Review Fix EIC Patrick Hickey Jr. addresses the big biggest five needs for TNA’s Impact tonight.
5- Smarter camera work: Too many times last week did the camera cut out in the middle of the action to unexpected places, including an unsuspecting Eric Bischoff. The same thing goes for the show ending before Jeff Hardy hit a swanton bomb on AJ Styles. If problems like this persist, it’ll be too easy to write off TNA as a number two promotion.
4- Defend every title: Until TNA establishes itself as the number one promotion [if it ever does] every show has to be equivalent to a Pay Per View; all the stars need to come out and play. That means every title should be defended, even if the matches aren’t 25-minute blockbusters. Raw has lost fans over the years due to a lack of wrestling on the show and with the talent base TNA has, they have to take advantage of this.
3- Get Samoa Joe, Hernandez and Matt Morgan on the show: These guys are good wrestlers and have solid fanbases. Get them in the mix.
2- More X-Division matches: It was discussed briefly last week, with the keyword, being “discussed.†Simply put, no one wants to hear three people with limited microphone skills the likes of Doug Williams, Chris Daniels and Frank Kazarian talk for eight minutes. Get the action going already.
1- More surprises: In order for TNA to get to where it needs to be, they need to be more spontaneous. They need to continue to acquire new stars or revamp the ones that they have, thus making the show as fast-paced and entertaining as possible. Bringing in Rob Van Dam is a good step in that direction.
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.
Review Fix EIC Patrick Hickey Jr. addresses the big biggest five needs for TNA’s Impact tonight.
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