TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Trouble in Gangland

If you thought last week’s Impact was horrible, you haven’t seen nothing yet. 120 minutes of pandering, this week’s episode of Impact featured just three matches. Although the matches were all solid, the chatter and constant rehashing of old events hurt what could have been a decent show.

Here’s our weekly Impact Wrestling power rankings- a list of the grapplers who didn’t waste your precious time.

5: Taryn Terrell: Although she didn’t have her first match, Terrell was dead sexy and equally as tough. As if there weren’t plenty of good-looking women in the Knockouts division already, Terrell is a beautiful and energetic addition to the division that may have more potential than anyone thinks.

4: Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez: They may not be able to cut a promo, but they had a more than respectable match on Impact this week against Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian. If only these guys could use a microphone, they’d be gold. With Austin Aries and Bobby Roode, Bad Influence and Hernandez and Guerrero, the Impact Wrestling Tag Team Division is easily the strongest in the company.

3: Sting: Kudos to the Stinger for standing up for himself again Hulk Hogan. Aside from that, all the legend did was talk. While no one wants to see Hogan and Sting wrassle again, a potential Matt Morgan/Sting encounter may be interesting.

2: Jeff Hardy: Say what you want about Hardy, but he continues to have excellent matches every week. Sad that an encounter between him and Mr. Anderson, which could have headlined a pay per view a year and change ago was wasted on free TV, with no real build-up, but it was a solid match. Hardy however went hardcore during the match as well and the fans ate it up. Tables, ladders, chairs, hammers- this version of Hardy was dormant for years. But this is the only way the Aces and Eights can be dealt with. Make no mistake- he’s the franchise player on Impact right now. That doesn’t look to change anytime soon.

1: The Aces and Eights: These guys continue to take no prisoners. Although they continue to not win their matches cleanly, they prove that they have power in numbers. Although they lack a real ring general in their ranks, Anderson’s match with Jeff Hardy was an excellent one. If Anderson can get more mic time and perhaps a run with a partner to challenge for the Tag Team titles (possibly DOC) then the group will really be cooking. As of now, they’re the best of a bad creative run in the company.

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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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