Impact Wrestling Coverage: Saying Goodbye to Manhattan Soon

Impact Wrestling’s run of shows in the Manhattan Center were some of the best work the company has done in years. With a revitalized title scene and plenty of new faces, Impact Wrestling leaves Manhattan in much better standing than when they first appeared earlier this summer.

The only question is how do they continue to keep the show’s raised standard going? There’s only so many returning ECW stars left and so many indie guys they can use, eventually the solid writing, the base needed for any wrestling promotion to thrive, will have to replace the buzz.

Given TNA’s track record, it’s hard to gauge where things go from here.

Matches:

Knockouts Champion Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell: A solid opener that saw Kim get the win after kicking out of Terrell’s one-handed Cutter and reversing a Top Rope Crossbody into a pinning combination. After the match however, Havok debuted and destroyed both competitors with The White Noise.

Samuel Shaw and Gunner vs. Magnus and Bram: The action essentially started after the three-count. After Gunner got Rolled-Up by Bram, thanks to a grab of the tights, Shaw flipped out. Could a return to the mental facility be in the works?

TNA World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Match: Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode: EY gave it his all, hitting a , WheelBarrow Neckbreaker, a Spike DDT and his Top-Rope Elbow, but Roode escaped and won with the Roode Bomb. After the bell, the two hugged it out, quite the contrary to what MVP alluded to earlier in the show. Can Roode be trusted at this point in his career?

X-Division No. 1 Contender’s Match: Tigre Uno vs. DJ Z vs. Crazy Steve vs. Manik vs. Homicide vs. Low Ki: The moves were all over the place as everyone, even Crazy Steve, managed to get some offense in. While Homicide eventually got the win with the Gringo Killer on Manik, the coolest part of the match was afterwards when James Storm and The Great Sanada took Manik out of the arena. What could Manik’s next gimmick be?

Rockstar Spud vs. Rhino: Even with a trashcan, Spud got Gored by Rhino or the loss.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley w/ MVP and Kenny King vs. Samoa Joe: These two can have a great match together, but tonight it was just average as the two traded offense and Samoa Joe was forced to fight off attacks from King and MVP. After King interfered again, Lashley hit the Spear for the win.

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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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