TNA Final Resolution 2008 Review

The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) defeated The Rock N' Rave Infection (Lance Hoyt and Jimmy Rave) (w/Christy Hemme) (6:50)
Hernandez pinned Rave after a Border Toss from the middle rope.
After the match, Shelly Martinez gave Hoyt a low blow.
**1/2

Kaz defeated Black Reign (7:30)
Kaz pinned Reign after a Wave of the Future.
*3/4

Gail Kim defeated Awesome Kong in a No Disqualification match to retain the TNA Women's World Championship (12:50)
Kim pinned Kong with a school girl.
***3/4

Judas Mesias (w/Father James Mitchell) defeated Abyss (11:09)
Mesias pinned Abyss after a Straight to Hell onto a barbed-wire chair.
*3/4

Booker T and Sharmell defeated Robert Roode and Ms. Brooks in a Mixed Tag Team match (11:06)
Sharmell pinned Brooks with a school girl after knocking Brooks into Roode.
**

Johnny Devine and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) defeated Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) in a Ultimate X match (12:15)
Devon grabbed the X Division belt after climbing a ladder to win.
**1/2

A.J. Styles and Tomko defeated Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship (11:56)
Styles and Tomko pinned Joe after a Tornado-Plex.
***

James Storm defeated Eric Young to win a Two of out Three Falls Drinking Championship Series
Storm won the first fall, a drinking and trivia contest, after Young missed a question.
Young won the second fall, a contest to see who could hold their urine in the longest, after Storm peed in his pants.
Storm won the third fall, who could drink the longest without passing out, when Young passed out.

Kurt Angle (w/Karen Angle) defeated Christian Cage to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (18:44)
Angle pinned Cage after a springboard elbow smash from A.J. Styles and an Olympic Slam.
****

TNA VS. NJPW 04/01/08

Styles/Cage/Williams vs. Milano Collection AT/Minoru/Devitt --- ***
Wataru Inoue vs. Christopher Daniels (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title) --- **3/4
Abyss vs. Manabu Nakanishi --- *3/4
Tanaka/Takaiwa/Yoshie/Takemura vs. Iizuka/Kanemoto/Tiger Mask/Taguchi --- **1/2
Makabe/Yano vs. Team 3D --- **
Jado/Gedo/TARU/Kondo/YASSHI vs. Fujinami/Choshu/Chono/Liger/AKIRA --- **
Hirooki Gotoh vs. Great Muta --- **1/4
Bernard/Tomko vs. Steiner Brothers (IWGP Tag Team Titles) --- *1/4
Kurt Angle vs. Yuji Nagata --- ***1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (IWGP Heavyweight Title) --- ****1/4

