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BVV: TNA Final Resolution with…Kazarian vs. JDC? Really?

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

It’s TNA’s first app special since Mike Santana’s shocking championship loss, and the resulting main event feels suitably underwhelming. Frankie Kazarian defends the TNA World Championship against Johnny “Dango” Curtis in a matchup between that one guy who used to be in SCU and that one guy who used to be Fandango. Was it a bad match? No. Did it feel like the best wrestlers or biggest stars on the show? Also no.

Elsewhere, Santana is out for revenge against NXT’s Charlie Dempsey; Lei Ying Lee defends the Knockouts title against her own tag team partner, Xia Brookside; the Rascalz, as usual, steal the show in an eight-man tag against Order 4; and Leon Slater shines again in an X-Division title defense against AJ Francis.

All this and more on the Big Vinny V Show!

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TNA Final Resolution live results: Six title matches

Posted on by Joseph Collins

The end of a big week for TNA Wrestling has arrived with Friday’s TNA Final Resolution streaming special from El Paso, Texas.

The headliners are TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian defending for the first time against JDC who is retiring in January while TNA Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee will also defend for the first time as she faces Xia Brookside.

The show will also feature some WWE NXT talent as TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys defend against High Ryze, TNA International Champion Steve Maclin defends against Stacks, and Mike Santana takes on Charlie Dempsey.

Two other title matches will see TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater defend against AJ Francis, and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions The IInspiration defend against Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford.

The show is rounded out by a Matt Cardona vs. Mance Warner street fight; The Rascalz vs. Order 4 in an eight-man tag, and Eric Young vs. Cedric Alexander on the pre-show.

Our live coverage begins at 8:30 PM Eastern with the main card starting at 9 PM Eastern.

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Pre Show. 

Live from El Paso, Texas. 

Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt were on commentary. 

Cedric Alexander v. Eric Young 

Alexander got a near fall after a moonsault and a dropkick. Young tried to use the referee as a human shield when Alexander went for a springboard attack. Young then caught Alexander with a cheap shot to get the advantage. 

Young caught Alexander with a powerslam for a near fall. Alexander came back and slammed Young down against the ring apron. Alexander then sprung through the ropes with a flatliner for a near fall. Young hit a top rope elbow for a near fall. Young disputed the ref’s count and threatened to hit her, and almost lost the match with Alexander caught him with a surprise small package. Alexander then hit the brainbuster and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Alexander defeated Young via pinfall (7:37)

— Leon Slater tells Gia Miller than AJ Francis is going to have to answer for the disrespect he’s been giving everyone when they meet for the X Division title match tonight. BDE came along to tell Slater he would have his back tonight. 

Moose, Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards (w/ Alicia Edwards)  b. CW Anderson,  Brock Anderson, Bear Bronson

Yes, that CW Anderson from ECW a million years ago. 

This is a bonus match (an open challenge from The System) and the debuts of the Andersons and Bronson in TNA. Myers was Bronson’s trainer, adding an extra layer of story to this impromptu match. Myers hit Bronson with a jumping DDT. CW distracted Myers, and Myers walked into a choke bomb for a near fall. 

Myers countered a double-team from the Anderson with a clothesline, and Moose and Bear got the tags from their partners. Moose dropped Brock with a uranage, and pulled Bronson out of the corner with hanging tree slam for a near fall. Brock got the tag and took a thunderous headbutt from Moose. 

Edwards and Myers combined for the System Overload on Brock, and Myers got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Myers, Edwards, and Moose defeated the Andersons & Bronson when Myers pinned Brock (6:26)

Main Show.

Mike Santana v. Charlie Dempsey

This one started off fast. Dempsey jumped right into a death valley driver from Santana. He dropped to the floor, and Santana followed him out with a dive. Santana got a superstar reaction. 

Back in the ring, Santana went for the three amigos, but Dempsey cut him off and attacked Santana’s still-injured arm (from the NXT attack weeks ago). Dempsey was like a dog with a bone the way he went after Santana’s arm. Dempsey tried for a head scissors, but Santana escaped and dropkicked Dempsey. 

Santana mounted a brief comeback, but Dempsey went back to the arm. Dempsey pounded Santana with forearms in the corner. After Dempsey and Santana exchanged “Boo/Yay” strikes, Santana floored Dempsey with a clothesline and both men were down. 

Santana caught Dempsey with an enziguri, then hit the rolling cutter for a near fall. Santana went for this discus lariat but Dempsey blocked it. Dempsey countered another rolling cutter attempt with a German suplex, then went to an armbar. Dempsey delivered butterfly superpelx from the top rope. Dempsey tried for a vertical suplex, but Santana countered and hit the three amigos. Santana followed up with a frog splash off the top, then hit the discus lariat to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: Santana pinned Dempsey (9:00)

The crowd loves Santana, who should still be TNA World Champion.

— Gia Miller interviewed Frankie Kazarian and he’s going to defeat JDC because he’s a loser, just like everyone in the crowd. 

The IInspiration v. Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford (w/ Robert Stone) for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship

Ash by Elegance joined the commentators for this match. 

The IInspriation sent their opponents to the floor, and then came off the apron with some weak-looking body blocks. Blanchard got the heat on McKay. Crawford and Blanchard went after McKay’s leg. Blanchard really went after McKay’s knee, twisting it around the ring ropes and pounding it with punches. Blanchard tied up McKay’s legs and but her hand, then locked in a half-crab. 

McKay ducked a charge from Crawford, then dumped Blanchard and got the tag to Cassie Lee. Cassie hit Blanchard with a lung blower for a near fall. McKay made a blind tag, but her knee was still hurting. Stone threw one of the title belts into the ring, but Crawford got caught when a kick when she tried to use it. Heather and M by Elegance tried to run in, but the IInspiration chased them off, then took out Crawford with the Idolizer to get the win. 

Match Result: The IInspiration retained the Knockouts Tag Team Titles when Lee pinned Crawfor (8:45). 

The TNA Injury Report: 

  • Mike Santana’s arm is being evaluated. 
  • Leon Slater is cleared for tonight, despite the bruising he suffered in an attack last night. 
  • Dani Luna is out with a contusion. 
  • Matt Cardona is cleared for a street fight. 

— Santino Marella and Arianna Grace have a heart to heart. Marella admierd how his daughter, Grace, can keep her business life (the war between NXT and TNA) and her personal life (her engagement to Stacks) separate.

Mance Warner (w/ Steph De Lander) v. Matt Cardona in a Street Fight

Warner started out with a chair and Cardona started out with a kendo stick, and Warner won the first exchange. Cardona sent Warner into the chair headfirst (that Warner had set up in the corner), then hit him with a boot for a near fall. 

Marner dropped to the floor, so Cardona followed him out and choked him with his t-shirt. Cardona beat on Warner with a trash can. Cardona positioned the trash can to suplex Warner onto it, but De Lander grabbed the trash can and smacked Cardona with it, allowing Mance to get the edge. 

Warner grabbed another chair and smacked Cardona across the back with it. Warner suplexed Cardona on the entrance ramp. Warner pulled a door out from under the ring and some more trash cans. Cardona beat Warner with one of the chairs, and the crowd chanted “one more time!” to encourage Cardona. 

Warner used the ref as a human shield, and this distracted the ref long enough to have De Lander spray something in Cardona’s face. Warner hit a tornado DDT through the table for near fall. Warner hit Cardona with a trash can lid. Warner and Cardona exchanged “Boo/Yay” strikes. 

Cardona gave Warner an Unprettier into a chair for a near fall. The crowd chanted for tables while Cardona worked over Warner with a kendo stick. De Lander grabbed at Cardona’s leg, and Warner hit Cardona with a trash can, then gave him an uranage for a near fall.  

Cardona pulled a Santa present sack out from under the ring and hit Warner with it. The sack exploded with Cardona’s mini-figures. Cardona hit an Attitude Adjustment onto a pile of action figures for a near fall. 

Now Cardona pulled out his own door from underneath the ring. While Cardona was setting up the door, Warner was able to recover enough to hit Cardona with an implant DDT for a near fall. 

DeLander gave Warner a screw driver. Warner tried to stab Cardona with the screwdriver, but Cardona ducked and the screwdriver went through the door. Cardona then hit Warner with Radio Silence through the door and got the pinfall. 

Match Result: Cardona pinned Warner (11:27)

— JDC talked to himself in the mirror. If Cena can win the WWE title on his way out, why can’t JDC win the TNA World Title on the way out? If JDC does win the title tonight, he’ll defend against Eddie Edwards at Genesis. JDC seems conflicted about his retirement, and keeps kinda throwing his wife under the bus because of it. 

Steve Maclin v. Stacks (w/ Lexis King) for the TNA International Title

Maclin charged Starks as soon as he got to the ring and the fight was on. Maclin tossed Starks around the ring, then tossed him to the floor. Starks was bumping around the ring for Maclin like a rubber ball. King tried to distract Maclin, and it lead to Stacks catching Maclin with a shot to the throat. 

Maclin came back with a hard knee to the gut and a back elbow. Maclin hung Stacks up in the ropes and sent King to the floor when he jumped up on the apron. Maclin charged in for a shoulderblock, but Stacks got out of the way and Maclin hit the steel post and tumbled to the floor. 

Stacks hit Maclin with a cannonball in the corner for a near fall. Stacks hit a sliding forearm for a near fall. Maclin suplexed Stacks into the ropes. King got in a cheap shot while Stacks distracted the ref. Stacks tried to get Maclin in an abdominal stretch, and eventually did but it looked awkward. King then gave Starks additional leverage when the ref wasn’t looking. 

