More dominance from Bobby Lashley and a new King of the Mountain Champion made sure that this week’s Impact Wrestling had a few memorable moments in spite of a ton of vanilla.
Check out this week’s Impact Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else managed to steal a couple of smiles amid the blandness.
Honorable Mention: Gail Kim: Her win over Allie and Knockouts Champion Sienna this week on Impact ensures she’ll have another crack at the strap. A living legend, she continues to be the feel-good story in the division and one of the best workers in the company.
5: The Hardy Boyz: “Broken†Matt Hardy is a weird one. Is he a vampire? And what about “Brother Nero� What the hell happened to these two? While it’s commendable that they’re trying new things, it’s beyond awful to watch.
4: Mike Bennett: Help from Maria Kanellis and Moose wasn’t enough as Bennett will have to go back to the drawing board after losing in the finals of the BFG Series.
3: Ethan Carter III: TNA’s best “face†will get a title shot against Lashley at Bound For Glory, but does he have enough momentum to regain the title?
2: James Storm: The new King of the Mountain Champion, Storm defeated promising youngster Eli Drake, but with Bobby Lashley’s hunger to claim every title in TNA, Storm’s reign may not last long.
1: Bobby Lashley: Say what you want about TNA, but Lashley has been devilishly dominant over the last few months. Simply put, there’s not a guy in TNA that can beat him now, including Ethan Carter III and Moose.
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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