TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: A Wedding and A New Member of Aces and Eights

Fresh off the heels of Genesis, TNA continued its positive momentum with the wedding of Brooke Hogan and Bully Ray, another Gut Check segment and some solid wrestling action.

At the same time, the show wasn’t nearly as action-packed as the two episodes that started the year off.

That was until the last five minutes, when Tazz announced himself as the newest member of Aces and Eights and the rest of the gang crashed the wedding.

Great stuff.

Overall, the show wasn’t terrible, but lacked the amount of matches and storyline development that made the show solid at the beginning of the year.

At any rate, with Christopher Daniels’ World Title shot and the beginning of an angle between Austin Aries, Robert Roode and TNA Tag Team champions Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez, things look to pick up soon.

The early part of the show consisted of an awesome tag match between James Storm, Jeff Hardy and Bad Influence, as well as the Gut Check segment, where Jay Bradley and his “Boomstick” earned a spot on the roster.

The wedding was fun, but started off slow. The promo between Sting and Hogan was a waste on time. In its place could have been another match. Bully Ray’s friends, Tommy Dreamer and Spike Dudley made appearances in some cute segments. The “Paul E” was entertaining. Would have been cooler if it was a few minutes shorter though.

Matches:

Frank Kazarian and Christopher Daniels vs. James Storm and World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy: This was a great way to start the show. Hardy and Storm took it to Bad Influence early on, but Daniels and Kazarian battled back and slowed the match down with strikes, heel tactics and submissions. Storm took the majority of the beating for the faces, while Hardy waited for the hot tag. Once Hardy got in, he was in control, but Kaz reversed the Twist of Fate into an inside cradle and nearly won. Kaz wasn’t so lucky the second time around, as Hardy hit his finisher for the win. After the match, Daniels hit Hardy with the Angels Wings on top of the world title.

Christian York vs. Kenny King: A quick match that was filled with counters. After King went for the School Boy, he grabbed some tights to ensure the win.

Knockouts #1 Contender’s Match: Gail Kim vs. Velvet Sky: A slow, sluggish encounter that played out very similar to their match at Genesis. Sky got the win with her Double-Underhook, sit-out Pedigree maneuver.

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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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