TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: No Soup for Roode

The Aces and Eights continued their onslaught on Impact wrestling this week, kind of. Suspicion was running wild as to whom they were going to beat up. At first, it appeared to be Brooke Hogan, but Bully Ray, Sting, Jeff Hardy and Austin Aries, among others hit the ring and saved her.

They didn’t save James Storm at the end of the show, but his beating wasn’t all that bad.

So who’s helping the gang then?

On another note, with a bevy of contenders for the World title, TNA as to find a way to continue to keep all these personalities in the mix after the Bound for Glory series is over.

With Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy and Austin Aries throwing out a challenge to the gang for next week and the return of Hulk Hogan, Open Fight Night should be an interesting night.

What isn’t interesting is the continued angle between AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels. Like an episode of Maury Povich, it just needs to end. Enough is enough. No one cares if he’s the father of Claire’s baby or not. Move on and let Daniels and Frank Kazarian get the Tag Team Division going again and put Styles in an angle where he can show what a talented performer he is.

Bobby Roode’s promo on Impact last night was intriguing. With no more momentum, he needed a special promo to stay over as a heel. Instead he sounded like Sol Rosenberg from the Jerky Boys. “Sue me? Sue Everybody.” At this point, Roode is just annoying. Unless he’s going to make a face turn, he’s got to pull a rabbit out of a hat and soon. No one wants to hear him complaining.

So what now Bobby? It’s fair to say TNA creative doesn’t know either.

With no legitimate heels in the company aside from Aces and Eights, TNA is either preparing for a long program the biker gang or for something completely out of left field.

Matches:

Bound for Glory Series: Magnus vs. Samoa Joe: A good athletic opener. Magnus continues to use that scoop Brainbuster as a setup hold. It definitely improves his repertoire of moves. However, Samoa Joe is a different kind of beast. After a vicious swinging Urinage Suplex , Joe latched on his signature submission maneuver and avoided a Magnus counter into a Mahistrol Cradle for the win. After the match, Magnus hit Joe with a chair.

Bound for Glory Series: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels: Styles was in the driver’s seat early. If he won this match, he could get a paternity test to find out if Claire’s baby was his. If he lost, he had to accept responsibility for the child. While this wasn’t one of their bouts from 2005, it was adequate, although it ran a bit long. Daniels did fight back with some signature offense and some vicious kicks. Styles got back into the match with a diving Powerbomb. After a Pump-Handle Gut-Buster and a clothesline, Daniels looked like a rag doll. Daniels almost got a cheap win with Kazarian’s help, but Styles hit the Pele right after for the win.After the match, Styles nailed Daniels with the Styles Clash.

TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne vs. Brooke Tessmacher, Guest Referee Taryn Terrell: A sloppy, yet good-looking match. Tessmacher won the match and the title back with her Belly-to-Back Facebuster after Rayne spent more time arguing with Terrell.

Bound for Glory Series: Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy: With all the commercials, it was hard to get into this match. Ray was in control for most of it. Hardy had the typical face flurry towards the end, but Ray kicked out of the Swanton Bomb. Aces and Eights nearly attacked Bully Ray, but again, the good guys saved the day. Hardy hit the Twist of Fate for the win. After the match, James Storm, who was ringside, inadvertently kicked Hardy in the face.

Soon after, the Aces and Eights were back in the ring and Storm was the victim of a beating.

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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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