TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Lashley Unstoppable?

July 21, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Two title matches, plenty of promo and the return of D-Von Dudley made sure this past week’s Impact Wrestling in the Big Apple lived up to the hype.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see how the company fared with fans in New York City.

Honorable Mention: Ethan Carter III: The fun moments of this week’s Impact were the moments with Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray and Kurt Angle, but also when EC3 was given an opportunity to shoot his mouth. A talented young performer, Carter has plenty of potential and once the dust clears on the Bobby Lashley World Title run, expect ECIII to be in a position to get a push that lands him smack in the middle of the TNA World Heavyweight title picture.

5: Madison Rayne: Her Package DDT finisher is one of the best in women’s wrestling, period. She’d be great in a face vs. face feud with Knockouts Champion Gail Kim, but that isn’t in the cards right now.

4: Bobby Roode and Eric Young: Their feud with MVP and Kenny King is just beginning. An excellent mid-card tag battle, EY and Roode need to stay pertinent, while King and MVP try to hang on to the remaining heat they have. As a result, you get a good match every time these four are in the ring. For now, this is the best place for all four of them.

3: Austin Aries: Nothing against Senada in the ring, but Aries is the total package and should be the X-Division Champion. With the chances at option C always a possibility, Aries is just a short jump from being the TNA World Heavyweight Champion once again. And with his ability of having great matches every time he steps in the ring, why would you want to see him wear the strap again? Defending the X-Division belt in a crazy over the top Gauntlet match, Aries had another great week.

2: Jeff Hardy: With the era of Willow behind him, Hardy is back the way the fans want him. While he came up short in his quest for the TNA World Heavyweight title this past week on Impact, his feud with Lashley and the belt isn’t over just yet.

1: Bobby Lashley: He’s beaten Eric Young and Jef Hardy cleanly, so it’s fair to say he’s no longer the guy whole stole the title. What’s next for him though? With no heat and a real fight in September for Bellator MMA, how long will he have the TNA World Heavyweight title?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13861 Articles
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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