TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Dixieland Closed for Business, Joe Wins X-Division title

Sure, there were only four matches this week, but Dixie Carter went through a table and Samoa Joe is the new X-Division Champion.

Mission accomplished.

With enough storyline to build from moving forward and those four solid matches, it almost felt like a pay per view.

Simply put, the energy from the New York City crowd made the show even better. It’s so infectious that you have to wonder why the company would ever want to go back to Orlando.

Matches:

Monster’s Ball: Bram vs. Abyss: A bloodbath. Bram went through tacks after an Abyss Chokeslam, but Bram got the last laugh after the Spear through the Barbed Wire Table and then the shot with Janice in the gut.

Jessie Godderz, Zema Ion and Robbie E. vs. Samuel Shaw, Mr. Anderson and Gunner: The Bromans used quick tags to dominate while Anderson refused to tag in Shaw. Once Shaw got in the match for himself, he took out everybody, but Anderson, still the legal man, got Rolled Up for the loss. Shaw was forced to watch the pinball as he got his legs grabbed by one of the Bromans.

Hardcore War: Ethan Carter III, Rhyno, Ryklon and Snitsky vs. Bully Ray, Devon, Tommy Dreamer and Al Snow: Team Dixie was in control, as they used weapons and strikes to keep Dreamer and 3D on the ground. Once Al Snow joined the match, things evened up and after Dreamer DDTed ECIII and the foursome took out Rockstar Spud. Snow then hit a Moonsault on the outside and took out Snitsky and Ryklon. With the action back in the ring, Team 3D quickly took out Rhino with the 3D for the win.

Triple Threat Match or X-Division Title: Sanada vs. Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe: A fast and frenetic match that matched the finesse of Sanada with the striking ability of Low Ki and the power of Joe. All three competitors traded offense for minutes before things started to get extra spicy. The near-falls, counters and finisher reversals were all awesome. With Low Ki out of the ring, Joe latched on the Rear-Naked Choke following a float-over pin attempt and Sanada tapped out before Low Ki could break up the submission.

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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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