Join 411’s Live TNA Final Resolution 2025 Coverage

 

Hello and welcome to your live coverage of TNA Final Resolution, right here on 411mania! Theo Sambus here, and I’ll be your host for the proceedings as we usher in TNA’s final premium event of 2025. There’s an old-school feeling with regard to counter-programming tonight, as TNA goes up against ROH…is it 2004 all over again? Whatever your flavor, we are sure to be treated to some great wrasslin’ one way or another.

I haven’t seen much of the build to Final Resolution so I’ll be enjoying seeing all this with fresh eyes. Quite a chunky card for the Friday TNA+ events, which is probably apt for one of the longest-standing events in the TNA calendar.

I’m intrigued to see the Street Fight between Cardona and Warner, who are certainly no strangers to each other thanks to their extensive history in GCW and MLW. Dempsey vs Santana has some real potential, and I could see Brookside/Lee getting pretty gritty once they put aside their Angel Warriors allegiance. Leon Slater doesn’t really have bad matches at this point so going up against AJ Francis will be a REAL TEST for him!

I normally wouldn’t be wild about a main event pitting Frankie Kazarian against JDC, but with JDC announcing his retirement for next month, I can see him going all out for one last banger in a high profile spot.

Yeah this could be a good night of action! Let’s go, folks.

 

Location: El Paso, TX

Venue: El Paso County Coliseum

Commentators: Tom Hannifan & Matthew Rehwoldt

 

Countdown Show

Cedric Alexander vs Eric Young

Alexander gets control of the arm and wrings it over the shoulder, back body drop as Young tries to mount a comeback. Young spills to the floor to kill some time, and then returns to the ring to walk into some chops. German by Alexander and again Young heads to the floor. He catches Alexander with a quick choke over the ropes and re-enters the ring, caught with a springboard moonsault though! Cover, 1, 2, no. Alexander goes for a springboard from the apron, Young grabs the ref in front of him though so Alexander puts the brakes on.

Powerslam from Young gets a 2 count. Moonsault misses, Alexander gets an enziguri and a thrust kick, and delivers an STO on the apron. Flatliner springboarding from the middle rope connects, 1, 2, no. Alexander sets Young up on the ropes, Young bites the nose, diving elbow drop, Young covers and gets a 2, Young gets into it with the ref, threatening to punch her, until Alexander rolls him up, 1, 2, no. Step-up enziguri connects, and he muscles Young up for a brainbuster! 1, 2, 3.

Winner: Cedric Alexander

Time:7:34

Rating: **3/4 – Decent little sprint to get us into the action, with Young playing the classic foil. 

*Gia Miller catches up with Leon Slater, who says he’s feeling disrespected at all the bollocks from Francis. He’s the youngest X-Division champion yet Francis keeps up with the disrespect. Tonight Francis gets what’s coming to him.

 

The System (Moose, Eddie Edwards & Bryan Myers) vs CW Anderson, Brock Anderson & Bear Bronson

Yooo that’s ECW legend CW Anderson! CW starts off with Edwards, but quick tags from the System quickly overwhelms him. Brock in, headbutts to the arm, Bronson in and he asks for Myers. Teacher vs Student. They grapple and Bronson shoves Myers hard. Sunset flip attempt from Myers, Bronson sits out on him to counter. DDT by Myers and he looks for the spear, CW distracts and Bronson hits a chokebomb. 1, 2, Eddie breaks it up. Brock drives the shoulder into the midsection of Myers in the corner. Quick tags from the Andersons, who look for a double suplex but Myers counters. Bronson in as is Moose. Dropkick from Moose! Uranagi to Brock, and Moose kips up. Go To Hell connects, 1, 2, no. Back body drop from Bronson to counter a powerbomb. Brock gets headbutted, Myers tags in. Edwards with the backpack stunner, System Overload combo. 1, 2, 3.

