Final Resolution (2013) was the tenth

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event produced by

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(TNA), which took take place on December 3, 2013 and was aired on tape delay on December 19, 2013 at the

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. Unlike the previous events, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and instead, like

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and

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was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of ''

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''. Three matches took place at the event. The

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was a Dixieland match, the tournament final for the vacant

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between

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and

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, which Magnus won, thus winning his first World Heavyweight Championship in TNA. The

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featured a 2-out-of-3 falls match between

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and

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and a knockouts tag team match pitting

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and

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against

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and

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. The event also featured the unveiling of the

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briefcases that were won on the previous week's episode of ''Impact Wrestling''.

Storylines

At Bound for Glory,

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defeated Bully Ray to win the

. After retaining the title against Ray in a rematch on the October 24 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Styles refused to sign

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's new contract and opted to leave TNA with the title belt. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Carter announced that she did not recognize Styles as her champion and a new eight-man tournament would take place to crown a new champion with

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, Chris Sabin,

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and

Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...

announced as participants in the tournament, with the eighth man being determined via a

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later in the night, which

won. Carter announced that all of the matches would have special stipulations that would be determined by her spinwheel called "Wheel of Dixie". In the first round, Hardy defeated Sabin in a Full Metal Mayhem match on the November 7 ''Impact Wrestling'', Angle defeated Aries in a

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on the November 14 ''Impact Wrestling'', Roode defeated Storm in a Florida Death match and Magnus defeated Joe in a

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. The tournament continued on the December 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where Hardy defeated Roode in a

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and Magnus defeated Angle in a

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in the semi-final round. On the December 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Angle destroyed the Wheel of Dixie which led to Dixie Carter making the tournament final between Hardy and Magnus, a Dixieland match, which she announced would take place at Final Resolution. At Bound for Glory, Kurt Angle refused to be inducted into the

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and lost his match to Bobby Roode. The two had a rematch on the October 31 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', which Angle lost via referee stoppage due to an injury. Roode would then cost Angle, a Last Man Standing match against Magnus in the semifinals of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament on the December 5 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. The following week, on ''Impact Wrestling'', Angle destroyed

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's presentation of the Wheel of Dixie and the briefcases of the

, which led to him challenging Roode to a fight and Roode said that he had beaten Angle since Angle was inducted into the Hall of Fame and Angle said he could beat Roode twice, which led to the two agreeing to a

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at Final Resolution. At Bound for Glory,

formed an alliance with

by helping her in defeating

and

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in a three-way match to win the Knockouts Championship. On the December 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Tapa and Kim double teamed ODB until

made the save. A tag team match was later made between the team of Tapa and Kim and the team of ODB and Rayne for Final Resolution. On the December 12 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', a Feast or Fired match took place with

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, Gunner,

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and Chavo Guerrero Jr. retrieving the four briefcases of the match. It was announced that the briefcases would be unveiled at Final Resolution.

Event

Preliminary matches

The opening match of the event was a

between

and

. Roode avoided an '' Angle Slam'' and hit a low blow to Angle behind the referee and nailed a

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to score the first fall. During the second fall, Angle countered a

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attempt by Roode into an ''Angle Slam'' to score the second fall. Near the end of the match, Angle applied an

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but Roode rolled through and pinned Angle with a roll-up by holding the ropes for leverage to win the match. The four Feast or Fired briefcases were revealed backstage as

's case contained a

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match, Gunner's case contained a World Heavyweight Championship match,

's case contained a

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match and

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's case contained the pink slip, which resulted in Guerrero legitimately being fired from TNA. The next match saw

and

take on the team of

and

in a

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. Rayne countered an '' Eat Defeat'' attempt by Kim into a backslide for the win.

Main event match

The last match saw

took on

in a Dixieland match in the finals of the

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for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Ethan Carter III interfered in the match to prevent Magnus from winning the match. Later in the match,

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knocked Hardy off of the ladder, allowing Magnus to climb the ladder and retrieve the title belt for the win.

Aftermath

Dixie Carter held a coronation for Magnus as the new World Heavyweight Champion on the January 2, 2014 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', which was interrupted by A.J. Styles, who claimed to be the real champion and challenged Magnus to a no disqualification title unification match on the January 9 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', where Magnus won the match to retain his title and become the undisputed champion. This resulted in Styles' legitimate exit from TNA. Magnus would then go on to begin feuding with

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, which led to Sting taking on Magnus for the title in a no disqualification title vs. career match at

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, where Magnus retained the title, forcing Sting to leave TNA. Kurt Angle and Bobby Roode continued their feud after Final Resolution, as the two competed in a

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at Genesis, which Angle won to end the feud. The feud of the Knockouts continued on the December 26 episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', as Lei'D Tapa defeated ODB via knockout with Gail Kim's assist as Kim said that it was a message for Madison Rayne. Kim took on Rayne in a losing effort on the January 2 episode of ''Impact Wrestling''. This led to Rayne defeating Kim to win the Knockouts Championship at Genesis. Also at the event, ODB and Tapa competed on opposing teams in a twelve-person intergender tag team match as ODB teamed with

, Gunner, Eric Young and Joseph Park to defeat Tapa's team of Zema Ion,

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and Bad Influence.

Results

Tournament bracket

The tournament brackets for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship are:

References

External links

Final Resolution at Pro Wrestling History
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