TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Joe is Back

June 5, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

While MVP, Bobby Lashley and Kenny King’s reign of terror in TNA has been a destructive one, the return of Samoa Joe and the unlikely union of TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young, Bully Ray, Austin Aries and the TNA World Tag Team Champions Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards has created a war that continues to leave wreckage every week. Add in Ethan Carter III, Rockstar Spud and Dixie Carter into the mix and you have some decent warfare that looks to bleed into Slammiversary.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else made an impression on a wild and wacky episode of Impact Wrestling.

Honorable Mention: Bram: The former NXT star has made quite an impression in his first few weeks with TNA. Using the Spike DDT to finish off Tigre Uno, Bram won’t win any awards, but it is a step in the right direction for the tough guy. With Magnus yet to adopt Bram’s more aggressive ways, this weeks win should go a way in helping make Magnus’ eventual decision a no-brainer.

5: Ethan Carter III: Aligning himself with MVP for the time being and still entangled in a crazy feud with Bully Ray, EC3 continues to maintain a prominent role on Impact TV. We’d like to see the former NXT star wrestle some more though.

4: Samoa Joe: His return definitely spices things up. Still hungry for a World title shot, how long can Joe stay on Eric Young’s side? Is he destined to join the MVP army?

3: Bully Ray: He’s got six tables to break and he’s already broken one. Can Bully Ray thrive as a top level face and without the TNA World Heavyweight title around his waist? If he continues to work the way he has and shoot the same solid promo he’s known for, all signs point to yes.

2: MVP, Bobby Lashley and Kenny King: This faction is all business right now, decimating every competitor that stands in their way. However, if they can’t take the TNA World Heavyweight title from Eric Young, then all the talk and destruction will be for nothing. At any rate, this makes the next few weeks leading up to Slammiversary very interesting to say the very least.

1: Eric Young: EY continues to take on all comers and even though he hasn’t been able to finish a match the past few weeks without someone getting involved, it doesn’t mean he hasn’t been the best TNA World Heavyweight Champion since Austin Aries.

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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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