A new Knockouts Champion, #1 Contender and the conclusion of the ECIII/Drew Galloway war made for an interesting episode of Impact that was eerily entertaining. it also helps that the Hardy Boys’ gimmick is finally starting to resonate with fans and a lot of the filler that was killing the show for weeks wasn’t prevalent this week.
Matches:
Battle Royal For Shot at TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Jessie Godderz vs. Robbie E. vs. Eli Drake vs. Baron Dax vs. Basile Baraka vs. Grado vs. Mahabali Shera vs. Mike Bennett vs. Moose vs. Eddie Edwards: Moose, Bennett and Edwards were the final three in a boring Battle Royal. All strikes and barely any offense, it was hard to get into the match. Bennett got the win after he turned his back on Moose, who was eliminating Edwards.
Jeff Hardy w/Matt Hardy vs. TNA Tag Team Champion Abyss w/ TNA Tag Team Champion Crazy Steve and Rosemary: Jeff had Abyss beat but Matt Would not let him use the Swanton Bomb. Jeff then nailed Abyss with a chain but couldn’t win either. After Steve accidentally hit Abyss with the Mist, Jeff nearly won with the Twist of Fate but Abyss kicked out. After Matt but the ear off of Crazy Steve, Rosemary got involved, allowing Abyss to beat Jeff with the Blackhole Slam.
TNA Knockouts Champion Sienna vs. Martie Bell vs. Allie vs. Jade vs. Madison Rayne: Tons of finishers until Martie Bell knocked out Allie with her baton, on top of Mickie James for the surprise victory.
Drew Galloway vs. Ethan Carter III, Aron Rex special guest referee:Â This was a back and forth match that ECIII squeezed out with a Rollup following a Piledriver from Galloway. After the match, Galloway attacked Rex.
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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