TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Roode Bombs?

November 2, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion in Bobby Roode and what appears to be friction among the TNA Tag Team Champion combination of Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards, there seems to be a tide of change once again looming over Impact Wrestling.

Will it be enough to get this company a new TV deal or even better, to keep them pertinent?

While the in-ring action was solid, the show seems to be missing a few more intangibles. Still relying on older stars the likes of Tommy Dreamer, Devon and The Hardy Boys to put over their younger talent, TNA is still in flux and it appears that until fresh writing team gets involved, they’ll stay that way.

Matches:

Tag Team Tournament Semi-Final: MVP and Kenny King vs. Low Ki and Samoa Joe: While MVP and King are in the same faction, Joe and Ki just work very well together. Between Ki’s athleticism and Joe’s power, it’s hard not to take them seriously. After Ki took care of MVP on the outside, the constant annoying double-team tactics by King and MVP were nullified, allowing Joe to wrap up King in the Kokina Clutch for the win.

Angelina Love and Velvet Sky vs. vs. Madison Rayne and Taryn Terrell: Rayne refused to tag in for Terrell, which allowed Love and Sky to have their way with her. Although she fought back and nearly won following a Cross Body from the top rope, it wasn’t enough to get her the win. Still not tagging in, Rayne took out the Beautiful People and then the Package Buster on Terrell before the Beautiful People made the combined pin.

Tag Team Tournament Semi-Final: Ethan Carter III and Tyrus vs. Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy: EC3 was in control for a bit, but Matt was able to hold his own until Jeff hot a bevy of signature holds to get the fans involved. After the Twist of Fate on EC3, Tyrus tagged himself in, but after he missed a top rope Splash, both Hardy’s got the Twist of Fate before Jeff hit the Swanton for the win.

Eddie Edwards w/ Davey Richards vs. James Storm w/Manik and Sanada: Edwards was strong, but interference from Manik and Sanada and indifference from his tag partner, allowed Storm to win with the Last Call Super Kick.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley vs, Bobby Roode w/Kurt Angle as Special Guest Referee: A weird match that saw Lashley take out Roode with the title and hit both Angle and other referee Brian Hebner. Once a dominant champion, Lashley became a standard heel. Although there was drama as Lashley went for the Dominator at one point and there were plenty of near-falls, this wasn’t the huge war it could have been. After a counter of the RoodeBomb from Lashley, Roode was about to sit across Lashley’s chest, stacking him into a pinning combination to win the title.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13870 Articles
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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