Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: The Bully Ray Show

February 9, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

There wasn’t much to smile about this week on Impact, but several stars made the most of their time in England. More creative issues than problems with their usually stellar in-ring product, TNA lacked the burst of energy it’s had over the past few weeks.

Check out our weekly power rankings to see who wasn’t a waste of time on Impact.

5: Rockstar Spud: The 2013 British boot camp winner, this kid has charisma and talent. He’s got the Motor City Machine Gun-look that will definitely get over with the ladies and the rockers. With a solid worker like Robbie E in need of an angle, this just makes sense. If he gets a shot, things could get interesting in the mid-card.

4: Rob Van Dam: RVD is so solid that he can watch two young lions like Zema Ion and Kenny King work their asses off for most of a match and still come out with a victory. Despite his “day off” appearance this week, the offensive machine continues to push a solid pace in the ring. In the end, he’s one of the better X-Division Champions the company has ever had. If only he had more time on the microphone and a real angle.

3: Austin Aries and Robert Roode: These guys are gold together. Funny, solid in the ring and both excellent on the microphone, they are easily the best tag team combination the company has had since Roode and James Storm dominated the division years ago. Now they just need a real team to wrestle against.

2: Sting: He was the new member of the Dudley Boys this week as he did his best Devon impersonation. At the same time, Bully Ray emulated enough of the Stinger to show his respect. Hitting Doc with his signature offense throughout the match, Sting may be TNA’s elder statesman, but he’s still “got it.”

1: Bully Ray: Sure, he ain’t a “Good guy,” but Bully is riding high as a singles wrestler. His promo work continues to improve and he’s in the best shape of his career. TNA fans may not see it, but this is Ray at his absolute best right now. Enjoy it. He has arrived.

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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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