Winners: The System

Time: 6:23

Rating: **3/4 – The story here is The System looking for standouts to see who could replace JDC. I doubt they would have seen much from the Andersons or Bronson here, but the idea makes sense. 

 

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Final Resolution 2025

*Mike Santana makes his way out and takes a mic, saying he’s not waiting all night to throw hands, he wants to do this right now.

 

Charlie Dempsey vs Mike Santana

Good choice for an opener here. Dempsey takes it right to Santana as they both start teeing off on each other. Powerslam from Santana, and a suicide dive to the outside as the crowd responds very favorably to him! Dempsey ducks a chop but receives a forearm to the chin. Three Amigos is interrupted as Dempsey drops behind him and pie-faces him. Dempsey starts to work over the arm, bending it back and stomping on it, driving further knees into it. Arm-wringer and a knee lift. Modified arm-bar applied, Santana rolls through and throws a low dropkick to the face. 10 count mounted punches in the corner connect, but a hard hammer throw from Dempsey gets him back in control. Slap from Santana, forearms now as Dempsey battles back with uppercuts. Kick to the face from Santana, lariat! Both men down.

Enziguri by Santana, rolling Buck 50 connects! 1, 2, no. Spin the Block is countered as Dempsey tries an armbar. Rolling Buck 50 countered into a bridging German! Rolls over into a Fujiwara armbar now. Dempsey sits him on the bucklesbutterfly suplex off the top! He holds on, but Santana reverses, Three Amigos! Back up top, he’s feeling froggy! Frog splash connects, as does Spin the Block! 1, 2, 3.

Winner: Mike Santana

Time: 8:56

Rating: ***1/4 – Dempsey did great in targeting the arm, even if Santana shrugged off the selling. Good bit of star power here with both men looking ‘big time’.

*Tom Hannifan talks about the big move to AMC for TNA, starting Thursday January 15th. Exciting times for the company, for sure!

 

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*Gia Miller speaks to Frankie Kazarian backstage. Kazarian says he’s a giving champion, and he’s giving JDC the opportunity to go out as World champion. But JDC won’t take that opportunity as he’s nothing  but a miserable failure. Instead, Kazarian will celebrate with the only person he cares about, himself.

*Ash By Elegance has joined commentary as a new career move after having to step away from in-ring action.

 

[TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championships] The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) (c) vs Tessa Blanchard & Victoria Crawford (w/ Robert Stone)

Crawford takes it to Lee early on, then tags in Blanchard. McKay and Lee make quick tags for diving axe handles to the arm. Stereo kicks to the stomach from the Iinspiration and they clothesline their opponents to the floor. Kind of a crossbody from Lee? One from McKay too. Stone trips up McKay, and Blanchard and Crawford capitalize with a wishbone legsplit. Leg DDT from Blanchard and she mocks the Iiconic pose. Crawford traps the leg as Blanchard places it on the ropes and Crawford wrings it there. Blanchard punches away at the knee of McKay, even biting it. Single leg crab applied. McKay escapes, sends Blanchard to the floor, creating an opening. Blanchard misses an elbow drop and McKay makes the tag. Lee in with clotheslines, neckbreaker to Crawford. Lungblower! 1, 2, no. Blind tag from McKay, who is still bothered by the knee. Crawford in, Stone passes one of the title belts to Blanchard but she gets kicked in the face. Crawford has a belt now, misses a shot and gets kicked in the face. But the Elegance Brand are here! They get knocked off the apron, and the Iinspiration hit The Idolizer for the 1, 2, 3.

Winners and STILL TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions: The Iinspiration

Time: 8:44

Rating: *3/4 – Well, it was not a ‘workrate’ match, and I’m not sure what the point of the Elegance Brand interferring was, especially as they got turned away with ease within a split second.

*Injury Report. Leon Slater is banged up but is cleared to compete. Dani Luna is sidelined after the attack from Indi Hartwell. Cardona is cleared but is recovering from a contusion from the other week.

