TNA Final Resolution notes: World title match set for Genesis, Hammerstone injured
TNA’s final big event of the year — Final Resolution — had some interesting news coming out of it outside of former World Champion and Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard making her return.
Joe Hendry will get another shot at the TNA World title
Hendry won a four-way no. 1 contender’s match Friday to earn a title shot against reigning champion Nic Nemeth at January’s Genesis pay-per-view, set for Sunday, January 19th.
Hendry won after pinning Josh Alexander following a Standing Ovation. Alexander had taken out Steve Maclin while the fourth participant, Mike Santana, was zip tied to a ringside barricade.
Hendry was unable to unseat Nemeth when they wrestled at October’s Bound for Glory. It will be his third-ever opportunity at the company’s top prize.
The company will build the rest of the card for the PPV at Saturday’s TV taping in Atlanta. With five weeks of shows to produce, it’s expected they will air several “Best of” episodes as they have done in the past.
Alexander Hammerstone was set to compete alongside Jake Something in a three team tag match, but on the pre-show, they announced he would be unable to compete due to injury. Something decided to compete on his own, eventually getting defeated after The Rascalz hit their finisher on him to pick up the win.
The specifics on the injury are unknown at this point. He had to miss this past May’s Under Siege due to not being cleared to compete and was out for three months. He was last in the ring at Turning Point on November 29th.
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All four title defenses saw the champions walk away still champions.
Joining the aforementioned Nemeth is Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich after she defended against Tasha Steelz in a falls count anywhere match; Moose retaining the X-Division title over KUSHIDA; and The Hardyz holding onto the Tag Team titles in a tables match against Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers.