TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Still Clownin’ Around

TNA has a new world heavyweight champion.

Sting.

Well, a demented, Joker-inspired version of him.

For fans not all too familiar with the company, that might come as a surprise, to see Mr. Anderson’s second reign as champ end just as quickly as the first, but hardcore fans know better.

Ultimately, it all stinks of TNA’s writer, Vince Russo. It’s all too reminiscent of the short title reigns in WCW during his tenure there. The same quick swerves and lack of consistency that destroyed the product there are just as prevalent in TNA. Rather than wait and let fans decide who they like in and out of the ring, Russo continues to give up on the right storylines entirely too fast and let the wrong ones go on entirely too long. The blatant thievery from the last Batman film is beginning to run its course as well, as it’s all too borrowed and not originally enough to captivate.

The outcomes of TNA’s current storylines are so beyond unpredictable that it essentially feels like a wait until disappointment.

Between Sting’s current gimmick, the lack of real competition in the TV and Tag team title pictures and the continued demise of Samoa Joe, TNA continues to lose ground every Impact. Every time you think things are about to turn around, TNA goes and shoots itself in the foot.

Matches:

Bobby Roode vs. The Pope vs. Samoa Joe: Joe is in the same situation as Ted DiBiase was in most of 2010, as he’s watching his career go down the tubes. However, unlike DiBiase, Joe is a former world champ and has a career to lose. A decent encounter with all three getting a chance to strut their stuff, Roode won the match in spite of tapping out to Joe’s submission finisher.

Shannon Moore vs. Austin Aries: Aries got the win after he hit Moore with a chain behind the refs back. Full of high spots and some chain wrestling, Moore continues to be good enhancement talent and Aries looks to get in the X-Division title picture.

Tara vs. Madison Rayne: Two of the best female workers in the business cut a solid pace here and between Rayne’s ability as a heel and Tara’s widow’s peak finisher, this was a fun match. Now only of they’d put her in the knockout title picture.

Mexican America vs. The British Invasion: Two of only three real tag teams left in the company, these four had a good match with plenty of quick tags and double team maneuvers. However, rather than get a clean finish, Rosita interjected herself in the match up and helped earn her team the win. In spite of the solid in-ring work, there’s little charisma in this feud. It needs some more spice.

Sting vs. Mr. Anderson for the TNA World Title: After Sting’s “clowns” took care of Immortal, he had little problem dispatching Anderson with the reverse DDT for the title. Now the champ, what will Sting do

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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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