Well we had a better than expected Final Resolution, but given the Christmas break TNA usually does and the expected fresh start on AMC…I have no clue what to expect. I don’t expect anything to be overly important, prolly setting up a few title matches for Genesis. I’m just here wondering how they can drag out multiman matches with NXT talent and mid card acts since there is no established direction since after Bound For Glory.

Let’s see how they…oh Christ they start off with Kaz’s Dollar Store Jericho King’s Speech talk segment. Yikes…and like that…I’m disappointed.

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Ratings:

• Lexis King vs Matt Cardona: Lexis wins via Dirty Cradle – ** 1/2
• Harley Hudson & Myla Grace vs Heather & M by Elegance w/Personal Concierge: Heather wins via Roll Up – **
• X Division 6 Way Scramble: BDE vs Dezmond Xavier vs Jason Hotch vs Ryan Nemeth vs Jake Something vs Cedric Alexander: Cedric wins via Lumbar Check – ***
• Sinner & Saint vs Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers: Eddie wins via Boston Knee Party – **
• Dog Collar Match: Indi Hartwell vs Dani Luna: Dani wins via Luna Landing – *** 1/4

Results:

Frankie says nothing of note, just arrogance to get cut off by Santana. Santana hypes the Cage match and apparently is getting his rematch at Genesis. So an easy way to make space for a main event, but nothing overly interesting. Decent enough promo from Santana, but chalk. 

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Lexis King vs Matt Cardona

Badstreet Lexis King is ironically and unironically enjoyable. I kind of hate myself.

Cardona starts with a few Hip Tosses and using his size to throw Lexis around, but Lexis manages to use the ropes in the clever heel kind of way. Hyperextends the elbow, jams the shoulder into the corner and starts working over the arm. Lexis keeps a Hammerlock, then a Hammerlock take over to keep Cardona grounded, and Cardona can’t find an opening. Choking in the corner, goes for the fake out Hesitation Dropkick, slaps Cardona, Jackie Fargo strut, but Cardona pops up and lays out Lexis. Flatliner, into driving Forearms into the corner and a Reboot from Broski, leading to a two count. Cardona tries his wife’s move, but King counters, hammers the bad arm and goes for a few hit and run attacks to keep Cardona dazed.

Lexis goes for the cane, the referee stops him, Stacks sneaks into the ring and eats Radio Silence, but Lexis manages a Dirty Cradle to steal the win.

Team NXT gets the advantage for the cage match and they beat down Cardona until Maclin makes the save. 

Harley Hudson & Myla Grace vs Heather & M by Elegance w/Personal Concierge

Elegantos come out dresses as elves with boxes, they try to use them before the bell, miss and get things turned around on them and unceremoniously tossed out. M and Heather complain, Heather starts the match officially and Harley and Myla go for quick tags and keep Heather in their corner. Until they decide to throw her into the ropes and forget how tall and hot M is, so blind tag gives the Elegance duo an opening, and M keeps Harley laid up. M feigns an injury so Heather can get a cheap shop, they do their Trip/Senton combo again but Harley moves enough to get to Myla. Myla does some…Spin Out Butterfly DDT thing…but the pinfall gets broken up. Concierge tries to get involved but eats a present over the dome. Heather and M cheat a little to turn a Roll Up into their favor.

Quick comedy match that is rather inoffensive…plus M is a bombshell.

X Division 6 Way Scramble: BDE vs Dezmond Xavier vs Jason Hotch vs Ryan Nemeth vs Jake Something vs Cedric Alexander

So Jake, Ryan and Cedric got the jobber entrances, BDE, Dez and Hotch actually got the entrance music. That tells you all you need to know about who they’re trying to elevate in this match. Jake stands tall early until he gets triple Superkicked and goes night night for a bit. Ryan hits a Rude Awakening on BDE but Dez lays him out with a cutter, into a Hip Attack, strike combo and Dropkick causes Ryan to powder. Hotch and Dez with a little back and forth, the Enzuigiri into the Rolling Neckbreaker looks good for Hotch until Cedric flies in and eats his lunch. Michinoku Driver for the…Jake breaks up the pin. BDE Crossbody is caught, Jake does a few Bicep curls and then just tosses BDE over his head like trash.

Jake and BDE have been alone for a minute…and commercial. Coming back Jake and BDE are still on the ropes, but Dez and Cedric double bomb Jake as BDE slumps off the corner post. Dez and Cedric strike until Hotch shows up to lay them both out. Cedric ducks Hotch’s Back Elbow and Dives on Jake, as Dez tries to post Hotch, but Hotch hops the ropes and hits the Golden Triangle Moonsault, followed by Dez with Sasuke Special! Ryan does Mara’s taunt, which is cringe, but so is he. Implant DDT, and Ryan gets…a very close 2. He looks for a chair, and Mara comes down to grab the chair away and Superkick him again! Dez tries something but Hotch with the Goomba Stomp! Cedric wants the Lumbar Check but Hotch avoids, but eats a Spanish Fly…spot after spot…everyone is down except BDE. BDE hits the Frog Splash on Jake but Cedric grabs BDE and Lumbar Checks him to win the title shot!

