TNA 2007: Final Resolution Posted!

The first PPV of 2007, Final Resolution, kicks off live from the Impact Zone with the commentary team of Don West and Mike Tenay welcoming us to the broadcast. They hype the new On Demand service and lower price point for a couple of minutes, talking about how they are giving more fans than ever the opportunity to join them here tonight. They also announce that Shark Boy vs Senshi took place a few minutes ago as a dark match for the live crowd, and for anyone wanting to watch it, it would be posted to TNa's youtube channel for everyone to watch absolutely free! Then, they say that things will be kicking off in a big way here in 2007, with the first match of the night being the Tag Team Title match!

TNA Tag Team Championship
AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels (c) vs. The James Gang
This was a smart way to start the show, as it showcased two of the most well known and talented original TNA gus against one of the more well known veteran tag teams to the casual fans. These guys were never gonna tear the house down, but they put on a solid if unspectacular match to kick things off. BG got in his shake, rattle and roll spot, and the story of the match seemed to be the teamwork of the James Gang being what kept them in the match, but ultimately, Kip fell to a Styles Clash/Best Moonsault Ever combo to take the fall and let Styles and Daniels retain!
Winners: AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels

Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode
This wasn't an extremely long match, and it seemed to be more of a way to put over Roode, as you could tell by it that the company must be high on him, though he has a while to go before being a more serious contender. Roode controlled the match for the most part, with Young getting a couple of mini flurries of offense here and there, but Roode was always able to put and end to it pretty quickly, and the finish came with Roode countering a suplex into a pay off for the victory.
Winner: Bobby Roode

TNA Owner Cameron Stone made his way down to the ring, and thanked everyone in the crowd for coming tonight, and everyone watching on PPV for ordering. He said that it was his goal to make TNA as big as possible, and to take this company to heights it had yet to reach, but to do that, he needed to be able to put a larger focus behind the scenes and running the company. Stone said this, coupled with other investments he had made over the last year, as well as other business's he owned, he simply could not run the day to day operations of the company on a backstage level, and that he needed to find a new Director of Authority. He said he'd love nothing more than to manage TNA, but time wise he couldn't do it, and he wasn't going to overwork himself and half ass it. He said he had looked at a lot of candidates, and he had decided to hire from within rather than bring in someone from outside the company at this time, saying he wanted someone who was familiar with the company and the talent within. Stone stressed that this was not a guaranteed position, and that if he felt that individual he has chosen was not performing to his standards, that he would replace him without a second though. He then introduced the new TNA Director of Authority, Kevin Nash! Nash came out to a decent reaction from the crowd, and he grabbed the mic from Stone as he left. Nash said that he would not allow himself to be intimidated by talent, one of the perks of being Kevin Nash. He said if anyone laid their hands on him whether it be out of spite, or anger that he would not stand for it, and he would take them down without any hesitation. He said the time of physically picking on authority figures was done, and that he had better be shown respect. He said his first order of business was to make the main event for the first Impact after this PPV, and that it would be an 6 Man Tag Match, featuring the champions and challengers from tonights Tag Title and World Title matches, AJ Styles, Daniels & Christian Cage vs. The James Gang & Abyss!

America's Most Wanted vs. The Naturals
Arguably the best tag team in TNA history, AMW, definitely seemed annoyed to be in the match with Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens tonight, clearing believing they should have been involved in the tag team title match, but a large part of this show was to showcase several of the tag teams in the company, and The Naturals were determined to make the most of the chance, getting off to a fast start, not giving AMW a chance to regroup, but eventually, Harris managed to begin wearing Stevens down with a series of headlocks, and AMW began making frequent tags in and isolating him, focusing on the neck and head. Storm went for a neckbreaker on Stevens, but Stevens managed to counter into a neckbreaker of his own, and both guys were down. Both made tags, and Storm and Douglas went back and forth. Despite his pain, Chase Stevens managed to take out Harris with a suicide dive, and Douglas ducked under a lariat attempt by Storm and rolled him up to get the surprise three count! The Naturals retreated up the ramp celebrating the upset, leaving AMW in the ring fuming.
Winners: The Naturals

X-Division Championship
Chris Sabin (c) vs. Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Petey Williams
This wasn't ever going to be an all time classic X-division match, it was pretty much just a 15 minute spotfest, but it was fun and the live crowd ate it up, and it felt like the perfect spot on the card, it ramped up the energy level, and all the guys in it gave it their all. Lethal looks good but is still looking a little too green to get a run, and Dutt likely isn't really on the title radar, but given that those two are friends and have teamed up before, they used that, early on working together, with Dutt working on Sabin and Lethal on Williams, they eventually threw those two from the ring, leaving them. They shrugged and started throwing down, with Dutt utilizing some kicks to annoy the gell out of Lethal, but Lethal countered a german suplex with a neckbreaker, and looked to get some momentum, but at that point. Sabin spring boarded off the ropes, taking Lethal down. Williams had a moment of clearing house, before connecting on both Dutt and Lethal with back to back Canadian destroyers, but when he went for one on Sabin, he ended up being reversed and fell victim to a cradle shock, Sabin retains.
Winner: Chris Sabin

After the match, while Sabin was celebrating his title defense, someone could be seen watching from the side of the stage, They were in the shadows however, so nobody could see who it actually was. Sabin noticed him, and motioned for whoever it was to come get some if they wanted to, but the figure simply walked away, staying in the shadows, as Sabin stared.

