TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: On Deathwatch

It took Impact wrestling 35 minutes to get to a match this week.

The big hold up? Silly pandering between new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, TNA Owner Dixie Carter and Bully Ray, as well as the return of Mr. Anderson.

It was poorly done and a waste of time. This new heel Carter is not believable and the Aces and Eights have lost all their steam. At this point, you have to wonder how long TNA can last like this. With a slim card and mundane storyline, TNA continues to barely squeak by.

Promo work from Kurt Angle and the possibility of a long-term feud between the Olympic gold medalist and didn’t help either.

This company is doomed.

Matches:

TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim w/ Lei’d Tapa and Brooke Tessmacher vs. Velvet Sky and ODB: A sloppy tag match that ended after Tapa botched (missed her completely)a Yakuza Kick on Sky to give Kim and Tessmacher the win.

Ethan Carter III vs. Dewey Barnes: EC3 decimated Barnes in an old-school job-out. Barnes hit a Missile Dropkick and got the crowd on his side, but EC3 won with the Diving Front-Face Bulldog a-la Dean Ambrose.

World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles vs. Bully Ray w/Brooke Tessmacher: This was the only “real” match of the night as it had a clear back and forth with plenty of offense. After about 20 minutes of action, with referee Earl Hebner out of commission, Styles got Ray to tap to the Calf Killer, but it was meaningless. Soon enough, with Hebner still down, Ray used the chain and nearly won. Out of nowhere, Anderson got involved and Styles cradled Ray for the victory.

After the match, Dixie Carter came down to the ring with a contract and asked Styles to sign it. After the crowd told him not to, Styles ripped it up and drove away.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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