Sinner & Saint vs Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers

I refuse to learn who’s who on this awful team because these guys aren’t worth the time I spend even half assing writing about them. Losers, unmarketable, dorks. 

Jabroni with hair gets rocked by Eddie and Myers, Myers loses the control, and the bald on tries the stupid ‘throw your body onto the corner to buffer the whip’ but there wasn’t enough velocity and other jabroni didn’t even hit the corner. Their offense doesn’t connect, there’s a difference between working light and being garbage. These guys suck. Watching them try to wrestle makes me yearn for a colonoscopy.

Myers thankfully gets out of whatever with a Michinoku Driver, simultaneous tags. Eddie Overhead Belly to Belly, Kobashi Chops, nice offense, Gamengiri into Backpack Stunner but it gets broken up. An attempt at MCMG offense from Temu, nothing they do looks good. Thankfully Myers kills the one with hair, they double up on baldy. Roster Cut into Boston Knee Party. System wins.

TNA does need tag teams, but not Sinner & Saint, they’re garbage. They look like basic indie white guys, their moves aren’t good or innovative and they have no charisma. These idiots better not make it to AMC.

Hardyz come out to talk, first doing the Eddie Guerrero El Paso thing. Hardyz get a good reaction saying nothing special, good ole babyface stuff and putting over the cage match next week. The Righteous should up. I have no clue what they’re about aside from trippy wannabe 70s thing. Vincent I only know as the crusty looking one from The Kingdom…Dutch, no clue what he is aside from a guy with good size. Oh Christ, let Vincent talk…this Dutch dude sucks on the mic. Even if Vincent is just a Charles Manson caricature…he’s better than whatever this doofus is saying. Also the 70s are 50 years ago now…why are we still doing gimmicks so old they could have grandchildren?

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Dog Collar Match: Indi Hartwell vs Dani Luna

Dani pulls the chain once they’re attached and rabbit punches into the back of Indi’s head. The ref tries to slow them down but Indi gets her receipts and puts the collar on Dani after the first few attacks so the ref rings the bell. Dani an jumps on Indi quickly again, wraps the chain around her face and starts crushing her against the ropes before a few big right hands and some boot scrapes against Indi’s face. Dani finds a unique way to lace the chain around the top rope and take it to Indi, but Indi turns it around and uses the chain like a clothesline as we go to commercial. Returning Dani hits a Scoop Slam and gets a two count, so it’s kinda nice they didn’t do the tides turned during the commercial cliche this time.

Lacing the chain through the post, Dani pulls Indi into the post, then wraps the chain around her, whipping her with a piece of chain. Dani wraps some chain around her fist, Indi tries to use her long legs to stop Dani, but Dani pulls the chain to make Indi wince and then connects with her own Yakuza kick. Dani unravels the wrapping just to pull her back into the post and that gives Indi the opportunity to counter and pull in Dani. Dani is buster open, as Indi look to continue opening up the gash on Dani’s forehead. Indi kicks Dani off the top of the rope, she gets caught in the chain a little, but they’re brawling through it. Indi pulls Dani off the ropes and into a Spinebuster! Only a two count but…clever girl.

Indi looks to hit the ropes but Dani tugs the chain to trip Indi and hits a Shotgun Dropkick for two. Indi counters Tony Khan’s bag of coke, but Dani shoves Indi and ref bump happens. Luna Landing connects while the ref is groggy…but wait…oh Indi didn’t kick out. Dani actually won fairly clean. The correct person won. Wow.

Overall Score: 5.5/10

Honestly, fairly stock. Matches had some value, except the Jabroni duo. We get some clarity on Genesis with Santana getting the rematch, possibly being when Cedric gets his shot and Dani Luna actually won a feud she should win, so now she’s relevant for the title. I also don’t know if it’s just the Michael Hayes cosplay or whatever, but Lexis’ matches always feel very 1997 to me. That’s not an insult, just not a pacing I’m used to anymore, and its nice and awkward all at the same time.

Santino putting himself in the cage match just sets things up nicely for Arianna to finally blatantly betray him…and hopefully they do it instead of teasing things too long. TNA either ruins people by having them do too much and ruin their mystique (Agent Zero) or take too long to pull the trigger and underwhelm (Santana, Hendry, potentially this Arianna turn…). Like can they just figure out that it would be good TV to do the turn and then do their clip show holiday crap for two weeks to cliffhanger us on how they continue?

