TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: One More Shot For Roode

It looks like Bobby Roode will get one more shot at Bobby Lashley’s TNA World Heavyweight title after all.

In a decent episode of Impact, WWE export Brodus Clay also made his debut as Ethan Carter III’s new heavy. A role that he could flourish in, things could work out better for the big man this time around. Away from that, it was what you would expect from the first week following a pay per view- a lot of building for future storylines and drama.

With four solid matches and an awesome main event, TNA continues to survive, but lacks the sizzle moments that will keep it afloat. Bully Ray’ and Devons challenge to New Japan’s Bullet Club in New Japan at Bound for Glory would be an amazing concept and it’s things such as that which will keep TNA important in the wrestling community, not another Bobby Roode/Bobby Lashley match.

Matches:

Madison Rayne vs. Knockouts Champion Havok: Rayne was able to get in some high-flying offense in and out of the ring, but Havok got the win with the Harlot Slayer Clokeslam for the win.

Magnus vs. Matt Hardy: A decent back and forth that saw both competitors hit most of their signature moves until Hardy countered a top-rope Splash into the Cutter for the win.

Angelina Love, DJ Z and Jessie Godderz w/ Velvet Sky vs. Knux, Rebel and Crazzy Steve: An average match that ended after a solid Tornado DDT from Crazzy Steve on Godderz.

Shark Boy vs. Tyrus: After the Headbutt and T-Bone Suplex, Tyrus hit the Avalanche in the corner and finished him off with the Chokeslam.

#1 Contender’s Elimination Match: Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Eric Young: An insane match with plenty of hits and misses. Roode and Aries hit their RoodeBomb and Brainbuster simultaneously on Hardy and Young to make it a singles match. After a few minutes of strikes and counters of each other’s signature submission and finishing maneuvers, Roode hit the RoodeBomb 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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