*Santino and Arianna Grace chat backstage, and Santino doesn’t like how Stacks acts around her. She says she’d never break the rules, and she always respects the rules of the house. Santino wants to know if she sees, hears or feels anything.

 

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[Street Fight] Matt Cardona vs Mance Warner (w/Steph De Lander)

Cardona grabs a kendo stick from under the ring to meet Warner, who has a chair. Warner knocks Cardona down as the bell rings, and wedges a chair in between the ropes in the corner. But it’s Mance who goes face-first into it. Cardona covers, 1, 2, no. Cardona tosses him to the floor and follows up with a sliding kick through the ropes. He pulls out a trash can and bounces it off the back of Warner. Cardona sets the trash can on the ground and goes for something but Steph De Lander grabs the can and smacks him with it, allowing Warner to take control. He grabs another chair, chairshot to the back. Suplex delivered on the ramp. Another trash can introduced, and Warner slides out a gift-wrapped door. Warner props up the door in the corner, but Cardona meets him with a chairshot to the ribs. Warner pulls the ref in front of him, and Steph De Lander sprays something in Cardona’s eyes. Step up tornado DDT through the door from Mance Warner!

Kendo stick to the back. Both men trade forearms until Warner receives a drop toe hold into a chair. Unpretty-her into  the chair! 1, 2, no. Cardona lifts his kendo stick aloft but the crowd chant for tables. Low blow from Cardona, trash can shot. De Lander grabs the leg, allowing Warner to smack Cardona in the back with the trash can. Uranagi into the trash can connects, 1, 2, no. Cardona smacks Warner with…Santa’s sack?! He breaks it over the head of Warner, showing that the bag contains a whole bunch of Major Stars figures. Attitude Adjustment into the figurines. 1. 2. no. He pulls out another wooden door and again props it in the corner. Low blow and the Pay Window from Warner, 1, 2, no. De Lander passes a screwdriver to Warner, he charges but the scredrive lands in the door. Radio Silence into the door! 1, 2, 3.

Winner: Matt Cardona

Time:11:29

Rating: **3/4 – It was a sanitized version of the harcore affairs both men are used to in GCW and a tad slow, A little too much reliance on outside interference from De Lander too. No harm here really, plenty of PLUNDAH, just nothing we haven’t seen before.

*JDC mutters to himself in the mirror. Just like Shawshank Redemption, how does he fit in in the outside world? JDC looks up to Cena, and if he can win a title on his way out, maybe JDC can too. Maybe if he wins tonight, it lets him stay that little bit longer. If he does win, at Genesis there is only one man he wants to face. His brother, Eddie Edwards. He has the respect and love for this business that you can’t teach. He wants to pass that on to his brother. Just gotta get through tonight.

 

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[TNA International Championship] Steve Maclin (c) vs Stacks (w/ Lexis King)

Maclin charges at Stacks and attacks as the bell rings, stomping him down in the corner. Back body drop from Maclin and he throws Stacks to the floor as he points to the TNA logo on the canvas. Big forearm from Maclin levels Stacks. Stacks fires back with chops. Knee to the midsection from Maclin, back elbow connects and he drops Stacks into a tree of woe. Maclin knocks Lexis King off the apron and charges but Stacks lifts himself up and Maclin collides with the ringpost, sending himself to the floor outside. Stacks sends Maclin into the post, returns him to the ring and stomps him in the corner. Canonball, 1, 2, no. Snapmare and a sliding forearm gets a 1 count for Stacks. Gourdbuster into the top rope, and Stacks continues the assault on the ribs and the stomach. Cheap shot from King, Stacks eventually locks in an abdominal stretch and gets added pressure from King behind the ref’s back. But Maclin breaks free with a hip toss. Maclin launches Stacks to the floor with a back suplex, but King tosses him back in, straight into a backbreaker from Maclin. Both men down.

