TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Seeds of Change

Samoa Joe’s relinquishing of the X-Division title and Jame Storm and Abyss’ capturing of the TNA Tag Team titles has thrown a bit of spice into the promotion. While MVP and Bobby Roode’s absence from this week’s show caused a bit of a lull, Austin Aries and Bobby Lashley picked up the pace in a decent main event that should blow into a full-on feud.

Matches:

James Storm and Abyss w/Manik and The Great Sanada vs. TNA Tag Team Champions Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards: After he traded in his “Feast or Fired” Tag Team title shot, Storm went for the quick win, but Edwards kicked out. After Storm hit the Eye of the Storm, Abyss made his debut for The Revolution and nailed Edwards with The Chokeslam and Blackhole Slam before he allowed Storm to make the cover for the win.

Madison Rayne vs. Taryn Terrell: Rayne has gone full heel and her attempts at getting the easy win were put to bed when Terrell won with the Diamond Cutter after he countered Rayne’s Rayne Check finisher.

Handicap Elimination Tag Team Match: Jessie Godderz and Zema Ion and Angelina Love and Velvey Sky vs. The Menagerie, Knux, Crazy Steve and Rebel: A standard handicap match until Crazy Steve was left alone against Sky and Godderz. After he rolled up Sky and got the pin and a forced kiss for himself, Steve managed to kick out of a massive Powerbomb from Godderz and get the win with a Tornado DDT.

Tyrus w/ Ethan Carter III vs. Eric Young w/ Rockstar Spud: Tyrus used his size throughout the match, while Spud and ECIII locked eyes throughout the encounter. Regardless of the size difference however, Young was able to fight back and get the win with the Top Rope Elbow after Spud neutralized ECIII on the outside.

No Disqualification: Samuel Shaw w/ Brittany vs. Gunner: This was a tough one. From Superplexes on steel chairs and Powerbombs on the ring steps, Gunner was on fire. Interference from Brittany kept Shaw in the match, but it wasn’t enough to get him the win. Even after a Brittany Low Blow and a Shaw steel chair shot, Gunner hit the F5 for the win.

Austin Aries vs. Bobby Lashley: These two destroyed each other, but it ended in a double-count-out. Expect another match, soon.

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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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