Official NWA TNA Pay Per View Preview - 7/24
Submitted by Adam Martin on Monday, July 22, 2002 at 2:18 PM EST



- This Wednesday night, AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn will defend their tag titles against the Flying Elvises (Jorge Estrada and Sonny Siaki). Under normal circumstances, the intrigue of two top teams vying for the gold would generate incredible interest in the match-up. But, as NWA TNA fans know, things are anything but normal where these four men are concerned.

After what we saw on last week's edition of NWA TNA, it's hard to imagine that the teams can take their attention off of their partner long enough to focus on their opponents.

Lynn and Styles have been at odds for weeks now, starting the night that Styles won the X Division Title. Many feel that Lynn is jealous of the younger Styles, but he says that he just feels that Styles hasn't paid his dues and has risen through the ranks too quickly. For his part, Styles is tired of hearing Lynn complain. This has led the two of them to blows.

There have been a number of teams who were not friendly outside of the ring but were all business when they stepped through the ropes. There has never been a team with as much outward hostility as Lynn and Styles feel for each other, however. Whether they can coexist well enough to keep their titles this week will be interesting to follow. Luckily for them, they will be taking on a tandem that probably gets along worse than they do.

As anyone who saw last week's show knows, Sonny Siaki has a really high opinion of himself. He feels that the success of his team is all his doing. While he was telling the world how great he was, Jorge Estrada was doing all the work in the ring. Then, when the Dupps came down to ringside after his match and attacked Estrada, Siaki didn't even try to save him. In fact, he let his partner take a beating. How those two will work together this Wednesday night is anyone's guess. And how Jimmy Yang will react to all of this when he gets back from Japan is also in question.

The way it looks now, it wouldn't surprise anyone if the two teams fighting for the title spent more time focused on each other than they do on their opponents. Literally, anything could happen.

On Wednesday night, four men who would prefer to be on their own will step in the ring and try to get along with someone that he despises long enough to either become a champion or stay one. This will be no "normal" tag title match.

Also, Ken Shamrock will be defending the NWA World Heavyweight Title against Sabu, who debuted in the NWA TNA last week against Malice to grant him his #1 contendership spot, in a Ladder/Submission Match. The rules state that you can win the match with Ladder stipulations and Submission stipulations. We all know Ken Shamrock's specialty is submission and that Sabu's specialty is the hardcore, fighting style of wrestling that includes ladders. Who will walk out the NWA World Heavyweight Champion after Wednesday night?

Plus, Low-Ki takes on Red of the SAT and so much more!

Credit: NWATNA.com




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