Drama was unleashed this week on Impact as Allie captured the Knockouts title and the Hardy Boys literally took a bite out of Decay. Check out our Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see what else went down this week.
Honorable Mention: Aron Rex: Playing the role of the face, Rex did a good job officiating the match between Drew Galloway and Ethan Carter III, but Galloway attacked him anyway. This could be a good feud.
5: Allie: The new Knockouts Champion is not the blonde ditz TNA has made her out to be. A talented Indie performer, can she be the type of champion that doesn’t need Maria Kanellis to do her dirty work?
4: Mike Bennett: His win at Turning Point in the Battle Royal to earn a shot at Bobby Lashley cost him his relationship with Moose, but what would you expect from Bennett?
3: The Hardy Boys: “Broken” Matt Hardy and “Obsolete” Jeff Hardy have grown on TNA. It’s weird, but it works. With a tag team title shot confirmed against Decay, you can guarantee there’s a war about to begin.
2: Ethan Carter III: His win over Drew Galloway this week assures him of a title shot against Bobby Lashley. That will be a fun encounter, but one that Carter desperately needs to reclaim his legitimacy in TNA.
1: Bobby Lashley: The reigning and defending TNA World Heavyweight Champion isn’t scared of anything. He should be weary of his quick trust of Moose though, as his situation with new #1 contender Mike Bennett reeks of screw job.
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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