TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Olympic Hero… and Now Director of Operations

There wasn’t very much wrestling this week on Impact, but the storyline developments were crucial ones.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who’s now in charge of TNA Impact and who got something done in the ring.

Honorable Mention: Robert Roode: Quickly getting in the middle of Eric Young’s feud with MVP, Roode quickly made an Impact last week and got in even deeper this week. Once MVP’s knee is completely healed, expect big things from Roode in what will be a killer in-ring angle between two of TNA’s top workers.

5: Gail Kim: Earning a pin-fall victory over Knockouts Champion Angelina Love this week in a Tag match with Taryn Terrell, Kim has certainly positioned herself to get a much deserved title shot. Easily the best female worker in the business today, Kim’s developing angle with Love is one of the most logically booked and enjoyable to watch in TNA today.

4: Sanada: His English is awful, but the kid can go. If TNA can try and find a way to get him in the ring more and get him a legit mouthpiece, Sanada could get over. But his current, “happy to be in America wrestling” gimmick just doesn’t cut it. Perhaps a feud with James Storm could change that.

3: Willow and Abyss: Two former TNA Champions form a pretty damn good hardcore tag team. With established resumes and the fan’s support, these two can have some serious fun in a mid-card tag role. While it’s not exactly where they want to be or where they should be, it’s a role in the company that needs to be filled.

2: Ethan Carter III: Although he hasn’t had much luck with Bully Ray, ECIII looks to make a name for himself by feuding with another hardcore legend in Tommy Dreamer. Although it may be hard to see now, but ECIII is a future TNA World Heavyweight in the waiting.

1: Kurt Angle: The new Executive Director of Wrestling Operations of TNA, it’s obvious now that his wrestling career is over, but he’ll be more than useful here.

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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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