*Note: This column was written before TNA’s Pay-Per-View last night.
After two weeks of being on Monday nights, TNA’s Impact has been a mixed bag of both goodness and crap. Here’s a list of things Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. is looking for this Monday for TNA’s ship to get sailing in the right direction.
5- Defend every title: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, TNAÂ needs to have PPVÂ quality Monday nights in order to keep up with the WWE, as fans will rather watch RAW than anything else, they have to be forced to make a change and will not simply get bored and change the channel. TNA stepping up and making a statement that the fans deserve to see great matches for free should and will change the momentum for a small enough time for newer fans to get introduced to the brand.
4- Get Sexier: I mean this both literally and figuratively. With the great-looking knockouts the company has, these women should be plastered all over the show and should be incorporated into as many storylines as they can. The fact that they can all wrestle only cements this notion more.
3-Â Continue to develop the Bischoff and Hogan angle:Â There’s some drama there and Hogan seems to have a team developing in Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy and Abyss. Bischoff feels out of the loop and naturally, his TV persona is one that shouldn’t be trusted. It would be incredibly interesting to see what can be put together here and with the amount of talent the company has, it wouldn’t be difficult to get a company-wide war brewing.
2- Get Ric Flair and Hogan out of the ring: While much credit should be given to both of these guys, who have been putting their bodies on the line for over a half century combined, they need to take a seat and let the youngsters do the leg work out there. Both have the ability to be excellent managers and on-screen executives, due to their charisma, but no one wants to see these guys getting bloodied up anymore.
1- More Mr. Anderson: The guy deserves the push he never got in the WWE. His wrestling style is tailor-made for the company and his ability on the mic make him in practically a league of his own when compared to the other youngster stars in the company.
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.
*Note: This column was written before TNA’s Pay-Per-View last night.
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