Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: The Jeff Hardy Show

The fallout from Tazz’s TNA betrayal made for an interesting Impact this week, with an enjoyable combination of promo and ring work.

Check out our weekly power rankings to see what TNA stars made the most of their time on television.

5: Christopher Daniels: He’s such a good heel. And he can wrestle like one too. Against the TNA World Champion, Daniels cut every corner he could, while simultaneously going through his encyclopedia of moves. Despite the fact that he lost, he never looked out of place. If anyone deserves another match with the World Champion and an angle with him, it’s The Fallen Angel.

4: The X-Division: Rob Van Dam, Christian York, Zema Ion and Kenny King had a solid match on Impact, but it’s as a whole that they are something special. A venerable combination of youth and experience, the X-Division is probably as strong as it’s been since the days of Samoa Joe, AJ Style and Christopher Daniels. If TNA Creative managed to get some interesting storylines going, the division could be even more entertaining.

3: Bully Ray: This promo might have cemented the Aces and Eights’ spot in the company. Before, they took out some of the company’s top stars, but now, after they destroyed Brooke Hogan and Bully Ray’s wedding, they may have bitten off more than they can chew.

2: Austin Aries and Robert Roode: To see them banter before their match was hilarious. Are they up to the level of Daniel Bryan and Kane? Hell no, but they are easily the most entertaining duo in the company besides Joey Ryan and Matt Morgan. With the TNA Tag Team Division a complete and utter bore right now, Aries and Roode could do the company a heck of good as a tag team.

1: Jeff Hardy: Another win as World Champion, Hardy continues to convert more naysayers every week. The TNA marks love him. A clap of his hands gets them going. When he hits the Senton, they rejoice. They are his creatures of the night. But smarks know better. If he could just cut a promo, then he’d be unstoppable.

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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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