Lou Thesz Press from Maclin connects, lariat, and a suicide dive to the floor takes out both Stacks and King. Olympic Slam! 1, 2, no. Maclin is busted open at the eye. Running elbow and a knee drop to the back of the neck from Stacks as he turns the tables. Stomp to the midsection as Stacks tries for a Boston crab but can’t get it. Gutbuster! 1, 2,  no. Running knee from Stacks misses, Busaiku Knee from Maclin connects though! He goes up top, diving headbutt, 1, 2, no. Lariat to the back of the neck, Stacks again caught in a tree of woe. And this time, the spear connects but King drags Stacks to the floor for safety. Maclin chases King into the ring, clotheslines him, but Stacks is in for a rollup, gets 2. Maclin almost hits the ref, Stacks with a cane shot. 1, 2, 3.

Winner and NEW TNA International Champion: Stacks

Time: 11:38

Rating: *** – Pretty good back and forth showing, but another instance of over-reliance on outside interference, which is not ideal placement straight after all of De Lander’s interference in the previous match. Stacks now gets to show off some TNA Gold on a Tuesday night.

*The Hardyz aren’t happy backstage. Matt says it doesn’t change their gameplan though. They know all the NXT jackals are in the house, and Jeff says their eyes will be wide open. They are the goats, and what do the goats do? They go to the ring and they goat. Ha.

 

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[TNA Knockouts World Championship] Lei Ying Lee (c) vs Xia Brookside

Both women are all smiles at first and they hug as the bell rings. Side headlock takedown from the challenger, Lee counters with a headscissors but Brookside works out of it. Crossbody attempt is caught by Lee, and they seem even at this point. Dropkick attempts from both women, and they do the Angel Warriors pose. Still all smiles, but will it last? Boot to the face from Brookside, Lee cartwheels out of a headscissors attempt and hits a dropkick. Monkey flip attempt is reversed, but Brookside hits a crossbody off the second rope. Double knees in the corner misses, Lee throws an exploder for just a 1 count. Snap suplex from the champ gets 2. Spin kick to the midsection, Lee muscles up her partner but Brookside rolls her up for 2. Lee catches Brookside’s kick attempt and collapses down into a single leg crab, NICE! She drags her back into the center of the ring, transitions into an STF. Brookside rolls into a cover for 2.

Tilt-a-whirl headscissors connects on Lee, Lee with strikes in response, sweeps the legs. Misses the running kick though. Brookside gets Lee down in the corner, Broken Wings double knees! Side Russian leg sweep connects and gets a 2 count. Octopus stretch locked in! Lee drops to a knee but somehow breaks free. Knee to the side of the face from Lee! 1, 2, no. Top rope superplex by Lee, and both women are down. Swinging Facebuster is countered into the double knees from Brookside, 1, 2, NO. Tornado DDT from the ropes, Brookside covers, 1, 2, no. Brookside says I’m sorry as they start to slug it out. They both dodge high kicks, until Lee hits a spinning heel kick. Lee says she’s sorry before picking Brookside up for the swinging facebuster. 1, 2, 3.

Winner and STILL TNA Knockouts Champion: Lei Ying Lee

Time: 12:40

Rating: ***1/2 – It was a shame the crowd were pretty dead for a large part of this as this built into something pretty neat. Great effort from both women, hard to tell who had the better showing as they both came off tremendously here. Just a really solid back and forth with ‘competition’ being the name of the game.

*Lee and Brookside hug after the match to get back on the same page.

*Gia Miller catches up with Lee after the win. Lee says she feels so happy and so grateful. Her dream finally came true. Her first title defense against her best friend, and tonight she showed her she’s a real warrior. BUT HERE COMES DANI LUNA to attack both from behind! Indi Hartwell shows up, and they both go at it. Security comes out to split them up. Luna body slams one of the guards! They go at it again and we get the big pull-apart brawl.

*Stacks and King say the NXT Outlaws get the job done by any means necessary. Stacks says everyone doubted them. They waited for opportunities, and they’re done waiting for scraps. High Ryze are gonna take those tag titles. Who’s gonna stop them?

