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TNA Final Resolution _Dec 05, 2025 - Steve Maclin Vs Stacks - TNA International Championship Match
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00:00National Championship match.
00:03As Steve Macklin defends this title against Stax from NXT.
00:09Take a look at the headlines here.
00:11Macklin fought alongside Santana during the NXT attacks just a handful of weeks ago,
00:16which Stax was a part of.
00:17Now, Santina Morel was caught up in that first ambush by NXT.
00:21Stax has said his hands are clean in that situation.
00:25Stax did pin Macklin last night, however, after Lexus King used a weapon
00:30to help Team NXT defeat Team TNA in the main event of Impact.
00:35It's Macklin and Stax for the international title.
00:38The following contest is scheduled for one fall
00:55and is for the TNA International Championship.
01:02Introducing first, accompanied to the wings by Lexus King
01:06from Albany, New York, weighing in at 206 pounds,
01:11Kenny Stax Lorenzo!
01:17Stax marches in here to enemy territory
01:21up against the man who has vowed to hold the line here in TNA.
01:28But, of course, Stax bringing back up into this war.
01:32As I mentioned, it was Lexus King who helped Stax score the pinball last night
01:38in an eight-man tag team matchup to keep the countdown Impact itself.
01:43And now, Stax has a chance at the TNA International Championship here
01:48at final resolution.
01:50And his opponent, from Rutherford, New Jersey, weighing in at 227 pounds.
02:12From Rutherford, New Jersey, weighing in at 227 pounds.
02:16He is the TNA International Champion, Bulletproof Steve Macklin!
02:29Macklin is in his second reign as the International Champion.
02:32This one for 54 days.
02:35His first was the inaugural reign of the TNA International Championship for 162 days.
02:42He has to find the TNA International Championship.
02:47And I know he takes a lot of pride!
02:49And look at Macklin charging at Stax!
02:51There's the bell!
02:53Macklin not wasting any time!
02:55I was about to say, he takes a lot of pride in being that champion,
02:59being the first-ever champion.
03:00But I think he takes more pride in being front and center, fighting for TNA.
03:08Weeks ago, multiple NXT stars rushed the ring.
03:12We still don't know exactly who let them in the building that night,
03:16live on Impact, and the following night at Turning Point.
03:20Santino Morella is trying to get to the bottom of it.
03:22We saw his daughter, Ariana Grace, earlier on tonight,
03:25saying she's watching Santino's back.
03:27Ariana Grace is the fiancée of Stax.
03:31To say she's got a heart in both camps would be an understatement on this one.
03:36But no, as you saw earlier tonight,
03:38that she keeps her professional and personal relationships separate.
03:42Separate.
03:48Macklin pointing to those three very special letters
03:52as we head into a momentous 2026 for TNA.
03:57Oh!
03:58Oh!
03:58He is on the front lines, as always.
04:02Do it again!
04:04Protect yourself at all times, Stax!
04:06And there is Lexus King with his cane,
04:10which he used last night to help Stax and Macklin.
04:16Macklin would just absolutely punishing Stax here
04:19in the opening moments of this matchup,
04:23but got to have your head in a swivel.
04:25Well, now King trying to create an opening there for Stax
04:29and a forearm shiver by Macklin.
04:36Macklin living up to his credo, front towards enemy,
04:39no matter where they're coming from.
04:42Macklin very wise to keep an eye on.
04:45Lexus King taking a shot.
04:47Oh!
04:48And King's lineage there,
04:49but a shot right to the throat there by Stax.
04:52Macklin got a little caught up there with King.
04:54Now Stax trying to pay back some of those knife-edged chops
04:59from Macklin earlier.
05:05Yeah, ball!
05:06Stax takes a knee right to the midsection.
05:10Look at this.
05:11Macklin not done it.
05:12Oh!
05:12My God!
05:13Hard-hitting elbow there.
05:16Macklin's throwing around all 230 pounds of him.
05:19Making this personal.
05:20I think he took it extremely personally
05:22when these NXT stars ambushed Mike Santana.
05:26He was one of the first onto the scene
05:28to try and support Santana that night.
05:30I mean, look, we've heard you and I both on air
05:34and then personally at these different venues we go to.
05:37Macklin has never shined ever since any of this happened.
