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| Match-by-match results
and television rating of this edition of TNA Final Resolution 2008
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| Quick Results |
Latin American Exchange def. The Rock &
Rave Infection
Kaz def. Black Reign
Women's Championship Match:
Gail Kim [c] def. Awesome Kong
Judas Mesias def. Abyss
Mixed Tag Team Match: Booker
T & Sharmell def. Robert Roode & Ms.
Brooks
Ultimate X-Match: Team 3D &
Johnny Devine def. Motor City Machine Guns &
Jay Lethal
Tag Team Championship Match:
A.J. Styles & Tomko [c] def. Samoa Joe &
Kevin Nash
TNA Heavyweight Championship Match:
Kurt Angle [c] def. Christian Cage |
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| Detailed Results |
Rock & Rave Infection vs. Latin American Exchange
Hoyt and Rave introduced first. LAX makes their way to the
ring via their private entranceway next. Fans are heavily
into this contest even before the opening bell. Rave and Homicide
lock up to start off. Rave tosses him to the ropes. Shoulder
block by Homicide, followed by a hip toss. Rave bounces off
the ropes and tilt a whirls into an arm bar then into a cradle
pin for two. Homicide with a nice under-arm suplex, and Hoyt
tagged in as well as Hernandez. Hernandez shoves Hoyt. Hoyt
bounces off ht e ropes and shoulder blocks Hernandez, trying
to take him to the mat. It does not work. Hernandez then back
body drops Hoyt to the outside. Homicide about to go for a
suicide dive but Rave jumps on the apron and intercepts him.
Rave then Russian Legsweeps Homicide on the apron, and immediately
as they hit the apron, Hernandez suicide dives to the outside
onto Hoyt. Hernandez and Homicide inside now. Homicide dropkicks
Rave to the face. Hernandez catapults Rave into a clothesline
of Homicide. Homicide follows with a Senton splash onto Rave
while Hernandez still is holding onto the legs. Rave on the
shoulders of Hernandez. Hoyt cuts him off and makes the save.
Homicide with a flying cross body on Hoyt, but caught in mid
air. Hoyt hits a twirling sidewalk slam. Two count for Hoyt.
Hoyt and Rave double-teaming Homicide who ducks a clothesline,
and Hernandez then flies in and double clotheslines Rock and
Rave. Hernandez with consecutive back body drops on both members.
He then hits a sit up powerbomb on Rave. Hoyt hits a Moonsault
from the top rope onto Hernandez. Homicide in and he headscissors
Hoyt then suicide dives through the ropes onto Hoyt outside.
Hernandez shoulder blocks Rave inside the ring now. Hernandez
lifts up Rave for a powerbomb but Christy Hemme on the apron
grabs Rave’s foot to get him down. Rave now takes the upper
hand with kicks onto Hernandez. Rave springs to the top rope,
but Hernandez shoves him in the post. Outside is a member
of the Latino nation stalking at ringside. Hernandez then
hits a Super Border Toss from the top ropes. 1…2….3. Your
Winners: LAX. After the match the member of the Latino
nation gets choked by Hoyt, but hits a low blow on him then
kicks Christy Hemme outside the ring. The member takes off
her face cover and its Ariel.
Black Reign vs. Kaz Black Reign is introduced first.
Kaz makes his way to the ring next. Match starts quickly with
Kaz and Reign exchanging blows. Kaz hits a springboard back
elbow smash on Reign who quickly slides out of the ring to
retreat. Kaz onto the apron and leaps to the ground hitting
a Hart Attack clothesline. Kaz sent into the fan barricades
by Reign, who tries to follow with a diving head butt but
misses and connects with the railing. The two battle up the
ramp now. Reign hits a running knee lift knocking Kaz off
of the stage to the floor. Reign delivers a slap to Kaz followed
by a Reverse Russian legsweep. Two count for Reign. Reign
slows the pace with a reverse chinlock. Reign hits a running
Stunner and a two count. Another rear chinlock applied. The
two go rope-to-rope and contact mid-ring as both men try a
cross body block. Both men down for the count. Both up at
the eight count. Kaz now with a barrage of punches, followed
by a spin kick, then a single leg kick. Kaz hits the rope,
floats over the clothesline attempt and turns it into a swinging
Neckbreaker. Two count for Kaz. Black Reign hits a Pedigree,
and gets a two count. Reign visibly upset at the kickout.
