Impact Wrestling No Surrender Coverage: Double-J in Charge?

If Jeff Jarrett’s opportunity to run Impact next week wasn’t enough to get you interested, a nice lineup of matches, Khoya’s departure from The Revolution and Austin Aries leaving TNA entirely, as well as another successful title defense for Ethan Carter II made for a good episode of Impact that was in the same league as NXT and better than Ring of Honor.

The only question here is, can TNA get consistent and stop with the unpredictable booking and string together a few stories that fans really care about?

Matches:

Bram vs. Mr. Anderson: This match went all over the ring and Anderson showed a ton of poise and fortitude by kicking out repeatedly. Once Bram went for his signature DDT, Anderson got the win with a Small Package. After the match, Bram beat on Anderson with his own microphone.

Handicap: Marti Bell, Jade and Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim: After she forced Terrell to flee the ring, Kim took out Jade and hit the Eat Defeat on Marti Bell to get the win.

Drew Galloway vs. Eli Drake: Galloway dominated, but Drake got the win with the Rollup and a handful of tights.

Austin Aries vs. Rockstar Spud: A solid way for Aries to go out and put Spud over at the same time. After Spud kicked out of a Brainbuster, Aries went for the Super Belly-to-Back off the top, but Spud countered into the Super Underdog for the win.

James Storm vs. Mahabali Shera: You knew what was going to happen here and it did. Once Shera got the upper-hand, Storm took him out with the cowbell to get himself DQed.

Metal Mayhem: TNA World Heavyweight Champion Ethan Carter III vs. Matt Hardy: Carter went after Hardy’s legs throughout, but Hardy hit Carter with everything. When it appeared Hardy had the match won and was ready to climb the ladder, Carter climbed with him and sent down the Tag Team legend with a Low Blow and snatched his title.

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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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