Austin Aries & Alex Shelley were both backstage being interviewed for their upcoming match by Jeremy Borash. They were asked how they felt about their manager, Kevin Nash leaving them for the job as Director of Authority, and if Paparazzi Productions could survive without him in their corner. They said it was disappointing that Nash left them, but they could understand why and that they would do their best to keep going strong without him. Shelley piped in that they were no longer Paparazzi Productions, because that wasn't the same without Nash. They said that tonight, they were starting off their new era with a victory over Team 3D, but they suddenly stopped. Someone walked past them, but he was facing away from the camera, so only Aries, Shelley and Borash could see who it was. A look of horror came across Shelley's face, and Aries just started repeating the world "No" and the two of them shoved Borash away and walked off.

Team 3D vs. Austin Aries & Alex Shelley
Shelley and Aries made their way to the ring first, looking distracted, and were followed by Team 3D, who looked smug. A few seconds later, everyone understood why. An unfamilar music hit, and out walked Paul Heyman, who had been fired from WWE literally weeks ago after the ECW December to Dismember event. Heyman was laughing as he marched down to the ring, and he settled himself in Team 3D's corner, laughing and talking back to the crowd members who were crap talking him. Aries and Shelley were very distracted, and seemed off their game, their timing was just off, and the veteran team of Ray and Devon were picking them apart with ease. They'd finally managed to get some momentum, but Heyman jumped onto the apron, causing the referee to start yelling at him, and allowed 3D to double team Aries. When Shelley tried to help, the referee came back, after Heyman had jumped down, and started admonishing him, allowing 3D to get more double teaming in. A little while later, however, Aries had managed to get the advantage over Devon. Devon however, hit a flying clothesline, and both guys were down, and crawling to their corners to make a tag. Devon was making better time, and he was just about to tag in Ray, when suddenly, Paul Heyman grabbed Ray's leg and pulled him off the ring apron, so his head bounced off of it, and he crumpled to the floor. Devon stared at Heyman in shock, and Heyman began to laugh. Aries made the tag to Shelley, who flew into the ring, and he quickly took out Devon with Sliced Bread #2 to score the pinfall!
Winners: Austin Aries & Alex Shelley

Aries and Shelley celebrated with Heyman as they walked up the ramp, and Heyman stood in between the two of them, raising both of their hands in the air as he laughed, and Team 3D stared on in shock.

Samoa Joe vs. Rhino
Damn, these two just hate each other, and this was like, well, two Rhinos going at it. The way this one was structured was well, with no structure whatsoever. The two constantly went after each other with punches, clothesline, power moves, with not one thought on defense, just wanting to hurt each other with no regards to their own safety. They came close to a DQ a few times, and when the referee got into Rhino's face about it, Rhino shoved the ref into the corner with extreme force. Before the referee could call the DQ however, Samoa Joe delivered a low blow to Rhino and started beating down on him. This left the referee with no choice but to call it a double disqualification after about 12 minutes.
Double Disqualification - No Contest

Samoa Joe continued to beat down on Rhino after the bell, and after a few unsuccessful attempts by the referee to stop it, finally, new Director of Authority came out onto the stage with a mic, telling Joe that after the low blow he was just being a cowardly little bitch and to stop it right now. Joe ignored him, and Nash began walking down to the ring. He climbed in, and grabbed Joe to pull him off of Rhino. Joe turned around and shoved Nash hard enough he fell on his ass. Nash scrambled back to his feet, and shoved Joe into the ropes, and when Joe ran back, Nash connected with a big boot on him, taking him down. At this point, Rhino got back up, and began to attack Joe. Nash just had an "oh, screw this" look on his face and he grabbed Rhino and nailed him with a jackknife powerbomb. Nash grabbed his mic again, and said if he tells you to stop, you stop. He said if they were going to screw up one of TNA's PPV matches, then they were going to wait to fight until it was on his terms, not theirs. Nash walked off, leaving Both Joe and Rhino laid out.

TNA Championship
Abyss (c) w/ James Mitchell vs. Christian Cage
This was actually a very good match, and way better than most were expecting it to be. Christian really sold the fact that he was in there with a monster, and it told a story of the undersized underdog trying to snatch victory well. Christian used a mix of his veteran instincts and speed to neutralize Abyss's pure power advantage, and it was actually a back and forth match, not a one sided beating. Christian focused on the knees, and took to the top rope a lot to take Abyss off his feet. At the end of the match, the referee got taken out, and Mitchell ended up tossing Abyss his steel chain. Abyss came up behind Christian, and wrapped it around his neck, beginning to choke him. But Christian immediatley brought his leg up being him in between Abyss's legs, low blowing him. Abyss let go of the chain and fell to his knees. Christian wrapped the chain around his fist, and leveled Abyss with a punch to the head, taking him down. Mitchell got into the ring and ran at Cage, and he got a fistful of chain to the face as well, and he fell out of the ring. Christian tossed the chain outside of the ring as the ref was getting back up, and Christian hit Abyss with an unprettier, before scaling to the top rope and hitting a frog splash for insurance, and he got the pinfall and the championship!
Winner Christian Cage