Magnus’ Time?

July 1, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

TNA management thinks he’s gorgeous and fans respect his ability, so why hasn’t Magnus been pushed hard yet? His wins over Frank Kazarian and Bobby Roode over the first two weeks of The Bound for Glory series may be the signal that things are about to change.

Better on the microphone than most give him credit for and with a fantastic build and loads of charisma, Magnus is simply in need of a way in the door to the top of the TNA foodchain. Locked for years with veterans, WWE outcasts and TNA originals, maybe now things are different.

TNA always likes to throw things out of left field, so could Magnus be a Bound for Glory winner and World Champion? Fans of the company are sick of the same tired matchups and some fresh blood could spice up the card in the company’s favor.

The last six months haven’t made it easy to be a good guy in the company. With the Aces and Eights running all over the faces of the company, Magnus has looked a bit out of place at times. Regardless, he’s shown flashes of brilliance over the past six months that make it easy to see that the former Tag Team Champion could make an excellent transition to singles superstar.

Before that happens, Magnus needs to continue his makeover in the ring. While his combination of striking, strength and speed is fun to watch at times, it all feels a bit generic. He needs a move or take on a signature or finisher that makes him undeniably different. He doesn’t have that yet.

The addition of the Texas Cloverleaf and Michinoku Driver and steps in the right direction . With just the elbow drop and a nice vertical suplex prior, he’s still in need of more meat. Perhaps with a DDT variation and a signature strike, he can get that added flash to his repertoire. While Magnus is technically solid in the ring and looks good performing his maneuvers, he’s not in the John Cena, AJ Styles or even Kevin Steen league where you can sit back and know that every time he steps in the ring you’re going to get something you won’t see anywhere else.

When that happens, expect big things from the UK import.

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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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