Can Abyss Save TNA?

After over a year of creative hiatus, Abyss is back, but can he rekindle the flames of creativity inTNA’s ongoing battle with The Aces and Eights?

The answer isn’t exactly a fair one.

No. No. A thousand times no. Abyss is a monster, an awesome blend of Mick Foley and Glenn Jacobs and a wonderful athlete, but he can’t be TNA’s creative savior against the Aces and Eights. The sad part is that it has nothing to do with Parks. Instead, it has everything to do with the poor writing on Impact. Anyone remember the last time Abyss came back for a night? No? That’s because it was forgettable. Scrapped like a Disco Inferno match to start Nitro, last year the company teased an Abyss comeback, but nothing materialized.

What they presented viewers instead was Joseph Park. What a mess to see a monster like that regulated to such Penn Jillete looking silliness. That angle, for all the effort TNA put into it, essentially put Parks back at square one. Although he still has credibility, NWA champions just don’t pop out of thin air, he’s got an uphill battle to climb. In order for it to work, he has to be the monster he was never allowed to be, even during his short title reign.

He has to be completely unbeatable. he has to be hardcore and bloodthirsty. A few years ago, TNA gave Kurt Angle all the belts for a short time, why not start Abyss with the TV title and then have him go after Bully Ray?

The powers that be at TNA will never let that happen. After a month or so of Abyss’ reign of destruction, they’ll give Sting or some other veteran that drew money in the 90s a push and Abyss will go back to being a sleeping dragon. If used correctly, Abyss could be TNA’s answer to Mark Henry, a nasty, snarling wrecking machine that only wants to cause pain.

What creative turns him into is something marginalized, insignificant and ultimately just flash and very little bang.

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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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