They banned this match type twice. Here's why TNA's bloodiest era was pure beautiful chaos.
TNA Home Video presents the Best Of The Bloodiest Brawls DVD release, featuring Barbed Wire Massacre, Six Sides Of Steel, Monster's Ball and more with Abyss, Raven, Sabu, Rhino, Team 3D and many more of your favorite superstars!
Stunts
Barbed Wire Massacre invented new ways human bodies shouldn't bend.
Practical Effects
Real thumbtacks, real glass, real blood—zero CGI nonsense.
Production
Six Sides of Steel cage design pure TNA innovation, never replicated.
Chris Parks
Abyss
Scott Levy
Raven
Terry Gerin
Rhino
Montaque Brown
"The Alpha Male" Monty Brown
Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy
Allen Jones
AJ Styles
Daniel Covell
Christopher Daniels
Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper
James Cox
"Cowboy" James Storm
Chris Harris
"Wildcat" Chris Harris
Sean Waltman
Sean Waltman
Terry Brunk
Sabu
Jeffrey Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett
Mark LoMonaco
Brother Ray
Devon Hughes
Brother Devon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This era of TNA directly inspired AEW's hardcore resurgence; Jon Moxley has cited these exact matches as formative. The 'garbage wrestling' aesthetic became a legitimate alternative to WWE's sanitized product.
The 'Monster's Ball' stipulation—wrestlers locked in dark rooms for 24 hours 'to go crazy'—was kayfabe nonsense that accidentally produced real psychological strain. Several performers later described genuine disorientation from the isolation.
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