TNA Hardcore Justice Power Rankings: New Threats to Lashley’s TNA Title

In what could possibly be TNA’s straight to TV pay per view, Impact Wrestling put on a show that had four RAW main event quality matches and one stinker, making it easily another Impact Wrestling in New York City that was enjoyable to watch.

Check out our Hardcore Justice Power Rankings to see who the next contenders for the TNA title are and who left the made for TV pay per view with their titles/

Honorable Mentions:

Bram: A few months ago, this guy was on NXT, now he’s carving a niche as a tough as nails Bruiser Brody type and for now, it’s working well. His continued success against Abyss won’t lead to any World title shots in the near future, but it will continue to guarantee him a spot on the card. For now and for any young wrestler, that’s always the first goal to accomplish.

Dixie Carter: Her interview with Mike Tenay at Hardcore Justice wasn’t too telling but “A Carter never forgets,” makes it easy to think she’ll be back with a new faction in a few months, if the company is still around.

5: Ethan Carter III: This nastier version of ECIII is awesome. A confrontation with Rhino is exactly what his character needs in order to be taken seriously as a future World Champion. It also helps Rhino, who needs a feud with a youngster in the worst way. These types of mutuallyy beneficial feuds are the ones TNA should book, but usually don’t/ So for the time being, Carter and Rhino are in an ironically good spot.

4: The Wolves: Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards’ challenges to both Team 3D and the Hardy’s will eventually culminate in one of the best Tag Team matches in TNA history. Chances are it’ll end with Richards and Edwards still holding on to the titles as well.

3: Gail Kim: You’d never see a Diva hit a Top Rope Samoan Drop on a chair, but it’s something Gail Kim would do without a second thought. It’s things like that which make her one of the best female workers ever and the TNA Knockouts Champion.

2: Samoa Joe: It appears the “old” Joe is back. His win over Low-Ki at Hardcore Justice earns him a win over the only real credible threat to his title. The only thing left for him to do now is dominate- and everyone knows that Joe does that very well.

1:Eric Young and Bobby Roode: Their “win” at Hardcore Justice proves that TNA management feels the neither of them can draw a crowd against Lashley, but the three of them together could be an awesome match. Both of them are former TNA World Heavyweight Champions and can push Lashley to a new limit.

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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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