TNA Genesis Coverage: Bye Bye Sting

This week’s conclusion to Genesis was full of surprises. The exodus of Sting was just one of several key plot developments in one of the best episodes of Impact in quite some time.

Continuing the “unknown” investor story, it appears the entity is ready to take over TNA. As a result, Dixie Carter was petrified and had a lawyer in tow. The Lone Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) promised the identity of the “investor” would be revealed next week, so that should keep the intrigue alive for the time being. Can she keep control over her company? What is this “Genesis” the wolves have referred to? How will it affect the company?

With a lack of filler and solid matches throughout the card and plenty of storyline developments, the finale to Genesis is enough to keep your eyes on the company for another week.

Matches:

World Title Briefcase on a Pole: Gunner vs. James Storm: Naturally, it was a physical encounter, with plenty of high-impact offense. Storm was on top of his game and surprised the crowd with a top-rope Hurricanrana. Gunner then fought back with a top rope Electric Chair -type drop, which sent the briefcase flying. After a headbutt, Gunner got possession of the case.

Velvet in a Cage Match: TNA X-Division Champion Chris Sabin w/Velvet Skye vs. Austin Aries: Easily one of the best matches on the card as the two went through their signature strikes, counters and maneuvers. Before the match, it appeared Skye had an opportunity to help Sabin by bringing a weapon to the ring, but refusing to, she allowed Aries to garner the upper hand.After a few dropkicks and a Brainbuster, Aries reclaimed the X-Division title.

Steel Cage Match: Bobby Roode vs. Kurt Angle: This was a decent match until Angle went 2001 on the audience and performed- and missed- a Moonsault off the trop of the Steel Cage. Although this gave Roode an opportunity to win, Angle latched on the Ankle Lock and nearly won. After he escaped the submission, Roode hit the Roode Bomb, but Angle again persevered and kicked out. A series of moves later, Angle hit a top rope Angle Slam, but Roode kicked out. After a few more counters and strikes, Angle got to the top of the cage, but gave Roode an opportunity to crawl out himself. After the race, Angle ended up the victor and saving his opportunity to one day join the TNA Hall of Fame.

Samoa Joe vs. Rockstar Spud: Joe destroyed Spud with his trademark Muscle Buster and Choke.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Magnus vs. Sting w/Samoa Joe: A pretty even match until Carter’s cronies The Bromans, Bad Influence, Ethan Carter III and Zema Ion beat on Sting and Joe. Angle eventually hit the ring and cleaned house, which allowed Sting to mount a comeback. After a Sting Superplex, Sting went for the cover but couldn’t earn the pinfall. After he missed the Splash, Sting knocked out the referee, but was able to lock in the Scorpion Death Lock. Although Magnus tapped out, there was no referee. That’s when Roode joined the match and beat on Sting. Magnus then hit the Michinoku Driver and thanks to Dixie Carter, who dragged out Earl Hebner to count the pinball, Sting’s career in TNA was over.

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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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