Maclin escaped the abdominal stretch with a hiptoss, then he tossed Stacks to the floor. King threw Stacks back in the ring and he walked right into a backbreaker. Maclin mounted his comeback by hitting a Thez press. A small cut opened on Maclin.  Maclin took both Stacks and King out with a plancha to the floor, then stole King’s cowboy hat. 

Back in the ring, Maclin hit an Angle Slam for a near fall. Stacks hit a running knee for a near fall. Stacks dropped Maclin into a gut buster for a near fall. Maclin avoided another running knee, then hit his own running knee for a near fall. Maclin hit top rope headbutt for another near fall. 

Maclin hung Stacks up in the ropes and charged in with a shoulder block. Stacks dropped the the floor. Maclin went after King, and Starks went for a surprise roll up. Maclin wound up for a big clothesline, but Stacks ducked and Maclin almost clotheslined the ref. Maclin caught himself, but the ref covered up to avoid getting hit. This allowed Stacks to grab King’s walking stick and bean Maclin with it, and of course the NXT guy is taking the TNA guy’s title. 

Match Result: Stacks defeated Steve Maclin to win the TNA International Title (11:36)

After the match, Carlos Silva, who was watching the match and is the president of the company, hands Stacks his title belt. The president of the company doesn’t think to restart the match that he was just watching when it was won by obvious cheating? Espcially when the cheater is someone who is “invading?”

— Gia Miller interviewed the Hardys about their title match later against NXT’s Tyson & Tyriek, but the Hardys will not be intimated. 

Xia Brookside v. Léi Yîng Lee for the TNA Knockouts World Championship

Brookside and Lee hug before the match gets under way. The match was very scientific in the early going. They both know each other very well and the match stays quite even. They were able to block each other’s hip toss attempt, and then dodge each other’s dropkick. 

Brookside caught Lee with an elbow in the corner, but Lee escaped a rana with a handspring and then hit Brookside with a dropkick. Brookside came off the middle ropes with a crossbody for a near fall. Brookside charged in the corner with a knee, but Lee got out of the way. Lee hit a snap suplex for a near fall. 

Lee worked over Brookside with a chinlock. Lee went for a suplex, but Brookside countered with a small package for a near fall. Brookside went for a kick, but Lee caught it and yanked her down into a half-crab. Brookside tried to crawl to the ropes, but Lee dragged her back into the middle of the ring and turned the hold into an STF. Lee then transitioned into a crossface, but Brookside escaped that and went for a cradle. Brookside took Lee down with a tijeras, but missed a charge in the ropes. Brookside caught Lee with a kick for a near fall. 

Brookside hit Lee with a meteora in the corner, then followed up with a Russian leg sweep for near fall. Brookside tied up Lee with the Octopus. Brookside added some elbows to the ribs to try and wear Lee down. Lee escaped, but Brookside turned that into a pin attempt. Lee escaped the pin attempt and charged in with a knee for two. 

Lee superplexed Brookside, but both women were down for the count. Lee got to her knees at six, but didn’t go for a cover. Lee went for a spinning slam, but Brookside escaped and hit Lee with a lung blower for two. Brookside caught Lee with a tornado DDT for two. 

Both women started exchanging forearms. They dodged each other kicks again, and Brookside caught Lee with a roll up for two. Lee floored Brookside with a kick, then finished her off with a spinning face buster to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: Léi Yîng Lee retained the Knockouts World Title by pinfall over Xia Brookside (12:39)

After the match, Carlos Silva presented Lee with her Knockouts World Championship, and both Brookside and Lee hugged. Gia Miller stopped the combatants as they were leaving. Lee said she was happy with her victory, and put over Brookside. They embraced, and Dani Luna charged in and attacked Lee and Brookside. Luna sent Lee into the ring stairs and started pounding on Brookside, until Indi Hartwell ran in to attack Luna. At this point, a gaggle of security geeks ran down to break up the fighting, and Luna slammed one of the geeks! They eventually got everyone separated. 

— Lexis King and his NXT gang celebrated Stacks International Title Victory. 

Order 4 (Agent Zero, Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch & Jon Skylar) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz, Myron Reed & Dezmond Xavier) 

The Rascals schooled Skylar and Hotch for a bit. Ali got the tag and didn’t do much better, winding up in the Rascalz corner and subject the longest Bronco Buster I’ve ever seen. 

Ali was fed up and tagged in Agent Zero, who immediately boots Wentz down. Zero then took out the rest of the Rascalz with headbutts and clotheslines. The Rascalz try a four-on-one attack and that doesn’t go any better for them. Zero slammed three of the Rascalz at once, then took Wentz down with a flatliner. Then kipped up! It was like Gulliver taking on the Lillliputians.

After Zero finished killing everyone, Ali tagged back in and went to work on Wentz with a chinlock. Skylar and Hotch hit Wentz with a double team neckbreaker for a near fall. Wentz missed an enziguri and got suplexed for a near fall. Tasha Steelz choked Wentz against the ropes while Ali distracted the ref.  

Agent Zero tagged back in and press-slammed Wentz, then took out the rest of the Rascalz. Zero missed a charged in the corner, and Wentz dodged Skylar and Hotch. Wentz dodged another charge from Ali, and Ali hit the turnbuckles awkwardly and hard.

Reed got the tag. Ali dove the floor the and Xavier followed him out with a dive. Reed got a near fall on Skylar. Tasha Steelz distracted Reed with her feminine wiles. Reed decided to shoot his shot with Steelz, and got clocked by Agent Zero for his troubles. 

Agent Zero took out three of the Rascalz and two of his own teammates with a plancha. Ali then climb up for his own dive, but Myron Reed jumped over the top ropes and took Ali down with a cutter onto an a pile of guys on the floor. 

While everyone was brawling around the ring, Ali decided he’d had enough and left. Agent Zero then when 1-on-4 against the Rascalz. The Rascalz sent Zero into the ring steps. Skylar hit Reed with a slingshot spear. The Great Hands set up Reed for their finisher. Elijah’s music played, distracting Order 4. Ali , who was watching from the back of the arena, was attacked by Elijah! Elijah hogtied Ali and drug him out of the arena. This distracted the rest of Order 4, and the Rascals came back. Reed slid out of the ring and hit Hotch with a destroyer on the floor. 

The Rascals tossed Skylar back into the ring, and hit him with a meteora, a swanton bomb, the spiral tap, and Reed finished him off with a slingshot 450 splash. 

Match Result: The Rascalz beat Order 4 when Reed pinned Skylar (14:27). 

This was certainly wild. It felt like they were dragging Ali off into the sunset for good, but maybe I’m reading too much into that.

Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe v. The Hardys for the TNA World Tag Team Championship

Before the match can begin, the lights go out. “The Gods Walk Among Mortals” is shown on the big video boards. This distraction allowed Dupont and Igwe to jump the Hardys and get the advantage. Dupont and Igwe try to get a “Delete!” from the crowd by yanking off Matt’s arm, but the crowd won’t have it. Hardy managed to trick Dupont into trying to hank off Igwe’s arm in a funny spot. 

The Hardys double-team Igwe with a standing moonsault/fistdrop combination. Hardy went for the Twist of Fate on Dupont, but he easily powered out. But Jeff wound up caught up in the ropes, and Igwe got the advantage. Igwe and Dupont worked over Jeff Hardy with chin locks. 

Jeff escaped Dupont’s chinlock with a jawbreaker and got the tag on Matt. Matt deleted Igwe’s head into the turnbuckles, then did the same to Dupont. Matt Hardy gave Dupont a Side Effect and Dupont jumped about a mile in the air for Matt. Matt hit Igwe with a Side Effect as well. Igwe escaped the Twist of Fate, but got caught on the top by Matt, who suplexed Igwe down. But after Matt landed, Dupont ran in with a splash to take control. 

Dupont and Igwe hit a double-team back suplex for a near fall. The crowd was solidly behind the Hardys, and Matt took Dupont down with a Twist of Fate. Matt sent Igwe to the floor. Jeff got the tag and hit the Swanton on Dupont to get the pinfall. 

Match Result: The Hardys retained the TNA World Tag Team Championship when Jeff pinned Dupont (8:43) 

This was solid. 

After the match, the lights go out again. “Have you heard the good news? The Righteous are coming.” 

And in fact, the Righteous, Vincent and Dutch, are here in TNA. The crowd greeted them with a “Who Are You?” chant. The Righteous stood in the entrance way and had a staredown with the Hardys.

— Eric Young sat in the stairwell and talked about how often he’s watched TNA rise and fall (and rise and fall, and rise and fall, and rise and fall). Young goes into his disease and cleansing routine and I’m just so tired and bored with this guy. Either get to the point or go away.

AJ Francis (w/ Rich Swann) v. Leon Slater for the X-Division Championship

Hannifan reminded us “it’s not about weight limits… it’s about no limits.” Which, well, duh. Francis is like twice the size of Slater. 

Slater was very evasive early on, hitting a superman forearm off the ring steps and a slingshot body block on the floor. He escaped a choke slam with a backflip and hit an enziguri. But when he tried a backflip, Francis caught him and clubbed him down. 

Francis choked Slater against the ropes. Francis stretched Slater against the ropes, than hit him with a forearm. Francis crushed Slater in the corner with an avalanche, then whipped him head over heels into the turnbuckle. Francis followed up with a charging knee into the corner. 

On the floor, Francis gave Slater a face-first suplex onto the apron. 

Back in the ring, Slater mounted a brief comeback, but ate a boot for a near fall. Francis worked over Slater with a chinlock. Slater battled back and tried for a suplex, which was a ridiculous idea and Francis killed him with an elbow. Slater rolled out of the way of a senton. 

