TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: BDC Turns TNA Upside Down

With four solid matches, plenty of offense and the promise of a great show next week thanks to “Feast or Fired,” Impact Wrestling continues to garner consistency on its new home on Destination America.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who was showcased in a surprisingly accessible and interesting episode of Impact.

“Whoa” Moment of the Night: While Samoa Joe’s submission win over Kurt Angle got our attention, Eric Young’s domination of Bobby Roode- the exclamation point being a Spike Piledriver on a steel chair, was no joke.

Honorable Mention: Ethan Carter III: His feud with Jeremy Borash is a puzzling one, but it continues to play a role in Carter’s drama with Rockstar Spud. Although he’s stuck in the mid-card right now, Carter III is a few “statement” matches away from a serious single push.

5: Kurt Angle: Angle doesn’t tap out often, but he had a solid match with Samoa Joe this week on Impact that, if anything, furthers the strength and potential of the Beat Down Clan. Right in the middle of the company’s biggest feud, Angle still matters, even if his star has dimmed considerably. Watching his multiple German Suplexes against Joe this week proved it yet again.

4: The Hardy Boys: Anyone that thoughts this team was done got a rude awakening this week as they had the best match on the card with The Wolves. With a Tag Team title shot against James Storm and Abyss next week, The Hardy Boys may end up with gold around their waists. Still athletic, still charismatic, The Hardy Boys involvement in the TNA Tag Team division is a testament to the depth in their singles divisions and an investment in their youth in the Tag Team Division.

3: Awesome Kong: Her eventual match with Havoc will set the scene for her shot against whoever is the holder of the Knockout title. Once the title is around her waist, which it will be, the Knockouts Division will never be the same.

2: The Beat Down Clan: MVP’s new faction, The Beat Down Clan, has plenty of momentum. At the same time, they have little really holding them together aside from the fact that they are all heels and will listen to MVP. Sure, Kenny King is entertaining and Low-Ki, the new X-Division Champion- and Samoa Joe are two of the best workers in the business, they need to continue to dominate to further their street cred. The possibility of adding Eric Young also makes the BDC a faction you don’t want to mess with.

1: Bobby Lashley: The ability to be his own man is a big shift for him- it’s one that will go a long way in making this run as World Heavyweight Champion much different than the last.

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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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