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* ''Destination X 2008'' had several for both Kaz and Eric Young. Kaz's gimmick was an extremely acrobatic and skilled guy with no fear whatsoever. Eric's gimick was that of a coward scared of his own entrance pyro. They had to face Black Reign and Rellik, two very strong and very scary monster heels. A few minutes in, Eric ran to the back, leaving Kaz all alone. For several minutes, Kaz [[Determinatorcontinued|to fight]]. When all seemed lost, [[Superman]]-like music started to play, and Eric came back, in a [[Clothes Make the Superman|superhero costume]]! Ignoring his second entrance pyro, he stormed the ring and [[Curb Stomp Battle|pwned the two monsters]], winning the match by getting '''both''' of them on his shoulders and delivering a Death Valley Driver.
* Backstage interviewer Lauren Brooke got one at ''Victory Road 2009'', when she assisted Abyss by taking down Daffney, a very strong and scary woman, then warning Abyss about Dr. Stevie's stun gun. Her seeming to finally accept him as her boyfriend was icing on the cake.
* ''Earl Hebner'' got one during a match involving The Beautiful People when he proved he was [[Not Distracted
* January 4th, 2010. ''The entire episode''. From Hogan (and Bischoff's!) debuts to the reformation of the Wolfpac to the appearance of [[Ric Flair]] to [[AJ Styles]] and [[Kurt Angle]]'s 25-minute main event with more near-falls than any match in a long time. They outclassed WWE big time.
** Only if you ignore the absolutely AWFUL Asylum Match that kicked off the show with a domed cage painted bright red that made it impossible to see into and a DQ finish that had even the usually positive TNA crowd screaming "THIS IS BULLSHIT!", the fact that despite all of Hogan's speeches about TNA being about the new generation almost no time was spent with the new generation instead having random cameos from guys like Val Venis, Orlando Jordan, and the Nasty Boys, among others, to the fact that despite the first hour of the special showing Hogan coming by limo (and hyping it EVERY. FIVE. MINUTES.) Hogan stated he'd been in the back of the arena all day. But yeah other than that, [[Sarcasm Mode|TNA definately outclassed the Hart/Michaels/McMahon confrontation that's been over a decade in the making.]]
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** It would appear the entire Fortune vs. Immortal angle is just spawning one Crowning Moment after another. After [[Ric Flair]] betrays Fortune, despite his support of the group earlier, he comes out to the ring and gives a [[A God Am I]] speech before calling [[AJ Styles]] down to the ring. AJ responds to Flair's [[Hannibal Lecture]] with an '''''EPIC''''' [[Shut UP, Hannibal]], followed by a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|beatdown]] that left Flair near-naked and beaten half to death. Immortal's newest [[The Dragon|hired gun]], Hernandez, tried to help, but AJ kept turning the tables, treating Hernandez like a mere nuisance. Yeah, Immortal eventually got the upper hand...for all of five seconds; Fortune quickly rushed the ring and chased them all off. The capper to this? Hernandez, while retreating, walks right into ''another'' beatdown - this one from a pissed-off Matt Morgan!
*** More impressive is that Flair's normal mic skills, despite being top notch as they always were, were overshadowed by AJ's. [[AJ Styles]] outdid the "stylin' and profilin'" Nature Boy at his own game!
** Yet another on the March 17th episode. AJ is doing a promo on his upcoming #1 contender match when Ric comes in to try and start another [[Hannibal Lecture]]. AJ doesn't even let Flair finish his sentence and [[Talk to
** If this keeps up, Fourtune is going to need its own page! At the end of the March 31 edition of TNA, Immortal has lured Fortune into a beatdown locked in a steel cage. Just when it seems the episode will end in Immortal's favor, [[Christopher Daniels]] [[Big Damn Heroes|rushes out of the crowd]], climbs the steel cage and takes out '''''[[Dynamic Entry|all of Immortal in one move!]]''''' He caps it off by pulling out his best friend [[AJ Styles]] (who was recently taken out by Bubba) signature pose, as if saying "[[And This Is For|This is for AJ!]]" (which he then cuts a promo with Fortune saying exactly that). Its hard to tell which is more awesome, the fact Daniels is back or the fact he's with Fortune!
** Another one the next week. Daniels comes out and demands to be put into Lockdown in AJ's place. Flair and Immortal come out to the ring and Flair begins another [[Hannibal Lecture]] and states there's no way Daniels can be in TNA because Eric and Hogan wouldn't dream of letting him. Daniels reveals he's already one step ahead of Immortal and went over their heads to the network in order to get himself a contract and inserted into the match. To cap it off, he leads Fortune in an attack on Immortal and drives them out of the ring.
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** The Fortune vs. Immortal match at ''Lethal Lockdown'' had it's fair share, including Daniels hitting a crossbody from the top of the cage to [[Matt Hardy]] and Abyss. However, the crowner has to be [[AJ Styles]] returning to help Fortune pull out the win and taking a measure of revenge on Bully Ray for taking him out. Bully Ray reacting like he just saw a ghost is the best part.
** May 19th begins with Immortal in the ring, bragging, but are then interupted by Brain Kendrick leading the X Division, who have been royally ticked off at Immortal for overlooking them. After Eric gives each a match with stacked odds, they respond with a resounding "[[Bring It On]]". Afterwards, Immortal ends up on the short end of a major beatdown from both the X Division and Fortune. The sight of these two groups uniting to beat up Immortal is as great as one would expect.