Slater and Francis exchanged “Boo/Yay” forearms, with Slater’s forearms barely registering with Francis, while Francis sent Slater flying across the ring. Eventually Slater stunned Francis with a series of forearms and a kick. Rocked back, Slater was able to use Francis’s momentum to drop him with a blue thunder bomb. Slater went for a 450, but Francis got out of the way. Both Slater and Francis avoided hit the ref, and Francis hit a low blow behind the ref’s back. Francis then hit a spear for a near fall. 

Swann distracted the ref, and Francis went for a steel chair. BDE ran in to take the chair away from Francis. So Francis broke him in half with a choke slam. Slater tried to hit Francis with a dive to the floor, but Francis caught him and sent him headfirst into the ringpost. 

Back in the ring, Francis posed on the middle rope with a Go Pro he took from someone at ringside. Slater dropkicked Francis over the ropes, then ran across the diagonal of the ring and dove over the ring post to hit Francis with a dive, while holding the Go Pro. 

Slater hit the Crossover Splash for a near fall. Francis came back with a massive choke slam. Francis tried a moonsault off the middle rope, but Slater popped up and caught him mid-move with a superkick! That only got two. 

Swann tried to slide a chair in the ring, but this was just a distraction for Francis to hit Slater with the title belt. But that still wasn’t enough to pin Slater. Francis called Swann into the ring to hit Slater with the belt. Swann refused to do it, and Francis in Swann’s face about it. The referee tried to break that up, and so Francis got in HER face about that, too. So after bullying Swann and the referee, Swann grabs the belt, and the ref turns her back and closes her eyes so Swann could ABSOLUTELY MURDER FRANCIS WITH A BELT SHOT! Slater then hit Francis with a Swanton 450 and the pinfall was academic.

Match Result: Leon Slater pinned AJ Francis to retain the X-Division Championship (14:50)

This was exactly what it needed to be. Slater sold like a million bucks for Francis, who got his comeuppance from everyone at the end.

After the match, Slater, BDE, Carlos Silva and the referee all celebrated Slater’s victory.

— This Thursday on Impact, Dani Luna v. Indi Hartwell in a Dog Collar Match

— Ryan Nemeth came out dressed like a turkey to annoy the crowd. He called Mara Sadé a tramp and said her superkick was “weak and sloppy.” So of course Sadé snuck up behind Ryan while he was insulting her, and super kicked him again. 

JDC v. Frankie Kazarian for the TNA World Championship 

I can’t believe JDC has been wrestling for 27 years. Kazarian entered the arena in a green Cadillac convertible.

Kazarian held the ropes open so  JDC could just leave and retire. JDC grabbed Kazarian and leveled him with a short-arm clothesline, then tossed Kazarian to the floor. JDC and Kazarian brawled up the stage. Kazarian went after the eyes. Kazarian hiptossed JDC on the stage. The ref demanded that Kazarian get back in the ring, or he would count him out. Kazarian was totally fine with that. That threat totally backfired on the referee. 

The fight eventually did get back to the ring. Kazarian delivered a suplex. The crowd did start a brief chant for JDC, but it didn’t go anywhere. Kazarian went for a suplex, but JDC countered with a small package for two. Kazarian floored JDC with a clothesline. 

Kazarian dropped JDC with a back suplex for a near fall. Kazarian got tied up in the ropes, and JDC hit a springboard legdrop. The crowd got a better JDC chant going, but there was no heat for his rally. JDC caught Kazarian with a side Russian legsweep. JDC hit a powerslam for a near fall. 

Kazarian missed a legdrop on the apron and dropped to the floor. JDC then did a somersault plancha over the ropes that mostly hit the floor, and both guys were down. JDC threw Kazarian in the ring. Kazarian caught JDC coming in with the slingshot cutter for a near fall. 

Kazarian brought the belt into the ring to use as a weapon. The ref stopped Kazarian, and JDC rolled up Kazarian for two. Kazarian suplexed JDC in the corner. JDC whipped Kazarian into the referee, and then JDC followed that up by inadvertently hitting the ref with a forearm. 

JDC hit an air raid crash. He went for the cover but the ref was out. JDC got the visual pinfall, but when a second ref finally got out there it was just a two count. JDC missed a top rope legdrop. Kazarian went for another belt shot, but JDC ducked and went for a roll up. Kazarian rolled through and locked JDC in the chicken wing. After a brief struggle, JDC passed out and Kazarian retained. 

Match Result: Frankie Kazarian defeated JDC via ref stoppage (13:28). 

After the match, the System came out to console JDC in his loss. Kazarian left, and Lexis King and the NXT midcard ran out and took out the System. After disposing of the System, King poured lighter fluid all over the TNA logo on the ring canvas. Before King could burn the ring down, Mike Santana, Steve Maclin and the Hardys ran in to put a stop to that. Santino Marella and his gaggle of security geeks and referees ran in to break up the fighting. In the middle of the chaos, Stacks knocked out Marella, his soon to be father-in-law. 

From the Knockouts title match to the X-Divsion title match, that part of the show was pretty solid. But that main event was not it. I’m not buying Kazarian as champion and nobody was buying JDC as a threat. Hopefully the plan is to get the belt on a babyface at the start of the AMC era.

TNA finalizes schedule for remainder of 2025

Posted on by Joseph Currier

TNA Wrestling has finalized its schedule for the remainder of 2025, adding two more streaming specials to the calendar.

It was announced today that Turning Point 2025 — a TNA+ special — will take place at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida on Friday, November 14. Along with that, TNA will hold a live Impact episode and a night of TV tapings at Full Sail.

The final TNA+ special of the year will then be Final Resolution 2025 on Friday, December 5. El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas is hosting that show as well as a weekend of TV tapings.

Tickets for the Orlando and El Paso events will be available on pre-sale starting at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, October 15. Tickets will then go on sale to the general public on October 17.

TNA is billing the El Paso dates as “Fan Appreciation Weekend” with the following perks:

  • All fans who purchase tickets for all three shows in El Paso will receive an exclusive TNA Wrestling Fan Appreciation Weekend baseball hat. (The tickets must be purchased on the same transaction.)
  • Private Meet & Greets with select TNA stars for purchase.
  • In-ring photos for purchase.

Here is the full list of newly announced dates, which are taking place in the aftermath of TNA’s October 12 Bound for Glory pay-per-view:

November —

  • Thursday, November 13: Live TNA Impact episode at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida
  • Friday, November 14: Turning Point 2025 at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida
  • Saturday, November 15: TV taping at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida

December —

  • Friday, December 5: Final Resolution 2025 at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas
  • Saturday, December 6: TV taping at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas
  • Sunday, December 7: TV taping at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas

TNA Wrestling adding six new dates, returning to familiar city

Posted on by Josh Nason

TNA Wrestling is preparing for their end-of-year run, adding six new dates to their calendar for November and December that could portend announcements for both Turning Point and Final Resolution.

Revealed on their events page, the company will head to their familiar stomping grounds of Orlando, Florida, from Thursday, November 13 through Saturday, November 15 which is assumed to be a live edition of Impact, perhaps their November Turning Point streaming special, and a TV taping.

TNA then heads to El Paso, Texas, for Friday, December 5 through Sunday, December 7 which could be their December Final Resolution streaming special followed by two nights of TV tapings to finish out the year and perhaps into 2026 ahead of the yet-to-be announced Genesis pay-per-view.

In both cases, ticket information and the venues have yet to be revealed.

The company typically runs “best of” shows to close out the calendar which seems likely to happen again given that both Christmas and New Year’s Day are on Thursday this year.

Big Vinny V Show: TNA Final Resolution review

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

Image: TNA

The final big TNA show of 2024 was last Friday’s Final Resolution, the company’s second streaming special in just two weeks.

With so little time to promote a show, perhaps it’s no surprise that the biggest story coming out of the event wasn’t any of the matches, but a returning star. Tessa Blanchard was last seen in the company as their reigning World champion before she was fired after multiple accusations of backstage verbal abuse became public as well as her failure to appear and drop the title during the pandemic.

Mind you, there was also news in the ring with Nic Nemeth defending the World championship against AJ Francis; Joe Hendry, Josh Alexander, Steve Maclin, and Mike Santana facing off to determine a title challenger at January’s Genesis; and the Hardys defending their Tag Team titles against The System in a blatant, yet effective, display of nostalgia.

We break it all down on the new Big Vinny V Show!

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TNA Final Resolution live results: Four title matches

Posted on by Matt Boone

Tonight’s TNA Final Resolution from Atlanta’s Center Stage will feature four title matches, a no. 1 contender’s match, and more in the company’s final big event of the year.

TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against AJ Francis in the headliner while Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich defends against former champion Tasha Steelz.

Tag Team Champions The Hardys continue their rivalry with The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) in a tables match, and X-Division Champion Moose defends against KUSHIDA.

The World title contender for January’s Genesis PPV will be determined in a four-way with Joe Hendry vs. Josh Alexander vs. Mike Santana vs. Steve Maclin.

Jordynne Grace will look to rebound from her string of losses as she faces Rosemary.

The main card is rounded out by Trent Seven vs. Ace Austin, and a tag team three-way between The Rascalz vs. PCO & Sami Callihan vs. Hammerstone & Jake Something.

Leon Slater vs. JDC and Jonathan Gresham vs. Frankie Kazarian make up the pre-show.

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JDC defeated Leon Slater

The “Countdown to Final Resolution” pre-show kicks off at 7:30pm EST. inside the sold out Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia with Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt welcoming us to the show.

We head directly to the ring for the first of two scheduled pre-show matches. JDC of The System and Leon Slater make their respective ring walks and then the bell sounds to get things started.

JDC takes the early offensive lead, but Slater remains competitive and eventually takes over after hitting a wild high spot from the ring to the floor that pops the Atlanta crowd for the first time of the evening.

