Never before has TNA been so utterly boring. Between the bland promos and average matches, this company is in serious trouble. At this point, it feels as if nothing can fix the mess this promotion has become.
It’s getting to the point now where any wrestling fan has to have zero faith left in the company.
Even Jeff Hardy’s return to the company and plea to the fans for one more shot was far from charismatic. Like the rest of the show, it was a complete waste of time.
Matches:
Tag Team Number One Contenders Match: Devon and The Pope vs. Magnus and Douglas Williams: A decent back and forth encounter that saw both teams go through a nice assortment of moves. However, Devon ended up with the win for his team after he hit Williams with the front spinebuster.
TV Champion Eric Young vs. Robbie E.: A standard match with an anything but typical ending. Young got the win with an old-school jumping piledriver, a move rarely seen in the sport anymore. Afterward, Rob Terry hit the ring a delivered a Land Ride-type powerbomb to Young.
Mr. Anderson vs. Kurt Angle w/ Sting as special guest enforcer: Strangely, this was billed as the Main Event, but aired at the midway point of the program. These guys put on a quality performance, but the crowd looked absolutely dead. Nevertheless, with a hearty helping of counters and nearfalls, it was a more than serviceable contest. That was until Immortal came and attacked Anderson
Angelina Love and Winter vs. Mickie James and Velvet Sky: A terribly boring match that had only one redeeming quality- the fact that Winter and Sky both were solid. Nevertheless, the horrid pace and no real story behind it made it entirely passable. The finish was equally obnoxious, as Winter administered the Blood Mist to James.
Robert Roode vs. James Storm vs. Gunner vs. Bully Ray: Samoa Joe and Matt Morgan got in an altercation before the match for some reason. That, ironically was the most exciting part of this bout. Essentially a tag team match, rather than a four corners match, Beer Money and Immortal stuck together throughout the contest. However, after Bully Ray cleaned house with the Urinage Suplex and a Bubba Bomb on Beer Money, Gunner pulled a swerve and hit him with a running knee for the win.
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.
Never before has TNA been so utterly boring. Between the bland promos and average matches, this company is in serious trouble. At this point, it feels as if nothing can fix the mess this promotion has become.
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