TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: The End of an Era

November 11, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The Main Event Mafia is finished.

Thank god.

Just like the Aces and Eights, the group has run its course, but with a typical Vince Russo-esque swerve and a Stone Cold reference, the Aces & Eights manage to survive. The group’s “State of the Main Event Mafia” proved that all four members are headed in different directions and with the ongoing drama between AJ Styles and Dixie Carter, the faction is simply flaccid.

Speaking about boring, the return of Pacman Jones, this time with Cincinnati Bengals DE Dequan Evans to squabble with Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian, was a waste. Bad Influence is one of the only teams worth a damn in the company. They need a real feud. Not this nonsense. Nothing against Bromans, but they are not it.

It’s truly sad that Knockout Champion Gail Kim is more entertaining in the ring and on the mic than most of the TNA roster.

With Styles now defending his title all over the world and not on Impact, TNA continues to barely swim in the cable TV wrestling waters.

Matches:

Knockouts #1 Contender’s Match: Brooke Tessmacher vs. ODB vs. Velvet Sky: A long tedious match that ended after Gail Kim and Lei’D Tapa got involved. Tapa hit the TKO on ODB and Tessmacher and Kim got the match thrown out after he nailed Sky with the Eat Da Feet. After the match, Kim challenged any woman in any other federation.

Ethan Carter III vs. Dewey Barnes: A quick encounter that, of course, led to a Carter win via the One Percenter.

Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian vs. Eric Young and Joseph Park: A decent match that continues a feud that’s enjoyable but doesn’t get the most out of anyone that’s involved. All four are uber talented and deserve better. While the match was enjoyable and athletic, it’s far from the type of match you expect before a main event. After the Appletini in Park’s face by Daniels, Kazarian was able to roll him up for the win.

TNA World Title Tournament: Full Metal Mayhem: Chris Sabin vs. Jeff Hardy: A nine-minute match that was fast paced and barely hardcore. A few garbage can, cane and ladder shots were used, but for the most part, this wasn’t anything brutal or athletically special. One of the match highlights saw Sabin put his fingers in Hardy’s ear piercings while he was upside down in the corner, and pull. After a Twist of Fate, Hardy went for the Super Swanton Bomb on top of the ladder for a solid exclamation point pinball over Sabin.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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