TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Magnus Spreads the ‘Love’

With a stacked card and plenty of drama, this week’s Impact was more than watchable.

When booked properly, TNA has a deceptively solid mid-card. Flooded with former World Champions, when guys like Bully Ray, Bobby Roode, MVP, Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy are battling each other and youngsters the likes of Samuel Shaw, Ethan Carter III and Kenny King, it’s hard to screw that up.

It’s even fair to say that this week’s TNA Impact had a better pace and flow than this week’s RAW. Considering it was the last RAW before Wrestlemania and it’s easy to see that TNA had a decent showing this week.

Matches:

Tag Team Tables Match: Bully Ray and Willow vs. Ethan Carter III and Bobby Roode: Ray were in control until Rockstar Spud hit the ring and caused Willow to focus his attention on him and take him to the back. With Willow out of the match, Ray still thrived until a Roode Spinebuster ended the match. After the bell, Roode hit the RoodeBomb through another table and finally a top rope Splash through a third..

Straight Jacket Match: Samuel Shaw vs. Mr. Anderson: The best part of this match was watching Anderson hit his signature offense with the straight jacket on. But before Anderson could keep the advantage, Shaw kicked Anderson in the groin and locked in his Kata Gatame and quickly locked in straight jacket for the win.

Best of Three Series for X-Division Title: Tigre Uno vs. Sanada: A decent X-Division match that saw Sanada win with a beautiful Tiger Suplex for the win.

Madison Rayne and Brittany vs. Velvet Sky and Angelina Love: Brittany was much better in this match than she was against Gail Kim a few weeks ago. Selling and hitting some offense, she didn’t look too much out of place. The Beautiful People were in control most of the match, but once Rayne got the hot tag, it was a different match. Well at least for a few seconds. Tagging in abruptly, Brittany quickly got nailed with the double-kick for the loss.

Kenny King vs. MVP: This was a counter-based affair with plenty of hot doggin’ from King. Soon enough things went from technical to physical before referee Earl Hebner threw the match out. After the bell, King got in one last cheap shop. These guys have chemistry and to see the match end like this was the low point of the night, but hopefully the beginning of something more.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Magnus vs. Eric Young vs. Abyss vs. Samoa Joe: After all the competitors Paired up, Joe wailed on Magnus and sent him outside. With Abyss on the outside as well, Young’s Suicide Dive gave him his first advantage. Young then got a near fall on Magnus with a nice Cross Body Block. After Abyss accidentally hit Magnus, Joe and Young began to quarrel as well. With Magnus and Young fighting in the ring, Magnus dominated as Abyss got the better go Joe on the outside. Young shined later with a double Dropkick on the top on Abyss and Magnus, but couldn’t keep the advantage for long. Once Young was out of the match for a few, Joe jumped in ad went through his signature offense. What then followed was a series of near falls following three Samoa Joe Powerslams. With his opponents down, Joe went for the Choke on Magnus, but the Champ countered with a Low Blow and Abyss followed up with a Blackhole Slam. With Magnus and Joe then outside the ring, Abyss hit Young with his finisher, but allowed Magnus hit his Top Rope Elbow for the win.

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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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