The announcement of the Hardy Compound Impact next week and the genesis of Allie made for some fun moments in another enjoyable moment of Impact. Although there are some major kinks in the mid-card, TNA has proven they have enough star power to be a more than viable second option for any wrestling fan.
Matches:
Aron Rex vs. Impact Grand Champion Moose: Rex used his taped up rings to get a win in round one and his “towel†to blind Moose in round two. However, after a Drop Kick on the top rope perched Rex, Moose hit the Discus Lariat for the win.
Mandrews vs. Aiden O’Shea: Mandrews got the upset win with a Shooting Star Press.
Strap Match: Al Snow and Muhabali Shera vs. The Tribunal: Baron Dax and Basile Baraka: A waste of time as Shera and Snow took care of business hitting all the turnbuckles and winning the first double strap match in TNA history.
Laurel Van Ness w/Maria Kanellis vs. Allie w/Braxton Sutter: Allie was solid, but things changed after Mike Bennett and Sutter brawled. Allie came into her own. Beating Van Ness with a Scorpion Death Drop, Allie then made sure Maria knew what the deal was.
Ethan Carter III vs. TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards:Â A fantastic encounter but one that ended in a no-contest after Carter was pinned and Edwards tapped out at the same time.
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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