05:40Back when Trick Williams took the world title.
05:42Back when J.C. Jane took our knockouts world title.
05:45People like Steve Macklin were standing here
05:48ready to defend TNA.
05:50And he's ready, all right.
05:51Lexus King has tried to get involved multiple times.
05:56Tag it! Tag it!
05:58Look out!
05:58Oh, and Stax kneeling a cut in the crosshairs,
06:01but Macklin wipes out!
06:04Full steam ahead, colliding with the floor.
06:08Great wherewithal there from Stax.
06:11That could be catastrophic for Steve Macklin.
06:19Stax able to avoid disaster.
06:22Watch this again.
06:23Macklin all fired up.
06:25Wanted to have Stax caught in the crosshairs.
06:28Catches a nosedive into the floor for himself.
06:31Oh!
06:33Macklin sent it to the steel post there by Stax.
06:37And that'll change the entire complexion of this matchup now.
06:43Stax, like an angry dog on the attack here.
06:50Stax has been on the record saying his hands are clean
06:53after the initial assault by NXT on TNA.
06:58Saw Santina Morella taken out.
07:01Oh!
07:02And a cannonball there by Stax.
07:04And a cover, trying to win the title and a kickout.
07:09And a part of this story, Raywall,
07:10is we could see yet another TNA championship
07:13in the hands of an NXT star.
07:18Right on the edge of getting our Knockouts World Championship back,
07:23which will be defended later on tonight.
07:26Oh!
07:27Macklin playing a dangerous game here,
07:30as will the Hardys later on tonight.
07:32Arnie's defending the TNA World Tag Team Titans
07:35against Tyson and Tyreek of NXT.
07:37Whoa!
07:38And a kickout at one there by the international champion, Macklin.
07:45What do you think about the job Macklin has done,
07:47setting the standard for the international title?
07:50Whoa!
07:50I mean, I think it's hard to argue with those reigns here.
07:54Combined, what was it, over 200 days as international champion?
07:58Do you see him?
08:01It's been all Steve Macklin when it comes to this title.
08:04Yeah.
08:04There's that blip where Frankie Kazarian snagged it away from him,
08:08but Macklin was able to take it right back home
08:11and bound for glory.
08:12Oh!
08:12Oh!
08:12And King with a cheap shot on Macklin
08:14behind the referee's back.
08:16A shot like that almost might do more
08:19to piss Macklin off than anything.
08:24Stacks trying to keep up with Macklin here.
08:27Abdominal stretch applied center of the ring.
08:29Stacks trying to slow things down.
08:32Macklin picks up a head of steam.
08:34That's when he is incredibly dangerous.
08:36Oh, wait a second.
08:42Oh, now King helping out Stacks.
08:44The referee doesn't see it because of his positioning.
08:48Oh, there's trick in the book here.
08:52Our referee Daniel Spencer officiating this matchup.
08:56If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
08:59Maybe a little trick from that lineage of Lexus King
09:03you keep talking about.
09:04Oh, once again, Stacks and King cheating,
09:12but Macklin able to break free.
09:15Before it really got cinched in that second time,
09:18Macklin finding a way to get out.
09:21Oh, now Macklin launching Stacks to the outside.
09:24What are you doing?
09:24We've got to get the top top.
09:26Remember, the title can only change.
09:27Hampsby, a pinball submission in the ring.
09:31Look at this.
09:32Lexus King barking orders at Stacks.
09:34He's throwing him in to the fire.
09:37Went for a backbreaker.
09:39Connected with the tailbone.
09:40Down goes Stacks.
09:42King and all these other NXT stars came into TNA,
09:47turned this place upside down.
09:48They want to make a name for themselves,
09:50and they're trying to do so tonight
09:51in El Paso, Texas, live at final resolution.
09:54Macklin now turning things around here against NXT's Stacks international title on the line.
10:07Speed pick it up.
10:09There's press by the former TNA world champion, Steve Macklin.
10:13Oh, come on.
10:16Macklin to win pursuit.
10:18Not letting Stacks get a moment to breathe here.
10:24Macklin is busted open at the eye.
10:27He has said he will bleed for TNA.
10:30He's doing so at final resolution.
10:33Macklin gets Stacks in King.
