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Tag Team title defense added to Impact Final Resolution

Posted on by Josh Nason

ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) will look to extend their second run with the Impact Tag Team titles as they defend them at next Saturday’s Final Resolution.

Bey & Austin will face Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards. Myers held the TNA Tag Team titles for a single day with Trevor Lee in 2015 while Edwards has held the TNA tag titles five times (all with Davey Richards) with his last reign ending 2016.

The two were rivals in 2020 and 2021, ending with a Hold Harmless match Edwards win at 2021’s Sacrifice.

A win will give Bey & Austin their second successful defense of the gold they regained at October’s Bound for Glory.

Frankie Kazarian vs. Sheldon Jean has also been announced for the pre-show. Kazarian is coming off a loss to X-Division Champion Chris Sabin in late-October while Jean is still looking for his first win (0-9).

Final Resolution, set for Saturday, December 9th, in Toronto, Canada, will be the final special event under the Impact banner before the company reverts to TNA.

Here’s the current card for the streaming special:

  • Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. Josh Alexander & Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Trinity & Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo & Gisele Shaw
  • Impact Tag Team Champions ABC (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) defend against Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Trey Miguel
  • Moose vs. Rhino
  • Digital Media Champion Tommy Dreamer defends against Deaner
  • Jake Something vs. Jason Hotch
  • Pre-show: Frankie Kazarian vs. Sheldon Jean

Trinity & Jordynne Grace to team up at Impact Final Resolution

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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. 

Impact Wrestling reducing TV taping dates due to ‘massive upgrades’ to production

Posted on by Josh Nason

Changes are coming to Impact Wrestling that the company hopes will set them up for success this year and in the future.

PWInsider reported on Monday that an all-hands meeting with talent was held Monday prior to their Toronto TV taping to go over what’s to come in the months ahead and why.

State of the art technology

According to the report, Impact’s production facilities will experience “massive upgrades” to their technology starting this fall that will improve both their weekly TV and for their streaming specials and pay-per-views. A renovation of their Skyway Studios location in Nashville, Tennessee, will be part of those changes.

Fewer dates for 2023

After October’s Bound for Glory weekend, Impact will reduce their TV taping dates for the rest of 2023 due to the production upgrades.

Currently, the company traditionally holds tapings the day after a PPV/streaming special in addition to two taping days on random weekends throughout the year.

Following the post-Bound for Glory TV taping in October, the company has no announced domestic dates on the calendar but will be heading to the UK for a four-date tour in late-October. It’s expected the action from those shows will make up a considerable amount of TV afterward.

Final Resolution and Hard to Kill confirmed, AAA joint show coming

Talent was informed Impact will hold a joint show with AAA in November that will also find its way to Impact on AXS TV. They also confirmed another IPWF Throwback Throwdown streaming special for Saturday, November 11th and their Final Resolution pay-per-view for Saturday, December 11th. Both of those events will take place at Santino Marella’s Battle Arts Academy in Toronto.

They also told talent that their annual January PPV Hard to Kill is returning to Las Vegas but not at Sam’s Town, which is nearly 30 minutes outside downtown, but at a venue directly on the Las Vegas strip. The date and location was not disclosed.

The report indicated that because of the reduction of dates, less talent will be used and Impact’s parent company “Anthem will be paying day rate talent for extra days through the remainder of the year to help offset their missing dates.”

The report stated no releases as planned and that Impact expects to move back to using a full roster again in 2024.