Impact Wrestling Coverage: Angle and Spud Earn Singles Gold

This past week’s Impact Wrestling had it all, great matches, storyline development, hotties and intrigue.

If only every week could be like this.

Add in a new X-Division Champion and TNA World Heavyweight Champion and Impact Wrestling was without a doubt at its best since premiering on Destination America.

Matches:

Ultimate X: TNA Tag Team Champions Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. Manik and The Great Sanada vs. Zema Ion and Jessie Godderz w/Angelina Love: A great opening match with plenty of offense. Although every team had their chances to grab the belts, the Wolves got the win after they took out The Revolution with the Double Stomp and grabbed the titles.

Samoa Joe w/X Division Champion Low-Ki vs. Austin Aries: In what may possibly be Joe’s last televised match with TNA, it was a good back and forth encounter that saw Aries get the win after Joe got DQed after Ki got involved. Aries also got the last laugh when he hit Ki with the Discus Elbow, taking back his World Title Shot briefcase back.

X-Division Champion Low-Ki vs. Rockstar Spud: Spud cashed in his briefcase and hit Low-Ki , who just got nailed by Aries, with the Underdog for the win and his first X-Division title.

Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrell vs. Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim: This wasn’t a lengthy match, but it was action packed. After she was unable to beat Kong with the Cutter, Terrell was caught with a top rope Powerbomb from Kim, but used the School Boy for the surprise win.

No DQ: Matt Hardy vs. James Storm w/Manik, The Great Sanada, Khoya and Abyss: Hardy beat on Storm and the Revolution, but thanks to a pair of Last Calls and a Mist from Sanada, Storm got the win, setting up the grudge match this week with Jeff Hardy.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Kurt Angle: This was a war- a 25-minute offense-fest that saw Angle fit five German Suplexes in a row and Lashley using every move in his book. Angle showed a ton of fortitude, kicking out of a massive Spear, but Lashley missing a rare Splash from the top rope. However, Lashley then applied Angle’s Ankle Lock and nearly got the win before Angle reached for the rope. After he kicked out of the Angle Slam, Lashley locked in an Arm Bar, but again, Angle escaped and latched on the Ankle Lock, grapvining the leg in the center of the ring for the win.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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