He goes for the Curtain Call but Kaz reverses it into the
reverse DDT for the pinfall and the victory. Your Winner:
Kaz
Gail Kim [c] vs. Awesome Kong [Women’s Championship Match]
Match starts quickly with Kong knocking Kim out of the ring.
She tries to set up Kim for an Awesome Bomb onto the announce
table. But Kim mule kicks from the power bomb position and
actually connects with Kong’s face to break free. Back to
the ring we go. Kong chokes out Kim with her boot now. Kong
chokes Kim with a rear choke and swings her around, then tosses
her. Kim up now and tries to battle back with punches. Kim
to the corner, kicks Kong who charges her. Kim sits on the
rope, Kong hits a spinning back fist. Kim falls over the ropes
and gets caught in a tree of woe on the outside. Kong, releases
her and she drops to the outside. Kong goes out to get her
and smashes her face-first into the steel steps. Kong with
punches and kicks on Kim outside. She then grabs the legs
and spins Kim into the railing. Kong sends Kim into the crowd.
Kim starts to battle back with punches but Kong grabs her
by the hair and sends her into the steps. They continue to
fight around the crowd. Kim gets an empty plastic bottle and
clocks Kong a few times. They two finally reach ringside again
and Kim dumps Kong over the railing back to ringside. Kong
now has Kim on the ring apron and she goes to grab a chair,
winds up and swings, Kim moves and Kong hits the apron. Kim
kicks the chair into her face then climbs the ropes and dives
to the outside onto Kong who catches her in mid-air and jammed
against the ring apron back-first. Back inside we go now.
Kong hits a Spinning Backfist on Kim. Kong goes for an Awesome
Bomb but Kim floats over and tries a sunset flip, Kong drops
to a seated position, nobody home as Kim moves. Kim with punches
now. Into the corner, Kong charges, Kim slips out to the apron,
climbs the ropes. Kong catches her in mid-air again in a chokeslam.
Kong hits it and covers her but only gets a two count. Kong
slaps the referee then Awesome Bombs him. She gets a chair
and clocks the referee. Kim gets up and steals the chair then
clocks Kong twice to the head. Kim to the top ropes. Fans
are going nuts. She hits a Frogsplash, but there’s no ref.
Another ref slides in. Kong kicks out at two and a half. Kim
is frustrated and tries a Neckbreaker. Kong reverses into
a Chokeslam and pins her. Two and a half! Crowd is going nuts.
Kong now tries to Awesome Bomb Referee Rudy Charles, but Kim
small packages her as she has the referee up in the air. The
ref falls down and counts Kim to victory. Your Winner:
Gail Kim: Rudy Charles leaves quickly and Kong and Kim
start to brawl .Security in to separate them. Angelina Love
and Velvet Sky then hit the ring and take Gail Kim out of
the ring.
Abyss vs. Judas Mesias Judas Mesias introduced first.
Followed by Abyss. Judas attacks him immediately and delivers
knife-edge chops. Abyss whips Judas to the corner, back elbow
by Judas but Abyss follows with a clothesline. Fast-paced
match so far. Judas to the ropes and Abyss tosses him straight
up then down pancaking him on the mat. Judas gets tossed outside
now and Abyss and he exchange blows. Inside the ring we go,
but then Judas retreats to the outside once again on the opposite
side of the ring. Judas trips Abyss and wraps his leg around
the post. Judas inside the ring now and working on the leg
of Abyss and now delivers punches to him in the corner. Judas
tried a face plant but Abyss hoists him up and tosses him
down to the mat. Abyss chasing Father James around the ring
and up the ramp, allowing Judas to attack Abyss from behind
and begin to mount the offensive. Judas sends Abyss into the
steel steps. Abyss clotheslines Judas and we go inside the
ring. Abyss hits a running face wash on Judas in the corner.
Abyss setting up a chair in the corner lodged in between the
ropes. The referee tries to stop Abyss from setting it up
but cannot. Judas sent to the ropes, he tries to float over
but Abyss does not fall for it. He then whips Judas head-first
into the steel chair in the ropes. Chokeslam for Abyss. Two
count only. Father James comes back down to the ring with
a black bag, Abyss goes under the ring and gets a chair wrapped
in barbed wire. The referee tries to get rid of it and that
allows Judas to deliver a chair shot to the head of Abyss.
