TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: A New Stable, More Menagerie

Talk about falling off the deep end. TNA appeared to be gathering quite a bit of steam a few months ago when MVP arrived. Now, with his new faction running over the company, The Beautiful People dominating the Knockouts Division and The Menagerie already a force after just two weeks, Impact Wrestling continues to drown in its own blood.

Who wants to watch this anymore? Was there even a decent match this week? Was there a clean win, with no antics, interference or nonsense?

Why is Frank Kazarian scared of clowns?

Too many questions and not enough answers on this show.

The fact that the swerve at the end of the show elicited zero response from the crowd should be an indication of where this show is going.

It doesn’t matter that they have a hard-working and deserving champion either. TNA is in serious trouble and it may be so bad that a new writing staff won’t be able to fix the problem.

Matches:

Magnus and Bram vs. Willow: Although Magnus and Bram dominated, Willow was always a signature move away from the win. After Bram threw in a crowbar for Magnus, the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion showed some hesitation in using the weapon. That moment of hesitation allowed Willow to reverse Magnus signature Suplex into a Rollup for the win.

Gail Kim vs. Velvet Sky w/Knockouts Champion Angelina Love: With Love running her mouth before the match, Sky got the upper-hand. Although she almost won with a DDT, Sky got her finisher reversed got nailed with Kim’s Eat Defeat for the loss. After the three-count, Love took out Kim with the Knockout Title.

Kazarian vs. Crazy Steve w/Knux, Rebel and The Freak: The faction’s entrance musk never stopped and Steve even top rope Splashed some balloons. Steve eventually pants the referee and got the match thrown out, while Rebel did another split. Poor Kazarian.

Tigre Uno vs. X-Division Champion Sanada vs. Zema Ion: This was a wild one full of high-flying offense. After Ion threw Uno out of the ring, Sanada hit Ion with the top rope Brain Chop and finished him off with a nice Tiger Suplex.

Mr. Anderson vs. James Storm: A decent back and back encounter where Storm was in control throughout. After Anderson kicked out of a running DDT, Storm went for the Beer bottle bash, but Anderson reversed the move into the Mic Check. Before Anderson could perform the move, Storm sprayed the beer in Anderson’s eye and finished him off with the Last Call Super Kick.

MVP vs. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young: After Brian Hebner awarded Young the win after Kenny King hit Young with his finisher, MVP ordered the match to continue. Soon enough, Bobby Lashley hit the ring and nailed Young with a Spear and a monster Powerslam through some steel chairs.

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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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