{"id":4722,"date":"2015-12-09T22:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=4722"},"modified":"2015-12-09T22:52:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:52:56","slug":"4722","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/09\/4722\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA Title Update &#8211; Final Rounds on Pop TV debut, updated bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4082352876\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The TNA Title series will not conclude in 2015, leaving TNA without a champion to close their run on Destination America.<\/p>\n<p>TNA announced Wednesday that the semi-finals and finals of the TNA Title tournament will take place on the Pop TV debut on Tuesday,\u00a0January 5.<\/p>\n<p>This follows recent TNA Hvt. champion Ethan Carter III suggesting in a new interview that the tournament would\u00a0conclude in December. ECIII heelishly boasted that he would end 2015 as TNA champion and kick off the Pop TV era as Hvt. champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as my personal goals, I mean, winning the World Title Series, capping off the year (2015) being two-time unbeaten champion, opening the show January 5,\u00a0live on Pop TV on Impact Wrestling as the World Heavyweight Champion and then holding it for the whole calendar year; that\u2019s my goals,\u201d Carter told\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/wildtalkradio.com\/rocknsock\/therack\/therack120315.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">The Rack Radio Show<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>last week.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday&#8217;s Impact episode, TNA set up the Final Four of the tournament &#8211; ECIII vs. Lashley on\u00a0one side of the bracket and Matt Hardy vs. Eric Young on the other side of the bracket.<\/p>\n<p>It sets up a potential\u00a0ECIII vs. Hardy re-match for the TNA Title after Hardy won the title from Carter at Bound for Glory in October. That match also involved Drew Galloway in a three-way format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRACKET 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ECIII<\/strong> beat D.J. Zema (12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Davey Richards<\/strong> beat Bram (12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ECIII<\/strong> beat Richards in the\u00a0quarterfinals (12\/9 Impact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BRACKET 2<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3884908346\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bobby Lashley<\/strong> beat\u00a0Drew Galloway\u00a0(12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shera<\/strong> beat\u00a0Eli Drake\u00a0(12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lashley<\/strong> beat Shera in the\u00a0quarterfinals (12\/9 Impact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BRACKET 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matt Hardy<\/strong> beat\u00a0Bobby Roode\u00a0(12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessie Godderz<\/strong> beat\u00a0Awesome Kong\u00a0(12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardy<\/strong> beat Jessie in the semi-finals\u00a0(12\/9 Impact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BRACKET 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eric Young<\/strong> beat\u00a0Kenny King (12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tigre Uno<\/strong> beat Gail Kim (12\/2 Impact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>EY<\/strong> beat Tigre in the semi-finals\u00a0(12\/9 Impact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FINAL FOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ECIII vs. Lashley (1\/5 Impact)<\/li>\n<li>Hardy vs. EY (1\/5 Impact)<\/li>\n<li>Winners advance to the TNA Title match (1\/5 Impact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4258401511\"><div id=\"pwtor-1897989570\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The TNA Title series will not conclude in 2015, leaving TNA without a champion to close their run on Destination America. 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