Judas to the top ropes and hits a splash. Two count only.
Abyss hits a Black Hole Slam. The ref is occupied with Father
James. Abyss pulls Father into the ring and about to Chokeslam
him, and then he slaps Judas with a Choke for a double Chokeslam.
Judas spews a mist in the eyes of Abyss. Mesias hits the Straight
to Hell faceplant on Abyss onto the barbed wire chair and
scores the pinfall for the victory. Your Winner: Judas
Mesias After the match Father James has Judas grab Abyss
and asks him if he is ready to tell the truth once and for
all. Abyss shakes his head. Mitchell says that he promised
Abyss that little boys who don’t tell the truth will burn
in hell. He gets a gasoline container and Judas pours it on
Abyss, who screams in pain. He’s about to light a match and
security hits the ring stopping him, and taking the matches.
Booker T & Sharmell vs. Robert Roode & Ms. Brooks
Roode and Sharmell introduced first. Booker T and Sharmell
next to the ring. Booker and Roode start by circling. Roode
shoves Booker who slaps Roode. Punches thrown by Booker, Punches
back by Roode. Booker with chops onto Roode in the corner.
Roode sends Booker to the corner, Booker floats over and then
chops Roode a few times. Booker with kicks and gets DDT’d.
Two count for Roode. Booker sends Roode to the ropes and spin
kicks him. Booker delivers knees to the head of Roode. Roode
to the ropes, leapfrogs Booker, clotheslines him and pins
him for two. Roode wants Brooks to cheat and get some blows
in on Booker, but does not. Roode then says if your not going
to help get out of here. She’s conflicted and doesn’t want
to leave. Booker to the ropes and she trips Booker and looks
upset about it and stays at ringside. Roode backbreaker on
Booker into a rear chinlock. Booker T chops Roode upon re-gaining
a vertical base. He goes for a Sidekick and Roode ducks. Booker
straddles the top rope, and gets shoved off to the mat. Roode
takes Booker back inside, and gets a two count. Rear chinlock
applied again. Roode holds Booker back for Ms. Brooks who
unwillingly slaps him. Roode asks for him to do it again.
She says she won’t do it again. Roode slaps her finger out
of his face, which is considered a tag. Sharmell then runs
in and she and Brooks start a catfight on the floor. Roode
steps in and yanks Sharmell off, then goes outside and attacks
Booker T. Ms Brooks rolls up Sharmell who kicks out sending
Brooks into Roode who is on the apron. Sharmell then rolls
her up and scores the quick pinfall for the victory. Your
Winners: Booker T & Sharmell After the match Roode is
upset with Brooks and she slaps him. Roode then grabs Ms.
Brooks. Sharmell hits the ring and tries to yank Roode off.
He turns around and clocks her in the head. Sharmell goes
down hard and Roode stops and stares in disbelief, not knowing
that was Sharmell he just punched. He stands there holding
his head and saying I’m sorry. Booker T charges back into
the ring and Roode quickly leaves up the ramp holding his
head, back-peddling up the ramp in concern. The crowd got
really into this and cheered Sharmell on as she walked out.
Jay Lethal [c] & Motor City Machine Guns vs. Johnny Devine
& Team 3D [Ultimate X-Match] Devine and Team 3D come to
the ring first. Brother Ray has a mic and says that he and
his brother are in the best shape of their careers. Devine
climbs the Ultimate X to hang the belt while he is cutting
the promo. Lethal and the Machine Guns make their way out
next. The match starts abruptly as the Machine Guns charge
the ring on their introduction. Shelley and Ray battle. Sabin
and D-Von battle. Devine and Lethal battle. All six men are
outside the ring. Team 3D set up two tables outside of the
ring next to one another. They set up a double powerbomb of
the Machine Guns, but Lethal intercepts and clocks both Ray
and D-Von to make the save. Shelley gets to the ring and tries
to get to the belt. Shelley couldn’t hang out though as his
hand could not hold. Sabin flies in and tries to climb the
ropes but his hand is injured too and he cannot hold the ropes.
Lethal climbs the X and goes for the belt, but Devine yanks
him down and turns it into a Death Valley Driver. Devine climbs
now and makes his way to the belt. The Machine Guns hit the
ring and grab Devine’s feet, swinging him into a back flip
back bump. Team 3D are in the ring. They are trying to jump
to the belt from the ring but cannot reach. They try to boost
one another but Ray cannot lift D-Von. D-Von gets on all fours
and Ray tries to climb the back to the belt but to no avail.
