Sabin and Aries the Future of TNA’s World Title?

Since his return a few months ago, Chris Sabin has been on an absolute tear, capturing the X-Division title on two different occasions and putting himself in legitimate contention for TNA’s World title.

A former World Champion, Austin Aries too has made sure not to fall out of title contention. His recent runs with X-Division and Tag Team titles prove he’s a winner and with oodles of charisma, he’s not an underdog anymore. It’s safe to say his most recent tenure in the company has been full of ups and downs, but it’s easy to see he’s one of the best performers in the company who deserves another chance at the gold.

With Bully Ray’s run with the World Title and the Aces and Eights running out of gas, could TNA turn to Sabin or Aries to wear the strap? Even though Ray has proven the naysayers wrong with a more than respectable run as a heel World Champion, Sabin and Aries can have the types of matches that would get more attention than anything the dependable but unexciting Ray can put together.

Regardless of Ray’s dedication to the brand, Aries, the consummate indie performer who ran a hot streak all the way to the World Title and Sabin, the perennial but explosive underdog and longtime TNA star would go farther in showing how different TNA is from the WWE. The same way the Taryn Terrell/Gail Kim hardcore match a few months ago caught the attention of the WWE, Sabin and Aries could absolutely tear the roof off the Impact Zone. Similar to the way Daniel Bryan has been showcased lately on WWE programming, Aries and Sabin are capable of turning in just as solid, workhorse performances as Bryan.

You’d never think after all these years of being a big man’s sport that pro wrestling would show this much love to the smaller guys, but stars the likes of Bryan, Aries, Sabin, CM Punk and even Dolph Ziggler are proving that fans adore high-energy performers who leave it all in the ring. not since the days of the WCW cruiserweights has their been such a yearning for guys to actually break a sweat in the ring.

That considered, TNA may be better if either Sabin or Aries got an opportunity to be the face of the company. The days of the big man are officially over.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13821 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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