed a brief tag team with Jeff Hardy known as the Enigmatic Assholes and eventually found his way to the main event at Bound For Glory in which he lost an opportunity to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship when Jeff Hardy hit both he and Kurt Angle with a crutch on his way to picking up the victory.
AJ Styles carried the TNA World Heavyweight Championship into 2010 as rollover from his reign that began in 2009 (that would end with him holding the longest title reign in company history as a result). He turned heel at Genesis aided by Ric Flair whom he began to emulate for months. He eventually lost his championship to Rob Van Dam whom he feuded with briefly as a result. Styles was later included in the Four Horsemen redux, Fortune, along with James Storm, Robert Roode. The group eventually added and later removed Desmond Wolfe, Matt Morgan and Doug Williams, eventually settling with Kazarian, Styles, Storm and Roode. In that time he defeated Rob Terry for the TNA Global Championship and renamed it the TNA Television Championship. He and Fortune entered into a feud with Tommy Dreamer and EV2.0 that lasted months before one-by-one the members of EV2.0 were fired/lost their jobs.
Kurt Angle was ranked number 2 in the TNA Top-10 Rankings, but removed himself from the running, vowing to fight his way through the entire list one-by-one before winning the title again. At Slammiversary he began his climb by defeating Kazarian, and continued his climb by defeating Desmond Wolfe, D'Angelo Dinero, AJ Styles, and Hernandez before the plug was pulled on the rankings system. He later feuded briefly with Mr. Anderson (already covered), and eventually was "screwed" into a retirement stipulation he himself put on his quest to re-win the World Championship when Hardy hit both he and Anderson with Hogan's crutches at Bound For Glory. The following iMPACT! when he came out to make his retirement speech, he was interrupted by Jeff Jarrett who ran him down before attacking him. Angle made repeated returns on iMPACT! each week trying to get to Jarrett, but was almost always held back from him. On the January 6th, 2011 episode of iMPACT!, Angle interrupted Jarrett's Double J Double M-A challenege and signed a contract to face him at Genesis in an MMA exhibition match.
Rob Van Dam debuted in TNA on March 8th, defeating Sting. He team entered into a short tag-team with Jeff Hardy, eventually being included as a member of Team Hogan at Lockdown where they defeated Team Flair. He won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship the night after Lockdown on the April 19th episode of iMPACT! after he first defeated Jeff Hardy earlier in the same night to become the number one contender. He beat then incumbent champion AJ Styles to win, and defeated him at the following Pay-Per-View, Sacrifice, as well in the rematch. He later entered into a short program with Sting, defeating him as well at Slammiversary to retain the Championship. He aligned himself with EV2.0 after being saved by them from an attacking Abyss who following the Hardcore Justice Pay-Per-View visciously attacked him (kayfabe) following a Stairway to Janice match which forced him to vacate the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on August 10th. Van Dam returned two months later to defeat Abyss in a Monster's Ball match. Later in the evening he was attacked by long-time friend Jeff Hardy, who turned heel just moments before. Van Dam spent the remainder of 2010 fighting his way to Jeff Hardy, including a brief mutiny-feud within his own stable of EV2.0.
Matt Morgan began the year as part of a tag-team with Hernandez who he eventually turned on in a vicious assault (kayfabe) that saw him hit the Carbon Footprint on Hernandez' head while it was propped against the ring post, but not before winning the TNA World Tag Team Championships by defeating British Invasion at Genesis for them. Morgan proceeded to carry the belts around himself, referring to himself as Matt and Morgan; "we". He defended the titles successfully a few times before eventually losing them to The Band who were cashing in a Feast or Fired contract. Hernandez returned to feud with him through to Victory Road where Hernandez defeated Morgan in a cage match to pick up the victory. He formed an alliance with Immortal as their "Insurance Policy" later in the year, though his time with them would be short-lived as he eventually would leave the group citing philosophical differences after voicing his opinion against Bischoff & co. who were forcing then concussed Mr. Anderson to wrestle with the injury. He turned face as a result, eventually losing a World Title match to Jeff Hardy at Final Resolution.
