May Mayhem was just that as this week’s episode of Impact featured a slew of great matches and an even better main event between Kurt Angle and Eric Young.
With Ring of Honor ready to prove they can hang in Destination America as well, TNA needs to continue this surge of momentum, or else they’ll be looking for another station to air their show this fall.
Matches:
Steel Cage Match: Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrell w/Marti Bell and Jade vs. Gail Kim: Terrell used the Dollhouse to her advantage and finished off Kim with the Cutter in a decent match filled with offense that showed just how organized the Dollhouse is. After the match Terrell even took out Earl Hebner with a Clothesline before Awesome Kong tried to get in the steel cage.
X-Division Gauntlet: X-Division Champion Kenny King vs. Zema Ion vs. Rockstar Spud vs. Manik vs. Crazy Steve vs. Mandrews vs. Argos: A pretty standard battle royal until it became a singles match between Spud and King. After some back and forth, Spud countered King’s Finisher into the Rollup to reclaim the X-Division title.
Best of Five Series: Match 2: Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. Austin Aries and Bobby Roode:Â Tons of offense in a wild tag team match that was easily the coolest contest of the night. At one point, there was so much offense, double-team maneuvers and near-falls, it felt like a video game. The Wolves ended up getting the win after Richards hit the Double Stomp on Aries who had Edwards locked in the Last Chancery, allowing the Wolves to hit the Powerbomb/Backcracker for the pin-fall.
Ethan Carter III w/Tyrus vs. Mr. Anderson:Â After Anderson got Tyrus in his custom made cage, Anderson was in control. However, Anderson couldn’t put Carter away, even with the Mic-Check. After a few more moves, Carter finished off Anderson with the One-Percenter.
I Quit Match: X-Division Champion Kurt Angle vs. Eric Young: This was a frenetic 15-minute main event that saw both guys throw everything they had at each other. But after Angle countered the Cradle Piledriver, Angle grapevined the leg and won with the Ankle Lock.
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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