Thursday’s special “Final Resolution” edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV drew a final cable rating of 1.06, down from the 1.08 final draw that the show drew the previous week.

As noted recently, TNA officials were hoping for a big number for the show this week since they weren’t competing with NFL’s regular Thursday Night Football.

The “Final Resolution” edition of Impact Wrestling on Thursday averaged 1.240 million viewers, which was also down from the 1.3 million viewers that the show averaged last week.

Apparently officials within TNA are expecting a big number for Thursday’s “Final Resolution” special-edition of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV. The company feels that with it being a PPV-themed edition of the show, combined with the fact that it’s the first time in a while they are going unopposed to NFL’s Thursday night football, the number will be up as compared to the last several weeks.

Tonight’s “Final Resolution” edition of Impact Wrestling will feature Magnus vs. Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode in a two-out-of-three falls match, ODB & Madison Rayne vs. Lei’D Tapa & Gail Kim, plus the revealing of the “Feast or Fired” briefcases.

TNA has added their latest “IMPACT Podcast” to their official YouTube channel. The video, which you can check out below, features the following description:

“It is Final Resolution week! On this edition of the IMPACT Podcast, JB talks about the upcoming TNA UK Christmas party, and welcomes DJ Zema Ion to evaluate his performance at Dixie Carter’s Christmas party last Friday night. Plus, his thoughts as a briefcase holder in Feast or Fired!

Velvet Sky then joins us to give her Final Resolution predictions, Chris Sabin losing the X Division Championship, UK tour, video games and more!

Then Madison Rayne joins us to talk about her return to the ring this Thursday at Final Resolution, motherhood, and her Final Resolution predictions!

All of this and more on the December 17, 2013 edition of the IMPACT Wrestling Podcast!”

http://youtu.be/W03wgOocPLM

In a match taped for TNA’s “Final Resolution” edition of Impact Wrestling on Tuesday night, Magnus defeated Jeff Hardy in a “Steel Cage Dixieland” match to become the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

The rules of the match stated that the wrestler must escape the cape and advance to the TNA stage where a ladder was set up. The wrestler must then climb the ladder to retrieve the belt. As Hardy was going to do exactly that, Rockstar Spud came out and knocked the ladder over, which allowed Magnus to pick up the win.

With the victory, Magnus is now set up for a unification match against fellow TNA Champion AJ Styles whenever TNA decides to pull the trigger.

For those interested, full TNA Impact Wrestling taping results are available on the newsboard.

• Complete TNA “Final Resolution” Impact Wrestling Spoiler Results

This Sunday, TNA Wrestling presents Final Resolution live on pay-per-view from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Below is the announced card for the event:

TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Special Referee: Mr. Anderson
“The Blueprint” Matt Morgan vs. Jeff Hardy (c)

SUBMISSION MATCH
Jeff Jarrett vs “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe

CASKET MATCH
“The Monster” Abyss vs “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero

1st BLOOD MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs “The War Machine” Rhino

TNA TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH
FULL METAL MAYHEM
Motor City Machine Guns (c) vs Generation Me

TNA TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
“The Phenomenal” AJ Styles (champ) vs Douglas Williams

TNA X-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
COOKIE SUSPENDED ABOVE THE RING IN SHARK CAGE
Robbie E (c) vs Jay Lethal

#1 CONTENDER’S MATCH
Beer Money vs Ink Inc.

FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH
Tara vs Mickie James