Back inside the ring, JDC takes back over and settles into a prolonged offensive lead, controlling the action for the next couple of minutes as fans try and rally behind Slater. JDC heads to the top-rope, but Slater hits a unique leaping kick that sends him crashing and burning down on the floor.

“Big Blade Slater” runs and in a single leap, easily clears the top-rope, flipping and splashing on JDC at ringside. Back in the ring, Slater looks for the top-rope 450 senton, but JDC avoids it.

JDC covers Slater and gets his feet on the ropes for added leverage for the pinfall victory. Fans loudly chant “Bullsh*t! Bullsh*t!” in reaction to the finish. Ouch. Not the ideal start to the night TNA was picturing.

Gia Miller Announces Hammerstone Is Off Tonight’s Show

In what is becoming a tradition for TNA Wrestling pay-per-view pre-shows, Gia Miller checks in with a breaking news announcement. She informs the viewing audience at home that Hammerstone has suffered an injury.

As a result, he is out of the scheduled multi-team bout. Jake Something enters the scene and insists that he can handle things by himself tonight, and doesn’t need a replacement partner.

Frankie Kazarian defeated Jonathan Gresham

Back inside the Impact Zone at Center Stage in Atlanta, the theme for the 2024 Call Your Shot Gauntlet winner, Frankie Kazarian, hits. The self-proclaimed “King of TNA” makes his way to the ring with his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy in-hand. The fans boo the hell out of him as he settles in the ring.

His music dies down and now the entrance tune for his opponent plays. “The Octopus” Jonathan Gresham makes his way to the ring in front of his home state fans in Georgia. The sold-out crowd is strongly behind their guy, too, as they drown out his theme music with loud cheers and pro-Gresham chants.

The bell sounds and the second and final pre-show match of the “Countdown to Final Resolution” show gets underway. Before they engage, Kazarian demands the ring announcer re-introduce him as “The King of TNA.”

She begrudgingly does, the fans boo, and then Kazarian rushes Gresham and sneak-attacks him to start this one off hot. Gresham fights back and we see several minutes spent with amateur-style grappling and mat-based submission work.

After the pace picks back up, Kazarian starts to take over. He tries a pin with his feet on the ropes, but it doesn’t work out for him. Seconds later, however, he locks in the chicken wing submission, forcing a tap from “The Octopus” and giving him the win. Kazarian poses with his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy afterwards.

Moose (c) defeated KUSHIDA to retain TNA X-Division Championship

The “Countdown to Final Resolution” pre-show wraps up and the elaborate cold open video package airs to start the main pay-per-view portion of the show. Inside the Impact Zone at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA., Hannifan and Rehwoldt welcome us to the final special event for TNA Wrestling of 2024.

KUSHIDA’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring for the title opportunity he earned. He settles inside the squared circle and his music dies down. The catchy-ass entrance tune for his opponent plays, and out comes the reigning and defending TNA X-Division Champion Moose.

After the bell sounds, things get off to a quick start, with Moose immediately imposing his size and strength advantages over his smaller challenger. KUSHIDA capitalizes on one mistake by the champ and goes to work on his arm.

He continues to focus his attack on the limb, softening him up for the Surfboard Lock later in the match. He knocks Moose out to the floor and goes for a dive, but Moose catches him and Donkey Kong’s him onto the floor at ringside.

He hoists him up and powerbombs him onto the hard part of the ring apron outside of the ring ropes. Moose has it won via count-out, with the referee reaching the count of nine with KUSHIDA still unconscious and not moving, but Moose stops the referee from reaching the count of ten.

Moose then exits the ring and sprints around the ringside area around the ring. He looks for a super spear, but KUSHIDA side-steps him and sends him crashing into the steel ring steps with authority. KUSHIDA takes over back inside the ring and works over Moose’s arm some more.

This doesn’t last for long, however, as Moose quickly shifts the momentum back in his favor. Moose goes to work on KUSHIDA, all-the-while selling his left arm as nearly unusable as a result of the spear into the steps on the floor and other targeted offense from KUSHIDA early in the bout.

KUSHIDA begins showing signs of life, and ultimately fights back into competitive form. The challenger takes over and eventually gets the champion in his Surfboard Lock submission on his bad arm.

Moose struggles for quite a while in the hold, but eventually makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Moments later, Moose takes KUSHIDA out with a big spear for the win to retain the TNA X-Division Championship.

The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) defeated Sami Callihan & PCO and Jake Something

Backstage, Gia Miller interviews AJ Francis and KC Navarro. Francis vows to capture the TNA World Championship from Nic Nemeth tonight. After the brief backstage interview segment wraps up, we head back inside the Impact Zone for the second main card bout of the evening.

The theme for The Rascalz hits and out comes the fan-favorite duo of Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel to a big pop. They settle inside the squared circle, their music dies down, and then the entrance tune of Sami Callihan hits to bring out “The Death Machine.”

PCO’s music plays next and the crowd roars as “The French-Canadian Frankenstein” heads to the ring to join his partner Callihan in this multi-team match. After the first two teams settle in the ring, Jake Something’s theme hits and he makes his way to the ring alone.

As noted during the “Countdown to Final Resolution” pre-show, Hammerstone suffered an injury and as a result, was forced out of his scheduled match alongside Something tonight. The bell sounds and The Rascalz jump off to an early offensive lead.

The crowd comes alive throughout the first few minutes of this match unlike they have at any other point thus far in the show. Wentz and Miguel hit some cool double-team spots on Something and then PCO enters the ring and starts to take over.

Fans chant “PCO! PCO!” as he works over Miguel before tagging in Callihan. Callihan hits the ring and picks up where PCO left off, taking it to one-half of The Rascalz. Something gets back in the mix, but is taken out once again and left selling on the floor. Miguel hits a big high spot to PCO.

Callihan teases a big dive to the floor, but instead sends Wentz sailing over the ropes and out to the floor. Callihan teases it again, but instead, PCO heads to the top-rope and leaps, connecting with a PCO-sault onto the pile of bodies at ringside. Fans go nuts and we see instant replays.

Back in the ring, Callihan hits Miguel with a stunner. PCO enters the ring, but is beaten down by Miguel and Wentz. Something hits the ring and powerbombs Wentz and then powerbombs Miguel onto Wentz as he was on all fours. Something hoists up Callihan and hits a seated powerbomb.

He blasts PCO with a boot to the bread basket and hits a fourth powerbomb. PCO does The Undertaker “Deadman” sit-up and stands behind Something as he boasts to the crowd. Something turns around and PCO looks for an inverted DDT.

Instead is blasted by Miguel, who runs from the entrance ramp and leaps over the ropes with a big kick. Wentz follows in with a big cutter over the ropes. Both members of The Rascalz double-team Something and hit their finisher for the win to put an end to this exciting match.

Mystery 23 Video Plays Again

After the match, Callihan shows good sportsmanship, sharing a group hug with both members of The Rascalz. As they hug it out in a sign of mutual respect, the lights go out and the cryptic “23” video plays.

“It’s just a number!” The video ends and the lights come back on. Fans chant “What was that?! What was that?!” as the competitors still in the ring play into the confusion.

Ace Austin defeated Trent Seven

Backstage, Eric Young approaches Steve Maclin and gives him a pep talk ahead of his high stakes Fatal-4-Way No. 1 Contender match for a shot at the TNA World Championship. He tells Maclin he sees the world title in his future, and says as always, he’ll have his back.

Inside Center Stage, the theme for Trent Seven hits to set the stage for the next match of the show. He settles in the ring and the entrance tune for Ace Austin plays. The ABC tag-team member heads to the ring to a good crowd reaction.

The bell sounds and Seven gets the early offensive jump on Austin, who fights back and keeps things competitive. Austin starts to take over and stops momentarily to yell, “This one’s for Chris Bey!” He hits a big high spot, but after that, Seven starts to take over again.

Seven connects with a brutal Birminghammer on the hard part of the ring apron outside of the ring ropes. Austin isn’t moving. Seven covers him, but Austin gets his foot on the ropes just in time to avoid the three-count.

Trent starts to stalk Ace as he remains laid out in the ring. He grabs his hand and shushes the crowd before yanking and twisting the fingers to the point that cracking sounds were clearly audible. Austin fights back with a spinning heel kick that flattens Seven.

Austin goes for The Art of Finesse, but Seven avoids it and connects with a Seven-Star Lariat. He follows up with a piledriver and immediately goes for the cover, only for Austin to somehow kick out at the count of one. Austin hits The Art of Finesse this time and follows up with his finisher for the win.

Jordynne Grace defeated Rosemary via Disqualification

Highlights are shown of Frankie Kazarian’s victory over Jonathan Gresham on the “Countdown to Final Resolution” pre-show. Backstage, he talks live with his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy in his hands.

The self-proclaimed “King of TNA” claims his night is not over yet, teasing cashing in for the TNA World Championship later in the show. After the brief backstage segment wraps up, the stage gets set for the next match.

Rosemary’s theme hits and out she comes for scheduled Knockouts action. She heads to the ring and crawls into the camera, delivering a quick demonic message to the viewing audience before wrapping up her entrance.

The sirens sound and the theme for Jordynne Grace hits to bring out “The Juggernaut.” The former Knockouts Champion heads to the ring to a big reaction from the Atlanta crowd. The bell sounds and off we go.

Grace gets off to a strong start on offense, but it isn’t long at all before Rosemary takes over and settles into a lengthy run in control of the action. Rosemary gets her upside down spot on Grace through the ropes. Grace fights back and nearly has this one in the bag, when out of nowhere a mystery attacker strikes and the match is throw out.