Well if you didn’t hear that TNA will be moving to AMC instead of AXS TV, they did a whole video package for the first 5 minutes of the show with a cover of Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight. They’re making it feel like a big deal, which is honestly great and is truly pretty big. AMC is in twice as many homes as AXS TV, so this is their first upgrade since moving from Fox Sportsnet to Spike TV in 2005.

Let’s hope they use all of this downtime with a month off after Bound For Glory, Thanksgiving was a clip show and the Turkey Suit match, and they keep saying tomorrow’s Final Resolution is the end of their year, so they may just do their usual clip show end of year too. So TNA needs to come out swinging next year with three months of nothing and questionable Russo-esque decisions.

More Rascalz, that’s how we can start AMC off strong, Golden Treehouse, give them all the titles.

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Ratings:

• Brooks Jensen vs Home Town Man: Jensen wins via Rolling Kick – ** 1/2
• Dani Luna vs Xia Brookside: Xia wins via Small Package – ** 3/4
• Robert Stone vs Mike Santana: Mike wins via Spin the Block – SQUASH
• Mustafa Ali vs Trey Miguel: Ali wins via Sharpshooter – ***
• Steve Maclin, Cedric Alexander, Hardy Boyz vs Tyrek, Tyson, Stacks & Lexis King: Lexis wins via Cradle – ***

Results:

Brooks Jensen vs Home Town Man

HTM is actually…out wresting Brooks early. Brooks tries to come out using his size and youth, but Cody-erhm-HTM has counters for everything culminating in a Crossbody for two. Hometown goes for the Sliced Bread but it’s too early and Lexis King on the outside causes enough issues to turn the tide. Brooks starts throwing HTM around, Uppercuts, Stomps, Knees to the back of the head…but Brooks misses a knee! Homie tries to fire and go for a slam but falls over because Brooks is too big. Brooks goes for the Bear Hug submission as Hometown tries to plead to the crowd. Homie claps bells, rope runs a few times into Brooks, Brooks stays up, so a little rope-a-dope into a Flying Lariat and then a Power Slam! Hometown Elbow, into Hometown Slice…but Lexis hits the apron and Homie hits the Dive on Pillman Jr. Lexis grabs Homie to slow the momentum, Homie gets caught with a really slow and ugly Capo Kick…but…effective. 1-2-3, NXT gets a win with cheating.

IInspiration comes out to remind people that the Knockouts Tags are still sadly a title and they’re the champions. Tessa and Victoria Crawford interrupt the goofy ahh promo, Tessa is fantastically snarky…their Mila newbie from Turning Point blind sides Cassie and Jessie, so it looks like Tessa may have the makings of a faction. But as they taunt, the IInspiration gets up since Victoria and Mila are kinda joke characters right now. So Tessa bails as Vix and Mila get rekt. Honestly, I’d like to see Vix and Tessa win the title. Tessa is too good to be without gold this long, she’s made her apologies, giving her the Tag belts is a good softball to see how crowds react. Plus Tessa looks like a million bucks, so you want her on AMC. 

Dani Luna vs Xia Brookside

My heart is conflicted. I love Dani Dumptruck, but I have no desire to see her beat Lei Ying Lee for the title. The Xia mirror match at least has the fun story of teammates colliding, which doesn’t need a build and Brookside can lose with no real damage. 

Dani just tosses Xia off a few times. The power advantage is all in favor of Dani Dumptruck. Xia does manage to use the ropes to help take down Dani with a Headlock, but Dani powers out eventually. This definitely builds like a World of Sport match, which yes, they’re both British, but this is slow, deliberate and Dani is just tearing apart Xia with Knee Bars, Arm Captures, Stomps and Power moves. Back from the commercial Dani is playing wall ball with Xia Brookside as the ball. Obviously we’re waiting for the underdog fire from Xia, but you just have to wonder if it’ll be enough to win, or just make it more competitive. She’s selling well with her body language and facials as she starts the comeback with Forearms, a stiff one and two funny Lariats into a Satellite Facebuster.

Charging Elbow into the corner, Broken Wings, and Xia hits the Crossbody for two and Xia is selling the injured limbs, but had a nice burst of throwing it all out there. Dani with a power out Snapmare, tries something but Xia locks in the Octopus Hold! Dani tosses her off but eats a Russian Leg Sweep and then Xia locks in an Armbar. Dani stands and turns it into a Buckle Bomb, rope assisted Blue Thunder Bomb…and only two. Dani starts hunting for chairs and chains, but Indi Hartwell comes down, doesn’t see Indi attack Dani, so Xia with the Small Package for the win.

While I’m glad we get the Xia mirror match, I don’t want to see Dani and Indi again unless they have Dani finally get over. No reason to try to set up Dani as this brute and have her lose every time it matters.

