TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: New Champion, Wolves Dominate

Bobby Lashley is the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

Who saw that coming? After Eric Young’s successful defense at Slammiversary, it appeared he’d continue his run for the foreseeable future. But after this week’s Impact, it’s fair to say the EY experiment is over and a new one has begun.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see what else happened on a wacky episode of Impact.

Honorable Mention: Tommy Dreamer: His promo during this week’s Impact Wrestling delved a bit into hyperbole when he said that the wrestling business relied on Dixie Carter’s shoulders, but it was a good segment that allowed Carter to get even more heat.

5: Ethan Carter III: Now with Bully Ray presumably out of the way, now Carter has to deal with Tommy Dreamer? Either way you look at it, Carter has continued to piss people off and gain heat. All he needs is a few more high profile opponents and some more ring time and Carter will get closer to solidifying a spot in the middle of the card.

4: Kurt Angle: His return is a welcomed one as TNA is in need of big names to fight the MVP regime. What he’ll be able to accomplish in the current physical shape he’s in is unknown, but

3: Eric Young: Damn that hurts. EY worked his tail off and got over as TNA World Heavyweight Champion, to only lose the belt on Impact Wrestling a week after defending it on Slammiversary. Will he get a rematch? What’s next for him?

2: TNA Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards: Anyone that thinks tag team wrestling is dead should watch these guys. Although not the biggest or strongest, their technical prowess and speed, as well as their heart makes up for it. Their win over Abyss and Willow and Samoa Joe and Austin Aries this week on Impact was awesome well, thanks to a beautiful Powerbomb, Backstabber combination.

1: Bobby Lashley: The new TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Lashley has some big shoes to fill as Eric Young was coming into his own. With MVP as his mouthpiece and a surging trio with King, can Lashley thrive?

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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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