TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Lashley and Team 3D Dominate

August 31, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

From the the TNA Tag Team wars and the rebirth of Sanada as The Great Sanada to the touching debut of Chris Melendez and drama between Robert Roode and Eric Young for a shot at Lashley’s World Heavyweight title, this week’s TNA was a bit more tepid than the last few weeks, but it was still an enjoyable show.

Check out this week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who dominated

Honorable Mention: Taryn Terrell: Her new one-handed 3/4 Neckbreaker finisher is pretty cool and her win this week on Impact over Madison Rayne its her in a situation to challenge for Gail Kim’s Knockout title. It’s not going to be an easy mountain to climb, but Terrell has been successful against Kim before.

5: Low Ki: Is he just around while the company is in New York, or is Ki ready to get back and be a force in the X-Division? Either way, he’s been great since returning and his win with the Ki Krusher in the six-man tag match this week on Impact was a fun moment that added to an already solid card. His counter from a Gutbuster into his Double Stomp was the move of the night.

4: Ethan Carter III: ECIII’s dark side is maturing. With Spud by his side, Carter is in every match, but this new nastier attitude is even more devastating. With skills on the mic and in the ring, he’s one of the best young heels in the industry today. Although he lost this week on Impact to Rhino via DQ, this is just the beginning of what could be an awesome feud.

3: Hardy Boys, Team 3D and The Wolves: This is a dream encounter that will continue for at least another two weeks. If anything, it’s the best way to end Summer and a great way to help push the Wolves and continue to get mileage out of two of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history.

2: Eric Young and Bobby Roode: These two will go to war for a shot at Lashley’s title and it’ll be a blast. If TNA is smart, neither one of these guys go heel in the process. This feud should be about who is better performer and not some cheap heel turn or nonsense. Their match next week on Impact will be a damn good one.

1: Bobby Lashley: Easily one of the most dominant TNA World Heavyweight Champions ever, Lashley beat hardcore legend Tommy Dreamer at his own game this week with a win in a New York Street Fight. With a trail of destruction behind him, who’s next at this point?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 Articles
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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