While the in-ring action was decent, the storyline between Decay and the Hardy Boys was easily the most entertaining element of this week’s Impact Wrestling. In spite of a new X-Division and Knockouts Champion, TNA has got to find a way to keep people’s eyes on the screen.
Matches:
Crazy Steve vs. “Broken†Matt Hardy w/Jeff Hardy: Matt got the win with the Twist of Fate after Jeff took off his boot and beat Steve with it on the outside. After the match, Steve told the Hardy’s that they kidnapped Matt’s son and that he’s now Rosemary’s baby.
Ultimate X Gauntlet Match: Mandrews vs. Zema Ion vs. Andrew Everett vs. Trevor Lee vs. Braxton Sutter vs. Rockstar Spud: A disappointment of a match that was more about spots than telling a story. After Everett and Lee fought over the title, Ion jumped up and stole the title to win it.
Ethan Carter III vs. Eli Drake: A pretty standard match that saw Carter win with the Headlock Driver.
Knockouts Champion Allie vs. Maria Kanellis: Allie was forced to lay down and give Kanellis the championship.
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Mike Bennett w/Knockouts Champion Maria Kanellis and Moose: Bennett was in control early as Kanellis interfered every opportunity she could. However, Bennett could get the win after a Cutter and instead looked to Moose to help. When Moose denied the request, Lashley hit the Spear for the win. After the match, Bennett called out Moose but the former NFLer took out Bennett with a Clothesline.
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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