TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Gold Rush Anyone?

Six entertaining matches, none featuring TNA Champions, highlighted a different type of Impact Wrestling this week that did more to develop the under-appreciated performers than the bonafide stars..

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who earned a title shot of their choice following a pretty cool main event.

Honorable Mention: Tajiri: His win over the surging Robbie E. was a bit unexpected, but Tajiri, who many American fans have forgotten since his exodus from the WWE, is still able to turn in awesome performances. While his future in TNA is uncertain, he’s certainly still an engaging performer.

5: Gail Kim: She’s going to have her hands full with Havok next week on Impact, but if her past accomplishments say anything about her future, she’ll put in one of the best performances of her career. Already the top female worker in the business today, her encounter with Havok is exactly what the Knockouts division needs.

4: Abyss: His win over Sam Shaw this week was a dominant one. Could a push be in order?

3: Mr. Anderson: After he got the surprise win over Magnus earlier in the show, Anderson put in another solid performance in the five-way Main Event. Although he appears to be out of World Title contention, Anderson can still serve a huge role as an upper mid-card performer. If only TNA had a secondary title away from the X-Division. Anderson would be the perfect guy to hold that belt and perform with the company’s up and coming stars.

2: MVP: As long as Bobby Lashley holds on to the TNA World Heavyweight title, MVP will have power. A seasoned vet himself however, MVP appears ready to write his own story in the company.

1: Austin Aries: The fact that he’s able to give the 300-pound Knux the Brainbuster is one thing, but bottom line is that Aries is a guy who deserves another shot at the TNA World Heavyweight or X-Division titles. Great on the microphone and in the ring, it’s in TNA’s best interest to keep him on the show every week. Hopefully, his win at the Gold Rush main event is a step in that direction.

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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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