Tessa Blanchard Returns, Attacks Jordynne Grace

Someone in a big puffed out jacket and ski mask beats down “The Juggernaut,” eventually unveiling herself to be Tessa Blanchard. Afterwards, Gia Miller scrambles to catch up with her backstage to ask her to explain her actions. She says she’s back to get what’s rightfully hers. She shoves Gia and walks off.

Joe Hendry defeated Josh Alexander, Steve Maclin and Mike Santana to earn World Title shot at TNA Genesis 2025

It’s time to find out who is going to be next-in-line for whomever emerges as TNA World Champion after tonight’s main event between reigning champion Nic Nemeth and challenger AJ Francis. Up next is the Fatal-4-Way No. 1 Contender match to determine the next title challenger.

Eric Young makes his way out first to join Hannifan and Rehwoldt on special guest commentary for this bout. Steve Maclin, Josh Alexander, Mike Santana and finally, Joe Hendry, each make their respective ring walks. The bell sounds and all four men stare each other down.

They all collide and begin getting after it. Within seconds, Santana hits a big dive from the ring to the floor on Alexander. As the action continues, Alexander and Hendry are left alone in the ring for a few minutes to mix it up while Maclin and Santana sell on the floor.

Alexander beats on Hendry, but as fans loudly chant “We Believe! We Believe!” Hendry starts no-selling the offense from “The Walking Weapon” and “Hulk’ing up,” ala Hulk Hogan’s infamous comeback routine. Alexander dumps Hendry out to the floor and Santana enters the ring.

Fans chant “Santana! Santana!” as he and Alexander grill each other. They finally engage, and although Santana was holding his own, it is Alexander who gains the upper-hand, knocking Santana on the ring apron and sliding in with double-knees to the back to knock him to the floor.

Alexander runs over and blasts Maclin just as he was finally recovering on the floor. Back in the ring, Alexander hits a big fireman’s carry slam on Santana and then a middle rope knee to the back of Santana’s head for a two-count. Westside Gunn is shown in a cameo appearance in the crowd.

Santana hits the rolling Buck-50 on Alexander to slow down his dominant momentum. The two fight their way up to the top-rope, where they duke it out up there. Hendry and Maclin scoop Alexander up on their shoulders and Santana leaps off the top-rope, connecting with a super-blockbuster for a huge pop and subsequent “TNA! TNA!” chant from the Atlanta crowd.

Hendry hits a super-fall-away slam to Alexander off the ropes. Santana and Maclin follow up with high spots immediately afterwards, but the subsequent pin attempts are broken up. We see dive after dive from the ring to the floor, culminating with Hendry running and clearing the top-rope for a big splash onto the pile of bodies at ringside.

The crowd explodes and settles into a loud “This is Awesome! This is Awesome!” chant. Alexander takes Santana and zip-ties him to a barricade at ringside. In the ring, Maclin looks for the K.I.A. on Hendry, only for Alexander to low-blow him.

Hendry hits Standing Ovation on Alexander seconds later for the win. Joe Hendry is moving on to challenge the winner of tonight’s main event for the TNA World Championship at the TNA Genesis 2025 pay-per-view in January.

Masha Slamovich (c) defeated Tasha Steelz in a Falls Count Anywhere match to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship

The stage is set for the next match of the evening, which features the TNA Knockouts Championship on-the-line. Tasha Steelz makes her way out accompanied by Alisha Edwards. She settles inside the squared circle and then reigning and defending champion Masha Slamovich makes her way out.

Before the match begins, the familiar sounds of Santino Marella’s theme hits and out comes the TNA Director of Authority. He mentions the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation added to this match before tonight’s show went on the air live.

He also brings up Edwards’ past and says she’s not only banned from ringside tonight, she’s not allowed in the building. He carries her out and then the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.

After some back-and-forth action inside the ring ropes, the two fight their way around the ringside area. As they continue to battle, they find themselves up near the top of the entrance way. Slamovich ends up hitting her finisher and scoring the pinfall in the aisle to retain.

The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) (c) defeated The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) in a Tables Match to retain the TNA World Tag-Team Championships

The video package for the co-main event of the evening airs to tell the story leading up to our third of four scheduled world championship matches on tonight’s year-end TNA Wrestling pay-per-view.

After the pre-match package wraps up, The System duo of Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards make their way to the ring to boos from the fans in attendance. They settle inside the ring and their music dies down.

We hear the iconic entrance tune for the reigning and defending TNA Tag-Team Champions, The Hardys, and out comes Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy for their latest title defense. The Atlanta crowd gives them by far the loudest pop of the evening.

A sustained roar grows in intensity and general volume as the legendary team settles inside the ring for their rematch against the team they originally beat to start this reign with the TNA Tag-Team Championships. The bell sounds and off we go.

Matt and Jeff both team up on Myers, before turning their attention to Edwards. They hit their trademark Poetry in Motion double-team spot in the corner and then the two go back to work on Myers. Matt hits a Plot Twist on him and then Jeff hits one on his partner.

Matt shoves Jeff and yells, “Get the tables!” The crowd didn’t seem to follow at all, but they were so clearly doing The Dudley Boyz routine from back in the Attitude Era in WWE. They head out to the floor and pull out a table, which they bring into the ring and set up together.

Hannifan casually mentions how it was good to see the legendary Raven backstage earlier tonight as The System start to fight back and take over. Myers and Edwards get rid of Jeff Hardy, who is selling on the floor as the duo set their sights on Matt. They double-team him and eventually set the table back up.

The two hoist Matt up and plant him down through the table. It was stressed during the opening moments of this one that both members of a given team must each be put through a table before the match is over. Thus, The System are half way there.

They head out to the floor and set up two tables in different spots at ringside. They grab Jeff and throw him out to the floor. On the way down, Jeff breaks through a part of the table that was set up. Whoops! Although the match should be technically over with new champions, they quickly toss that table out of the way.

They continue without the commentators bringing it up or crowd reacting in any real way. As they set up another table in position, they go to work on Jeff, only for Matt to recover and re-enter the picture. Matt hits a Twist of Fate to Myers through a table. Now The Hardys are half-way to victory as well.

Whoever is put through a table next, Edwards or Jeff Hardy, will mark the end of this tables match title tilt. As the action continues, Edwards ends up getting in a fans face in the front row. The fan throws a playful, very slight slap, but it connects.

Edwards slaps the holy hell out of the fan in return, and then shoving him, prompting two referees to jump in and make sure nothing escalates. Very odd scene that seemed all too real. Edwards yells directly into the camera, “I’m still having fun!” Myers sends Matt into the ring post and low-blows him.

Myers scrambles into the ring to stop Jeff from hitting a Twist of Fate on Edwards. Myers and Edwards join up and double-team Jeff as the second super loud-and-clearly audible “F**k The System!” chant spreads like wildfire throughout Center Stage in Atlanta.

Edwards and Myers grab Jeff and bring him into the crowd. They fight through the fans and reach the mezzanine level. They set up a table over there directly in front of a doorway with a balcony. They gloat and taunt the fans after laying Jeff on the table, only for Matt to bust through the aforementioned doors.

Matt beats down Myers and Edwards as Jeff recovers. The Hardys use chairs and then yet again we see a piece of a table broken due to Jeff. This time the commentators point out that because The System didn’t specifically put Jeff through the table, it doesn’t count and the match continues.

After getting rid of the table that partially broke, Matt sets up another one and puts Edwards on it. Jeff climbs the balcony, takes his shirt off and the girls scream. He makes his way to the railing, which he steps up on and leaps off, connecting with a Swanton Bomb that puts Edwards through the table down below. The bell sounds and The Hardys successfully retain their TNA Tag-Team Championships in a crowd-friendly tables match.

Nic Nemeth (c) defeated AJ Francis (w/ KC Navarro) to retain the TNA World Championship

It’s main event time!

The pre-match video package airs to tell the story leading up to the final match of the year-end TNA Final Resolution 2024 pay-per-view, which will feature “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth defending his TNA World Championship against First Class’ AJ Francis.

After the video package wraps up, the theme for First Class hits and out comes the self-proclaimed “best heel in the business,” AJ Francis. He makes his way to the ring accompanied by KC Navarro. The Atlanta crowd helps him live up to his self-proclaimed industry-leading heel claims, at least for this show, as they boo him like crazy.

The entrance tune for his opponent hits after he settles inside the squared circle. Out comes the reigning and defending TNA World Champion “The Wanted Man” Nic Nemeth. The ring announcer handles the final formal ring introductions for the champion and challenger, and then the bell sounds to get things underway.

Nemeth superkicks the hell out of Francis immediately, and follows up with a quick cover. He only gets a count of one, so he continues to work over the big challenger. He hops on his back with a sleeper-hold, but Francis escapes. Nemeth goes for a bodyslam, but struggles, and Francis takes over.

As Francis settles into his first offensive lead of the match, the fans can be heard randomly booing in the background. The camera shot switches to show 2024 Call Your Shot Gauntlet winner Frankie Kazarian walking down the ramp with his trophy in-hand. He joins Hannifan and Rehwoldt on commentary.

Nemeth, meanwhile, sees Navarro getting involved at ringside, so he turns his attention to him. He goes to drill him, but Francis sneaks in a shot from behind Navarro, allowing him to take back over the offensive lead. He slams Nemeth onto the ring apron and rolls him back into the ring.

Francis heads to the top-rope, but Nemeth cuts him off. Nemeth ends up powerbombing the big man off the ropes. This, for some reason, prompts Kazarian to mention on commentary that it “made his balls tingle.” That’s a direct quote.

Nemeth continues to settle into the offensive driver’s seat again after hitting the Jerry Lawler heart attack special rapid-elbows routine. Navarro gets involved again at ringside, this time prompting Nemeth to grab him by the hair from the ring.

