TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Hardy, Aries Thrive in Awesome Episode

Frankie Valli sang it best, “Oh what a night.”

With every title on the line and less filler than ever, TNA brought it big time in one of the best episodes of Impact this year.

Check out this week’s Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who left the memorable night as the new X-Division Champion and who has a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight title.

Honorable Mention: Bobby Roode: Damn he’s pissed and he’s about to take out his frustration on MVP. Once the former WWE star is healed up from a nasty knee injury, expect Roode and MVP to have a series of solid matches. Although this would have been a great feud for a secondary title, it still works as an old-fashioned grudge match. For the time being however, Roode will have to deal with Kenny King.

5: Eric Young: Still a legitimate contender for the TNA World Heavyweight title, Young will continue to be pushed in decent upper card feuds- simply because fans love him and he can work. Proof of that was how well he did in the Battle Royal this past week on Impact. Don’t expect him to wear the belt again any time soon, but he will matter.

4: The Wolves: It looks like the Wolves have a dance partner they can work with in Bram and Magnus. Arguably the best tag team in professional wrestling today, Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards continue to be featured regularly on the show, wrestling solid 10-15 minute matches. For any performer, especially young ones, you can’t ask for much more than that.

3: Austin Aries: The new TNA X-Division Champion, Aries finally has the belt back after Senada’s mediocre run. Can Aries bring back some prestige to the strap and even trade it in again for a chance at the TNA World Heavyweight title? That would be cool.

2: Bobby Lashley: Virtually indestructible, Lashley has been on a massive role since he defeated Eric Young for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. All he needs is some more mic time and maybe, just maybe, TNA could make this run somewhat memorable.

1: Jeff Hardy: The new #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight title, Hardy has ditched the Willow persona and is ready to reclaim the belt.

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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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