TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Wrestling Mattered Tonight

June 22, 2012 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

Austin Aries is a god among men.

But you already knew that.

Rather than simply put up his X-Division title for a shot a Robert Roode at Destination X, he and Hulk Hogan essentially made the X-Division championship the company’s second-most important title last night on Impact. From now on, every year at Destination X, the X-Division champion will get an opportunity to fight the World champ. With a laundry list of former X-Division champions that have gone on to hold the World title, this move just makes perfect sense.

Plus, Aries is super over right now.

With plenty of great matches, developments in the A.J. Styles and Dixie Carter angle and only a few hiccups along the way, [No TV Title defense?] this was another solid episode of Impact.

Wow, two weeks in a row?

Yes, Impact was watchable once again.

Well, until the last segment that seemed robbed out of an episode of Maury Povich. What a mess. For now on guys, just show seven matches a night and cut the other nonsense.

Matches

Bound for Glory Series: Mr. Anderson vs. Christopher Daniels: Anderson won with the Mic-Check, but Daniels held his own. He hit Anderson with a nice Blue Thunder Driver earlier in the match and sold well. A quick, but effective opener with plenty of action.

Bound for Glory Series: TNA Tag Team Champion Kurt Angle vs. Robbie E w/Rob Terry: Three German Suplexes, an Angle Slam and an Angle Lock. Game over.

Bound for Glory Series: Magnus vs. TNA Tag Team Champion A.J. Styles: Magnus talked some smack before the match, but backed it up in the ring. Countering a few of Styles’ signature offense, Magnus was technically proficient. Capitalizing on interference from Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian, Magnus nailed the Michinoku Driver for the win.

Gut Check: Taeler Hendrix vs. Tara: The newbie is a little green, but she is very reminiscent of a young Mickie James. Tara made quick work of her and beat her with the Widow’s Peak.

Bound for Glory Series: Samoa Joe vs. James Storm: Great microphone work from Joe before the match, where he alluded to an old Shawn Michael promo, “Pet your horse and find your smile.” The match wasn’t a letdown either. Full of counters, the match ended after Storm reversed a Sleeper submission and nailed The Samoan Submission Machine with his Last Call Super Kick for the win.

Bound for Glory Series: Bully Ray vs. The Pope: Pretty even match until Abyss joined the party. After Abyss chased Ray back into the ring, Pope hit a clothesline/leg sweep combo for the win.

TNA Knockouts Champion Brooke Tessmacher vs. Mickie James: The knockouts continue to have high quality matches. While James was the technically solid performer, Tessmacher has come such a long way the past few months. With a flurry of near-falls, this may have been the best match of the night. Countering James’ jumping DDT into a roll-up, Tessmacher retained her title.

Bound for Glory Series: Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam: All offense. Both RVD and Hardy were flying all over the place. Amid the routine offense, RVD even tried a 450 and Hardy nailed a one of a kind spike DDT. Hardy got the last laugh though with a deadly Twist of Fate for the win.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13866 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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