TNA Impact Power Rankings: Styles Clashes With Aces & Eights

May 25, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

A lack of storyline developments didn’t hurt this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling as much as you might think. The in-ring performances were solid and for a company that bills itself as a wrasslin’ company first, they had a more than respectable showing in the ring.

Check out our Power Rankings to see who got the most done in the ring this week.

5: Suicide: If you didn’t care about his return before, the match he had with Joey Ryan and Petey Williams may change your mind. Quicker than previous wrestlers who have wore the suit, this version of Suicide (possibly TJ Perkins, AKA Puma) is more Spider-Man than professional wrestler. A nice Tiger Suplex/Gut Buster combo finisher makes him that much cooler.

4: Magnus: Away from the mistakes of TNA Creative, Magnus continues to prove every week that he can be a dependable worker. But with no real finisher and not enough promo time, his chances for success remain limited. His possible reunion with Samoa Joe make an already crowded Tag Team division even more crowded. In reality, this guy should be in the running for the Television Title.

3: Kurt Angle: Even in a losing effort, Angle captivated for 15 minutes with Ken Anderson in easily the best match of the night. Even if he has lost a step, he’s still one of the best in-ring performers in TNA. While it appears his days at being in the title picture are numbered, Angle still has an incredibly important role in the future of the company.

2: TNA’s Tag Team Division: Who would have thought that TNA’s Tag Team Division would not only be the consistently most entertaining segment on the show every week, but also the best collection of Tag Team performers in the world? No one. And that’s exactly the reason why TNA needs to give them more time on the show. Simply put, TNA has four excellent teams that can all work in the ring and cut promo. Aside from Gunner, they have established stars in the division, all working within their comfort zone. That’s the main reason why it works so well.

1: AJ Styles: Sure, it was a typical TNA swerve and Styles could have been great in Aces and Eights, but it’ll be interesting to see where Styles goes from here. Again, his anti-hero status kind of makes his match with Angle at Slammiversary a confusing one, but it’s anything but predictable at this point.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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