‘TNA: Final Resolution 2025’ PPV Review
Welcome to this review of TNA Wrestling’s Final Resolution 2024 pay-per-view, which opened with the usual free-to-view pre-show Countdown to… which saw Eric Young beaten by Cedric Alexander and The System defeat the debuting Brock Anderson, C.W. Anderson & Bear Bronson. Now let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Mike Santana def. NXT’s Charlie Dempsey
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Mike Santana is out for revenge on NXT’s Charlie Dempsey! The brawl is on before the opening bell. Santana builds momentum, then hits the Rolling Buck 50 for two. Dempsey counters another Rolling Buck 50 attempt into a bridging German suplex. Santana pays homage to Eddie Guerrero with the Three Amigos, followed by a Frog Splash. Santana hits Spin the Block to win.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship – The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) def. Victoria Crawford and Tessa Blanchard
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Tessa Blanchard and Victoria Crawford, accompanied by NXT’s Robert Stone, challenge The IInspiration for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Titles! Ash By Elegance joins Tom Hannifan and Matthew Rehwoldt on commentary. Stone trips up Jessie from the outside, allowing Crawford to take control. Heather and M By Elegance are seen watching the match backstage. Blanchard and Crawford target the left knee of Jessie but she eventually breaks free and makes the tag to Cassie. The pace quickens as Cassie goes on the attack. Stone hands one of the title belts to Blanchard but Jessie disarms here. Crawford swings and misses. It’s total chaos as The Elegance Brand make their way to ringside. The IInspiration put Crawford away with The IIdolizer to retain.
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #3: Street Fight – Matt Cardona def. Mance Warner
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Matt Cardona and Mance Warner continue their heated rivalry in an anything-goes Street Fight! It doesn’t take long before Steph De Lander gets involved as she hits Cardona with a trash can. Warner hits a vertical suplex on the steel ramp. De Lander sprays an unknown substance into the eyes of Cardona before Warner puts him through a door with a DDT. Cardona recovers and hits an Unpretty-her into a chair. Cardona connects with an AA into a pile of his own action figures. Warner misses with a screwdriver, allowing Cardona to score the victory following Radio Silence through a door.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: TNA International Championship – NXT’s Stacks def. Steve Maclin
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The battle between TNA and NXT continues as Steve Maclin defends the TNA International Title against Stacks! Lexis King accompanies Stacks to ringside, and tries to get involved on numerous occasions. Maclin knocks King off the apron. Stacks is nearly Caught in the Crosshairs but Maclin wipes out on the floor. Maclin takes down both Stacks and King with a SCUD. Maclin hits the Jar-headbutt but it’s not enough to keep Stacks down. Maclin neutralizes King once and for all. Maclin nearly collides with the referee, allowing Stacks to hit him King’s cane. Stacks scores the pinfall to become the new International Champion.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: TNA Knockouts World Championship – Léi Yǐng Lee def. Xia Brookside
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Friends, tag team partners and fellow Angel Warriors collide as Xia Brookside challenges Léi Yǐng Lee for her newly-won TNA Knockouts World Title! It’s a stalemate in the early going as Lee and Brookside match each other’s pace and offense. Brookside leaps off the top with a crossbody. Brookside hits Broken Wings, followed by a side Russian leg sweep for two. Brookside locks in an Octopus but Lee breaks free and hits a running knee. Lee picks her off the top with a thudding Superplex. Lee counters the Brooksie Bomb but Brookside hits a tornado DDT instead. Lee connects with a spinning heel kick, followed by the swinging Facebuster to win.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier) def. Order 4 (John Skyler, Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch & Special Agent 0)
