TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: EY Dethrones Magnus

April 14, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a new World Heavyweight Champion in Eric Young and continued storyline developments, this week’s Impact Wrestling certainly kept us in our seats.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else managed to steal our attention.

Honorable Mention: Angelina Love: Her win this week earned her a shot at the TNA Knockouts title. With all of the attention she’s gotten on Impact the past few weeks and her revitalized union with Velvet Sky, Love is incredibly dangerous.

5: Magnus: His reign as TNA World Heavyweight Champion wasn’t particularly eventful and Magnus still needs work to be the type of champion many think that he can be. Regardless, he’s capable of having solid matches with pretty much anyone on the roster and has potential on the microphone. With a few small changes, he can be a much different performer and with a rematch with new TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young in the works, Magnus can still develop into the warrior he claims to be.

4: Willow: Although he was the first competitor eliminated from the 10-man battle royal this week, his reign of terror over Dixie Carter’s henchman ensured he was still pertinent. With plenty of support from fans and a catchy new gimmick, Jeff Hardy’s alter ego is quickly finding his role in the new look Impact Wrestling.

3: Bully Ray: His encounter with Dixie Carter wasn’t that eventful, but it did go a way in helping Ray get back onto the good side of fans. His performance in the TNA Title gauntlet also continued to fuel his feud with Bobby Roode, which currently is the best in-ring angle in the company.

2: Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards: Although their win over The Bromans was via DQ, the Wolves continue to gain momentum. It’s just a matter of time until they hold on to the Tag Team titles for good.

1: Eric Young: He’s been in the company for a long time and held every other title. Unlike James Storm, who was in a similar situation a few years ago, Young’s shocking victory is a bit different. For years Young has been a fan favorite and a top notch entertainer and performer. Unlike Storm, who was a tag team specialist and never thrived by himself, Young has done everything asked of him by TNA. Simply put, this is something he absolutely deserves.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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