TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Wolves Howl to Tag Title, Angle Ready for Lashley, Again

With a new #1 contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, new Tag Team Champions and several feuds in the mid-card, this past week’s Impact Wrestling was a solid episode that will give the company some momentum moving forward.

Regardless, with many of the same faces on the card as usual, it was nice to see Drew Galloway get some promo and in-ring time. If TNA is ever going to be more than a “Big Indie,” they’ll have to continue to spice up their cards and give some of the fresh faces an expanded role.

Nothing against Kurt Angle, but who really wants to see him with the title again?

Matches:

Kenny King w/MVP, Low-Ki and Samoa Joe vs. Drew Galloway: King brought the offense to Galloway and got much-needed help from the Beat Down Clan after the match, but Galloway was able to earn his first win in TNA thanks to the Future Shock DDT after he successfully countered King’s Finisher.

Bram vs. Matt Hardy: Bram was vigilant, kicking out of the Moonsault and Side Effect, eventually getting the win with the Impaler DDT, or what Bram likes to call the Brighter Side of Suffering.

Awesome Kong vs. Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrell: These two were literally at a stand-still, as neither one could land their finisher. Although Kong got DQed for her actions outside the ring and gave Terrell the win, you can’t like the Champion’s chances moving forward.

Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. TNA Tag Team Champions James Storm and Abyss w/Sanada, Manik and Khoya: Edwards not only kicked out of the Eye of the Storm and the Last Call, but he avoided a Sanada Mist and following a Matt Hardy Twist of Fate, hit the Hammer of the Gods with Richards to earn the win.

#1 Contender’s Match: Eric Young vs. Bobby Roode vs. Kurt Angle: This was Angle’s match. Ten German Suplexes to Young and the Olympic Slam to Roode, following a chair shot from Young earned Angle the win. Regardless, Young and Roode also delivered a ton of offense, making for a more than solid main event.

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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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