TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Lockdown Card Set?

Is it crazy that the Go-Home show before Lockdown this week on Impact was better than RAW’s episode before Royal Rumble?

With no wasted moments, a respectable Divas match, some high-flying action, storyline development and a Monster’s Ball performance from Abyss and Jeff Hardy, this week’s Impact never dragged.

Matches:

Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell: This was pretty fast-paced and was a solid six or seven minute owner. Although all three Knockouts pushed it hard and had their share of near-falls, Terrell got the win with the Cutter after Rayne dodged a Crossbody from Kim.

Monster’s Ball: Abyss vs. Jeff Hardy: The New York City crowd chanted “You Still Got It,” and regardless of who they were talking about, the match was a brutal one. Cheese graters, chairs and the usual assortment of hardcore items littered the ring as these two enigmas beat the crap out of each other. Abyss brought the tacks and Janice into the ring, but Hardy escaped Janice and hit the Twist of Fate, but The Revolution interfered before Hardy could hit the Senton Bomb. Although Matt Hardy made the save, the numbers game eventually caught up to them when Storm took out Matt with The Last Call. The Wolves then injected themselves into the equation, taking out the Revolution with strikes and a Double Suicide Dive, which allowed Abyss to lay the tacks down. With Hardy on the top rope, Abyss went for the Superplex on the tacks, but Hardy countered into a Seated Powerbomb and then the Senton for the win.

Rockstar Spud and Mandrews vs. Robbie E. and Jessie Godderz w/Zema Ion and Angelina Love: Whoa- Spud hit the Acid Drop and Mandrews followed it up with the Shooting Star Press for the surprise win, but Tyrus and Ethan Carter III took them out and challenged them to a handicap match against Tyrus at Lockdown.

Fatal Four Way: TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Austin Aries vs. MVP vs. Bobby Roode:
More a tease for the next World Title defense, Lashley got the win over Aries with the Spear, but the BDC and Eric Young got involved after and took out Roode, Lashley and Aries. Kurt Angle and Gunner then made the save and set up the four on four match for Lockdown, adding Austin Aries to his team, but was unable to get Lashley on his team.

So who will Angle get to complete his team?

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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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