TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: More Teasin’, Less Pleasin’

A week after Abyss came back and destroyed the Aces and Eights, TNA plays “dumb” and has Joseph Park return and ask, “Where is Abyss”?

Ah man, talk about lame.

Rather than give fans what they want, TNA continues to tease. As a result, the show continues to stall, rather than purr.

The company is making the same missteps with AJ Styles as they did with Abyss. Styles is one of the most dynamic performers in the sport today, but TNA keeps dragging his feud wit Angle along. While it will undoubtedly be an awesome match, there’s no anticipation of what will happen this point. It’s all taken way too long.

Even if Styles does patch in with the Aces and Eights next Thursday, will it have the same effect had it happened when Styles originally came back two months ago?

Away from the big angles, TNA is bringing back Suicide and it appears Gut Check winner Jay Bradley may get a singles push. If you’re not intrigued, don’t sweat it. Not many are at this point.

Matches:

Bobby Roode vs. TNA Tag Team Champion Chavo Guerrero: This was a lackluster opener between two talented performers. Guerrero was in control after the Three Amigos, but Roode countered what was probably the Frog Splash. Too bad James Storm joined the fracas and spit beer in Roode’s face to throw the match out.

Jay Bradley vs. Christian York: Bradley hit his Yakuza Kick and a plethora of strikes, but York, the more seasoned performer, fought back with strikes of his own. York was able to dodge Bradley’s signature Clothesline, but Bradley countered The Moodswing. After another series of moves and counters, Bradley hit the Boomstick for the win.

Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim: Sky took a beating throughout the match, but won with a quick rollup. After the match, Kim worked over Sky with the figure-four on the outside with an assist from the turnbuckle.

X-Division Champion Kenny King vs. Petey Williams vs. Chris Sabin: King usually plays possum during his matches, but this time, he didn’t mind fighting. All three competitors mixed in signature offense and spots, in addition to selling for one another. Williams looked ready for the Canadian Destroyer, but Sabin got involved and allowed the match to continue. King nailed Williams with a Twisting Urinage Backbreaker, but didn’t get the pin. Sabin then hit a few moves of his own. However amid all the drama, King managed to squeak out the win with his Royal Flush finisher.

TNA Tag Team Champion Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels w/Frank Kazarian: James Storm played a role in this match too as Daniels was more preoccupied with him than Hernandez. After the big Shoulder Block, Daniels went down for the pinfall. After the match, Storm announced that the Tag Team titles would be defended at the next pay per view in a four-team match that would pit Austin Aries/Bobby Roode, Daniels/Kazarian and Storm and a partner of his choosing against Hernandez and Guerrero.

Joseph Park vs. D’Lo Brown: This was like two separate matches. The beginning saw Brown beat the snot out of Park until he bloodied his hands on Park’s face. Once the crimson mask appeared, Park hit a few clotheslines and finished off Brown with a Blackhole Slam.

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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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