TNA may not have the stars the WWE or even NXT has, but Bobby Lashley and Eddie Edwards put on a show this week on Impact. Their title for title match, simply put, was one of the best in-ring performances in TNA in months.
Add in the opening round of the Bound for Glory Playoff series and it’s hard to be upset with what the product put on the air this week.
Matches:
Bound For Glory Playoff Series: Jeff Hardy w/Matt Hardy and Reby Sky vs. Michael Bennett: Hardy was not himself obviously and Bennett got the win with the Cutter. After the match, Matt Hardy continued to call Jeff “obsolete†as he left the ring.
Bound For Glory Playoff Series: James Storm vs. Matt Hardy w/Reby Sky: Thanks a hammer shot to the ankle from Reby, Hardy hit the Twist of Fate for the win.
Bound For Glory Playoff Series: Ethan Carter III vs. TNA King of the Mountain Champion Eli Drake: Drake hung in the match much longer than expected and continues to prove he belongs in the upper tier of the promotion. Ironically, after a series of counters, Carter avoided the Blunt Force Trauma and got the victory with the Rollup.
Bound For Glory Playoff Series: Drew Galloway vs. Bram: A competitive encounter that saw Galloway get the win with a second rope Future Shock DDT.
Six Sides of Steel: Title for Title: X-Division Champion Eddie Edwards vs. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley: This was a strike-heavy, slow-paced war that Edwards nearly won after a Frankensteiner from near the top of the cage and the Boston Knee Party. Ashley then went for his title, but Edwards hit the BNP once again for a near-fall. Lashley then fought back with a Superplex from the top of the cage and hit two Spears for the win to claim both the X-Division and TNA World Heavyweight championships. After the match, all the members of the Bound For Glory Playoff series hit the ring and the war continued to end the show.
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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