Greatest Match Round 1: Styles/Daniels/Joe vs. Edge/Undertaker WM24

[Everlong]

SquaredCircle's Greatest Match of All Time!

(2) AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe, Unbreakable 2005



VS

(7) Edge vs. Undertaker, WrestleMania XXIV



VOTE NOW for which you liked better. Voting will last three days. In the event of a tie, the winner will be decided by which match had more people commenting in its favor.

[KaiserGlider]

This one isn't too difficult for me, but it may trigger some interesting debates in this tread as these are two very different matches with different atmospheres. Styles/Daniels/Joe is the embodiment of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, a incredibly memorable and unique match with a rate of action we probably won't see ever again. When I first this match, I was completely blown away. I had never seen anything like it. Taker/Edge isn't on the same level.

I gotta give Edge/Taker its due love though. I don't think there's ever been a match that I anticipated more than that one. I loved that feud and couldn’t wait to see it all come to a head at the grandest stage of them all. It’s a great match for sure. The beginning is kind of slow, but it definitely picks up towards the end with some dramatic near falls that were executed well. And the greatest referee sprint OF ALL TIME.

However, there's two main reasons I can't vote for it here:
1.) It was simply outclassed by Undertaker's match with Shawn Michaels a year later.
2.) I did like Taker and Edge's Hell in a Cell match at Summerslam more.

So I feel like the impact of Taker/Edge has diminished somewhat since it first happened, whereas Joe/Styles/Daniels is still widely considered TNA's greatest and most famous match, and one of the best triple threat matches of all time. For all these reasons I think it deserves to advance more than Edge/Taker does. Triple threat gets my vote.

[Circled Square]

I've seen the Edge/Taker match, and I do agree that the HIAC match they had was better. Still it was a great WM match no doubt. I enjoyed it. Haven't seen the other match though. Gotta watch it.

[VaderBomb]

Despite including Charles Robinson's WrestleMania moment, the Triple Threat is the better match. It's the greatest TNA match of all time. It includes three of the most gifted wrestlers of the decade tearing the house down as best as they could. With that being said, these are two of my favorite matches.

[prophet]

I think Edge/Taker is one of the more underrated 'streak' matches Taker ever had simply because people like to talk more about his classics with HBK or ones with HHH/Punk/Lesnar but to me this is easily in the top three and I wish I could vote for it but I just can't.

The Styles/Joe/Daniels match is what drew me to TNA and made me a fan and for the longest time TNA was the only wrestling show I would watch from like 06 to '09 and for that reason alone I'm voting for the triple threat, simply three of the best, at their best, tearing the house down.

[Tom]

Much like other people this is fairly easy for me. Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels vs AJ Styles may not just be the greatest match in TNA history, it may also be the greatest triple threat match ever. Although people may have seen some of their stuff before, for me it brought something new the table that I hadn't seen before. The atmosphere was awesome, the action was awesome and it was the true definition as to what TNA represented as an alternative to WWE at that time. When I watched this match I really felt as if we were witnessing three guys who were the future of wrestling. Fair enough, it never may have ended up like that but that still doesn't take away what was brought to the table here. Undertaker vs Edge was very good. Joe vs Daniels vs Styles, on the other hand, was great!

[Kirbi]

The Edge/Taker match was good, and a worthwhile contender, although it's somewhat diminished to me by being part of the streak (I like to not know who wins a match when going in). The Styles/Joe/Daniels match is just ridiculously good though. It's possibly the best match I've ever seen, and it's definitely the best triple threat. As soon as the match ended I kind of wanted to watch it again. So good...

[Hanley!]

It pains me to vote against Undertaker/Edge, but I fear I must.

I really like Undertaker/Edge, it's one of my favourite matches. For me, it's by far the best match Undertaker's had at Wrestlemania. Easily. He's had very few other matches that rivaled it in my opinion (against Michaels at Bad Blood, against Mankind at King of the Ring, against Angle at No Way Out), but none of them at Wrestlemania.

I like the atmosphere of the match, the slow build and increase of pace and some of the counters. I liked that they didn't overuse finishers. And I think at the time it had what was maybe the most believable false finish where the audience could make themselves believe for a split second that the streak was really over. I would have loved to see this match paired against Undertaker/Michaels or something like that.

But instead it was paired with probably the best triple threat match ever, featuring three of the best workers of the era who were leaving it all out there. I really like that match, it's one of the rare matches that's just as good watching it back. So many great counters, dives and three person spots. Unlike WWE triple threat matches, there were actually times when all three guys were in the ring. It wasn't just a series of one on one contests. And even when it was a one on one contest, that was usually because someone had been purposely thrown out of the ring as part of the wrestlers' strategies. It was written into the story of the match.

It's so much better than the other triple threat matches in this tournament, and one of the best matches in the tournament in general, so I have to give it my vote. Both great matches though, for sure.

[Everlong]

^I always preferred Taker/HHH at WM17 to Taker/Edge, tbh. And WWE started pretending like the WM17 match never happened around WM27 and 28

[PorkChop]

Styles vs Daniels vs Joe is better, but I love both matches.

[The Legend]

I never was really a fan of the Edge/Undertaker matches, this one in particular. I just never thought they had that much chemistry with each other when you compare it to the chemistry they've had with other opponents throughout their careers.

Chemistry was had in Aces with the triple threat match here. the way they engineered this match and the spots they came up with were great. I also love the way they managed to have all three guys fighting for most of this match.

[KaiserGlider]

The Edge/Taker match was good, and a worthwhile contender, although it's somewhat diminished to me by being part of the streak (I like to not know who wins a match when going in)

For me Lesnar breaking the Streak has had an interesting effect on previous Streak matches. Before that, ending the Streak seemed like this nearly impossible thing that WWE would never do. Now that it's happened, when I go back and watch old Streak matches, the near falls mean a little more, they're a bit more exciting. Because the Lesnar/Taker WM 30 moment really did have a chance of happening at any of those matches.

[Hanley!]

^I always preferred Taker/HHH at WM17 to Taker/Edge, tbh. And WWE started pretending like the WM17 match never happened around WM27 and 28

That's one of my favourites from Undertaker's Wrestlemania matches actually. I thought it was better than his recent Triple H matches, but still they want us to forget it ever happened for some reason. It's weird.

[Viazon]

Looks like I was late to the party for this vote but I would have voted for the triple threat match anyway. I remember watching that match and just being blown away. I just watched Edge vs Undertaker and it was a great match and a worthy Wrestlemania main event, but it doesn't compare to that triple threat match.

[Str8Shooter]

Yeah the Triple Threat takes it for me too even though I missed the vote. This is the first time I'd watched it in a long time and I think I forgot how good all three worked together. What I noticed is that it almost was ahead of it's time that match. It actually seemed like a match you might see today in WWE or in an indy, just the style and the use of lots of different moves and near falls.

Just watched Edge and Taker and it was pretty good, the finishing stretch was strong but I just felt like it was missing that something special watching it. The crowd was lukewarm after a long Mania card and I don't think anybody bought into Edge winning the match. When Charles Robinson's sprint to the ring is arguably the matches most memorable moment, it probably shouldn't move on.