Final Resolution (December 2008)
{{short description|2008 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view event}}
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Final Resolution (December 2008)
|image=Final Resolution (December 2008).jpg
|caption=Promotional poster featuring The Main Event Mafia
|tagline="Respect is Earned"
|promotion=Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
|date=December 7, 2008
|venue=TNA Impact! Zone
|city=Orlando, Florida
|lastevent=Turning Point
|nextevent=Genesis
|event=Final Resolution
|nextevent2=2009
|lastevent2=January 2008
}}
The December 2008 Final Resolution was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on December 7, 2008 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.indemand.com/product/view/100664|title=Final Resolution at In Demand.com|access-date=November 6, 2008|publisher=In Demand.com}} It was the fifth event under the Final Resolution chronology and second Final Resolution event to take place in 2008. Final Resolution was usually held in January; in early October 2008 TNA moved the event to December. As a result of TNA's decision, two Final Resolution events took place in 2008; the other was in January.
Storylines
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|+ Other on-screen personnel |
| Role:
!Name: |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|Commentator |
| Don West |
| rowspan="2"|Interviewer |
| Lauren Thompson |
| rowspan="2"|Ring announcer |
| David Penzer |
| rowspan="4"|Referee |
| Rudy Charles |
| Mark Johnson |
| Andrew Thomas |
Final Resolution featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|publisher=Discovery Communications|access-date=March 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|archive-date=November 29, 2013}}
File:Feast Or Fired 08.jpg and Curry Man in the Feast or Fired match]]
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Results
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|times =
|match1 = Curry Man, Hernandez, Homicide and Jay Lethal defeated Alex Shelley, B.G. James, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Cute Kip, Jimmy Rave, Lance Rock, Sonjay Dutt and Shark Boy
|stip1 = Feast or Fired match
|time1 = 12:10
|match2 = ODB, Roxxi and Taylor Wilde defeated The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) and Sharmell (with Cute Kip)
|stip2 = Six-knockout tag team match
|time2 = 7:27
|match3 = Eric Young defeated Sheik Abdul Bashir (c)
|stip3 = Singles match for the TNA X Division Championship
|time3 = 8:05
|match4 = Christy Hemme defeated Awesome Kong (c) by disqualification
|stip4 = Singles match for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship
|time4 = 5:05
|match5 = Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) (c) (with Jacqueline) defeated Abyss and Matt Morgan
|stip5 = Tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
|time5 = 11:35
|match6 = Kurt Angle defeated Rhino
|stip6 = Singles match with Mick Foley as special guest enforcer
{{small|Since Angle won, he got a rematch with Jeff Jarrett at Genesis, had Rhino won, Angle would have been fired from TNA.}}
|time6 = 14:24
|match7 = The Main Event Mafia (Booker T, Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner and Sting) (with Sharmell) (c) defeated The TNA Front Line (A.J. Styles, Brother Devon, Brother Ray and Samoa Joe)
|stip7 = Eight-man tag team match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
{{small|Had The TNA Front Line won, Styles would have won the championship.}}
|time7 = 21:24
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.indemand.com/product/view/100664 Final Resolution at In Demand.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070217173928/http://www.tnawrestling.com/ TNA Wrestling.com]
{{2008 TNA pay-per-view events}}
{{TNAPPV|Final Resolution}}
Category:2008 in professional wrestling in Florida
Category:Professional wrestling shows in Orlando, Florida
Category:December 2008 in the United States
Category:2008 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view events
Category:2008 in Orlando, Florida
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