Aron Rex’s debut and the utter dominance of Bobby Lashley made for an interesting episode of Impact that changes the company forever.
Matches:
The Moose and Mike Bennett vs. Eddie Edwards and Ethan Carter III: Moose and Bennett were supposed to be the more cohesive team, but Edwards and Carter worked much better together until Moose hit the Top Rope Sit-Out Powerbomb and Bennett swept in and grabbed the pin for the win.
No DQ: Gail Kim vs. Marti Bell w/Maria Kanellis and Alie: Even at less than 100 percent Kim was able to take advantage of miscommunication among Alie and Bell, getting the win with a Rollup. After the match, Jade made the save and Kanellis, pissed off, announced that Jade and Kim will face off next week.
Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. The Tribunal: Baron Dax and Basile Baraka w/Al Snow: Jeff got the win with the Twist of fate on Baraka, thanks in part to Matt’s decimation of Snow and Dax on the outside. After the match, Jeff became “broken,†delivering a handful of Twist of Fates to his opponents before springing himself through a table with a Senton Bomb.
Titles vs. Title: TNA King of The Mountain Champion James Storm vs. TNA World Heavyweight Champion and TNA X-Division Champion Bobby Lashley: Storm was a house of fire in the beginning. nearly winning with a Last Call Super Kick to start the match. But after Lashley hit a Tilt-a-Whirl Powerslam, things changed drastically as Lashley then went to work with strikes and Suplexes. But after Lashley missed the Spear, Storm hit the Sling Blade before Lashley hit the Crossbody to even things out. Storm then hit a Backtracker and the Eye of the Storm for a near-fall. With the top rope turnbuckle guard pulled off, Storm went face first in and Lashley nearly won with a Spinebuster and a Spear. Storm then rose from the ashes and hit two Last Call Super Kicks, but Lashley kicked out, again. Storm then hit a Code Breaker, but Lashley bounced off the ropes and nailed Storm with a Spear for the win to claim the King of the Mountain Championship.
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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