TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Storyline Shudder

“I hate everybody, including myself,” Tazz, this week on Impact Wrestling.

The way the show has been as of late, TNA Creative has a bit of love/hate going on as well.

Although the wrestling action was solid and the crowd was pumped, this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling failed to deliver the storyline goods. At this point, The Aces and Eights angle is slowly dwindling and there’s little to be excited about. Everything is a jumbled mess.

Especially when it comes to the World Heavyweight Title. Bully Ray may not have earned his title shot against Jeff Hardy the conventional way, but he’s still got it. Easily one of TNA’s most dynamic stars he’s come a long way over the past year. Too bad he didn’t compete in the #1 contender’s tournament and just “married” the Hulk Hogan’s daughter.

That’s TNA writing for you.

Matches:

TNA Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Robert Roode and Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian vs. Joseph Park, Chavo Guerrero, Hernandez and James Storm: There was plenty of action from all eight-men involved, but why was this an eight-man tag? It seemed like an attempt by TNA to get Park, Storm and Daniels and Kazarian in a match. Sure, they’re four of the company’s best workers, but it’s got to make sense. This didn’t. Daniels and Kazarian were smooth throughout, while Aries and Roode bickered. Park fought back against the heels and made the tag to Storm, while Roode and Aries left the match. Storm hit Kazarian with the Last Call Super Kick and Park finished him off with the second rope splash for the win.

Robbie E. w/Rob Terry vs. Rockstar Spud: E is a talented worker and is in the best shape of his life. Spud is a green rookie with charisma. Thanks to quality ring work from E, Spud looked better than he actually is. Aside from a nice Tornado DDT, Spud has a lot to learn. After some miscommunication with Terry, Spud took advantage and rolled up E for the win. After the match, the drama in Robbie World continued. Terry appears done being E’s wingman.

Knockouts Champion Tara w/Jessie Godderz vs. Brooke Yessmacher vs. Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim: Tara was forced to sell to all three competitors. After Tara took Sky’s In Your Face finisher, Kim got the pin in the elimination match. A three-knockout tower of doom maneuver got the crowd going, but no pinfall was gained. Soon enough Sky rolled up Tessmacher to eliminate her. After another two minutes of offense and counters, Sky hit her finisher on Kim to win the title.

Samoa Joe vs. Garret Bischoff: Joe was all over Bischoff, when he was actually in the ring. Bischoff played the smart heel though, as he chopped the legs and escaped the ring when there was no advantage to be had. Just when it appeared Joe had Bischoff set for the Muscle Buster, Wes Brisco got involved and got the match thrown out. Soon enough, Kurt Angle hit the ring and made a challenge to Brisco for Lockdown.

X-Division Champion Rob Van Dam vs. Kenny King: Van Dam was in trouble for most of the match, but RVD made his signature comeback. Resilient as ever, he kicked out of everything King threw at him, even his Double Knee attack and Royal Flush finisher. After the Rolling Thunder, RVD hit the Five-Star Frog Splash for the win.

Bully Ray, Sting and Hulk Hogan vs. Devon, Doc and Mr. Anderson: Hogan didn’t come out at the start of the match, making it a three on two. For most of the contest, the gang beat the snot out of Ray in their corner. A Spear from Ray allowed Sting to get in the match and he quickly cleaned house. A Scorpion Death Drop on Doc nearly won Sting the match. Just when it appeared the good guys had the match in hand, the rest of the Aces and Eights came out with the captured Brooke Hogan and her injured father. This caused Ray to run after them. With Sting all alone, Doc hit the Big Boot for the win.

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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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