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Showcasing TNA’s hottest tag teams, this two disc set is a must own for any wrestling fan looking for all the awesome wrestling of TNA and (almost none of the stupidity).

Disco one is the best of Beer Money, with matches against Team 3D, Lethal Consequences,  The British Invasion and more. With interviews from the team themselves and full length matches, it really showcases one of the hardest working, most entertaining teams in the last ten years. If there is an argument to be made for tag team wrestling in 2010, it’s that Beer Money are keeping the art alive and well.

Disc two follows the same format, but showcases the Motor City Machine Guns. The most exciting team in wrestling today, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin show two of the qualities that make TNA potentially great; mind blowing X-Division athleticism, and fluid tag team offence that is unparalleled elsewhere.

The DVD isn’t perfect. Almost every interview in between matches is self-indulgent, shameless TNA testicle-hugging. Both teams find 20 different ways to say “TNA has better tag wrestling than WWE” without using those exact words. It is true, and they have a right to brag but they could have offered up a lot more to break up the matches and it gets quite irritating before you even finish the first disc. Also the direction is typically hideous. Even though it’s not live, it seems a lot of the PPV matches (namely the Bound For Glory Full Metal Mayhem match) have countless missed spots that make for infuriating viewing. On top of that, both Beer Money and the Machine Guns are cut off mid-sentence in almost all interviews in a very noticeable, sloppy editing job.

Some match choices are irritating too. The Beer Money DVD is an awful lot of “we’re great, we’re the future, but TEAM 3D IS WHERE IT’S AT.” There were four matches with 3D (some as partners, some as opponents) on the first disc and other sporadic appearances, with Beer Money putting them over in every interview. I don’t know why we needed the Slammiversary match between the two when we also got the much better Lockdown street fight. And on the Machine Guns DVD the first match is a horrible squash match with Magnus beating Sabin to a poor reaction from the crowd. Theres far too much cluster-fuck X Division nonsense on the MCMG side of things; 2 Steel Asylums, a handcuff cage match and a six man hardcore match where the emphasis was on the Guns getting taken out and Jay Lethal being on his own. It’s a very unflattering match selection that lets the disc down in a major way. There is some fun to be had with it still but it could have been much better.

That aside, this set is over 5 hours of mostly fantastic wrestling from two of the best teams in the world and we insist you pick it up IMMEDIATELY.