Thoughts for TNA’s TV Title

After Abyss defeated Devon for TNA’s TV title a few months ago, the belt ironically disappeared from television all together. While many consider the title itself to be a joke, TNA can still save the seemingly useless piece of metal and leather.

The way it could go down is simple. An appearance from Abyss, vacating the title to focus in destroying the Aces and Eights would be the start. A run-in from a big part of TNA’s under-utilized roster, performers the likes of Jay Bradley, Rob Terry, Eric Young and hell, even Christopher Daniels could then make their way to ring and say they want the thing.

After a month-long tournament, Daniels could win it and then groom a young babyface for a run with the belt.

Sounds good on paper, but it’ll help the cause that the title this time would be defended every week. No longer will it be important for a month and then fade away into obscurity. Much like how the US Title in WCW or the Intercontinental Title in WWE were/are used, the TV title would show off the best young stars in the company. Someone like Bradley would make a fun champion-the more Boomstick the better. It could also be the thing to give Magnus some more credibility, since he’s never won a singles title in the company.

Another caveat- you’d have to weigh more than 225 pounds to hold the belt, which would eliminate the X-Division stars from competing in the division.

Then how would Daniels be the TV Champion? That could be the fun part. Daniels could weigh himself in front of the crowd and be a solid 225 and later, after he’s won the belt, instant replay could show he had a lead martini glass or ankle weights under his jeans while on the scale, something funny to draw intrigue to the belt.

With a lack of real drama on Impact these days, a rehash of the TV Title could be a great way to fill the show with meaningful entertainment. It could also reinvigorate a roster in desperate need of fresh matchups.

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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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