10:35Yippee-Ki-Yay, baby.
10:42Good God.
10:44Macklin is all fired up.
10:46He had a lot of fun with the Hardys last night in the main event of Impact.
10:49No kidding.
10:50Look at that.
10:50Another look.
10:52The scut through the ropes, taking out both guys at ringside.
10:57Macklin.
10:58Olympic slam.
11:00There goes the cowboy hat.
11:02There's the cover.
11:03Trying to retain his title on a kick out.
11:06Macklin didn't nearly defeat Josh Alexander at Balfour Glory with both his hands tied behind his back years ago.
11:15Tenacity is Macklin's middle name.
11:18There's a reason we call him Bulletproof.
11:22Look at this now.
11:23Maybe look at the setup.
11:25Get Stacks caught in the crosshairs again.
11:27And the fighting back.
11:29Oh!
11:30That's the elbow to the back of the skull.
11:33And now the knee.
11:34The knee to the back of the neck.
11:36Driving Macklin down and a kick out there by the champion.
11:42What?
11:43Tough as nails, Stacks.
11:45Come on!
11:47That was it!
11:48None too happy that Macklin continues to kick out here.
11:53Stomped right to the midsection by Stacks.
11:56Make it stop!
11:57Make it stop!
11:57Make it stop!
11:58Now trying to turn the international champion over.
12:02But great counter there by Macklin.
12:04Maybe trying to set up for a Boston Crab up onto the shoulders.
12:08Stacks with a gun buster.
12:11Here's the cover.
12:12Trying to win the title.
12:14Macklin's still in it.
12:15Find him up.
12:17Set him up.
12:18Stacks trying to throw out some bombs here.
12:20In the late innings of this matchup.
12:24Come on.
12:24Come on.
12:27Now Stacks.
12:29Over the knee.
12:29Right to the back of the head.
12:31And a psycho knee.
12:33For Macklin.
12:34He gets his own for his trouble.
12:39And now Macklin.
12:41Heading up top.
12:42Look out!
12:53Macklin with the jar headbutt.
12:55Cover to retain.
12:58Stacks is still in this thing.
13:00What is next?
13:07Take a look back.
13:08The jar headbutt planted to Stacks.
13:12But Stacks stays alive.
13:13Now Macklin back to the drawing board.
13:21Macklin attacking Stacks from behind.
13:25Once again, Stacks could be caught in the crosshairs.
13:30Taking up where he left off before.
13:37Macklin connects.
13:46Nearly cutting Stacks in half.
13:50And Alexis King coming to the aid of Stacks.
13:54Dragging him out of the ring.
13:55Trying to give Stacks some breathing room.
13:57And now, wait, wait, wait.
13:58King being pursued by Macklin here.
14:02On striking out with a cane.
14:04And Macklin takes out King.
14:06Oh, right up and now, Stacks.
14:10Stacks trying to surprise Macklin for the second night in a row.
14:15Go for KIA now on Stacks.
14:18Macklin.
14:18Oh, Macklin nearly sent into the referee.
14:21Oh, the cane.
14:23The cane.
14:25The referee didn't send.
14:26You gotta be kidding me.
14:29Stacks wins the TNA International title.
14:32Here is your winner.
14:37And new TNA International champion.
14:44Kenny Stacks.
14:46For the third time, an NXT star has won a TNA championship.
14:57Much of the chagrin of everybody here in El Paso.
15:03And no doubt, everybody back in that locker room.
15:09The NXT raid on TNA wrestling has yielded the TNA International championship.
15:16And now, our president, Carlos Silva, forced to strap the belt around the waist of Stacks.
15:27Stacks out to humiliate TNA.
15:30Stacks completely disrespecting Carlos Silva and TNA wrestling.
15:41And he certainly did not do it alone, Tom.
15:44Let's take a look back here.
15:46In the closing moments, the cane, as the referee was cowered in the corner there, almost hit by Macklin.
15:54Stacks seized that opportunity and wins TNA gold.
15:59You hate to see it.
16:06At least I do.
16:12And now the question is, will the Hardys be able to stop the bleeding?
16:18Because they defend their TNA World Tag Team titles against Tyson and Tyreek later on tonight.
16:24Gia Miller has more on that match.
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