Robert Stone vs Mike Santana

Stone attacks Mike as he’s coming out of the crowd, and he takes the advantage until he telegraphs a Back Body Drop, eats a kick and then Spin the Block levels Robbie E in no time.

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Mustafa Ali vs Trey Miguel

Trey was playing with Ali early, counters, ducking, playing around avoiding offense. But Ali finally clocks him, and the pace slows down but Trey snaps back with a Back Elbow, catches Ali in the Up and Over Crucifix Bomb. Two count, Mustafa powders, Trey tries to chase, but Mustafa catches him sliding through the post into a DDT on the floor. Ali lands a few shots, Trey tries something but Ali catches him into a Stalling Brainbuster…stalling for what feels like 30 seconds before dropping Trey down. Rolling Neckbreaker is countered by a Lionsault from Trey. Trey kicks off Ali with a lift and Tiger Wall Run, into a Dropkick. Ali tries to bounce with it and come back at him but a Frankensteiner from Trey keeps Ali on the back foot. Bunch of counter gymnastics next, Ali is on the outside, Trey wands the dive and does the Rey Mysterio Sliding DDT to the floor. Trey throws in Ali, Meteora, but only a two count. I forgot that wasn’t Trey’s finish anymore since he hasn’t had a solo match in a minute.

Some acrobatic assist crap into a Springboard Destroyer, Ali manages to Matrix out at two. Trey tries the Meteora again and misses, so Ali locks in the Sharpshooter and Trey taps. It was alright, but overly cooperative Wuxia wrestling is lame. I’ll play Where Winds Meet or watch a Jet Li movie if I want to watch cool spots for the sake of it.

Steve Maclin, Cedric Alexander, Hardy Boyz vs Tyrek, Tyson, Stacks & Lexis King

Maclin and Alexander blindside NXT while the Hardyz enter alone. So TNA with some payback on the sneak attack side, Maclin Kitchen Sink on Stacks, Maclin tosses Lexis to Cedric and Ced snaps off a German. TNA is in full control early on. Maclin tags out to Matt, Arm Wringers and then the Hardy combination after Matt tags in Jeff. Hardys hit Poetry…no Lexis gets in the way and breaks up the poetry, all 8 are in, 3 NXT members are thrown out, Stacks is left and he’s getting bounced around by all four TNA wrestlers until they just Double Hip Toss him into the pile of waiting imbeciles because of course we need that spot. Announce team does remind us that Stacks is Arianna’s fiance, so thus further leading to her being the mole in the company.

Back from the commercial, oh look NXT is winning. Commercial break 101 where the momentum is completely shifted and we don’t actually get to see it. Stacks is wearing out Cedric, but they start trading blows until an errant kick from Stacks forces him to eat a Dragon Screw. Simultaneous tag, Lexis and Maclin, Maclin rocks Lexis, Vader Hammer, Elbow to the back of the skill, Hip Attack, Caught in the Crosshairs, but Lexis sits up. Maclin wipes out all of the NXT guys who try to interfere, but Lexis with a Wrecking Ball Dropkick to take control. Now Maclin is in the NXT corner getting cut off and worked over.

Stacks and Lexis over extend. Missed Cannonball, Maclin chucks Lexis over the top, Double Lariat down spot. Another simultaneous tag Jeff and Lexis, classic Jeff offense with an addition of an Apron Splash on the entire NXT squad on the outside. Jeff looks for Swanton, but Stacks says no and Lexis crotches Jeff. Cedric gets involved and we reach the signature spam moment of this multiman imbecile matches.

Lexis Superkicks Matt, but the Hardys hit the Plot Twist on Lexis! Stacks breaks up the pin and we’re still going on. Stacks tags himself in and attacks Jeff but gets crotched. Matt and Jeff hit a Tree of Woetry in Motion. Maclin does a Jeff Hardy dance before Caught in the Crosshairs, Cedric dives on the mass of humanity outside…but Lexis hits Maclin with the cane in the chaos, and Maclin eats the pinfall.

Overall Score: 5/10

This was a very mediocre episode. I’ll say they got the outcome of Dani and Xia correct, but the way they got there is lame. Indi’s facial expressions are awful, so her trying to be angry looks more constipated. The crowd loves Indi and in shorter matches she was fine, but when expected to control or emote a story, she is completely worthless. Tessa with her little Disciplinary Committee is amusing since she’s the only legit one in the group. The swerve to the NXT angle is looking more and more like the obvious linchpin of Arianna turning heel.

All in all, the show was inoffensive, but with the inconsistent filming and what feels like throw together PLEs last few months, I can’t really care when you can tell there’s not much creative energy utilized. At least we didn’t have to sit through an awful “Mr. Elegance” segment. But yeah I’m not going to expect any real effort until the first AMC episode, because they’re just coasting on a bad schedule, missed episodes and no real main event scene.