TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Boring, Again

Gut checks, contract signings and other filler stole the light from Impact Wrestling this week. The matches were lackluster, the promo and jabber uninteresting- Impact is in terrible shape.

Last week there was no Kenny King and the Tag Team Champions Austin Aries and Robert Roode were absent. This week it was Matt Morgan, Sting, Christopher Daniels, Frank Kazarian and King not on the show.

Add in a mess of a promo between Hulk Hogan, AJ Styles and James Storm and Impact failed to deliver on a plethora of levels. Not even a huge 10-man tag match could solve the inane episode.

Away from an enjoyable, but rushed X-Division match this show was simply boring.

Something needs to change and fast.

With a slew of good matches on the way next week, perhaps that change will happen sooner or later.

Matches:

Gail Kim and Tara w/Jessie Godderz vs. Taryn Terrell and Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky: Newly appointed referee Joey Ryan gave the girls thorough searches before the match and made sure none of the girls had “foreign objects” in their tights. He also refused to count pinfalls and instead stared at the posteriors of the competitors. After a Cross-Body Block and a slew of solid clotheslines, Terrell had this match won, but Kim got a handful of trunks and got a quick count from Ryan to earn the win.

Gut Check Adam Pearce vs. Magno: A mediocre match between two solid indie workers. While both guys had their spots, they had no chemistry. Magno looked uncomfortable and rushed some of his high spots and that ultimately hurt Pearce, who countered Magno’s maneuvers into his spots. Peace ultimately got the win with a rollup and “help” from the ring ropes.

X: Division Qualifier: Mason Andrews vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Petey Williams: It was easily the match of the night. Tons of offense and quick counters in a fun, but short X-Division match. The final rundown was an interesting one, as Andrews got in a solid flying knee and Dutt hit his flipping reverse DDT. Williams finished it off with the Canadian Destroyer for the win.

Ten Man Tag: Aces and Eights: TNA Television Champion Devon, Mike Knox, DOC, Garrett Bischoff and Wes Brisco vs. Magnus, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Joseph Park: Both teams beat the crap out of each other for 10 minutes, but the Aces and Eights came out on top after Doc hit Park with a low blow and a quick cover.

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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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