TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: A Little Bit of Everything

Ladies, Factions, Tag Teams and Super Heavyweights. This week’s episode of TNA Impact wrestling had a unique card. Although the storyline developments tarnished the wrestling action, several performers found a way to shine amid the nonsense.

5: The Aces and Eights: “The Club” lost a barrage of momentum when they added D’Lo Brown to their roster this week. Aside from the lack of sheer numbers, the group is nothing but a mediocre group of greenhorns, mid-carders and unused former stars at this point. In just one episode of Impact, the gang became another victim of terrible writing by TNA. After months of build-up, the luster is gone. Mr. Anderson’s win on Impact gives the team an advantage for Lethal Lockdown and perhaps that can give them a way to reclaim their edge. Anything less than something monumental at Lockdown will destroy this group for good. What a shame.

4: Le’d Tapa: Although she’s still uber green and not the polished specimen as her opponent last week Ivelise Felez, Tapa won a contract with company. That doesn’t say she doesn’t have potential though. With a ton of strength and a unique look, Tapa is the tough cookie the Knockouts Division has missed since the departure of Awesome Kong. The fans weren’t too happy about it though.

3: Samoa Joe and Magnus: It’s felt like forever that these guys were a tag team, but they looked super solid this week against Doc and Garret Bischoff. Although their Snapmare/Elbow Drop finish has always lacked punch, they have so many weapons in their arsenals that they can still keep your attention. Can a reunion be in the cards? Although this most likely a one-night thing, Joe especially continues to prove he belongs at the top of the card every night. For Magnus, this match affirms that he just belongs on the card.

2: Bully Ray/Jeff Hardy: These guys have no heat at all, but this will be a great match. Ray deserves this shot and Hardy has been a fighting champion, effectively washing away the remnants of his past mistakes. Expect these two to have a DVD collection type encounter.

1: Matt Morgan: The Blueprint made a statement this week. After he interfered in Impact’s opening match between Austin Aries and TNA World Heavyweight champion Jeff Hardy, the world knew. Morgan is ready to finally make the move he should have years ago. With his massive foot to Hardy’s face, Morgan is back in the World Title picture. He knows what he wants now. But more importantly, he knows what he deserves.

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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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