The 2007 Final Resolution was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on January 14, 2007 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida . It was the third event under the Final Resolution chronology.
Nine matches were contested at the event, with two being taped as dark matches . In the main event, Christian Cage defeated Sting and Abyss to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . In other prominent matches, Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe 3-2 in an Iron man match , Chris Sabin defeated Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn to win the Impact X Division Championship and in the opening contest, Rhino defeated AJ Styles in a Last Man Standing match .
The pay-per-view had a buy rate of 35,000.[ 2] Global Wrestling Network , the event became available to stream on demand.[ 3]
Storylines The event featured 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.[ 4]
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Event Prior to the start of the event there was a dark match which saw Jason Riggs and Johnny Riggs defeat Serotonin (Kazarian and Havok ) when Riggs pinned Havok.
Following this match there was one match during the pre-show. During this match Lance Hoyt defeated Chase Stevens . Hoyt pinned Stevens after a Fireman's carry flapjack . A. J. Pierzynski and Dale Torborg were in the audience and heckled Hoyt resulting in a confrontation after the match.
During the first match of the pay-per-view, Rhino defeated A.J. Styles in a Last Man Standing match (14:44) when Styles failed to answer the ten-count after Rhino hit two Gore's. Next Chris Sabin defeated Christopher Daniels and Jerry Lynn in a 3-Way Dance to win the TNA X Division Championship , when Sabin pinned Lynn with a roll-up while grabbing the tights.
In the Paparazzi Championship Series finals, Alex Shelley defeated Austin Starr . The judges were "Samolian Joe", "Big Fat Oily Guy" and Bob Backlund . The match originally went to a ten-minute time limit draw and was then declared a draw by the judges, before Kevin Nash ordered extra time. Shelley pinned Starr with a roll-up , and Shelley was presented a bowling trophy.
Next James Storm defeated Petey Williams , when Storm pinned Williams while grabbing the ropes during a roll-up . Jacqueline made her return to TNA and delivered a Death Sentence with Storm to Gail Kim .
In the NWA World Tag Team Championship match, The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez ) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon ) by disqualification to retain the titles. Team 3D were disqualified after a drunk Brother Runt interfered, jumping off the top rope onto Homicide.
The penultimate match was a 30 minutes Iron Man match between Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe . The winner of the match a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Against All Odds . Joe forced Angle to submit to the Coquina Clutch to pick up the first fall. Angle then forced Joe to submit to the Ankle Lock to even the score at 1:1. Angle again forced Joe to submit to the Ankle Lock to take a 2:1 lead. Joe next pinned Angle after a Muscle Buster to even the score at 2:2. Angle picked up the final decision with approximately 5 minutes left in the match, when he pinned Joe with a cradle pin .
In the main event Abyss defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Christian Cage and Sting in a Three Way Elimination match . Sting first pinned Abyss after the Scorpion Death Drop guaranteeing a new champion would be crowned. Cage next pinned Sting after a Frog Splash to win the championship.
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