This week on Impact definitely spiced things up a bit, but it remains to be seen how much these storyline changes can keep things interesting in the long run.
While the Sting/Ethan Carter III feud has potential and Madison Rayne’s return finally gives Gail Kim some adequate competition and the announcement of the Dixieland match at Final Resolution, with no real World Champion and three other titles rarely defended, TNA’s problems cannot be solved with two engaging mid-card feuds.
TNA cannot be helped either when Rockstar Spud gets more camera time than AJ Styles, Magnus, Jeff Hardy, Chris Sabin, or Samoa Joe.
Matches:
Frank Kazarian and Christopher Daniels vs. Joseph Park and Eric Young: Park is Abyss? Duh. It took 18 months for TNA to come to the conclusion fans did upon his first appearance. What a waste. Park got beat down a ton in the match and was slapped in the face and even spit on.Young was tough on him as well, demanding that the big man step up and be the monster everyone knows he can be. Young even split the big man open and unleashed him on Kaz and Daniels. Within seconds, Park destroyed Kaz with a Chokeslam, Daniels with the Rack Buster and finally finished off Kaz with the Blackhole Slam.
X-Division Champion Chris Sabin w/Velvet Sky vs. Austin Aries: A solid X-Division match that saw Sabin use Sky and a series of sneaky heel counters to keep the advantage. However, after Sky couldn’t help Sabin, Aries finished off Sabin with the Brainbuster to capture the X-Division Championship.
Feast or Fired Match: Ethan Carter III vs. Austin Aries vs. Chris Sabin vs. Norv Fernum vs. Dewey Barnes vs. Zema Ion vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Hernandez vs. James Storm vs. Gunner vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Curry Man vs. Samoa Joe: Curry Man walked out on the match as soon as the bell rang and within seconds, the high-flying craziness began. While Joe had some nice spots, Aries truly shined with a 450 and slew of strikes. Gunner also made a heel turn during the match to claim the last briefcase. Carter III got the first case, Zema Ion got the second case and Chavo Guerrero got the third.
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.
This week on Impact definitely spiced things up a bit, but it remains to be seen how much these storyline changes can keep things interesting in the long run.
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