Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Angle Back on Top

Easily one of the best episodes of Impact Wrestling in years, the crowning of new X-Division and World Heavyweight Champions and a slew of wonderful matches ensured that you kept your eyes glued to the screen for the entirety of the show.

Check out this week’s Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else starred in what has the potential of being a huge momentum turning for the fledgling wrestling promotion.

Honorable Mention: Magnus: Holy crap did Magnus and Mickie James beat the crap out of Bram. Delivering a massive Powerbomb on the entrance ramp, Magnus made a huge statement, quite possibly his biggest moment since losing the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

5: Rockstar Spud: The new X-Division Champion, the new-look Spud captured the title from the shocked and frazzled Low-Ki this past week on Impact. One of the most endearing characters on the show, it’ll be interesting where Spud takes the almost-forgotten X-Division from here on out.

4: Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards: In an awesome opening bout against two solid tag teams, The Wolves retained their titles, thanks to a plethora of athleticism and a slew of effective double team maneuvers. Arguably the best tag team in the world today, all the Wolves need to truly cement that notion is more promo time. While they are great performers, they have yet to get into a memorable feud or become characters the fans can’t live without.

3: Taryn Terrell: Beating both Gail Kim and Awesome Kong this past week on Impact, Terrell is quickly carving a niche for herself in the Knockouts Division. Beautiful and tough as nails, Terrell continues to get better every week.

2: Bobby Lashley: The most dominant champion in TNA history is no more. Although he was at his near-best this past week on Impact, Lashley tapped out to the resilient Kurt Angle. What’s next for Lashley?

1: Kurt Angle: No one thought Angle would have a chance against Lashley, but the talented veteran got the win with his trademark Ankle Lock, beginning what has to be a brand new era in TNA.

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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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