 

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[8-Man Tag Team Contest] The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed, Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) vs Order 4 (Jason Hotch, John Skyler, Mustafa Ali & Special Agent 0)

Reed and Skyler start off with a feeling out process. Hotch in, as is Miguel for a rebound neckbreaker, gets 2. Kick to the back, Cheeky Nandos, tiger feint kicks from Xavier and Miguel. Xavier in, Ali comes in to pick up the pace and is met with a dropkick to the face. BIG kick from Ali to Reed. Wentz in, bronco buster! Haha he keeps it going for ages. Cover, 1, 2, kickout. Ali is pissed and tags out to Special Agent 0. Big boot! Uppercut! Headbutt! Lariat! Agent 0 takes out all of the Rascalz. Xavier jumps on the back of 0 but 0 still escapes, double clothesline to Reed and Miguel. Three men held by Agent 0, and he hits the fallaway slam! Black hole slam into a flatliner on Wentz. Ali back in, who mocks the Rascalz pose. Snapmare, claps the ears, and Hotch rolls in for a neckbreaker. Enziguri misses, big German from Hotch connects. Ali chokes Wentz over the middle rope, Tasha Steelz gets involved to do the same. Agent 0 press slams Wentz across the ring and takes the others off the apron.

Wentz is isolated but he dodges Agent 0 and sends Hotch to the floor. ALI SENT FACE FIRST INTO THE BUCKLES! Good God what a sell, looked like a gunshot went off! Miguel in, dropkick connects. Hurracanrana, Hotch in, enziguri from Miguel. Xavier takes out Ali with a tope con hilo! Slingblade rolling Trey connects, 1, 2, no. Steelz back on the apron to flirt with Miguel. He pulls out some lip balm and applies it, goes for a kiss…but Steelz moves and he kisses Agent 0’s titties! Skyler with a spear on the apron, shooting star from Xavier. AGENT 0 WITH A NO HANDS DIVE TO THE FLOOR. Ali climbs the buckles….REED WITH THE FLAME ON DIVING CUTTER TO THE FLOOR! Reed and Skyler go at it now, and everyone battles on the floor. Ali appears to be leaving through the crowd? Wentz and Agent 0 are in the ring, the rest of the Rascalz in to take him down. Double stomps! Rascalz special, Wentz collides and takes Agent 0 to the floor with a big crossbody but 0 is still on his feet. The Rascalz come from behind and send him into the steps. Hotch with a springboard moonsault to the floor! Rebound tiger feint kick to Reed. Slingshot spear from Skyler. Skyler has Reed on his shoulders but we hear the guitar chord. ELIJAH is here and he takes out Ali backstage, tying Alis feet to the horse…Elijah rides off and Ali is dragged off!

Rascalz are clearing house. DESTROYER TO THE FLOOR from Miguel!! Meteora, swanton, spiral tap! 450 splash! 1, 2, 3!!

Winners: The Rascalz

Time: 14:29

Rating: ****1/4 – TNA! TNA! TNA! Wow, that was just pure fun and adrenaline. Rascalz are something else, but those Order 4 guys really held their own too. 14 minutes of unadulterated insanity, and I loved it. Tremendous contest here, with honestly not a weak link, very smartly put together to get everyone over.

 

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[TNA World Tag Team Championships] The Hardys (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) (c) vs High Ryze (Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont)

The lights go out and a message stating “The Gods Walk Among the Immortals” plays on the screen…and High Ryze jump the Hardys as the lights come back on. Igwe with a back elbow to Matt, covers for 2. Dupont in, Matt tries to fight back but Dupont works over the arm. Igwe tags in, continues the assault on the arm. Igwe isn’t looking, and Matt gives him Dupont’s arm to wring until Igwe realizes. Jeff in, a little double team action on Igwe. Matt is legal, hip tosses Dupont and tags in Jeff. Matt slingshots Dupont into the ropes and Jeff follows up with a leg drop on the apron. Twist of Fate called for, Dupont counters. Igwe whips Jeff to the canvas as Jeff gets caught in the ropes. Jeff sits out on a jawbreaker to create space. Inside leg kick, tag to Matt, and Igwe is in too. Delete head smashes into the buckles. Deletions to Dupont too. Side Effect! One to Igwe too! 1, 2, no.