Navarro drops down to the floor, which pulls Nemeth throat-first over the top-rope. Nemeth then turns into a huge spear from Francis for a close two-count. Francis climbs up to the middle rope backwards and leaps off with a Vader-Bomb for a close two-count.

Moments later, Navarro gets involved yet again from ringside. This time it was one time too many, as the referee ejects him from ringside. Francis, meanwhile, picks up Nemeth for a suplex. Nemeth escapes out of the back-door and connects with his Danger Zone finisher out of nowhere for a close two-count.

Francis fights back and goes for a moonsault off the ropes, only for Nemeth to move out of the way at the last moment. Nemeth follows up with a FameAsser on Francis for another close two-count. Francis hits a neck-breaker after catching Nemeth across his shoulders. He goes for the cover, but only gets two.

AJ Francis stalks Nemeth as he waits for him to get up. He calls for the Down Payment, and as he signals for it, Nemeth starts to finally move. The champ gets up and walks right into a Down Payment from the challenger, but has the presence of mind to roll to the floor upon landing, taking Francis’ ability to pin him out of the equation.

Francis heads out to the floor after Nemeth. The two exchange shots and then Nemeth backs up and jumps on Francis. Francis catches him and hits another neck-breaker from the entrance ramp into the ring. Francis goes to hoist Nemeth up, but Nemeth counters with a Fame-Asser, a super kick and then the Danger Zone for the pinfall victory.

With the win, Nemeth successfully retains his TNA World Championship. As soon as the match ends, KC Navarro, who was ejected from ringside, runs back out and joins Francis in a post-match attack of the champ. They continue beating Nemeth down until Joe Hendry’s theme hits.

The next challenger for TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth at next month’s TNA Genesis 2025 pay-per-view runs down to make the save. He clears the ring of Francis and Navarro. He turns around to pick up the TNA World Championship, and as he does, Nemeth happens to be recovering and returning to his feet.

Nemeth angrily yanks his title out of Hendry’s hands and raises it high in the air. Nemeth and Hendry jaw back-and-forth face-to-face in the middle of the ring as Nemeth’s theme hits and Hannifan wraps up the show on commentary. That’s how the TNA Final Resolution 2024 show goes off the air.

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Ace Austin to face Trent Seven at TNA Final Resolution

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A new match has been made official for TNA Wrestling’s last major event of 2024.

Ace Austin vs. Trent Seven is the latest addition to the lineup for Final Resolution, a TNA+ special that’s being held at Center Stage in Atlanta this Friday. The main card has a start time of 8 p.m. Eastern.

With his tag partner Chris Bey recovering from a serious neck injury, Austin has become aligned with TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys. They lost a trios match to Seven, Alex Hammerstone & Jake Something last month after Seven gave Austin a low blow.

A five-way match took place on Impact last week to determine Moose’s X-Division Championship challenger for Final Resolution. Austin and Seven were both participants but lost out to KUSHIDA.

The updated Final Resolution card is listed below:

TNA Final Resolution 2024 (Friday, December 13) —

  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against AJ Francis
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Tasha Steelz
  • Tables match: TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defend against The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards)
  • TNA X-Division Champion Moose defends against KUSHIDA
  • TNA World title number one contender’s match: Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana vs. Steve Maclin vs. Josh Alexander
  • Jordynne Grace vs. Rosemary
  • Ace Austin vs. Trent Seven
  • Pre-show: Jonathan Gresham vs. Frankie Kazarian
  • Pre-show: Leon Slater vs. JDC (Johnny Dango Curtis)

Gresham vs. Kazarian set for TNA Final Resolution pre-show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A pre-show match is the latest addition to the card for TNA Final Resolution 2024.

This Friday, TNA presents its last major event of the year with Final Resolution being held at Center Stage in Atlanta. It was announced today that Jonathan Gresham vs. Frankie Kazarian will take place on Countdown to Final Resolution. The free pre-show streams live on TNA+ and YouTube starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.

An eight-man tag match headlined Impact last week with Gresham and Kazarian on opposite sides. Gresham put Josh Alexander in a submission and appeared to have the match won, but the referee was distracted. Kazarian used the opportunity to strike Gresham with the Call Your Shot trophy. Alexander then pinned Gresham, giving Kazarian, Alexander, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams the victory over Gresham, Steve Maclin, Eric Young & Mike Santana.

Kazarian won the Call Your Shot gauntlet at Bound for Glory this October, earning a future shot at any TNA title of his choosing.

The updated Final Resolution lineup is listed below. The main card has a start time of 8 p.m. Eastern on TNA+.

TNA Final Resolution 2024 (Friday, December 13) —

  • TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth defends against AJ Francis
  • TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich defends against Tasha Steelz
  • Tables match: TNA Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) defend against The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards)
  • TNA X-Division Champion Moose defends against KUSHIDA
  • TNA World title number one contender’s match: Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana vs. Steve Maclin vs. Josh Alexander
  • Jordynne Grace vs. Rosemary
  • Pre-show: Jonathan Gresham vs. Frankie Kazarian

Impact Wrestling Final Resolution live results: Zack Sabre Jr. debuts

Posted on by Jeremy Peeples

Impact Wrestling presents their final special of 2023 as the clock moves closer to their rebranded future as TNA Wrestling in January.

NJPW TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. makes his Impact debut, teaming with former Impact World Champion Josh Alexander against the Motor City Machine Guns, comprised of Impact World Champion Alex Shelley and X-Division Champion Chris Sabin.

Ahead of their clash for the title January’s Hard to Kill, Knockouts Champion Trinity will team with challenger Jordynne Grace against Gisele Shaw & former champion Deonna Purrazzo.

Impact Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) will defend against Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards who have both held TNA Tag Team gold before.

Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer will look to extend his run as he defends against Deaner.

Other action includes World title no. 1 contender Moose vs. Rhino, Speedball” Mike Bailey battles Trey Miguel, Jason Hotch against Jake Something, and Frankie Kazarian vs. Sheldon Jean on the pre-show at 7:30 PM Eastern.

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PCO defeated Jesse V

The countdown feed started off a few minutes late with a PCO match with Jesse V in progress. PCO landed an apron legdrop before dishing out machine gun chops. Jesse V took him down with an enzuiguri before landing a frog splash. PCO recovered enough to hit a reverse DDT and finished him off with a PCO-Sault.

Backstage, Jake Something said he’s here to take out Jason Hotch for the final live show of the Impact Wrestling era before Jason Hotch jumped him with a chair. Tom Hannifan hyped up the switch to TNA+ and the inclusion of all major tentpole events being included for championship tier-level members. Rehwoldt says that these two are always available for Impact when needed and thus they’re being rewarded here. 

Jack Price defeated Aiden Prince

Price started off strong with a big elbow to counter a German suplex attempt by Prince, who hits a hard chop on the apron. Price hit a hard flatliner for 2.5 before working on the face more with a boot scrape using the ropes. Price sent Prince into the buckle with a face-first burning hammer before a deadlift German is avoided by Prince en route to a rolling kick on the mat. Prince landed an impressive brainbuster for 2 before Price drilled him with a leg lariat for 2.

 Prince ran wild with a blend of overhand and knife-edge chops that landed hard before hitting a flatliner of his own. Price poked the eye en route to hitting a double-knee gutbuster for the win – and his first win in Impact to boot! This was a fantastic showcase for both men and they came into this as basically unknown and both had chances to shine and did so.

Backstage, Jordynne Grace and Trinity met with Gia Miller and talk about how they can be friends today and rivals at Hard to Kill. Jordynne said she’s been knockouts champion twice as many times as Trinity, who pointed out that she hasn’t lost it yet – unlike Jordynne. 

Frankie Kazarian defeated Sheldon Jean

Jean started off strong with a tackle before they go back and forth in the ropes on a tie-up. Jean dominated on the mat with a neck crank before Kaz fired up with elbows before eating a pump kick out of the corner. Kaz landed a springboard legdrop for 2 before earning a tapout with the crossface chickenwing.

The show-opening video hyped up the main event and the new era of TNA beginning in January with the Hard to Kill PPV. Edwards and Myers came out in matching gear to look a bit more like a cohesive unit. 

The ABC defeat Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers to retain the tag titles

The champions gained an early advantage with some double-team offense and quick tags alongside an uppercut to the neck of Edwards for 2. Myers grabbed the leg of Bey to allow Edwards to chop Bey and then drop his gut on the ropes in theory, but he landed thighs-first instead. 

Myers tagged in and got 2 off a goardbuster before Hannifan hypes up Myers holding Impact tag gold in 2015 before he torments Bey on the mat with a stretch. Edwards tagged in for a big chop and ground away with a reverse bearhug. Myers came in and got 2 off a back suplex into a uranage. Bey is such a great babyface in peril here and given that he’s usually working heel, that doesn’t come out as much here – but it’s working because the fans are absolutely rabid.

Austin tagged in and landed back and forth Black Mass kicks before a springboard tornado kick on Edwards got 2. Austin called for the 1-2-Sweet and Edwards cradled him for 2 before getting 2.5 off a blue thunder bomb. On the floor, Bey is sent down hard with a spear from Myers. Edwards landed a backpack stunner before an HBK flying elbow got 2 for Myers! That was a tremendous nearfall! Bey prevented a double suplex and Austin low-bridged Edwards to the floor. Austin stomped Myers down for 2. The 1-2-Sweet hits and the champs retain! Hannifan says that 2024 is going to be the TNA-BC era! The Rascalz jump ABC and hold the gold high.

Josh Alexander and ZSJ were backstage and Alexander says he’s come to beat the company’s greatest tag team ever and ZSJ said it’s about time – because the Guns are one of the best teams ever and tonight, he’ll take out the supposed greatest pro wrestler in Shelley before saying that everyone here has a title – but Alexander, so they’ll have to work on getting him a title too. 

