Impact Wrestling Coverage: Edwards and Lashley Save Show Amid Hardy Nonsense

The Hardy’s vignettes have been silly, but “The Final Deletion” is so beyond cheesy that The Shockmaster himself would scoff at it. What is TNA thinking? With three solid matches before “The Deletion,” TNA was well-paced and had a nice amount of drama thanks to Mike Bennett, Drew Galloway and Ethan Carter III.

The Final Deletion, while entertaining and absurd at moments, nearly robbed this episode of any positive momentum.

Lucky for TNA, the title for title match at Destination X between X-Division Champion Eddie Edwards and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley (and Bennett’s vow to “ruin” the show) saved the show.

Matches:

Ultimate X: X-Division Champion Michael Bennett vs. Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett w/Trevor Lee vs. Braxton Sutter vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Mandrews vs. Rockstar Spud vs. Zema Ion: This was a counter-crazy opener that was a ton of fun to watch. Away from Spud, who left after Sutter hit him with a Big Boot and left him bloodied, every competitor hit his share of offense. It was even hilarious at times as Bennett had (deliberate) issues climbing up to the top rope and across the cable. From Moonsaults from Mandrews on top of the Ultimate X structure and Bennett’s antics, this match had a little bit of everything. Bennett eventually tried to win the match with the use of a ladder, but Edwards thwarted his effort and reclaimed the title he was screwed out of a few weeks ago.

King of the Mountain Champion Eli Drake vs. James Storm: The Cowboy dominated and got the win after Drake hit Storm with the title on the outside to get DQed. After the match, Drake hit the Blunt Force Trauma on Storm.

Street Fight: Jade vs. Marti Bell: This was a bit more hardcore than many expected as Jade left the garbage can on Bell and went to town with a kendo stick. Jade got back into the match with her baton, but Jade had a nunchuck and used that to disarm Bell. After a corner Dropkick, Jade got the win with the Package Piledriver on a chair.

Six-Man Tag: TNA Tag Team Champions Decay: Abyss, Crazy Steve and Rosemary vs. The Bromans: Jesse Godderz, Robbie E. and Raquel: Before the match, Godderz showed a video of Rosemary making out with Bram, which definitely played a role in the match. After plenty of back and forth in the roughly eight-minute match, The Bromans got a huge win with the Brodown after Abyss missed the Chokeslam with Steve.

The Final Deletion: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy: Fireworks, Signor Benjamin, Willow, tasers, this match was insane in the worst way possible. Jeff nearly won with a Senton Bomb on Matt who had a ladder on top of him at one point, but Matt continued to show a ton of resolve. After Jeff apparently choked out Matt, Jeff went to the top of a structure that Matt set on fire. After Jeff fell off, Matt covered him for the pin.

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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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