TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Magnus Cries, Gunner Screams

March 30, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Between some excellent matches,”The Hunt for Willow,” another Kenny King appearance and an impromptu table match between Robert Roode and Bully Ray, this week’s episode of TNA Impact Wrestling had plenty of drama and intrigue.

Magnus’ reign as TNA World Heavyweight Champion may be at its end, but there’s no telling who will take it from him. The announced Fatal Four Way match between Magnus, Abyss, Samoa Joe and Eric Young next week will be an amazing match that could change the face of the company.

On the surface, a card of just four matches could be seen as a bad thing, but the storyline development (including another Knux vignette) and build-up was solid, making for a much better show than expected.

Matches:

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Magnus and Abyss vs. Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards: The Wolves utilized quick tags to stay in the game, but Magnus used his signature offense to always stay a step ahead. Although his offense is nothing special, Magnus used Elbows and Suplex variations at the right time to keep the Wolves in check. That was until Richards used a Yakuza Kick and some high-flying moves to change the game. Richards and Edwards later used more Double Team maneuvers before Edwards won via a Single Leg Submission on Magnus for the surprising win.

Angelina Love w/Velvet Sky vs. Knockouts Campion Madison Rayne: A standard Knockouts bout until Sky DDTed Rayne on the outside to aid Love in the win.

Eric Young vs. Samoa Joe: An entertaining back and forth match where neither competitor established dominance over the other. After some back and forth however Joe won via submission in a way that can only be described as sudden and boring.

Gunner vs. James Storm: Gunner was all over the new look heel Storm early on. Using weapons and moves on the outside, Gunner was in control, but Storm fought back with strikes, weapons and his top rope Elbow. Gunner showed immense fortitude however and nailed a spear on Storm on the ring apron that sent both competitors through a table on the outside. Gunner added to the punishment with a massive Superplex through two steel chairs, but he couldn’t pin Storm. Fighting back, Storm hit two Super Kicks on Gunner, but he couldn’t pin him either. After Storm went for the beer bottle, Gunner nailed Storm with one of his own and finished him off with the F5 for the win.

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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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