TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: The I Love You Edition

April 7, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Surprise matches, a four-way for the TNA World Heavyweight title and the beginning of a Best-of-Three series for the X-Division title?

To say that this was one of the better episode’s of TNA Impact in months would be a gross understatement.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who stood out the most on a stacked card.

Honorable Mention: Samuel Shaw: Two weird words for one creepy bastard- Kata Gatame. This kid has an unusual style to say the least, but he’s got skills. All he needs is a few decent setup moves and more time on the microphone. Working with a pro like Anderson definitely makes him more intriguing, but we’ll see soon how well he can hold his own.

5: Bobby Roode: Putting Bully Ray through one table is a big enough accomplishment, but the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion put Ray through three. With a lack of opponents after the Dixieland angle fallout, Roode will at least be in the ring with one of the company’s most dependable workers in Ray. One of the most underrated workers in the sport today, Roode, alongside Ray, could provide some solid in-ring performances in an upper mid-card role.

4: Kenny King: This guy is hungry and ready to be back in the X-Division mix. Although there’s plenty of talent in the division, King brings a certain type of charisma that is sorely missing. His potential feud with MVP could be very cool, but what could be more exciting is another run for King with the X-Division title.

3: Samoa Joe: He’s all out of excuses. After several different opportunities to come home with the TNA World Heavyweight Title, Joe is still without the gold. Spending most of this match on the outside, he was barely a factor until the end of the match.

2: Eric Young: One of Young’s better matches in months. One of TNA’s most popular and entertaining stars, Young proved this week he can work with the brightest stars in the company. Although he failed to win the title, expect his feud with Abyss to continue and for him to stay in the World Title picture.

1: Magnus: His “I Love You” promo with Abyss was “different,” but it definitely was interesting. With Abyss’ wild and crazy nature, Magnus needed to do whatever he could to get him on his side. With Abyss completely under his control, Magnus is pretty tough to beat right now.

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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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