TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Two New Champs

Two new champions and plenty of feuds brewing, TNA looks to have hit some sort of creative stride.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else starred in another damn-good episode of Impact.

Honorable Mention: Rockstar Spud: Fans hate Ethan Carter III and desperately want to see him her his rear kicked. While Spud may not be the best guy to do it, he’s the guy who has an opportunity to. Powered by raw energy and a bulldog approach in the ring, don’t let his size fool you. With an ability to sell, he’s going to make EC3 look stronger than ever, but he’s going to eventually get his licks in as well.

5: Taryn Terrell: The new Knockout Champion, Terrell put on awesome show against two talented performers in Havoc and Gail Kim. Finally obtaining the title that eluded her during her tenure in the company, now is the time for Terrell to cast all doubt on her aside. Beautiful and armed with a respectable and deadly finisher, she has the ball in her court. Now it’s just her time to run with it.

4: Bram: It’s very rare that Tommy Dreamer gets beaten in a hardcore match, but TNA’s new hardcore dominator is something special. It also helps that he’s got former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Magnus on his side, but even by himself, Bram is a hardcore performer from another time. If you grew up during the ‘90s and ECW’s run of glory, Magnus is a guy that would have fit in perfectly there.

3: Low Ki: His road back to the X-Division crown has been a long one, with stints in the WWE and all over the world in-between. But after all the drama, Ki has the title back around his waist and looks primed to be a fighting champion and one that will restore credibility to the division.

2: Bobby Lashley: He was one of the most dominant World Champions TNA has ever had. But can he still hunt? He wants his title back, but needs to find some type of fire or passion to bring his feud with Roode alive. The fact that it’ll be a great match might not be good enough.

1: Bobby Roode: He’s pissed and wants a piece of Lashley. While it’s not going to be a cakewalk by any stretch of the imagination, Roode has become the fighting champion the company needs right now.

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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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