Wow. Four championship matches and little filler made this easily one of the best episodes of Impact Wrestling this year. Even the non-title segments, with Bully Ray and Ethan Carter III were done well-enough to keep you intrigued.
With a few episodes of the show coming from New York City as well, TNA will be in a place to garner some big time momentum. When was the last time you could say that?
Matches:
TNA Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards vs. Bram and Magnus: This appears to be the beginning of what could be a longer feud than expected. With little competition in the division and Magnus’ success as a tag team performer and Bram’s inexperience, this just makes sense. Although the Wolves won, thanks to a unique double Backslide maneuver, Bram an Magnus quickly attacked the champions after the bell.
X-Division Champion Senada vs. Austin Aries: A crazy match with a ton of near-falls. After Aries kicked out of Senada’s Moonsault and Tiger Suplex, Aries couldn’t finish off Senada with the Brainbuster. But with Senada still down from the move, Aries nailed the 450 to reclaim the title.
Knockouts Champion Gail Kim vs. Angelina Love w/Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne vs. Britney: Although Kim was on the outside for most of the match, she came back after Rayne and Love both hit their finishers, hitting Love with the Eat Defeat for the win.
20-Man Battle Royal for #1 Contender’s Spot for TNA World Heavyweight title: Several interesting developments during the match as MVP hit Roode in the groin with a crutch to eliminate him, leaving Kenny King, Eric Young and Jeff Hardy left. Young made quick work of King and after a handshake, Young and Hardy went at it. After they traded offense for a few minutes, Young nearly eliminated Hardy with a Hip Toss, but then found himself on the apron. A Missile Dropkick from Hardy later and Young was eliminated.
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.
Wow. Four championship matches and little filler made this easily one of the best episodes of Impact Wrestling this year. Even the non-title segments, with Bully Ray and Ethan Carter III were done well-enough to keep you intrigued.
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