Although it’s not being officially hyped as an MMA-style match, Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe at Sunday’s Lockdown PPV is going to feature a more ‘real’ style of wrestling. Angle and Joe are both said to be really excited about the match and look forward to seeing how fans react to it.

Two well-placed sources within TNA say that the company is not promoting the match like an MMA fight because they feel people will think they’re trying to make it look like a shoot. Although Angle has suggested that this match will launch a widespread change in TNA, there are no plans for a dramatic overhaul of the entire company. However, the same style of matches could be used in the future with Angle and/or Joe.

Kurt Angle is said to want the match to be similar to the acclaimed bout he had with Yuji Nagata that aired on TNA’s Global Impact show. They’re looking to work very stiff in a high energy match with a lot of submissions and suplexes.

The decision to book Scott Steiner against the winner of Angle vs. Joe seems like a solid indication that TNA plans to stick with a similar style of match.