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Friday, December 13, 2024 Issue #7430
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TNA FINAL RESOLUTION LIVE TONIGHT ON TNA+

- Live from Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia, TNA Wrestling presents Final Resolution exclusively on TNA+. The full card is as follows: Nic Nemeth vs AJ Francis for the TNA World title; Masha Slamovich vs Tasha Steelz for the TNA Knockouts title; The Hardys vs The System in a tables match for the TNA Tag Team titles; Moose vs Kushida for the TNA X Division title; Joe Hendry vs Josh Alexander vs Mike Santana vs Steve Maclin in a four-way match to determine the #1 contender for the TNA World title; Jordynne Grace vs Rosemary; Ace Austin vs Trent Seven; The Rascalz vs Jake Something and Hammerstone vs PCO and Sami Callihan in a three-way tag team match; Leon Slater vs JDC in the pre-show; and Frankie Kazarian vs Jonathan Gresham in the pre-show. Final Resolution will start at 8PM ET and a TNA+ subscription is required. It costs $9.99 for a month and can be canceled at any time. The Countdown To Final Resolution streams live and free starting at 7:30PM ET on TNA+ and TNA digital platforms.

REPORT: TESSA BLANCHARD RE-SIGNS WITH TNA

- Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that Tessa Blanchard has signed again with TNA Wrestling and is expected to show up on TV imminently. Blanchard was fired from TNA back in June 2020 while she held the company's top title. "IMPACT Wrestling has confirmed that it has terminated its relationship with Tessa Blanchard and stripped her of the IMPACT Wrestling World Championship," a statement read at the time. She won the title in January 2020 at the Hard To Kill pay-per-view but then vanished in March after the coronavirus pandemic hit, refusing to attend any television tapings. She refused to send any taped promos for the TV shows and also refused to drop the title, leading management to fire her. She is the only female to ever hold the company's world title, generally reserved for just the men. Blanchard was one half of the CMLL Women's Tag Team champions and today CMLL issued a statement saying that the titles have been vacated "following the departure of Tessa Blanchard from the company." Blanchard has a mixed past and was exposed by her peers for constant bullying against fellow female wrestlers throughout the years.

DOUBLE SMACKDOWN TV TAPINGS TONIGHT

- WWE will be taping two episodes of Smackdown tonight at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut so everyone can have a good amount of days off for Christmas with their loved ones. With Saturday Night's Main Event happening live tomorrow, it will be interesting to see what the second tapings will consist of considering the outcome of the WWE title match between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens and the winner of the inaugural WWE United States Women's title cannot be given away during the tapings. Rhodes and Owens will have their final promos tonight before tomorrow's championship match while the U.S. title tournament will have its two semi finals, Bayley vs Chelsea Green and Michin vs Tiffany Stratton. Carmelo Hayes will also face a mystery opponent. Raw and NXT next week will also have two tapings to cover Christmas week.

ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA EURO TOUR TICKETS NOW ON SALE

- Tickets for the WWE European tour on the road to WrestleMania went officially on sale to the general public this morning and the trend of very expensive ticket prices continued, at least for the TV portion of the tour. As part of this two-week tour, WWE will have six live television shows, three Raw and three Smackdown, across five different countries. The Smackdown in Barcelona on March 14 is the cheapest out of all TV shows, with tickets starting from €60 and going all the way up to €450 for ringside. Raw in Brussels on March 17 has tickets at €127 for the cheapest and €377 to the highest what's available right now. Smackdown in Bologna on March 21 has the most expensive starting point, with the cheapest tickets at €345 and the highest so far at €575. Raw in Glasgow on March 24 starts from £172.95 and all the way up to £897.70 for ringside. WWE will then tape both Smackdown and Raw in London on March 27 and 31 respectively. Only combo tickets are available and the cheapest are £183.50 and the most expensive shoot up to £1,504 for ringside. Tickets for the other non-televised shows in Dortmund, Hannover, Belfast, Nottingham, Vienna, and Amsterdam are also on sale.

DYNAMITE RATING

- The Winter is Coming episode of Dynamite this week drew 594,000 viewers, up 8,000 viewers from the prior week and makes it the third straight week in a row with viewership less than 600,000. The show had a 0.17 rating in 18-49, the same as last week and was #4 in the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

ROH WOMEN'S CHAMP ADVANCES TO WRESTLE DYNASTY FOUR-WAY

- Ring of Honor's pick for the Wrestle Dynasty International Women's cup will be the ROH Women's champion Athena. The qualifying match took place on last night's ROH episode with a four-way match between Athena, Red Velvet, Billie Starkz, and Leyla Hirsch, with Athena pinning Red Velvet to secure her ticket to Tokyo. AEW's pick will be decided tomorrow on Collision with Willow Nightingale taking on Jamie Hayter. Qualifying matches from CMLL and Stardom are also yet to be held. All winners will face each other at the Tokyo Dome on January 5 and the winner receives a title shot of their choosing from any of the four participating promotions.

DARK SIDE OF THE RING

- The sixth season of the popular Dark Side of the Ring series on Vice will return on March 25. Season five which aired earlier this year had 10 episodes in total, focusing on Chris Adams, Sensational Sherri, Terry Gordy, Black Saturday, Chris Colt, Sandman, Earthquake, Harley Race, Buff Bagwell, and Brutus Beefcake. No episode titles have been revealed for the new season yet. The series made its debut in 2019 and has Evan Husney and Jason Eisener as its executive producers. All of its previous five seasons are streaming on Hulu.


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