TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Young is a Three-Legged Monster

Eric Young doesn’t have the title, but he continues to prove every week that he’ll go to crazy lengths for another shot at it. Add in plenty of solid mid-card action and contention for every title in the company, well except the X-Division, and this week’s Impact left you with plenty to talk about.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who left in more than one piece.

Tag Team Division: Even with all the injuries, the TNA Tag Team Division is still stronger than the WWE’s. The first match o the best of five series for the TNA World Tag Team titles was a solid one, as the Wolves squeaked out a close one. Whoever becomes champion eventually will have their hands- full, especially when the Hardy Boys get back into the equation.

Honorable Mention: The Dollhouse: OK, we get it, they are awful, but they keep on getting wins and their leader Taryn Terrell is a tough SOB. If she can find a way to get comfortable as a heel and Marti Bell and Jade can polish out their work in the ring, they’ll be much better than they are right now. But what are the chances of that really happening?

5: Mr. Anderson: He’s not going to beat Ethan Carter III at Slammaversary, but he’s going to get a big push leading up to it. A former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Anderson can still go and will put Carter over in the ring in a way that Sting and Kurt Angle couldn’t. After that, it’ll be interesting to see what’s next for him.

4: The Revolution: Even without the tag team titles, this faction has found a way to add spice to the mid-card. James Storm and Magnus’ feud continues to add new layers and drama. Out-manned against the Revolution, who will Magnus enlist in order to take down the faction so he can move on with his life and Baby’s mama in Mickie James?

3: BeatDown Clan/The Rising: These two groups still have plenty of issues and you should expect another match between the two. Although The Rising is younger, they’ve shown a silliness to put their bodies on the line. That could be the thing that puts them over the top.

2: Kurt Angle: He’s still the TNA World Heavyweight Champion, but he may not have the audacity needed to take on a guy like Eric Young, who has nothing to lose. Can Angle step up his game and hold on to the strap?

1: Eric Young: He’s insane. No other way to put it. How many people have choked a guy out with a fake leg? Simply put, Young needs that belt around his waist.

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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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