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FINAL RESOLUTION
SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH 2006
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MAIN EVENT
Sting & “Captain Charisma” Christian Cage vs. “King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett and “The Alpha Male” Monty Brown

All eyes are gonna be on this match. It's Sting's first match back, and it's Christians first TNA ppv main event. The faces have to win, and Christian has to pin Jarrett for this to unfold right. Like everybody else, I'm curious to see how Sting looks and performs. Keep the Alpha Lax out of the ring as much as possible.

Prediction: Christian pins Jarrett, while Sting brawls with the Alpha Lax. Christian should go on to win the title at the next ppv. Unfortunately, this will leave at least another month's worth of Jarrett holding the belt.

X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Samoa Joe (c) vs. "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels

This match is gonna steal the show. This is the match I'm most looking forward to seeing. Samoa Joe is a badass and Christopher Daniels is (of course) my favorite TNA wrestler. This is gonna rawk.

Prediction: Daniels will hand Joe his first defeat in TNA after a long, brutal match and become a two time X Division champion.

NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH
America's Most Wanted (c) vs. Team 3D

The chase should end here. The former Dudleys need to win the belts in this match. Otherwise they run the risk of becoming stale. It's time for this to be put to bed so both teams can move on.

Prediction: Team 3D wins with a 3D through a table. AMW will next feud with the reunited New Age Outlaws. The Duds will feud with Team Canada.

INTERNATIONAL X SHOWCASE
“The Phenomenal” AJ Styles vs. New Japan’s Tanahashi

It's hard to say anything about this as I know zip about Tanahashi. I expected Styles to face Shannon Moore here.

Prediction: Moore will interfere giving Tanahashi and New Japan something to brag about. New Japan will send more wrestlers over and eventually AJ will get a win. In the meantime, he'll feud with Shannon Moore.

“The Man Beast” Rhino vs. “The Monster” Abyss w/ James Mitchell

This is gonna be a fight. I do worry that TNA might be killing Rhino. I hope he wins, but I doubt it. Sting's touted Abyss as somebody he wants to work with and I think they'll keep him looking powerful for that feud.

Prediction: Abyss will win and go on to feud with Sting. Rhino will feud with Raven next in an attempt to stay in the title hunt.

Raven vs. An Opponent of Larry Z's Choosing
If Raven wins, he gets World Title shot - If Raven loses, he's gone from TNA

Everyone seems to be of the opinion that Raven's opponent will be Sandman. I really hope not because they've already played that card in TNA and also because they recently fought again at Hardcore Homecoming. I'd rather see Kidman or Perry Saturn or Stevie Richards. Hell, have all of Raven's old flunkies show up and do run ins on him. That would show Zbyszko's sense of strategy, and give those characters some closure.

Something just occurred to me. Raven's opponent could also be Zbyszko. If he steps in the ring and has some of Raven's old flunkies do run ins to help him, that would be classic Larry Z style. Noice.

Prediction: Whoever the opponent, Raven will just barely get the win after a surprise run in. Raven will then demand his title shot, but will have to get past Rhino to get it.

PRESHOW MATCHES:

The Naturals vs. The Latin American Exchange
Not a good sign for the Naturals. Relegated to the pre show against Konnan's new team.

Prediction: The Naturals will lose and this match will kickoff a Naturals/LAX feud.

Team Canada vs. Lance Hoyt, Jay Lethal & Kenny King
More guys relegated to the pre show. Not good for Hoyt to be teaming with jobbers, but his last few tag partners have all left TNA (Kid Kash, Jeff Hardy). Except for Sabu, but he only shows up occasionally.

Prediction: Team Canada wins and Hoyt will feud with them, primarily with Bobby Roode, the TC strongman.

Overall, not a great card, but there's potential for some entertaining stuff. If they can pull off the main event is the big question, but there are also several smaller questions.

Notably, why the absence of so many talented wrestlers on the roster? I know it's hard to fit everyone in, but they could've added a couple more matches.

TNA usually add matches on the last iMPACT! I've juct checked and here they are:

The James Gang vs. The Diamonds in the Rough
Okay, I'm a New Age outlaws mark, so I'm pleased with this, but The Diamonds are good too. If The Gang have the chemistry of old this should be a match worth seeing, and even if they don't, The Diamonds can carry anybody.

Prediction: The James Gang win, and cut some killer promo on Konnan's ass

Ron Killings vs. Bobby Roode
These two are the most underrated heavyweights in TNA, but I'm not that excited about either of them. Should be a good match, but probably too short to be worth seeing

Prediction: Bobby Roode after some dastadrly interference from Scott

Chris Sabin, Matt Bentley and Sonjay Dutt vs. Alex Shelley, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong
Five great guys and Matt Bentley (who's just okay). Shelley, Aries and Dutt should all be in the title picture, but hey, this is gonna be good, so who cares?

Prediction: Shelley, Aries and Strong with some cool triple-team

that's a nice rounding out of the card. I'm surprised they didn't hype the Outlaws reunion more.