NFL Playoff Predictions

WILDCARD

Washington
Seattle

New York
Tampa Bay

Jacksonville
Pittsburgh

Tennessee
San Diego

DIVISION

Seattle
Green Bay

New York
Dallas

San Diego
Indianapolis

Jacksonville
New England

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Green Bay
Dallas

San Diego
New England

SUPERBOWL

New England 31
Dallas 27

2007 Match of the Year

Danielson vs. McGuinness ROH 6/9 *****
KENTA/Ishimori vs. Marufuji/Ibushi NOAH 7/15 ****3/4
Briscoes v Steen & El Generico ROH 8/10 ****3/4
Briscoes vs. Shelly/Sabin ROH 4/28 ****3/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 8/25 ****3/4
Briscoes v Steen & El Generico ROH 9/15 ****1/2
Kobashi/Takayama vs. Misawa/Akiyama NOAH 12/02 ****1/2
KENTA vs. Bryan Danielson ROH 6/23 ****1/2
KENTA/Ishimori vs. Marvin/Suzuki NOAH 8/31 ****1/2
Danielson vs. Shiozaki ROH 7/16 ****1/2
Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena WWE 4/23 ****1/2
BJ Whitmer vs Jimmy Jacobs ROH 3/31 ****1/2
Briscoes vs. Marvin/Suzuki NOAH 1/21 ****1/2
Jay Briscoe vs. Mark Briscoe ROH 3/4 ****1/2
Nigel McGuinness vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 4/14 ****1/2
Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries ROH 10/5 ****1/2
Briscoes v Steen & El Generico ROH 8/25 ****1/2
Briscoes vs. Castagnoli/Sydal ROH 5/12 ****1/2
CIMA/ Yokosuka/ Shingo vs Dragon Kid/ Saito/ Mochizuki ROH 3/31 ****1/2
Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 11/3 ****1/4
Samoa Joe vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 2/16 ****1/4
Samoa Joe vs. Nigel McGuinness ROH 3/3 ****1/4
Sasaki v. Miyamoto BJW 3/14 ****1/4
Briscoes vs. Marvin/Suzuki NOAH 7/15 ****1/4
Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage TNA 10/14 ****1/4
Edge vs. Orton vs. Michaels vs. Cena WWE 4/29 ****1/4
John Cena vs. Umaga WWE 1/28 ****1/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries ROH 11/3 ****1/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness ROH 10/19 ****1/4
Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton WWE 11/18 ****1/4
Takeshi Morishima vs. Claudio Castagnoli ROH 8/10 ****1/4
Nigel McGuinness vs Jimmy Rave ROH 3/4 ****1/4
HHH vs. Randy Orton 10/7 WWE ****1/4
James Storm vs. Chris Harris TNA 5/13 ****1/4
El Generico vs. Bryan Danielson PWG 7/29 ****1/4
Pac vs. El Generico KOE 4/28 ****1/4
Steen/Generico vs. Pac/Strong PWG 7/29 ****1/4
John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels WWE 4/1 ****1/4
Briscoes vs. KENTA/Ishimori NOAH 7/6 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 9/15 ****
Aries, Delirious, Stevens, & Cross vs. Strong, Romero, Richards, & Sydal ROH 8/11 ****
Danielson/Morishima vs. McGuinness/KENTA ROH 5/12 ****
Naruki Doi/Shingo vs. No Remorse Corps ROH 3/4 ****
Briscoes vs. Steen & El Generico ROH 6/23 ****
Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe TNA 3/11 ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Austin Aries ROH 10/21 ****
The Briscoes vs. Steen/Generico ROH 8/24 ****
Christina Cage vs. Kaz TNA 11/11 ****
Angle vs. Harris vs. Joe vs. Christian vs. Styles TNA 6/17 ****
Edge vs. Orton vs. Kennedy vs. Punk vs. Booker vs. J. Hardy vs. M. Hardy vs. Finlay 4/1 ****
Austin Aries vs. Takeshi Morishima ROH 4/27 ****
Takeshi Morishima vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brent Albright ROH 8/24 ****
Shingo vs. Morishima ROH 4/28 ****
Austin Aries vs Roderick Strong ROH 3/31 ****
Go Shiozaki vs. Davey Richards KOE 4/29 ****
KENTA vs. Mitsuharu Misawa ROH 11/3 ****
Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer ROH 3/4 ****
Takeshi Morishima vs. Brent Albright ROH 8/11 ****

End of the Year Awards

I will put the winner, then I will put the winner for the other 2 promotions after.

Promotion Of The Year - ROH
WWE, TNA

Match Of The Year - Danielson vs. McGuinness (Driven)
WWE - Cena vs. Michaels in London on 4/23
TNA - Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage at Bound for Glory
PWG - Danielson vs. Generico (only saw 1 PWG show this year)

Show/Card Of The Year - Fifth Year Festival: Finale
Neither WWE or TNA are able to win this category.

PPV Of The year - ROH Driven
WWE - Backlash
TNA - Bound for Glory

Babyface Of The Year - Nigel McGuinness
WWE - Cena
TNA - Joe

Heel Of The Year - Chris Hero
WWE - Orton
TNA - Christian

Diva Of The Year - Gail Kim
ROH - Sara Del Ray
WWE - Mickie James

Tag Team Of The Year - The Briscoes
WWE - London and Kendrick
TNA - Motor City Machine Guns

Announcer Of The Year - Jim Ross
ROH - Dave Prazak
TNA - only 1 choice

Colour Commentator Of The Year - JBL
ROH - Lenny Leonard
TNA - only 1 choice

Most Improved Wrestler Of The Year - John Cena
ROH - Jack Evans
TNA - Kaz

Promo Of The Year - Anything Jimmy Jacobs (I'll take his prematch Supercard of Honor II Speech)
WWE - Jericho's Return Promo
TNA - Samoa Joe's Shoot promo.

