Austin Aries is the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Bobby Roode in the main event of Destination X.

One year after earning a TNA contract at the same pay-per-view, Aries came full circle when he spiked Roode to the mat with a brainbuster to become world champion.

Aries took control of the match early on when he broke out of a head-scissors from Bobby Roode via a headstand and dropkick, before following Roode to the outside with a double axe-handle from the top rope.

Inside the ring, Aries looked to lock Roode in the Last Chancery, but Roode forced a rope break and again headed out of the ring, this time managing to dodge a suicide dive from Aries and allow his challenger to hurtle straight at the metal guard rail.

Roode hauled Aries back to the ring and put him on the mat with a back suplex, followed by a Samoan drop and a hard clothesline.

Aries turned the tide with a discus elbow, and knocked Roode out of the ring where he flattened him with a suicide dive.

A missile dropkick from Aries put Roode on his back when both men got back to the ring, and Aries stuffed a spear tackle attempt from Roode before flipping over to have the champion stuck in the Last Chancery.

Roode managed to get Aries to loosen his grip slightly, and rolled through to hook Aries in a crossface. Aries refused to submit though, ultimately making Roode break the hold and head for the top rope.

Aries prevented Roode from connecting with a superplex when he pushed him to the mat and tried to deliver a 450 splash. Roode moved out of harm's way though, and as Aries rolled through, Roode planted him with a spinebuster.

When the crossface was unsuccessful for Roode a second time, he looked to get a little help from his trusty title belt.

Referee Brian Hebner snatched the belt away from Roode to prevent him from striking Aries with it, but Roode nailed Aries with a low-blow all the same when the referee turned his back on the action to pass the title out of the ring.

Aries kicked out of Roode's cover, and went after the champion with a dropkick before hooking his arm for a brainbuster. Sensing the end was near, Roode desperately shoved Aries away, and accidentally knocked the referee down in the process.

Going back to his original plan now, Roode grabbed the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and blasted Aries in the head before trying to revive referee Brian Hebner.

Hebner awoke and began to count as Roode covered Aries, but Austin kicked out and bundled Roode up in a cradle for a two-count.

As a shocked Roode kicked out, Aries kicked the champ square in the face before hastily dropping him on his head with a brainbuster, and covering Roode for a three-count to bring his record-setting title reign to an end, and begin a title reign of Aries' own.

TNA Destination X Results:

• Last Chance Fatal Four Way:
  Mason Andrews def. Dakota Darsow, Lars Only and Rubix
  Rubix knocked Darsow from the ring with a kick and was taken out of action with a codebreaker from Only. Only looked to finish Andrews off in similar fashion, but was powered into a modified TKO by Andrews, who picked up the win and advanced to face Kid Kash in the X Division title tournament, starting right then and there.
  
  
• X Division Championship Tournament Semi Final:
  Mason Andrews def. Kid Kash
  Despite having just been through a match, Andrews managed to sneak another win when he rolled up X Division veteran Kid Kash to catch him with a surprise three-count for the upset victory.
  
  
• X Division Championship Tournament Semi Final:
  Kenny King def. Doug Williams
  King endured a flying knee to the outside from Williams, using a neckbreaker to cut off the Englishman's momentum back in the ring and finishing him with a swinging uranage to advance to Ultimate X.
  
  
• X Division Championship Tournament Semi Final:
  Sonjay Dutt def. Rashad Cameron
  X Division veteran Sonjay Dutt continued to build momentum in his TNA return with an impressive win over Cameron following a moonsault stomp.
  
  
• X Division Championship Tournament Semi Final:
  Zema Ion def. Flip Cassanova
  After staring down Jesse Sorensen - making his first TNA appearance since being injured at Against All Odds - Zema Ion shut down the highflying Flip Cassanova with a modified Gory bomb to become the last man to advance to Ultimate X.
  
  
• Bound For Glory Series:
  Samoa Joe def. Kurt Angle
  Samoa Joe earned 10 points in the Bound For Glory Series with a submission victory over Kurt Angle. Joe forced Angle to pass out in the Coquina Clutch with less than a minute left before the match hit its 15 minute time limit, picking up the maximum number of points and overtaking James Storm as the series leader.
  
  
• Last Man Standing:
  AJ Styles def. Christopher Daniels
  Styles made Daniels pay for the havoc he has caused over the past couple of months when he smashed the Fallen Angel through a table Daniels had set up via a Styles Clash off the entrance stage to put Daniels down for a 10-count.
  
  
• X Division Championship, Ultimate X:
  Zema Ion def. Kenny King, Mason Andrews and Sonjay Dutt
  Zema Ion won the vacant X Division Championship when he blinded Sonjay Dutt with his hairspray can, causing Dutt to fall from the X cables and allowing Ion to unlatch the X Division Championship for the first time.
  
  
• TNA World Heavyweight Championship:
  Austin Aries def. Bobby Roode (c)
  With a kick to the head and a brainbuster, Austin Aries brought Roode's record-setting title reign to an end.