Alisha screeched on the mic and yelled about not being able to understand the fans and she really hated spending so long getting to this place. She said it’s all about them before Santino came out and ordered her to leave and since she won’t, she’ll face Jody Threat in an impromptu match.

Jody Threat defeated Alisha Edwards

Threat dominated early with a corner lariat series before an exploder landed. Myers and Edwards went after Threat, so the ref ejected them – but not before she hit a flip dive on them to a huge pop. Edwards worked over the back before Threat landed a series of punches to the midsection. Edwards got 2 off a corner basement crossbody and choked her out on the rope.

Edwards locked on a fantastic Boston crab before Threat ran wild with lariats and a Michinoku driver got 2. Edwards avoided a death valley driver with elbows to the head and landed a flatliner for 2. Threat caught her off a crossbody and hit the Shove It/F5 for the win. Deaner vs. Dreamer is hyped up with Deaner having won their prior match, but also being absent over the past two months.

Tommy Dreamer defeated Deaner

The match started off with ECW chants before Deaner said this isn’t ECW before stalling like an AWA Larry Zbyszko match. Dreamer wanted a bionic elbow, but only got the punch combo before Deaner rolled out and they fought on the floor and made great use of the venue’s metal bleachers by slamming Dreamer’s arm on them. Dreamer wanted a sunset flip, but a very long Aloha Arn led to an arm breaker by Deaner to wear that body part down even more.

Hannifan hypes up the 35 year career of Dreamer and how he put that on the line to get this title. It’s kind of remarkable that he’s held so few titles – really about one per decade, with the ’90s having the ECW Tag Title, the early ’00s having the ECW World Title briefly, the WWE ECW World Title before he left WWE and now this. He doesn’t hold titles often and thus every reign is at least memorable.  

Deaner bit the left arm to avoid a superplex before going up top and eating a boot to the face and wobbling around to either hold in a sneeze or fall – turns out he needed to fall. Dreamer landed the bionic elbow and a running elbow missed for Dreamer, but a cutter didn’t and got 2. Deaner sent the bad left arm to divorce court for 2 before grabbing the belt and telling the ref he’ll do what he wants before she threatened a DQ. Dreamer got 2 off a schoolboy before eating a lariat and Deaner set the belt up over the top turnbuckle. Deaner got slingshotted right into the gold before a big DDT hit for the win. This was better than expected for a straight Tommy Dreamer match in 2023. 

Backstage, the Rascalz say that Hard to Kill will be their rebirth alongside the rebirth of TNA. Santino makes an impromptu tag team match with them facing Mike Bailey and a mystery partner. I love Wentz coming out just looking annoyed while Trey is more laid back and down for whatever. Trent Seven comes out as Bailey’s partner to a pretty big pop.

Mike Bailey and Trent Seven defeated The Rascalz

A giant “Speedball/Trent!” chant started off before some Wentz stalling on the floor and then a Speedball Mountain chant. Seven chops away at Miguel while Bailey lands a series of round kicks to the stomach of Wentz. Miguel tripped up Seven to set up a snapmare and snap PK by Wentz to Bailey. 

Seven tagged in, but had to eat a flurry of offense on the floor before getting back in and getting worked over by Miguel, who used Seven’s own hand to fake a hand clap to rile the crowd up. Miguel and Seven went back and forth with forearms before the Rascalz ran wild with a codebreaker/neckbreaker/standing shooting star series for 2. Seven wanted a tag, but Bailey was taken out by Miguel before a superkick sends Miguel down and they got the tag!

Bailey ran wild with kicks and got a standing shooting star for 2. Seven tagged in and ran wild with chops on Wentz before getting a big single-arm powerbomb out of the corner. Bailey sent Miguel into orbit with an apron pump kick before Seven ate a German after wanting a burning hammer. Wentz hit a double stomp on Seven before a seamless dive to Bailey. The ABC came down, opening the door to a Bailey dive. Trent’s burning hammer set up the Ultima Weapon and the win for Speedball Mountain! 

Scott D’Amore came down to a big TNA chant and he said it’s coming soon – but 24 years ago, he was with Don Kolov and they all mourned Owen Hart here. He talked about getting a message about some guy named Anthony Carelli when he was here and also signed Josh Alexander here alongside Mike Bailey. He loved seeing Trent Seven and while he couldn’t sign him then, he can now because someone was dumb enough to let him go. Trent signs the deal after telling Bailey that he’s too sweaty – and Seven is now officially in TNA.

Backstage, the Motor City Machine Guns talked about how great Josh Alexander and ZSJ are. Alexander having the longest run with the Impact World Title given its long history tells you all you need to know, while ZSJ is the best technical wrestler on the world – in theory. However, Shelley argues that they hold the gold in Impact, and thus they’re the best. Jason Hotch comes out and says he took Something out earlier, but Something came out hurt.

Jake Something defeated Jason Hotch

Hotch worked the back over with kicks and a modified camel clutch before Something responded with a huge body slam. Hotch got 1 off a superkick using the ropes. Hotch kicked away with shots to the knees and body before a hard thrust kick, but another kick opens the door for a spinebuster to give Something an edge. Something landed a series of clotheslines before a corner avalanche and another mid-ring lariat. Something hit a giant poweromb before winning with Into the Void. Moose comes out and got a bird flip with every “MOOSE” chant.

Moose defeated Rhino

Rhino got an early edge with corner-mounted punches before Hannifan talks about Rhino winning the World title against Jarrett in 2005 while Rhino slammed Moose’s head on the apron a ton. Moose hits Rhino low and loses by DQ. Rhino says he didn’t come here to win by DQ – he wants a street fight! 

Moose said he doesn’t need to wrestle, but is told by Penzer via Santino that if he doesn’t wrestle, he’ll lose the World Title match at Hard to Kill. Rhino suplexed him hard on the ramp before a series of ringpost chops, but Rhino wanted one too many and slammed his hand into the post. Moose slammed a chair into the hand twice before going for some corner mount punches and eating a powerbomb through a table for 2. 

Moose wanted a corner charge, but ate a hiptoss into the corner-mounted ladder for 2. Rhino tossed Moose into the ref and landed the Gore, but a new ref only got a 2 count on it. Rhino went for a corner Gore before Moose put him in the path of a Gore through a table. Moose hit the spear and the first referee came to in time to count the win. This was the best usage of ref bumps in ages – they were done perfectly with a standby ref there quickly and then enough time passing to have the first ref get up.

Backstage, Kazarian says that he bet on himself to not be a part of someone’s vanity project. He says that for 20 years, he’s done a lot – but he hasn’t done it all. He hasn’t won the World Title and he’s going to make 2024 the year he wins it. Hannifan hypes up Gisele Shaw being an Out Sports top wrestler of 2023.

Jordynne Grace and Trinity defeated Gisele Shaw and Deonna Purrazzo

Purrazzo and Trinity started it off with matwork before Hannifan hypes up the history created in the Impact era before tying it all into how the present stars are the best of the era. Grace and Shaw go at it with Grace running Shaw down with tackles and lariats. A Grace stalling goardbuster hits Shaw before landing a rotating powerslam. Trinity held the ropes open for Grace to dive onto the heels on the floor. 

 They recover with some illegal double-teaming and a corner uppercut by Shaw setting up some offense from Purrazzo alongside some corner chops. Trinity came in and got 2 off a spinning bulldog before Purrazzo broke it up. Trinity wanted the full nelson bomb, but got victory rolled by Shaw en route to a double stomp for 2. Grace came in and clubbed away at Purrazzo with some big forearms. 

Purrazzo locks on La Mistica, but Grace escapes both that and a Queen’s Gambit before a pumphandle suplex hits. Grace hits a striking combo before a Judas Effect sets up the full nelson bomb. Trinity started the Gedo clutch  before Grace loses her grip on a jacknife pin for the win. Purrazzo and Shaw go to shake after the match, but Shaw attacks with a full nelson Irish curse backbreaker and then a snap flatliner.

Backstage, Gia Miller talked about Moose’s shot at the World Title and gaining momentum here. Moose said that it’s the last night for Impact and tonight begins a new era for himself because the Wrestling Gold, Mr. Impact Wrestling, and the Five-Star Athlete are all done and will be replaced by Moose – the new TNA World Champion. Okada and the Machine Guns face Eddie Edwards, Moose, and Brian Myers at Snake Eyes. 

Josh Alexander and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated The Motor City Machine Guns

The match began with some quick work between Sabin and Alexander before Shelley and ZSJ tagged in for a mat clinic. ZSJ won out to start by popping up from a headscissor before getting lock into a seatbelt cradle for 2 that Shelley chained into a hammerlock. The Guns used their double-team offense to get an edge before Alexander came in to work with Sabin.

Sabin ground him with armwork before bringing Shelley in to deal more damage out. Hannifan brought up how Sabin played a part in Alexander going into the World Title mix by telling him to cash in the X Title to get a shot and that wound up paying off for him. Alexander worked the knee over with a kneebreaker before tagging ZSJ in for some arm work on Shelley’s arm. Alexander stomped on the leg for a bit before ZSJ came back on to twist and tear at the ankle in every direction.

Alexander continued the pain cranking on the leg and they trap Shelley in the ropes where he eats a Pele kick on the arm and a kick to the back of the leg. The Guns use some double-team moves to take down ZSJ to set up a Shelley straightjacket and backstabber combo! Sabin locked on a standing neck crank while trapping the leg before a Romero special double-team bulldog got 2 for Shelley.

Alexander tagged in and landed a huge German on Shelley while the crowd clapped like crazy for him. He went for the C4 Spike before Shelley worked on the bad elbow and sent him into the buckle face-first. Sabin and ZSJ came in and Sabin locked him into an STF before ZSJ turned it into an arm crank, which only helped so much because it opened the door to a discus elbow that led to a Sabin 2 count off a tornado DDT.