Sabin hits the ring and Ray sends him out. Ray now tries to
climb the structure, but Lethal springboards in front of him
on to the ropes and blocks Ray’s way to the belt. Lethal was
teasing him, and lost his grip and fell. Ray tries to climb
but slips off immediately. Lethal dropkicks Ray as he tried
to climb the ropes. Lethal now tries a superplex. Ray shoves
him off instead. Ray hits a flying elbow drop. Misses. Devine
hits a pancake knee-to-face combination on Lethal then hits
a stomp combination on Lethal. Devine climbs and gets to the
cables. Shelley climbs after him and leaps from the ropes
and spears him down. Sabin now springboards off the ropes
and hits a swinging DDT on Devine. Outside now Ray gets a
Kendo Stick and hits the hands of Shelley. D-von then takes
it and hits the hands of Sabin. Ray tells D-Von to get on
Ray’s shoulders. D-Von climbs while standing on Ray’s shoulders.
Lethal flies in and spears D-Von down to the mat though and
he comes crashing down. Lethal gets lariated by Ray. The referee
giving the X signal for Lethal. Sabin clotheslines the referee.
Ray gets a ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring.
They taunt the crowd, allowing the Guns to get in and hit
a double insiguri. Devine in and he clocks both Machine Guns
with the Kendo Stick. Devine sets up the ladder and climbs.
Sabin in and he topples it over sending Devine to the outside
onto the tables, but they don’t break. Team 3D hit 3D on Sabin
then Lethal springboards in. Team 3D sends the ladder into
his face. D-Von now climbs the ladder and gets the belt. D-Von
then hangs with the belt to make it look like he climbed the
structure without the ladder. Ray tosses the ladder outside
the ring. The ref wakes up and sees this. D-Von has the belt.
Match over. Your Winners: Team 3D & Johnny Devine
A.J. Styles & Tomko [c] & Samoa Joe & Kevin Nash [Tag
Team Championship Match] The Champions are introduced
first. Samoa Joe is introduced next, followed by Kevin Nash.
Joe and AJ start off. Some mat grappling to start, and a break.
The two circle and Joe snuffs AJ twice. Joe takes down AJ,
then arm drags him. AJ with punches. Joe catches it and turns
it into an ankle lock. AJ quickly gets to the ropes. Nash
tagged in. Nash tosses Styles and AJ to the ropes, ducks two
clotheslines. Floats over Nash and he dropkicks the leg of
Nash. AJ now working on the leg. Tomko tagged in. Nash hits
some back elbows. Tomko works on the knee a bit as well and
clotheslines Nash down. Tomko leglocks Nash, and tags AJ who
springs in with a plancha onto the legs. A few kicks and Tomko
is right back in. Tomko charges but Nash reverses with a Sidewalk
Slam. Both men down. Joe and Styles now as Joe is tagged in
he hits a fall away slam on Styles then on Tomko. Nash whips
Joe into Tomko then Big Boots Tomko down. Joe and Tomko the
legal men, and Joe T-Bone Suplexes Tomko. AJ then springboards
himself in and hits a dropkick. Tomko with knife-edges on
Joe in the corner and tags in AJ. AJ hits a dropkick on Joe
and a two count only. Tomko tagged in and short arm clotheslines
Joe, then applies a chinlock. Joe battles to a vertical base
with elbows. Tomko uncoils with an elbow as Joe hits the ropes.