Igwe fights out of the corner, goes up top. Matt catches him, superplex from the middle rope, but Dupont is there to splash Matt as he comes down. Dupont beats down Matt before Igwe joins him for some combo splash/suplex offense. 1, 2, no. Matt escapes from the shoulders of Dupont, Twist of Fate connects. Igwe spills to the floor, and Matt tags in Jeff. Swanton Bomb connects! 1, 2, 3.

Winners and STILL TNA World Tag Team Champions: Matt & Jeff Hardy

Time: 8:43

Rating: **3/4 – I was enjoying what I saw from Igwe and Dupont, but this seemed to end out of nowhere. For two big guys, it felt like it should have taken the Hardys more to put them down, so I’m not sure High Ryze gained much from this. 

*The lights go out again. We see a hooded woman in white…and she tells us that The Righteous are coming. We get the finger clicks, and here they come (to no reaction). Vincent and Dutch make their way to the ring as the crowd chant ‘Who are you?’ The Hardys stare them down…and that’s it. Well that didn’t work, did it?

*Eric Young talks about the dawning of a new era with TNA on AMC. He sees the rise and fall and rise and fall, and he’s always been the center of it. He understands this place more than anyone. All of this could be ruined. So guess who’s going to fix it? Him. A disease has got to be removed, eliminated, cleansed from the world. He will make things right…with or without you.

 

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[TNA X-Division Championship] Leon Slater (c) vs AJ Francis (w/ Rich Swann)

AJ charges but Slater ducks, boot to the face. Francis catches Slater on a dive, presses him up but Slater escapes and sends his opponent to the floor. Dropkick connects, superman forearm off the steps from Slater. Rebound tiger feint kick, slingshot crossbody, and Francis goes down. Back in the ring, Francis catches Slater for a chokeslam but Slater flips out of it. He goes for a handspring back elbow but Francis swats him away with a big right hand. AJ chokes Slater out on the middle rope. Crowd has come alive to chant ‘AJ SUCKS’ and ‘You Can’t Wrestle!’ Francis whips Slater hard into the buckles, flipping him in the process. Running knee in the corner. Gourdbuster on the apron, and Francis pulls Leon’s arms around the ringpost, wrenching back.

Leon turns the tables with an enziguri but then runs into a big boot. 1, 2, Slater kicks out. Slater tries to back suplex him but can’t get it, and Francis elbows him down. Knee strike, senton misses. Slater battles back, running forearm in the corner, dropkick to follow, handspring back elbow and the Blue Thunder connects! 1, 2, no. Slater goes up top, misses a 450 but rolls through, AJ nearly crushes the ref, ref is out of position, allowing him to low blow Slater. TFL connects, 1, 2, NO. Francis rolls to the floor, goes under the apron while Swann has the ref distracted and pulls out a chair. BDE runs out and is there to stop the chairshot. Chokeslam/Down Payment to BDE. AJ to the floor, Slater dives but is caught, and AJ tosses him into the ringpost. AJ has a Go-Pro to record some viral footage. He goes up top, Slater dropkicks him in the back and sends him to the floor. Slater has the camera now. TOPE CON HILO over the ringpost with the camera. Slater back up top, Francis rolls to the opposite side of the ring…but Slater still makes it with the cross-over splash! Eye rake by Francis. Down Payment connects once more. Francis back to the middle rope, moonsault but Slater catches him with a superkick in midair. 1, 2, no.

