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Also, the match was only 7 minutes long, man, how much fucking psychology do you think you're going to get out of that? And that's actually beside the point, because they DID have some psychology going. Speed Muscle were the new guys trying to pull out all the stops in their big American TV debut, which they did, and then the MCMG were there to show them that they run the X-Division in TNA, but not without a fight and a couple of close calls. It made a strong showing for Speed Muscle while keeping MCMG strong, and it did this well.
Compare this to your average RAW match; even one that goes 10-15 minutes long. WWE's current style is slow and plodding, with moves and counters we've seen a hundred times before, and far too many rest holds and "signature spots" that we can count along with by the numbers (HBK kip-up, Cena's 5 moves of doom, Undertaker's rope walk, etc, etc).
That match, while only 7 minutes long, was innovative with some moves I've never seen before and it had me saying "holy shit" a couple of times, not at the brutality or whatever, but at the creativity of the spots they came up with, and the fluidity with which they were performed. This isn't a style I would want to watch over and over again, but it's extremely entertaining and deserves a respectable spot on the card.
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