Eric Bischoff debuted in TNA on the January 4th edition of iMPACT! as part of an alliance to take over and rebuild the franchise. He began short feuds with Jeff Jarrett, Mick Foley and Abyss over the first few months, even tryingt o shave Mick Foley's head bald (getting his own shaved in the process), as punishment for trying to help Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match the previous week a match he himself booked during his feud with Jeff. At Lockdown he turned face by helping Team Hogan defeat Team Flair in the main event by handing brass knuckles to Hogan instead of Flair. Following Lockdown and headed into the latter half of the year, Sting and Kevin Nash began to cryptically note that Bischoff was up to something (Deception angle) and went on for months over it. As the story evolved, Bischoff eventually presented Dixie Carter with paper work she thought would fire Abyss, who had been stalking her and taunting her for weeks, though it turned out at Bound For Glory when he was revealed as part of the architecture of "They", that the papers she signed signed control of the copmany over to Hogan and Bischoff. He spent the rest of the year spear-heading Immortal, even aligning them with Ric Flair's "Fortune" in the process.
Hulk Hogan debuted in TNA on January 4th as part of an alliance with Bischoff to take over and rebuild the franchise. He developed an immediate feud with TNA founder Jeff Jarrett, telling Jarrett he'd have to earn his spot in the company just like everyone else. He renovated the iMPACT! Zone on February 18th, eliminating the six-sided ring the company had previously been known for utilizing. That same night he gave his Hall of Fame ring to Abyss, telling him it'd give him all the powers of Hulkamania in the process. He and Abyss defeated SJ Styles and Ric Flair in a bloody contest on March 8th when the company attempted to go head-to-head with Monday Night Raw an attempt that would eventually see them return to Thursday nights. He eventually lead a Team Hogan charge against Ric Flair and Team Flair at Lockdown, coming out on top. His biggest moment of the year (aside from the debut) would come at Bound For Glory when he'd interrupt what looked to be Eric Bischoff screwing with the main event, only to have Hardy use one of his crutches to hit Kurt Angle with, using the other to hit Anderson with, winning the World Heavyweight Championship in the process. Weeks following the Bound For Glory Pay-Per-View, Hogan was interrupted on an episode of iMPACT! by Dixie Carter and was informed that a judge had filed an injunction against him on her behalf over not having signatory authority, indefinitely suspending Hogan from TNA.
Mick Foley began the year by being the first of many to question the motives of Hogan and Bischoff joining TNA. He was assaulted by Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman on the January 4th episdoe of iMPACT! and was "fired" by Bischoff on the January 21st episode, after claiming to have been attacked by him. By February 11th, Foley and Bischoff had "talked it over", and Foley was entered into the 8 Card Stud Tournament at Against All Odds losing to Abyss in the opening round. On the March 15th episode of iMPACT!, Bischoff announced that he would shave Foley bald as punishment for Foley interfering with Bischoff's "disciplining" Jeff Jarrett who he was feuding with at the time. Foley shaved Bischoff bald instead as a result. The following week, Foley lost to Jarrett in a no DQ Career v. Career match set up by Bischoff, which forced Foley to leave TNA (kayfabe). He returned at the July 12th iMPACT! leading an invasion of ex-ECW alumni eventually forming EV2.0 who feuded with Fortune following the Hardcore Justice Pay-Per-View. He had a Last Man Standing match with Flair on the October 7th episode of iMPACT! which he won. He didn't appear again for another two months until the December 23rd episode of iMPACT! where he confronted Fortune and Immortal.
Other names to consider:
Abyss, D'Angelo Dinero, Ric Flair, Motor City Machine Guns, Jay Lethal, Doug Williams, Desmond Wolfe, Kevin Nash, Sting
