TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: A Fighting Champion

May 4, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

A cool into segment this week on Impact led to a nifty mini-tournament for a shot at Eric Young’s TNA title.

Add in another Knux vignette and the continued drama between Ethan Carter III and Kurt Angle and a new “ally” for Magnus, as well as an appearance from new Knockout Champion Angelina Love and this week’s Impact didn’t let anyone down following Sacrifice.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage to see who made it out of Sacrifice and Impact with their titles and plenty of momentum.

Honorable Mention: Kurt Angle: Damn is Angle pissed. He’s ready to end Ethan Carter III’s undefeated streak. If Rockstar Spud of Aunt Dixie don’t get involved, he may just do it.

5: Abyss: A Chokeslam on Magnus and a huge pop from the fans this week was a nice way for Abyss to move on after ending his relationship with former TNA Champion Magnus. Back to his “Monster” self, Abyss appears focused on making sure Magnus has his hands full for a while. With the fans support and Janice ready at a moments notice, Abyss is ready to reclaim the plethora of fans he lost during his Joseph Park days.

4: Ethan Carter III: He’s got Kurt Angle next week on Impact and then we’ll see if all the nonsense was worth it. For all it’s worth, he’s been far more entertaining with Rockstar Spud than anyone else would have thought. Never been pinned or submitted in singles competition, Carter is one of the top young performers in Impact Wrestling today. All her needs is a big win over someone with some credibility and he’s on his way.

3: Bobby Roode: His win over Gunner this week keeps him in World Title contention, but his loss later in the night proves that he’s not a real threat to Eric Young. A mainstay in the company, Roode would do his best in a Kurt Angle Type role, where he’d face younger competition and make them earn their stripes in the ring.

2: Willow: His DQ win over James Storm wasn’t the important part of his performance this week. Continuing his reign of aggressive dominance, Willow is such a different character than Jeff Hardy, but close enough to keep his loyal fans happy. With a ton of charisma, all Willow needs is the right push. Now that he’s avenged his alter-ego’s issues with Rockstar Spud and Ethan Carter III, maybe he’ll get in the TNA title picture.

1: Eric Young: It’s like a breath of fresh air to see Young defend the World Title so often, but that’s just how he rolls. A win over Bobby Roode proved again that Young is the man in the company for now- as long as fans continue to speak their mind, he’ll have the title around his waist for a while.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13861 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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