Shelley and Alexander want to land their finishes, but avoid them at all costs before ZSJ sends Shelley down with a European uppercut. The Guns lock on stereo figure four leglocks and as Josh went to tap, ZSJ slapped his chest to fire him up and it worked! Sabin tagged in for a crossbody that got turned into an armbar and that itself got turned into a schoolboy. Sabin superkicked ZSJ down before setting up Cradle Shock that ZSJ turns into a double a double arm-stretch! Sabin rolls through it, but then got locked into an even worse position.

Shelley locked on a dragon suplex to save Sabin, but got locked into an Alexander ankle lock for his troubles. Good lord, this has been a fantastic match and a very good show bell-to-bell. ZSJ locked on the European clutch for what should have been three, but was only 2.9 before a Clothesline from Hell, MI hit and they double-team Alexander to gain an edge. 

The Guns wanted the double-team sliced bread before ZSJ locks on an armbar and Alexander got an ankle lock – this time on Sabin! Alexander hits the C4 spike to win the match – easily one of the best tag team matches in the history of TNA/Impact. This win set up a few things – Alexander possibly winning the X Title en route to the World Title. You could also have Alexander use it as fuel to get a shot at Shelley saying he beat his partner. 

An epic video airs on Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay with Ospreay saying he was made a fan by Daniels vs. Joe vs. Styles and he’s wanted to come to TNA because he was a TNA kid. At Snake Eyes, it will be Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander II! 

Trinity & Jordynne Grace to team up at Impact Final Resolution

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Before their Knockouts Championship match at Hard to Kill, Trinity & Jordynne Grace are set to team up at Final Resolution.

Impact Wrestling announced today that Trinity & Grace will face Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw in a tag team match at Final Resolution 2023 on Saturday, December 9. The show is taking place from Don Kolov Arena in Toronto.

At Bound for Glory last month, Grace won the Call Your Shot gauntlet match. Grace then immediately declared that she would be using her title shot to face Trinity at Hard to Kill in January 2024. Impact Wrestling is officially rebranding back to TNA Wrestling starting with that pay-per-view.

Trinity won the Knockouts Championship from Purrazzo this July. Since then, Trinity has successfully defended the title against Purrazzo twice. As a stipulation of her loss to Trinity at Turning Point, Purrazzo can not challenge for the Knockouts title again while Trinity is still champion.

Final Resolution will stream live on Impact Plus, Impact’s Ultimate Insiders YouTube service, and Fite TV. Here’s the updated card for the show:

  • Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel
  • Moose vs. Rhino
  • Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Deaner
  • Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch

Two new matches added to Impact Wrestling Final Resolution

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Update —

Impact Wrestling has also announced that Moose vs. Rhino will take place at Final Resolution.

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A new match announcement has been made for Final Resolution 2023.

Impact Wrestling revealed today that “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel will take place at Final Resolution on Saturday, December 9. The show is taking place from the Don Kolov Arena in Toronto and will air live on Impact Plus, Impact’s Ultimate Insiders YouTube service, and Fite TV.

Impact stated that Bailey and Miguel are both looking to build momentum as the promotion enters a new era. Starting with January’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view, Impact Wrestling will rebrand back to TNA Wrestling.

Bailey is coming off a loss to Will Ospreay at Bound for Glory last month. Bound for Glory also saw The Rascalz (Miguel & Zachary Wentz) lose the Impact Tag Team titles to Ace Austin & Chris Bey.

Impact wrote:

Mike Bailey and Trey Miguel have both had incredible years. ‘Speedball’ is coming off one of the greatest performances of his career, a breathtaking showdown against pro wrestling megastar Will Ospreay at Bound For Glory. Meanwhile, Miguel was IMPACT World Tag Team Champion alongside his fellow Rascal, Zachary Wentz, who made his long-awaited return to IMPACT Wrestling. But as 2023 winds down and the return of TNA approaches, Bailey and Miguel must now face each other to see who will enter the new era with an all-important momentum boost. Who will take their career to the next level? Find out when Bailey battles Miguel [at] Final Resolution.

Final Resolution is Impact Wrestling’s last major event of 2023. The updated card for the show is listed below:

  • Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Deaner
  • Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel
  • Moose vs. Rhino

Digital Media title match announced for Impact Wrestling Final Resolution

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The Digital Media Championship will be on the line at Impact Wrestling’s last major event of 2023.

It was announced today that Tommy Dreamer will defend his Digital Media title against Cody Deaner at Final Resolution 2023. The show is being held at the Don Kolov Arena in Toronto on Saturday, December 9. It will air live on Impact Plus, Impact’s Ultimate Insiders YouTube service, and Fite TV.

Dreamer has been Digital Media Champion since winning the title from Kenny King at Victory Road this September.

On the November 9 episode of Impact, Dreamer defended the title against Crazzy Steve. The match ended with Dreamer losing by disqualification but retaining his title. The DQ happened when Dreamer used a fork as a weapon. After the match, Dreamer continued attacking Steve with the fork and left him bloodied. 

In addition to being Impact Wrestling’s last special event of 2023, Final Resolution will be the company’s last major show before Impact Wrestling rebrands back to TNA Wrestling starting with Hard to Kill in January 2024.

Final Resolution is also set to feature the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr. The match is Sabre’s Impact Wrestling debut.

Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch is set for Final Resolution as well.

Zack Sabre Jr. debut announced for Impact Final Resolution

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Zack Sabre Jr. will make his Impact Wrestling debut at the Final Resolution pay-per-view set for Saturday, December 9. 

Impact announced Thursday that Sabre will team with Josh Alexander in his Impact debut against legendary tag team the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin). 

Sabre & Alexander vs. Shelley & Sabin will headline Final Resolution, Impact’s final pay-per-view of the year, and the final pay-per-view before the company reverts to its former TNA name. 

Final Resolution will air at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Impact Plus and as a pay-per-view on FITE TV. 

Motor City Machine Guns vs. Sabre & Alexander is the only match announced for the show to this point. 

Sabre currently holds the NJPW World TV Championship and is the first and only title holder in the belt’s history after winning a tournament final to establish the first champion at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 at the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2023. 

Shelley is currently the Impact World Champion, while Sabin currently holds Impact’s X-Division Championship. 

Kenny Omega-Karl Anderson have reunion at Impact Final Resolution

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With Impact Wrestling’s Final Resolution special being taped in advance, AEW World Champion Kenny Omega appeared on the show on the same night as he defended his AAA Mega Championship at Triplemania.

It was announced during Final Resolution that Omega and Don Callis were outside of the building in Omega’s bus. Later in the show, Callis did an interview outside of the bus and was asked if Omega planned on getting involved in the show. Callis said there’s no way he would allow Omega to get involved in Final Resolution. Callis said Omega was there visiting family.

That family ended up being Omega’s former Bullet Club stablemate Karl Anderson. He met with Omega and Callis on Omega’s bus and reminisced with Omega about the good old days. Anderson said he’d love to talk with them all night, but he had to go wrestle Ethan Page. Callis said Anderson could beat Page in a couple of minutes and be back in time for cocktail hour.

Anderson said it might take a little longer than that, but Omega and Callis told him that the Machine Gun Karl Anderson who made the 2012 G1 Climax finals wouldn’t even need a minute to defeat Page. Anderson asked if this was a roast. Callis said they just wanted Anderson to come back so they could get on with the partying. Omega called Anderson an inspiration and asked if the 2012 G1 finalist version of Anderson was gone. Anderson got hyped up and said he’d show them the Machine Gun.

Anderson defeated Page in their match. If Page won, The North (Page & Josh Alexander) would have gotten a shot at Anderson & Doc Gallows’ Impact Tag Team titles. Gallows didn’t appear at Final Resolution following a previous attack by Page.

Omega didn’t appear again on Final Resolution after his segment with Anderson. The segment is available to watch below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcJNJ9RfFz8

Omega will make another appearance on Impact this coming Tuesday. Dave Meltzer has also reported that the plan is for Omega to “headline at least some Impact PPV shows.”

Omega is facing Joey Janela in a no DQ match on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. If Janela wins, he’ll get a future shot at Omega’s AEW World Championship.

X-Division title changes hands at Impact Final Resolution

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The X-Division Championship changed hands on Impact Wrestling’s final Impact Plus special of 2020.

At Final Resolution on Saturday night, TJP used his former Manik persona to answer Rohit Raju’s Defeat Rohit challenge and pin Raju to win the X-Division Championship. TJP also previously held the X-Division title as Manik in 2013.

In storyline, TJP couldn’t challenge for the X-Division Championship again as long as Raju was champion. Scott D’Amore said no one named TJP could challenge for the title and told TJP to think about what Dusty Rhodes would do.

Suicide answered the Defeat Rohit challenge on Impact two weeks ago. Raju thought it was TJP under the Suicide mask. He agreed to face Suicide but made it a non-title match. Raju unmasked Suicide during the match, but TJP’s music then hit and he walked out to the stage. Raju turned around and was pinned by Suicide, who was Crazzy Steve.

TJP tweeted after winning the X-Division title: “I knew I packed a little heavy before leaving for the #SJcup earlier…looks like I’m packing heavy going home too… #AndNew X Division Champion On to the next one… #ImpactWrestling #FinalResolution #NJPW #SuperJcup”

Raju wrote after his loss: “ABSOLUTE BULLSH*T!!! IT WAS A CONSPIRACY FROM THE START!! WE KNOW WHO’S UNDER THAT DAMN MASK!!”

Raju had been X-Division Champion since defeating Chris Bey and TJP in a triple threat match for the title at Emergence night one this August.