Swann has a chair and the title belt. The ref grabs the chair, Francis has the title now. Belt shot to Slater. Covers, 1, 2, kickout by Slater. Swann back in with the belt but Francis grabs him by the throat, then backs the ref into the corner. AJ picks up Slater, Swann has the belt again…and he clocks Francis with it. Ref doesn’t give a shit? Slater to the top, Swanton 450 splash connects. 1, 2, 3.

Winner and STILL TNA X-Division Champion: Leon Slater

Time: 14:53

Rating: **1/2 – MORE reliance on outside interference. Slater tried his best, and it sure had some decent moments, but this felt like we hit all the tired tropes, and Francis is just not engaging or fun to watch. Why was it not a DQ when Swann clocked Francis anyway?

*Rich Swann happily celebrates with Slater post-match, all sins forgiven.

*Dog Collar match is signed for this Thursday, as Dani Luna takes on Indi Hartwell. Nice, makes sense after the brawl earlier.

*Ryan Nemeth makes his way out in a turkey suit. He talks about the millions of views he got getting superkicked. He talks trash and turns around to get superkicked by Mara Sade again. I’ll just assume I’m not the target audience for that one…

 

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*As we prepare for the main event, Frankie Kazarian makes his entrance via low rider.

 

[TNA World Heavyweight Championship] Frankie Kazarian (c) vs JDC

Kazarian invites JDC to simply leave as the bell rings, but JDC does not take him up on the offer. JDC dumps Kazarian to the floor, takes a run up but Kazarian retreats up the entrance way to safety. JDC follows him out there and they battle to the staging area. Atomic drop, JDC takes a run up, but Kazarian counters and hip tosses him on the stage. Ha the ref threatens to count out Kazarian, and Kaz is happy with that, welcoming the count out, he doesn’t care. JDC is sent knee-first into the steel steps now. Back in the ring, Kazarian stays in firm control. Snap suplex connects followed by a kick to the chest. Rollup from JDC gets 2, but Kazarian quickly regains control with a clothesline.

Knee driven into the face of JDC, and a sleeper locked in. Back suplex connects, cover, 1, 2, kickout. Body slam, Kazarian goes for the springboard but JDC kicks the leg and hits a springboard legdrop to attempt a comeback. Back elbows, uppercuts, and a side Russian legsweep connect for JDC. Falcon arrow countered, chicken wing countered, powerslam by JDC. 1, 2, no. Kazarian tries for the guillotine legdrop on the apron but JDC avoids it, and connects with a tope con hilo to the outside.

To the apron, slingshot cutter connects, Kazarian covers, 1, 2, NO. Kazarian grabs the World title, the ref grabs the belt though, JDC with a rollup for 2. Snap suplex into the buckles from Kazarian! Fade to Black attempted, JDC holds onto the ropes though. Kazarian sent into the ropes and he squashes the ref! JDC with a splash, Kazarian moves and the ref takes the brunt of it! Air Raid Crash from JDC, but the ref is down. A new ref spawns, 1, 2, NO. Top rope leg drop misses, Kazarian comes back with a slingshot legdrop, 1, 2, no. Kazarian grabs the belt again while the new ref checks on the OG one. JDC ducks, rolls up, avoided, Kazarian with the chicken wing! He has it locked in…JDC reaches for the ropes but Kazarian rolls him back to the center. That’s it, JDC passes out and the ref calls for the bell.

Winner and STILL TNA World Heavyweight Champion: Frankie Kazarian

Time: 13:30

Rating: *** – Oh. Mildly disappointing just because it felt it ended before we really kicked it up a notch. The work was pretty good and I bought into JDC’s struggle…but that didn’t feel like a premium main event. 

*The System come out to tend to JDC, but here’s Stacks and all the NXT Outlaws. Lexis King has lighter fluid and he sprays it all over the TNA emblem. He is about to light it on fire, but here’s Maclin and Santana to the rescue! Security run down, the Hardys, Santino is here too, chaos everywhere. Order is restored, but Stacks knocks Santino down, his own father in law! ‘You Fucked Up’ chants galore! The fight continues once more as the Anthem logo appears and we go off the air.