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James_Fantastic said:
Chris Sabin, Matt Bentley and Sonjay Dutt vs. Alex Shelley, Austin Aries and Roderick Strong

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this pleases me. I'm very big on Sabin, as well as the Shelley/Aries/Strong faction. should be a good one.

results from insidepulse:

InsidePULSE’s TNA Final Resolution Report
Announcers are Don West & Mike Tenay
01.15.06
By: PK


Pre-Show:
Team Canada (Eric Young, A1, & Petey Williams) vs. Lance Hoyt, Jay Lethal, & Kenny King
Lethal & Petey start. Lethal upstages Petey, and A1 is tagged in...then Lethal tags in Hoyt. They go toe to toe, but Hoyt nails a huge sidewalk slam for 2. King tagged in, and is on fire, and A1 tags in Showtime. Showtime puts King in the Tree of Woe, and Petey is in, and he stands on King's crotch. King fights back, but Petey nails a twisting neckbreaker for 2. A1 back in, and he muscles down King. Hoyt comes in and cleans house. Petey is down Lethal goes up for a top rope headbutt, but misses. Lethal stumbles up, and Petey grabs him and nails a Canadian Destroyer for the pin.
Winners - Team Canada

Latin-American Exchange (Konnan & Homicide) vs. The Naturals
Apolo was caught in travel problems coming back from a show in Mexico. The Nats come down and beat down on the LAX. The match slows down, and Homicide takes over on Douglas. Homicide hits a top rope DDT for 2 on Douglas, and Konnan is tagged in and beats down on Douglas. Douglas off the ropes, Konnan with somersault clothesline, and Homicide back in. Douglas fights back, Stevens in and helps clean house. Nats hit the Natural Disaster on Homicide, but the ref makes Douglas go back to his corner, and Konnan hits Stevens with a flapjack, while the ref's back is turned, and Homicide rolls up Stevens for the pin.
Winners - LAX

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Alex Shelley, Roderick Strong, and Austin Aries vs. Chris Sabin, Sonjay Dutt, and Matt Bentley (w/ Traci)
Sabin has a short haircut with blonde highlights...and it's gay. The heels dominate the match, mostly over Dutt. Dutt gets to Sabin, and he takes out all 3. He hangs up Shelley in the corner, and does his hanging dropkick. The match then opens up, and all 6 men in a melee. Bentley nails a superkick on Strong, but Shelley rolls up Bentley for the pin.
Winners - Shelley/Strong/Aries

Recap of LAX and James Gang.

Diamonds in the Rough (w/ Simon Diamond) vs. The James Gang
Um...is it me, or should the James Gang be wrestling the LAX? I mean, this is a glorified Impact match...actually, I don’t even remember the last time I saw the Diamonds on Impact. Kip hits the One & Only for the pin.
Winners - James Gang

Fallen Angel cuts a promo on Joe.

AJ Styles vs. Tanahashi
Tenay is doing nothing but blowing Tanahashi. Back and forth action throughout most of the match. Tanahashi locks on the sleeper, and drops it down to the Dragon Sleeper. Tanahashi then swings AJ around. AJ fights back, and hits a Pele for 2. Tanahashi fights back, nails a Full Nelson slam for 2. Tanahashi goes for another, but Shannon Moore comes in, and goes to hit AJ with the 'Mr. TNA' plaque, but AJ ducks, and Moore hits Tanahashi....then AJ hits the pele on Moore. AJ then hits the Styles Clash on Tanahashi for the win.
Winner - AJ Styles

Styles tells Tanahashi that he didn’t want to win that way. Moore then comes back in the ring and steals the 'Mr. TNA' award again.

Raven is backstage, and is mad at Larry Z.

Larry Z is in the ring, and introduces Sean Waltman as Raven's opponent.

Raven vs. Sean Waltman
I guess this match is a Hardcore Match, since Raven came down with a shopping cart full of stuff. The ring gets littered with stuff, and this match is awful...unlike the match Raven and Waltman had a few months ago. Raven sets up a table and a ladder next to it. Both men are on the ladder, and Raven goes for the Evenflow, but Larry Z, who is in for the KO'd ref, holds Raven's legs, and Waltman grabs Raven and hits the X-Factor off the top of the ladder through the table. Waltman makes the cover, and Raven has his foot on the ropes, but Larry Z still makes the pinfall.
Winner - Waltman

Truth backstage, Konnan comes up and offers back up in his match tonight against Roode.

Larry Z kicks Raven out of the building, and Jackie Gayda is on her way in. She wants to talk to Larry Z.

The Truth vs. Bobby Roode (w/ D'Amore)
I am still suffering from the suckiness of X-Pac. Truth dominates the match. Konnan comes down to 'back-up' The Truth, but it just distracts him, and Roode hits the lariat from behind for the pin.
Winner - Roode

Konnan and Truth argue, BG comes down, and Homicide comes out. Konnan and Homicide beat down BG, as Truth leaves. Kip comes down with a chair, and levels Homicide.

