Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Lacking

February 26, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a complete lack of flair, this week’s Impact wrestling was the weakest episode on Destination America yet. While the card was a decent one, the lack of unpredictability ultimately did the show in.

Check out this week’s Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who left this past week’s Impact with a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Honorable Mention: Mr. Anderson: His helping of Rockstar Spud has added another level to Spud’s feud with Ethan Carter III. At the same time, it’ll be great for Tyrus to take on a seasoned veteran the likes of Anderson, helping to fill out the mid-card with decent bouts. Shaving off Tyrus’ Mohawk on this week’s Impact definitely made for some fun TV. At the same time, you have to wonder when Anderson will get his next real push.

5: The Wolves: While The Revolution has the Tag Team titles, The Wolves continue to gather momentum for another run with the straps. Easily the best tag team in TNA today, Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards continue to out-work their opponents every week and it’s only a matter of time until they are back on top. However, they’ll have to find a way to get past The Revolution’s numbers game. Perhaps their newfound allegiance with Matt Hardy could help in that situation.

4: Awesome Kong: She’s not the TNA Knockouts Champion, but her taking out Taryn Terrell and confronting Gail Kim makes for some good action in the Knockouts division. Make no mistake, a three-way bout with this competitors will be a war.

3: Kurt Angle: His performance in the 20-Man battle royal was proof that the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion can still perform. Unable to beat the numbers of the BDC, Angle will have to look for another way to a title shot.

2: The Beat Down Clan: Although they almost squandered a great opportunity to earn shot at Lashley’s TNA World Heavyweight title and looked less than stellar in terms of communication, they are still by far the most dominant faction in the company. MVP’s shot at Lashley this week will be MVP’s final chance to get the title after almost a year of failed attempts. However, it’ll be interesting how the group continues to function with the loss of their enforcer, Samoa Joe.

1: Bobby Lashley: He’s the most dominant champion in TNA history needs some competition and he may have gotten it in the face of Kurt Angle. While MVP is next in line for a shot against him, Angle will be his next serious challenge, unless the numbers game of the BDC plays a part in Lashley losing the title. Regardless of how well he has fared against the competition in TNA, Lashley has never faced a technical wrestler the likes of Angle. Can he keep his belt after locking horns with the Olympic hero? Or even better, can he get past the BDC first?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13853 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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