TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Don’t Mess With Lashley

New York City and Impact Wrestling go together like Charlie Sheen and hookers. It just make sense. Another great card and teasing for what appears to be another solid show next week, Destination X was another fast-paced episode that was void of filler.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Power Rankings to see who advanced in the X-Division title tournament and who left the Manhattan Center with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Honorable Mention: Low Ki: This guy has come back like a ball of fire. For the second week in a row, he had one of the best singles matches on the card. Can his renewed vigor land him a shot at the X-Division title and a permanent spot at Impact Wrestling?

5: Ethan Carter III: In the middle of the biggest feud of his young career, Carter continues to find a way to stay in the middle of the company’s biggest storylines. Add Rhino, Snitsky and Ezekiel Jackson to his stable and Carter is ready to make a real name for himself in Impact Wrestling.

4: Bully Ray: One of the company’s top stars, Ray’s feud with ECIII has done an excellent job of rounding out the company’s mid-card. Although his days of holding championship gold are over for the time being, Ray has continued to make himself a valuable member of the company.

3: Austin Aries: Surprisingly, Aries didn’t take home the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X, but he did help make Lashley look even more dominating. One of the brightest stars in the company, his future is up in the air, but chances are the company will find him a new feud soon.

2: The Wolves: After an epic encounter with the Hardy Boys this week, The Wolves’ street creed just went through the roof. Their Powerbomb/Backstabber finisher is insane and helps make them the elite tag team they are. All they need is to continue to have great matches and their legends can only grow. At this point, you have to wonder, what tag team is next?

1: Bobby Lashley: If you had any misgivings about Lashley’s performances as TNA Champion, they were put to rest at destination X. Taking everything Aries had and more, Lashley dominated when he had to and retained his title.

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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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