Impact Wrestling Coverage: One of the Best of the Year

A beefy card and plenty of storyline development for all of the major title division and feuds made sure that this week’s episode of Impact Wrestling, the first ever in India, was a special one.

But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t without some hiccups. Why was Alberto El Patron’s defense of the Global Force Wrestling Championship the main event? Why is Bruce Pritchard still on the show?

However, while there are so many misses, the small hits mattered. The revamped X-Division is stronger than it’s been in years and LAX’s dominance in the Tag Team Division and Rosemary at the head of the Knockouts Division is solid as well. Simply put, Impact may be closer than ever to finding a middle ground.

Matches:

X-Division Champion Low-Ki vs. Caleb Konley: Low-Ki got the win with the Warrior’s Way, but Konley split open Ki’s face along the way. After the match, Sonjay Dutt hit the ring and shot some promo on the champion.

Davey Richards vs. Vinaash Kumar: Richards made quick work of the Indian jobber with stiff strikes and the Ankle Lock. After the match, Ethan Carter III hit the ring and beat the loser with a belt before James Storm made the save.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Impact Grand Champion: Moose: We all knew Lashley was going to get the win, but Moose made you think twice. After Moose missed the Spinning Lariat, Lashley got the win with the Spear.

Laurel Van Ness w/ Global Force Wrestling Women’s Champion Sienna vs. TNA Knockouts Champion Rosemary: After she took out Sienna, Rosemary was able to beat Van Ness with the Rollup. However Van Ness and Sienna eventually beat on Rosemary before Allie made the save.

Global Force Wrestling Champion Alberto El Patron vs. Chris Adonis w/Eli Drake: A sloppy match that saw Patron win with the Stomp after he avoided the Master Lock. After the match, Adonis and Drake beat on Patron while Lashley watched on the ramp. Moose eventually made the save to end the show.

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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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