TNA Impact Power Rankings: The Mess Continues

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Every week on Impact Wrestling is a sad reminder that this company lacks creative vision and needs to either be closed down or shaken up considerably.

The constant boos don’t lie. This show is on its deathbed.

Check out our weekly TNA Power Rankings to see who is making the most of some of the darkest times in the history of TNA.

5: Mr. Anderson: His win over Knux wasn’t that big a deal, but it does give him some momentum going into this week’s TV PPV. After his Piledriver on Garret Bischoff in the show’s final segment, Anderson is at the top of his game, well at least as high as TNA will allow him to be. With his TNA career on the line, it’ll be interesting to see what creative decides to do with the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

4: Gail Kim: There is no one in TNA that can hold a candle to her. The most dominant Knockouts Champion the company has ever had, Kim is one of the only real reasons to watch the show. This open challenge she’s involved in could work, but you wouldn’t know that from her first opponent, indie performer Hannah Blossom. Give Kim some real competition before it’s too late.

3: Ethan Carter III: If the guy’s performances feel like Deja-Vu, it’s because they’re all the same. He’s got the look and a good finisher, but Creative continues to drop the ball with him. Stop with the jobber nonsense and give this guy some real competition.

2: Kurt Angle: His feud with Bobby Roode continues to heat up. Probably the only entertaining in-ring angle in the company right now, Angle got the upper-hand when he used Roode’s submission finer to earn a victory over Austin Aries on Impact.

1: AJ Styles: This past week Styles talked some more about defending his title around the world, but there was no new footage of Styles doing just that. Like many of the other angles in the company, this one needs a reboot more than ever.

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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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