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Top factions collide as The Rascalz clash with Order 4 at Final Resolution! Dezmond Xavier takes down Mustafa Ali with a sick dropkick. Zachary Wentz continues the attack with a Bronco Buster in the corner. Special Agent 0 enters the match and quickly gains control for his team. The referee is distracted, allowing Tasha Steelz to attack Wentz from the outside. Myron Reed hits Flame On into everyone on the outside. Ali leaves his team high and dry as The Rascalz unite to chop down Special Agent 0. Hotch soars with a top rope Moonsault. Elijah appears out of nowhere, tying Ali to the back of a horse and dragging him out of the iMPACT! Zone. Miguel spikes Hotch with a Destroyer on the outside. The Rascalz hit Skyler with a flurry of aerial offense to score the victory.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #7: TNA World Tag Team Championship – The Hardys (Jeff & Matt) def. NXT’s Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe
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The TNA World Tag Team Titles are up for grabs between The Hardys and NXT’s Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe! Before the match begins, a message appears on the screen “The Gods Walk Among Mortals”. Tyson and Tyriek attack The Hardys from behind to gain the early advantage. Jeff creates separation and makes the tag to Matt, who plants both of his opponents with a pair of Side Effects. Matt hits Tyriek with a Superplex but Tyson catches him with a big splash. Jeff flies with a Swanton Bomb to Tyson, then scores the pinfall for three.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #8: TNA X-Division Championship – Leon Slater def. A.J. Francis
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Leon Slater puts the TNA X-Division Title on the line against A.J. Francis of FIR$T CLA$$! Slater goes for a handspring but Francis swats him out of mid-air with an open palm strike. Francis hits Tennessee Whisky in the corner, then grounds Slater with submission offense. Slater hits an impressive Blue Thunder Bomb. Francis goes low on Slater while the referee’s vision is obstructed. BDE stops Francis from using a steel chair. Francis plants BDE with the Down Payment. With a GoPro camera in-hand, Slater flies over the ring post with Big Play Slater. Slater counters a Moonsault with a superkick. Rich Swann slides a steel chair in the ring but it’s just a distraction so that Francis can drill Slater with the X-Division Title. It’s not enough to keep him down, and a frustrated Francis tries to get Swann to do his dirty work. Swann refuses and hits Francis with the X-Division Title. Slater puts him away with the Swanton 450 to retain.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #9: TNA World Championship – Frankie Kazarian def. JDC
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Before he retires from in-ring competition this January, JDC looks to dethrone Frankie Kazarian and become TNA World Champion for the very first time! JDC has Kazarian reeling in the early going as he chases him up the ramp. Kazarian hits an arm drag on the exposed stage as he attempts to win the match by countout. Back at ringside, Kazarian sends JDC’s left knee into the steel ring steps. JDC builds momentum with a flurry of offense, leaping over the top to take out Kazarian on the floor. Moments later, Kazarian catches him with the slingshot cutter for two. Kazarian tries to use the title as a weapon but JDC rolls him up for another near fall. JDC inadvertently whips Kazarian into the referee. JDC has the match won following the Air Raid Crash but there’s no referee to make the count. JDC misses Down & Dirty. Kazarian hits the slingshot leg drop but it’s still not enough. Kazarian locks in the Chicken Wing and JDC passes out. .
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
Final Resolution should have been a statement show—TNA’s chance to plant a flag ahead of its big move to AMC and prove it’s entering 2026 with real momentum. Instead, it delivered a night that felt oddly flat, oddly safe, and, at times, oddly counter-productive. The most frustrating thread running through the event was the baffling insistence on spotlighting NXT talent at the expense of TNA’s own roster. With a major new TV deal secured and the company loudly declaring a new era, this was absolutely not the moment for WWE-adjacent wrestlers to swoop in and take championships. Yet here we are. It undercuts the locker room, dulls long-term storytelling, and makes TNA feel like a proving ground right when it should be projecting strength. There were bright spots – a few strong in-ring performances from the women’s title match and the tag team match, a couple of angles that hinted at better things – but the energy never truly lifted. The show wasn’t a disaster, but it wasn’t the rallying cry fans expected either. TNA needed Final Resolution to feel like a reset button. Instead, it felt like a shrug.
