Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Gangster’s Paradise

With a bunch of matches and all the titles represented this week on Impact, it was easily one of their better shows of 2013.

Check out our weekly power rankings to see who made the most of an entertaining episode of Impact.

5: Mickie James: Not the greatest match in Knockouts history, James still earned the win over the sultry Brooke Tessmacher this week to earn a title shot against the “injured” Velvet Sky. While the Knockouts division is stocked to the brim with talent, things have a hit a bit of a lull as of late. James is a damn good worker and a series of matches with Sky could change things. Even though we’d much rather have her be the first “old lady” in the Aces and Eights, just having her in the ring is a good thing.

4: Petey Williams: Although he didn’t get the win, Williams hit all of his moves with precision and style. From his signature Russian Leg Sweep to the Canadian Destroyer, he’s the flashback performer the X-Division needs. This guy is still just as talented as he was six years ago. A prolonged feud with Kenny King could be great for the X-Division.

3: Bobby Roode/Austin Aries/Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian: Who would have thought that two other tag teams besides the champions would be this entertaining? The promo these guys cut this week was hilarious. Simply put, if TNA had a shred of common sense, one of these teams would be champion, this way a real feud between Roode/Aries and Bad Influence could take place. While Hernandez and Chavo Guerrero can work, they have zero charisma.

2: AJ Styles: This was definitely not your typical AJ Styles match. No high-flying, no spots. More brawling than anything else, Styles beat James Storm with an intriguing Knee-Lock submission. Styles is definitely a different animal this time around.

1: The Aces and Eights: The gang was dominant in promo and in the ring. Even the B-team members in DOC, Knox, Garrett Bischoff and Wes Brisco had their moments this week. At this point, it looks like the gang’s reign of terror is just beginning.

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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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