Another Hardcore Reunion?

After Thursday night’s TNA Impact, the question remained:

Is there going to be some sort of Hardcore Event in the Impact Zone?

After hearing Tommy Dreamer’s prophetic words, “Impact Zone, we’re going extreme,” and seeing the new skinning of the company’s website, changing “Hard Justice” to “Hardcore Justice,” you’d have to think the scene is set for one of the coolest, yet a bit bittersweet pay per views in quite some time.

Hearing Dreamer talk about all the guys that lost their jobs at ECW after the WWE canned the franchise was a bit rough for both him and the fans, who clapped repeatedly as the hardcore legend held back tears throughout his shoot interview.

Considerly all that many of these guys have been through, it’s pretty cool that Dixie Carter and TNA are giving these guys one more night in the spotlight.

However, the question remains if many of these athletes still have the gusto to kick some serious tail in the ring. While Stevie Richards and Rhino look great and will be more than able to hold their own, as will Team 3D and Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer is injured and Mick Foley and Raven look like they’re on their last legs physically. Simon Diamond and Al Snow, two former ECW stars who are now TNA road agents, have been out of action for quite some time as well. Nevertheless, with more superstars to be added and a ton of surprises hopefully, this PPV looks to be one that will be remembered one way or another.

Seriously, the thought alone of who could come out of the woodwork for this pay per view is a pretty exciting one.

As a matter of fact, fans in the impact zone started chanting Sabu, as soon as the news broke.

If TNA can go out of their way to make this event a worthwhile one for both the fans and talent involved, who knows what the possibilities for the future could be.

With that news, four or five entertaining matches, a title change and more drama with Kevin Nash and Jeff Jarrett, this week’s Impact was a solid one. While it’s not anywhere near what it could be, this company is working towards something and is desperately trying to make its fan base happy.

What more can you really ask for?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14229 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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