TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: The Best of the Wednesday Shows, This Week

Everyone’s talking about how TNA’s ratings are down, but this past week’s episode of Impact was the best of the three shows that air on Wednesday.

Thanks to three X-Division matches, two TNA World Heavyweight title matches and drama in the Knockouts Division, this week’s episode of Impact was the most complete of all of the competition on Wednesday night.

Matches:

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs. Rockstar Spud: Angle literally Suplexed the hell out of Spud, but the little guy fought back with punches and kicks and even put Angle down a few times. Using speed and a top rope Somersault Plancha, Spud stayed in this match a lot longer than anyone expected. Spud then rolled out of the Ankle Lock and after a series of counters, Spud nearly won with the Underdog. But before he could hit another big move, Angle locked in the Ankle Log again and grapevine the leg for the submission win.

Shot for X-Division Title Match One Low-Ki vs. Manik vs. Crazy Steve: Ki took out both Manik and Steve with the Turnbuckle Dropkick and then beat Manik with the Warrior’s Way.

Shot for X-Division Title Match Two: Tigre Uno vs. Zema Ion vs. Mandrews: After he pushed Ion off the top rope, Uno hit the Corkscrew 450 for the win. After the bell, Jessie Godderz took out Zema Ion with strikes and a Turnbuckle Powerbomb.

Shot for X-Division Title Match Three: Cruz vs. Grado vs. Kenny King: Grado got the win with the Cannonball in the corner after King’s confidence got the best of him.

Crimson vs. Bram: Crimson was in control and nearly won with the Rings of Saturn, but after a bite and his Impaler DDT, Bram got the win.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle vs. Austin Aries: A lengthy match that saw Aries hit Angle with everything from the Last Chancery and the Brainbuster to the 450, but Angle wouldn’t stay down. After Aries used the Ankle Lock, Angle countered into an Ankle Lock of his own, but Aries sent him to the outside and then missed the Suicide Dive. After Aries countered the Angle Slam, Angle latched on the Ankle Lock again for the submission victory. After the match, Carter took out Angle.

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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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