** After a couple months off as the show focused on ''Slammiversary'' and ''Destination X'', the campaign for Fortune to get its own "Awesome" page went springing back in full. [[Wrestler/Sting|Sting]] had a rematch against Mr. Anderson for the World Heavyweight Championship set for July 14 after Anderson had beat him at ''Slammiversary'', but Anderson had made a [[Deal
*** As for Bully Ray being taken care of? He tried to interfere in the Sting-Anderson title match after a ref bump, only to find himself cleared from the scene by lighting games and a ''fifth'' evil clown, which allowed Sting to get the clean win on Ken to take the title. That fifth clown? ''Number one contender [[Kurt Angle]]''. Who, let's remember, was [[Continuity Nod|the main guy that kept Bischoff off of Fortune's trail when they originally turned on Immortal]] [[Real Life Writes the Plot|by making the entire "]][[Ironic Echo|anti!Them]][[Real Life Writes the Plot|" operation look like a Main Event Mafia revival]]. Between this, the parking lot comment, the clown suit worn by Angle, and the fact that there were lighting games and a fifth clown suit in the first place, it's heavily implied Fortune got Kurt in on the big plan and/or Sting anticipated his and Bully Ray's run-ins and timed it perfectly. At the same time, he doesn't look like a hypocrite for saying earlier that night that he was interested in facing and beating either Sting or Anderson, primarily because ''he never touched Anderson''.
** The following week on July 28, Beer Money finally shut up [[A Nazi
*** Even better, Beer Money defeated Mexican America and lived up to their talk!
** Arguably the best match at ''Hardcore Justice'' was the Fortune vs. Immortal six-man tag, but the real moment that could be classified as awesome was the finish. Gunner tried to throw AJ over the top rope through a table set up at ringside, but Daniels (who over the past few weeks had been trying to talk to AJ about…something, to the point it even cost him a match once) got on the apron, pushed AJ back in the ring, and fought Gunner, taking the table bump in AJ's stead as Gunner grabbed him and dove through it with him. Aside from being a refreshing twist in the usually-predictable "trouble in paradise" storyline, this self-sacrifice led to AJ hitting Abyss with a ''springboard Pelé kick'' in order to get the pin.
** In a meta sort of way, AJ Styles and James Storm's World Heavyweight Championship main events matches against Bobby Roode in November achieve this status as well. Because even though Roode [[Face Heel Turn|turned selfish]] in order to take the title from Storm, the fact that Roode is main eventing against Styles and Storm in title matches essentially means that the entire mission of Fortune is a success - ''they are the top of the card now''.
* Mr. Anderson gets one on the April 7th edition of ''Impact!''. He apparently makes a [[Deal
* Mickie James got one on the April 14th episode. While Madison Rayne was arguing with her [[The Dragon|Dragon]], Mickie, despite having been run over by a motorcycle and having her shoulder dislocated, comes out and delivers a very convincing [[World of Cardboard Speech]], swearing to tear every hair out of Rayne's head and beat her within an inch of her life. The real [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] here comes from her delivery of the speech, which made her seem to be an absolute [[Badass]] despite having her arm in a sling.
* Sting got one on the April 14th episode. After Eric and Hogan tried to [[Hannibal Lecture]] him, he replied by giving a [[Groin Attack]] to Eric and dropping him with the [[Finishing Move|Scorpion Death Drop]], giving Hogan a truly freaky [[Slasher Smile]] as he did so. He then backed Hogan into a corner and gave an [[Ironic Echo]] of Hogan's statement to Anderson earlier in the night, that he'd attack Hogan on ''his terms''. [[Offscreen Teleportation|Knowing Sting]], that's pure [[Paranoia Fuel]] for Hogan, who is already in the midst of a paranoia induced [[Villainous Breakdown]] as it is.
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** Foley continues to prove himself a perfect [[Chessmaster]] on the May 26th edition. Hogan leaves the meeting with the Network, thinking he'd won and gotten full control of TNA while Eric thinks he's destroyed the X Division. Then, on the actual episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Foley interupts them by coming out and revealing that was exactly what he wanted Hogan to think. After Hogan left, Foley changed the Network's minds completely and regained their favor, allowing him to revive the X Division and get the Network furious at Immortal at the same time.
* June 2, 2011: Eric Young as The "Not So Great" Muta pwning Mr. Anderson with Muta's classic moves, including the green mist.
** Even better because it was [[Hoist
* June 9, 2011: Velvet Sky beating ODB, and her [[Take That]] promo before the match. Sting attacking Mr. Anderson in his trailer and choking him out: "You will never mock me again!"
** Sting's [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Immortal.
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** Velvet Sky giving a [[World of Cardboard Speech]] against ODB and Jackie Moore and calling them out on their hypocrisy. ''She actually earned some undisputed babyface points that night.''
*** Or it was a [[Narm|Narmtastic]] speech that utterly deserved the [[Worlds Smallest Violin]] that it got from Jackie.
* ''August 25, 2011'': After managing to beat Fortune, Immortal prepares to beatdown [[AJ Styles]], when Mr. Anderson returns to [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|take his revenge for being put in the hospital by Immortal a few weeks ago]]. He throws [[Scott Steiner]] through a table and beats Gunner to a bloody pulp [[Hoist
* ''October 6, 2011'': Sting's [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] quest to get [[Hulk Hogan]] to face him at ''Bound for Glory'' and/or turn the company back over to Dixie Carter has produced several terrific moments, but none quite as gratifying as the night he finally got it done. Hogan, a week ago, had announced his "[[Ten
* ''October 20, 2011'': Even if was marred by a lousy setup and a short, worthless match, "Cowboy" James Storm winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship is ''still'' a great moment for him and for TNA fans.
* ''Against All Odds'' 2012 featured at least three moments.
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