One Hardy Better Than Two

Say whatever you want about the antics of Jeff Hardy outside the ring, the guy is a huge talent and someone that is capable of helping TNA establish a style of action in the ring. From his performance at Genesis last Sunday and on Impact on Thursday, his brother Matt Hardy however, has proved best days in the ring are way behind him. In the worst shape of his career and on a different planet mentally [why, why was he flexing his biceps in the ring after his match on Impact? What was up with the glassy-eyed look on his face?] the guy is just another big name added to TNA’s roster that is looking for a place to keep his career alive.

Why TNA would choose to give this guy significant matches on Impact and not use someone like Desmond Wolfe at all, or have two talented competitors like Samoa Joe and The Pope waste 10 minutes talking, are the reasons why Impact still needs serious work before it gets to where it needs to be. No X- Division match [from various sources online, TNA is tinkering with the idea of eliminating the title all together] a weak ladies match and the beginning of another “they’re coming” storyline, Vince Russo and his creative team appear to be all out of ideas.

The hot wrestlers right now, like Mr. Anderson, Matt Morgan and RVD seem like a perfect fit in whatever faction is going against Fourtune and Immortal, but from reports online, Scott Steiner is on his way back to the company- could this be the return of The Main Event Mafia? For TNA’s sake, lets hope not. The angle didn’t work the first time and would only be a waste of fans’ time. The young hungry bad guys versus the old, established bad guys turned good?

Snore.

The best match of the night, which pitted the Motor City Machine Guns against Beer Money, was nearly ruined by an Alex Shelley dive through the ropes on to Robert Roode, which he didn’t sell at all. The fact that TNA showed the move again on instant replay shows that the company still doesn’t get it. Both the wrestlers and the production crew simply can’t make mistakes like this if this show is ever going to be taken seriously.

With all the focus on the upcoming Impact and the return of Hulk Hogan, TNA has a few weeks to prepare and get things in order, but as of right now, the show needs more wrestling, less meaningless talking and feuds that get the fans interested.

Because right now, there is little of all three.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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