TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Spud Ready for Angle

With a great Tag Team match between the Wolves and the Dirty Heels, as well as Rockstar Spud’s decision to take on Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight title, this week’s Impact had a few cool moments.

Check out this week’s Impact Power Rankings to see who has the most momentum leading to Destination X.

Honorable Mention: Chris Melendez: He wants a piece of Eric Young and his getting involved in EY’s match with Bobby Lashley signals the beginning of a feud. Can Melendez hold his own with he former TNA World Heavyweight Champion?

5: Rockstar Spud: His cashing in of the X-Division title is a cool move for the under-sized Spud, but it goes to prove again that TNA has forgotten all about the X-Division. A guy that could have helped restore some legitimacy to the division, Spud has chosen to go the short-term success route than the long road.

4: The Rising: Their win over the Beat Down Clan was an important one in terms of their future development, but with the Wolves and Dirty Heels feuding over the Tag Team straps and no real secondary title in the promotion, their chances to move up the ladder seem reliant on feuds and not the pursuit of titles.

3: Ethan Carter III: If you’re a real wrestling fan, you have to hate this guy, in the best way possible. An excellent heel, he’s ready to take on Kurt Angle, a guy he’s already beaten before- and win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. With Tyrus by his side and a ton of charisma, Carter is ready to take center stage in Impact Wrestling.

2: The Dirty Heels/The Wolves: With the win, Bobby Roode and Austin Aries have kept the Best-of-Five series going and thank goodness. Some of the best wrestling on Impact has happened in these matches and it would be a travesty to see it come to a close earlier than it had to.

1: Kurt Angle: The reigning and defending TNA World Heavyweight Champion shouldn’t have a problem beating Rockstar Spud at Destination X and after that, it’ll be Ethan Carter III that’ll be next to test the champion’s mettle.

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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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