It was a wild and crazy week on Impact Wrestling, with the Aces and Eights gang decimating TNA’s World heavyweight Champion Austin Aries. However, several Impact wrestling stars made their presence felt, winning big matches and cementing their spots in the Bound for Glory Series.
Here’s our rundown on who’s really  in the driver’s seat in TNA.
5: Hulk Hogan: Taking out three or four members of the Aces and Eights gang with a bat, Hogan made his return to Impact a big one. With the heel group continuing to take control of the company, what will Hogan’s role in the situation be? Does he have it in him to step up physically in this altercation? Or will he continue his role as Impact general manager?
4: Robbie E.: A huge win over Ron Van Dam and AJ Styles; probably the biggest win of his career. This week he definitely had something to pump his fist about. He’s still in the bottom of the barrel as far as the BFG standings go, but it was still a memorable win for the mid-card heel.
3: Jeff Hardy: It wasn’t a big win over the bulky Rob Terry, but it continues his push as one of the big stars in the company and keeps him in World Title contention. While he’s another guy that’s out of the BFG mix, it doesn’t mean much. He’ll get another shot eventually. Will it be sooner, or later?
2: AJ Styles: The end of the Claire Lynch saga can only mean good things for his career in spite of a loss to Robbie E in a three-way match on Impact this week. He’s still in the Bound for Glory series mix and with a few big weeks, he could find himself in an angle with Austin Aries. Who wouldn’t want to see that?
1: The Aces and Eights: How many members of this gang are there? Eight of them were taken out before the last segment. The introduction to the show only showed six or seven bikers, so the deception games are working in their favor. Can they lead a successful rebellion over TNA?
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.
It was a wild and crazy week on Impact Wrestling, with the Aces and Eights gang decimating TNA’s World heavyweight Champion Austin Aries. However, several Impact wrestling stars made their presence felt, winning big matches and cementing their spots in the Bound for Glory Series.
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