TNA - Destination X 2008 DVD > Reviews > Not one of TNA's better PPV's

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Did you enjoy it?	Indifferent to it
How does it compare to similar films?	Weak

Advantages:	Curry Man !
Disadvantages:	Some pretty dire matches

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

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CONTAINS FULL MATCH REVIEW SPOILERS!

3 way Tag Match to decide the #1 contenders - LAX vs The Rock & Rave Infection vs The Motor City Machine Guns. This wasn't a great match but the Guns made it better by a great deal. They had both the best & took the worst of the match & it was a toss-up if it was going to be them or LAX (again?) to become contenders. The Guns were the best team by a country mile, made the best moves & took the best bumps. LAX took a win they truly didn't earn, work for or deserve.

X-Division Title Match - Petey Williams (with Steiner's valet Rhaka Khan) vs Jay (still running this bad gimmick) Lethal. As Williams has someone in his corner whose already cheated a few wins for Steiner this one sounded like a foregone conclusion before it started. This match was even, well worked but ran way too long by a huge amount. It was actually clean until Steiners pointless interference & Val trying to point it out slowed the match down at exactly the WRONG time. Lethal got a well deserved win.

Tag Match, Black Reign & Rellik vs Kaz & Eric Young - Here's a match I wanted finished before it even started having seen the participants. Kaz made the best of this match but it was still AWFUL, the whole EY "Super Hero" thing was a bad idea. Young got the pin that he didn't deserve, Kaz should have got this win as it's him their pushing.

TNA Knockouts Womens Title 3 way Match - ODB vs Awesome Kong vs Gail Kim. The outcome of this was always going to be Kong winning & either ODB or Kim causing the other to get pinned. Obviously ODB & Kim were going to double-team Kong but you knew at some point either Kim was going to hit ODB or ODB was going to hit Kim for Kong to steal the win. When a match is this predictable its not worth watching. Kong took the win off ODB retaining the title after interference from her valet.

Fish Market Street Fight Tag Match - Team 3d vs Curry Man. After Cornette's announcement that if 3d make the weight it'd be the last time they have to but if they don't their sacked you knew 3d were going to make weight which they did. From the start Sharkboy & Curry Man had the best of this match and 3d sold like crazy for them both. This was looked like it was always going to be 3d's match as if they lost they were leaving TNA. This match certainly got Sharkboy & Curry Man over a great deal more than they already were (and that's quite a lot!) but it was just a matter of when 3d were going to get their pin. Sharkboy took the surprising pin off Devon & 3d don't have a job in TNA any more! What are the odds that stipulation is "forgotten" & Team 3d don't lose their jobs especially after the fight with the guys in the crowd?

A Stand By Your Man Strap Match, Booker T & Traci Brooks vs Robert Roode & Peyton Banks - Winner gets to strap their counterpart on the opposing team. Booker was probably always going to win this, especially as both Booker & Brooks had already taken a strapping last week on tv. Roode got shock the win after using handcuffs as improvised brass knucks. Banks got to lash Brooks 10 times. Sharmell came back.

Elevation X, Rhino vs James Storm - Neither guy is bodily suited to this match so why is was booked is beyond me. The fact that this started in the ring & stayed there a long time was a bad indicator of exactly how this match was going to go. Rhino got the win in this AWFUL match.

6 Man Tag Match, AJ Styles, Tomko & Kurt Angle vs Kevin Nash, Samoa Joe & Christian Cage. After reviewing the tapes of Angle's match last week it was decided not to overturn the decision of who got the advantage of 3 on 2 for the 1st 5 minutes. Angle came out after the 5 minutes elapsed & Joe was waiting for him at the bottom of the ramp. Joe took the eventual win in this pretty rubbish match. This has got to have been TNA's worst PPV to date, the women's match was way too predictable & the rest of the card was just scrappy. TNA are way better than this and I hope they remember that.