TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Is That Sting’s Music?

Why do Hulk Hogan and Sting get big-time minutes on this week’s Impact, while the Tag Team Champions, Austin Aries and Robert Roode and the X-Division Champion Kenny King weren’t anywhere to be seen?

And this was supposed to be Open Fight Night.

Yeah right.

Impact makes zero sense right now. Although the Aces and Eights have the company on its head- the situation couldn’t be drama-less. Instead of being about how the company can get the upper hand on the heel faction, TNA has chosen to focus on Sting and Hogan.

It’s a huge mistake. It’s one TNA can’t afford to make.

More AJ Styles melodrama didn’t help either. Rather than get Styles right back in the ring where he belongs, he’s not in a drawn-out poetry slam with James Storm. No one cares.

This show was a snoozer.

Aside from Petey Williams returning to the X-Division next week, this show was void of excitement.

Matches:

For a Tag Team title shot: Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian: A lot of action in a well-worked match. Hernandez and Guerrero threw the high-flying and high impact moves at Bad Influence, but Daniels and Kazarian were at their heel best. Fast tags and excellent interference are a part of BA’s repertoire and they were in full effect for this encounter. They did their best to isolate Guerrero, but once Hernandez got the hot tag, the match was a different one. Hernandez nearly won with a double Canadian Backbreaker drop, but Daniels kicked out. Hernandez fought back with a double Clothesline and a sit-out Powerbomb. With Daniels down, Guerrero went for the Frog Splash, but Kazarian got involved to break up the pin. After Hernandez took out Kazarian, Guerrero went for the Frog Splash for the second time. This time he hit the maneuver and got the three count.

Kurt Angle, Eric Young and James Storm vs. Garret Bischoff, DOC and Wes Brisco: Storm had his way with Bischoff, but Young didn’t have the same luck with Brisco. Once Young got out of his funk, Angle took over and Brisco found himself on the wrong side of the ring. Using quick tags, the faces were in the driver’s seat. After the commercial break, it appeared The Aces and Eights had the advantage, but James Storm dominated Bischoff and Brisco. Once DOC got into the match Storm was the victim of several strikes and roughhousing. A Double-Underhook suplex from DOC kept Storm down, but Bischoff was back in the match and after some double-team moves with Brisco, Storm was in need of a tag. Once Angle got the hot-tag, German Suplexes were handed out like hot cakes. After Angle hit Brisco with the Olympic Slam, it appeared the match was over. D’Lo Brown then hit the ring and distracted Angle, allowing Brisco to roll up Angle for the win.

Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson: Both of these guys worked hard as the back and forth offense was enjoyable and didn’t under-sell either one of these former TNA World Heavyweight Champions. Anderson nearly won with a nice Alabama Slam counter to the Twist of Fate and worked on Hardy’s arm. Hardy fought back with a top-rope splash, but Anderson was a step ahead. Garrett Bischoff then hit the ring and gave Anderson a hammer, but Hardy got a hold of it after a standing Twist of Fate. Poor Anderson caught the hammer in the groin and a chair shot. Hardy lost it. The tables and ladders soon came out and just when it looked like Anderson was finished, Bully Ray came in to make the save to make it a no-contest.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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