Impact Wrestling Power Rankings: Bully In Charge

Three major title defenses, a new Knockouts champion and plenty of mid-card drama led to another high-quality episode of Impact Wrestling this past week. With a new General Manager in Bully Ray, things are sure to heat up even more this summer.

Check out this week’s Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else starred in a well-balanced episode of Impact that could have long-reaching ramifications.

Honorable Mention: Dixie Carter: Her return to Impact Wrestling made sure that the promotion has at least a sense of stability for the time being.

5: Brooke Tessmacher: The new Knockouts Champion, Tessmacher ended Taryn Terrell’s lengthy run. Where can she take the division now? Will Awesome Kong now challenge her for the title? And if so, can the spunky new champion hold on to her new strap?

4: Tigre Uno: The X-Division is now all-about high-flying action again and even though Uno isn’t exactly the brightest light in TNA, he’s done a good job of keeping the pace of his matches fun and energetic.

3: Drew Galloway: A week after the dissolving of The Rising, Galloway found a way to stay pertinent. He may not have that TNA World Heavyweight title pedigree just yet, but he had a great match with Ethan Carter III and has proven he belongs in a higher tier in TNA.

2: Bully Ray: Although he’s not in the ring anymore, Ray’s skills on the mic and penchant for drama make him a great choice as Impact General Manager.

1: Ethan Carter III: In his second week as TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Carter got the win against a hungry Drew Galloway. Sure his Aunt Dixie may not be showing him the favoritism he deserves, but he’s still a capable champion with plenty of charisma.

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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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