TNA Impact Coverage: Steel Chains and Vanilla Matches

January 21, 2012 Patrick Hickey Jr. TV 0

Aside from the continued hilarity that is the ODB and Eric Young angle, the return of Alex Shelley was the only thing worthwhile in this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

The matches were average and the promo was decent. It was nothing to go crazy about. No mark-out moments; no times where you felt like you were glad to be sacrificing your Thursday night.

All in all, TNA continues to prove that they are plain lucky to be the number two promotion in the United States. Any dedicated group with cash, talented wrestlers, a TV spot and some common sense could overtake them right now. They need a shake up.

Matches:

Gunner, with Ric Flair vs. AJ Styles: Gunner is on a hot streak, but it’s mainly been due to the influence of Flair. This time around, he used his manager to get the assist and with Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian ringside distracting Styles further, Gunner managed to hit the DDT [the best one he’s delivered in TNA thus far] for the win.

Magnus vs. Crimson: A quick match that ended after Crimson hit his lifting-seated powerbomb for the win. After the match, Samoa Joe and Magnus took out the tag champs.

Knockout Tag Champion Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James in a Steel Cage Match: A routine match that gained no allure by being in a steel cage. James won with her jumping DDT.

Eric Young vs. Angelina Love: Match was a no-contest after Eric Young was attacked by Winter. The lead into this situation was hilarious as Young “locked up” with a fan ringside and the referee. Hilarious stuff. While they’re great to watch, it’s sad that Young and ODB continue to be the most interesting part of TNA.

#1 Contenders Match: James Storm vs. Jeff Hardy: This is what happens when your World Champion isn’t over. Two faces face off with no real animosity or angle, just to give the fans a decent main event. A good match, but it was routine. Aside from Storm’s slingshot suplex, a-la former Horseman Tully Blanchard, the offense was predictable. It must be said that this match confirmed that Storm could be a more than capable singles performer. His promo earlier in the show proves he’s getting better on the stick as well.

But in a typical TNA letdown, Bully Ray, fresh off an argument with Impact Wrestling GM Sting, took out three referees and both competitors with a steel chain. Sting eventually hit the ring and got rid of Ray, but Roode snuck in and continued the assault.

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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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