With a new Knockouts Champion and X-Division Champion, the changes in TNA right now are insane. Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who’s leading the charge in the new-look TNA.
Honorable Mention: Maria Kanellis: The new Knockouts Champion single-handedly destroyed the division, forcing Allie to lay down and give her the belt.
5: Aron Rex/Drew Galloway: Their feud is a great one to elevate the mid-card and one that needs to stay hot in order for Impact to be entertaining every week. With Galloway pissed after losing a shot at the title and Rex wanting to prove himself, this could be a big angle for both performers.
4: Zema Ion: The new X-Division Champion has the difficult task of bringing back the legitimacy to a once-proud title that no one cares about anymore. Considering the weak Ultimate X match this week on Impact, Ion has a difficult road ahead of him.
3: The Hardy Boys: These guys continue to produce vignettes unlike anyone else in the industry. With plenty of charisma and still something left to give in the ring, both Matt and Jeff Hardy have continued to grow and adapt. At this stage in their careers, they may be better off as a tag team, but they are still a great one.
2: Ethan Carter III: His win over Eli Drake was far from special, but with a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight title at Bound For Glory
1: Bobby Lashley: The reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion needs some real competition and soon.
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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