TNA Power Rankings: Main Event MMAfia?

A cool card highlighted an entertaining Hardcore Justice event this week on Impact, but weak promo and skeletal storyline almost ruined the destructive fun.

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5: ODB: A TKO on a chair earned ODB a win at Hardcore Justice over Gail Kim and Knockouts Champion, Mickie James. Easily the biggest win of her career, it’ll be interesting to see where TNA’s favorite buxom “bitch” goes from here.

4: Frank Kazarian/Bobby Roode/Christopher Daniels: Even though they needed help to earn their victories, the 40 points they got this week put right in the middle of the Bound for Glory Series. Easily one of the best workers in the company, Kazarian’s allegiance with Daniels and Roode could spell big things for him, while Roode gets himself back in the title picture and Daniels remains pertinent. With Chris Sabin’s run as World Champion, why couldn’t Kazarian or Daniels hold that title one day?

3: Main Event Mafia: Aside from Rampage Jackson’s terrible promo work this week, MEM made it out of Hardcore Justice in one piece. Things could have been much worse. With Kurt Angle out, the MEM first looked to Austin Aries before settling on Tito Ortiz to join their battle against the Aces and Eights. After Ortiz turned on amperage later in the show, it’ll be interesting to see where the faction goes from here.

2: The Aces and Eights: Bully Ray continues to cut solid promo and even the rest of the team, led by Mr. Anderson are still entertaining. However, the way the storylines have been built, the group hasn’t had nearly as many memorable moments as of late. Regardless, after Bully Ray won the TNA title back and the 10-man tag match next week on Impact, the club should deliver in one way or another.

1: Bully Ray: The president of the Aces and Eights beat on Chris Sabin for a half hour and eventually, with the help of Ortiz, won his title back. Where does the club go from here? What happens to Sabin? Does he get a rematch?Either way, TNA’s best heel has his title back.

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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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