TNA Impact Power Rankings: All About the Steel Cage

On the heels of Slammiversary, this week’s TNA Impact saw World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young wrestle three times in order to get his match with MVP in a steel cage.

Check out this week’s TNA Power Rankings to see who else is ready for the company’s big summer PPV event.

Honorable Mention: Samoa Joe: In the middle of a feud with Bobby Lashley, the two have the opportunity to have one of the best matches on the card. Promising that MVP is next, can Samoa Joe finally get the World Title back around his waist?

5: Bobby Lashley: A clean win over Eric Young this week on Impact ensured his place on this week’s list and keeps him important for the time being. His match with Samoa Joe will be an important one as well because it’ll decide Joe’s World Title aspirations as well as where TNA sees Lashley moving forward. Will he just be MVP’s lackey, or something more?

4: Willow: With Abyss on his side against Magnus and Bram, Willow hasn’t been this dangerous since his debut. Although he’s not in the World Title picture, Hardy is still loved by TNA’s fans and can still have a good match. For right now, that’s enough for him to stay relevant in TNA.

3: Bully Ray: One of the most underrated workers in the sport today, Ray is set for a huge match with Ethan Carter III at Slammiversary that will help build the young heel up into the future star he deserves to be. At the same time, the Texas Death Match at the event is just another opportunity for Ray to do what he’s best at.

2: MVP: Sure, he softened up Eric Young this week on Impact, but can MVP win the title at Slammiversary? With all his cards on the table and Dixie Carter breathing down his neck, it’s do or die time for MVP.

1: Eric Young: Three matches in one night? Damn skippy, cause Young is just crazy enough. With the deck stacked against him on Impact, Young found a way to keep an advantage. Expect the same thing from Young at Slammiversary when he battles MVP in a steel cage.

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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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