Performer Of The Year - Bryan Danielson
WWE - John Cena (I don't like him but I give him respect, he was great in the ring this year).
TNA - Christian Cage

Storyline Of The Year - Jimmy Jacobs loves Lacey and the fallout which leads to Age of the Fall
WWE - Michaels and Cena respect one another.
TNA - The only one I can think of right now that I didn't hate is, "Dudleys hate X division"

Feud Of The Year - Briscoes vs. Steen and Generico (also from ROH Danielson vs. Morishima and Jacobs vs. Whitmer were all incredible)
WWE - Matt Hardy vs. MVP
TNA - Joe vs. Christian

Best Wrestling Move Of The Year - KENTA's Go 2 Sleep
WWE - Paul London's Shooting Star Press off the apron (saw him do it once, he got in trouble backstage but I liked it)
TNA - Senshi's Turnbuckle Warrior's Way

Most Improved Promotion Of The Year - ROH (I couldn't choose between TNA and WWE because they have both had awful times of the year. ROH got a PPV deal so that's improvement.) Most say NJPW but I didn't see much.

Title Of The Year - ROH World Title
WWE Title
TNA Title

Return/Debut Of The Year - Takeshi Morishima's ROH debut
WWE - Shawn Michales return in October
TNA - Booker T's Debut at Genesis

Rookie Of The Year - Erick Stevens (I know he's not a rookie but this was hard)
WWE - Santino Marrella
TNA - I have to pick either Black Reign, Judas Mesias, or Rellik? Uh...I pick Jimmy Rave because he was good in ROH.

Worst Promotion Of The Year - TNA
WWE
ROH

Worst Match Of The Year - Hemme vs. Big Fat Oily Guy (Tuxedo Match from Against All Odds)
WWE - Donlad Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell
ROH - Erick Stevens vs. Mitch Franklin (squash)

Worst Show/Card Of The Year - WWE Unforgiven
TNA - Hard Justice
ROH - Motor City Madness

Worst Diva Of The Year - Kelly Kelly
TNA - Christie Hemme
ROH - Alicia (saw her in 1 match so I'll count it)

Worst Tag Team Of The Year - Team Pacman
WWE - Jim Duggan and Super Crazy
ROH - Any combonation of the Hangman's 3

Worst Announcer Of The Year - Michael Cole

Worst Colour Commentator Of The Year - Don West

Worst Promo Of The Year - Anything Khali
TNA - Eric Young adn Santa Claus
ROH - Anything with the No Remorse Corps with minor exceptions

Worst Performer Of The Year - Hornswaggle
TNA - Pacman Jones
ROH - Adam Pearce

Worst Storyline Of The Year - Hornswaggle as illegitimate child.
TNA - Christie Hemme as Women's Activist
ROH - Briscoes don't lose a fall in 2/3 Fall matches

Worst Feud Of The Year - Hornswaggle vs. Khali
TNA - Christie Hemme vs. VKM
ROH - Hangman's 3 vs. Delirious

Worst Wrestling Move Of The Year - Tadpole Splash
TNA - Black Reign's Black Out (I think I've seen it once, but anytime BR wins a match that's bad)
ROH - Adam Pearce's Piledriver

Biggest Disappointment Of The Year - Jericho's return (I had high hopes and he bores me now)
TNA - Samoa Joe not being Champion
ROH - Samoa Joe's last match (didn't feel right)

ROH Honor Nation Review

Albright/Pearce vs. Stevens/Cross --- ***

BJ Whitmer vs. Delirious --- **

Generico vs. McGuinness vs. Hallowicked --- ***1/2

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Hero --- ***1/4

Necro Butcher vs. Jay Briscoe (Anything Goes) --- ***1/4

Jacobs/Black vs. Franklin/Osiris --- ¼*

Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson (Match 1 of 3) --- ****1/2

NRC vs. Vulture Squad (Tag Team Scramble) --- ***1/2

Takeshi Morishima vs. Kevin Steen (ROH World Title) --- ***3/4

ROH Weekend of Champions Night 2

Cabana/CK III vs. Irish Airborne --- **3/4

Delirious vs. Chris Sabin --- ***1/4

Jacobs vs. Davis vs. Fury vs. Yang vs. Spud vs. Flanagan --- **3/4

Samoa Joe vs. Claudio Castagnoli --- **1/4

BJ Whitmer vs. Super Dragon --- ***1/4

Christopher Daniels vs. Matt Sydal --- ***1/4

Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson (Pure Title vs. ROH World Title) --- ****1/2

Aries/Strong vs. Shelley/Rave (ROH Tag Team Titles) --- ***1/2