Styles tagged in and he applies an Indian Deathlock on Joe
who elbows his way out. Tomko tagged in now delivers chops
to Joe. Two count and AJ quickly tagged back in, delivering
punches as Tomko holds back Joe. Joe and AJ trade blows now,
as Joe battles back. AJ springboards in f or a hurricanrada,
but Joe catches him and Powerbombs him down. Tomko in and
he is snap slammed as he charges Joe. All three men down and
Nash reaching for the tag. Joe goes for the tag, and Nash
drops to the mat and leaves Joe alone. Tomko and AJ try to
double team Joe with a maneuver but Joe kicks AJ off and takes
down Tomko. He sets up Tomko for the Muscle Buster, but AJ
interrupts. Joe then hits the Muscle Buster on AJ, but Tomko
leaps and makes the save, breaking up the pin. Fans chant
“Thank you Tomko.” Tomko goes for a Chokeslam on Joe who turns
it into a Rear Naked Choke of his own. Tomko drops down. AJ
hits the Pelle. Tomko delivers a Big Boot. Tomko and AJ hit
the double team spinning plant maneuver for the pinfall and
the victory. Your Winner: AJ Styles & Tomko
Kurt Angle [c] vs. Christian Cage [TNA Championship Match]
Cage introduced first. Kurt and Karen Angle make their way
to the ring next. We have the standard main event in-ring
introductions by Jeremy Borash. The opening bell rings and
the two circle the center of the ring. We have a lockup and
Angle backed into the corner, and we have a break. Fans chanting
“Instant Classic.” Lock up again and Angle into the corner
again, turns it into a rear waist lock. Standing switch. Another
one. Angle with a waist lock takedown on Cage and Cage gets
to the rope for a break. Christian Cage to the ropes, series
of misses. Cage kicks Angle, caught by Angle. Cage misses
an insiguri. And we have a stand-off. We restart. Angle kicks
Cage and uppercuts him. Angle with a takedown, and now Angle
shot off the ropes. A series of misses and Cage faceplants
Angle then slaps him a bit. Cage sends Angle to the outside.
Back inside and the two are nose-to-nose standing off. Angle
slaps Cage twice. Cage spits in his face. Angle uppercuts
Cage. Cage with a forearm. They trade more blows until Angle
drops. Angle on the apron. Christian sits on the ropes and
leans back, kicking Angle in the face. Cage then springboards
off the turnbuckles and leaps to the outside connecting onto
Angle with a Cross Body Block. Angle back inside now, Cage
climbs the ropes. Angle catches him in mid-air and belly-to-belly
suplexes Cage over the ropes to the outside. Back inside now
and Angle scoop Slams Cage. Two count. Angle applies a choke,
Cage breaks out and then gets a knee to the gut and a two
count for Angle. Cage lands elbows on Angle. Rope to rope
goes Cage and he gets Belly-to-Belly suplexed by Angle. Outside,
Karen Angle slaps Cage. Back inside the ring and Cage applies
a sleeper to Angle . Angle reverses with a takeover. Cage
Spears Angle on the rebound. Two count for Cage. Cage climbs
the turnbuckle, Angle back body drops Cage. Angle then hits
the Moonsault onto Cage. Two count for Angle. Cage hits desperation
DDT. Both men are down now. Angle sends Cage into the turnbuckle.
Cage hits Inverted DDT on Angle. Cage climbs the ropes and
misses the Frogsplash as Angle moves. Angle rolls him up and
gets a two count. Angle now with a German Suplex, hits and
hangs on. He then hits number two, and hangs on. He hits the
third and releases. Angle calls for the Olympic Slam. Cage
floats over. Cage reverses out and Angle slaps on the Ankle
Lock. Cage tries to kick out but Angle holds on. Cage kicks
out again. Angle bounces off the ropes and gets Small Packaged,
but rolls through that and Angle applies the Ankle Lock again.
Cage small packages Angle YET AGAIN. Two count this time for
Cage. Cage climbs the ropes. Angle runs toward him, and all
in one motion leaps to the ropes and belly-to-belly suplexes
Cage. Angle now applies the Ankle lock again. Cage now tries
to apply the Texas Cloverleaf. He applies. Angle has his hand
raised ready to tap. He grabs Cage’s ankle instead and turns
it into an Ankle Lock. Cage gets to his feet and about to
go for an Insiguri but instead tries an Unprettier. Angle
turns it around. Cage turns it around gain and hits an inverted
face plant, holds the leg and gets a two count. Cage hits
the Frogsplash. Two count. Angle hits a low blow. Angle Slam
and pin. But only two!. Angle tried an Ankle Lock Cage kicks
him off and Angle nearly gets sent into Karen, but stops.
Cage rolls him up and gets a two count. Cage now applies the
Ankle Lock to Angle. Angle is tapping out but Karen as the
ref distracted. AJ styles hits the ring and takes Karen off
of the ring. AJ is on the apron and hugs Cage. Cage turns
his back. AJ springboard dropkicks Cage in the back. Angle
then rolls up Cage and scores the pinfall for the victory.
Your Winner: Kurt Angle
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