Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Dixie Done, Joe New King of X-Division

August 14, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

New York City loves Impact Wrestling. The energy over the last few weeks has been a huge jolt to the fledgling company and this past week was no different.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who got crowned the new X-Dicision Champion and what TNA star came through on a big time promise.

Honorable Mention: Bram: Not many people walk away from Abyss in a Monster’s Ball matchup, but that’s exactly what the wily Brit did this past week on Impact. Although he’s still rough around the edges and needs another power move to refine his move set, the former NXT star is coming along nicely in TNA alongside former Impact Wrestling Champion Magnus.

5: Bobby Roode: He wants a title shot. As the longest-reigning TNA Champion of all time, he certainly deserves one. With Jeff Hardy and Eric Young not able to beat Lashley and Roode beating Kenny King and MVP, he’s due a shot. The fans in New York City loved his promo this week, but bottom line, it was nothing special as it just served as a way to hype him up to the crowd. The bottom line however is that between Lashley’s strength and Roode’s technical ability and these two can have a great match.

4: Dixie Carter: Although she went through a table and her faction is at its lowest point, she played the her incredibly well over the last few weeks and made us care about her. That’s no easy task considering how miserably most of the other angles she’s been involved in have gone down. To see the entire TNA roster play a role in that process was memorable TV.

3: Gail Kim: The best female worker in Impact Wrestling, Kim is a well-deserved Knockouts Champion. Her choice to defend the title against former champions Velvet Sky and Angelina Love, as well as rival, Taryn Terrell, makes her the fighting champion the company needs. At the apex of her career, Kim cannot be beat right now. Will that change in a Fatal-Four way match?

2: Samoa Joe: The new X-Division Champion, Joe has finally rebounded after what felt like years in isolation. Sure, he’d get a push every so often, but now with that title around his waist, the X-Division is finally in a situation to feature matches that people care about. Nothing against Austin Aries, who used the title to get a World title shot, or Senada, who couldn’t get over with fans, but Joe is cut from a different cloth.

1: Bully Ray: He put Carter through a table and the crowd loved it. What’s next for him now though? Could it be a match with King Mo?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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