TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Ready for Lockdown

Swerves, storyline drama and a few damn good matches this week on Impact did an awesome job to set up next week’s Lockdown event. With the match card beginning to take shape, there’s an awesome balance between title drama and mid-card intrigue.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see where the battle lines have been drawn for Lockdown.

Interesting: Kurt Angle’s “Challenge” to Gunner could be a huge turning point for the former TNA TV Champion. With a great look and more charisma than people give him credit for, he’s just a few big wins away from getting back in the mix. It would help if TNA had a secondary title that he could fight for though.

End of an Alliance: Bram was already carving a niche of his own in TNA and Magnus is too good a face to keep a heel. Their eventual brawl will be a good one.

Honorable Mention: Taryn Terrell: She’s not Awesome Kong and she’s definitely not Gail Kim, but Terrell continues to gain credibility as a tough, but beautiful champion. Much like other performers who use the Cutter, Terrell can hit the maneuver from a variety of different places. Add her solid stamina and chin and she’s a tougher opponent than most think.

5: Eric Young: After Tommy Dreamer pointed out he never asked Roode for a title shot, Young attempted to take out the hardcore legend, but Roode made the save, which continues the feud between the two former TNA World Heavyweight champions. Angry and brooding, this version of EY isn’t as entertaining, but he’s still someone to take very seriously.

4: Bobby Roode: He’s got his match against Eric Young and he wants EY to bleed. This will be a classic.

3: MVP: The Leader of the Beat Down Clan continues to find a way to stay involved in the TNA World Heavyweight title picture, but his match

2: Kurt Angle: Adding Gunner and Austin Aries to his team for Lockdown, Angle is two steps closer to taking out the Beat Down Clan for good, but who else does he add?

1: Bobby Lashley: Although he has no opponent for Lockdown Lashley successfully defended his title against Austin Aries, Bobby Roode and MVP.

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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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