Recap of Abyss/Rhino.

Abyss (w/ James Mitchell) vs. Rhino
Rhino charges the ring and goes right after Abyss. They fall to the outside, and they start brawling. Apparently this is a Hardcore Match too, as Abyss hits Rhino over the back with a chair. Back in the ring, Abyss sets a chair up in the corner, and he sends Rhino head first into it. Abyss continues to dominate. Rhino fights back, and hits Abyss with a Diamond Cutter out of a Fireman's Carry. Both men are down, Rhino sets up for the GORE, but Mitchell hooks his leg with his cane, and as the ref is distracted, and Abyss nails Rhino with his chains but only for a 2 count. Rhino fights back, and calls for a Rhino Driver on some chairs, but again Mitchell distracts him, and Abyss is able get out of the Rhino Driver, and nails a choke slam, then the Black Hole Slam on some chairs for the pinfall.
Winner - Abyss

Recap of AMW/Team 3D.

America's Most Wanted (w/ Gail Kim) (c) vs. Team 3D - NWA Tag Team Titles
3D dominates the match from the get-go. 3D hits the Doomsday Device from the top for 2. Storm accidentally hits Harris with a chair, and Team 3D tosses Harris to the floor, through a table. Gail Kim gets in the ring, and gives Storm a pack of powder. Bubba kicks it in Storm's face, and the ref gets it too. Storm gets hit with the 3D, and the ref makes the pinfall...but can't see. As the ref is cleaning his eyes out, Team Canada hits the ring, and beats down Bubba and D'Von, puts Storm on top of Bubba, and gets out of the ring. The ref turns around, and sees Storm on Bubba, and awards the match to AMW!
Winners - AMW

Monty and JJ cut a promo, reminding us that Cage can't be trusted. He turned on his brother in their hometown, and he turned on Jericho for a woman. Monty thinks that Sting will feel the POUUUUUUUUUNCE....period.

Recap of Daniels/Joe.

Samoa Joe (c) vs. Christopher Daniels - X Division Title
Daniels attempts to get some offense in, but Joe overpowers him. Daniels with a power leg sweep, then the springboard moonsault for 2. Daniels puts Joe on the top rope, and Joe tries to put Daniels in the Rear Naked Choke, but Daniels pulls him off and nits a DVD for 2. Daniels hits the ropes, and goes for a hurracanaranna, but Joe drops him in a Power Bomb. Joe locks on STF. Daniels gets to the ropes. Joe pins Daniels in the corner, and tries to do a 10 punch count, but Daniels goes to Power Bomb him out of the corner, but Joe hurracanrannas Daniels! Joe off the ropes, and walks right into a Rock Bottom from Daniels. Daniels then hits the BME, and Joe falls to the outside. Daniels leaps over the top to the floor with a massive elbow drop. Both men try to get back in the ring, but Joe boots Daniels back outside. Joe sets up Daniels in a chair on the outside, and boots Daniels head into the guardrail. AJ Styles makes his way down to ringside. In the ring, Joe hits a Muscle Buster, then brings a chair in the ring, and hits a Muscle Buster on the chair. Joe continuasly hits Daniels with knees to the head, with blood going everywhere. AJ Styles tosses in the towel...stopping the match.
Winner - Samoa Joe

Joe uses the towel and wipes the blood from Daniels...and keeps the towel. Joe leaves, and AJ, along with some refs and Jerry Lynn, check up on Daniels.

Recap of Sting/Cage/JJ/Monty

Christian cuts a promo, saying he's proud to be Sting's partner.

Monty Brown & Jeff Jarrett (w/ Gail Kim) vs. Sting & Christian Cage
This match is awful. Sting locks on the Scorpion Death Lock on JJ, but Monty takes Christian and does a Fall-away Slam, tossing Christian on Sting. Sting and Christian both argue, but they save each other from attacks from Monty. The ref is down, Team Canada hits the ring, and both Sting and Christian hit reverse DDTs on both Roode & Young. Monty and JJ retake control, and Monty sets up Cage for a guitar shot. Sting whacks JJ's guitar with his bat, and demolishes the guitar. Sting then hits the Scorpion Death Drop on JJ for the pin.
Winners - Sting & Cage

Show Over.

~PK

Just watched the show,and while overall it was pretty damn good,you gotta say that TNA dont seem to be learning from WWEs mistakes!
What the fuck was that tag team championship match ending all about?
It was a complete WWE bullshit ending,the kind the fans hate!

And the more I see Abyss,the more I view him as a poor mans version of Kane!

this is the card that basams and I were talking about where we mentioned all the WWE type finishes.

Abyss is actually a decent big man type, but his gimmick is way too Mankind/Kane. He needs some redesigning. Especially the mask.

Back when I worked with him he did a gimmick called Prince Justice, he wore a blue robe and tights and a crown, he was quick on the mic and reminded me alot of Roddy Piper. It's too bad that TNA wants a Kane clone the guy has way bigger range.

post pics, dammit!

yeah!