Check out this week’s TNA Power Rankings to see who left with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and how Matt Hardy’s amnesia played a role in one of the most enjoyable Impacts of 2016.
Honorable Mention: The Tribunal: Their decimation of Al Snow and Mahabali Shera put them back in the middle of a deep Tag Team Division, but give them plenty of momentum to separate themselves from the pack.
5: Rosemary: Just when it appeared Gail Kim was going to retire from active competition, Rosemary hit the ring and destroyed the Knockouts Champion and Jade. With her F5 Finisher, the Mist and Abyss and Crazy Steve by her side, she’s uber dangerous.
4: Michael Bennett: His win over Moose this week on Impact Wrestling gets him one step closer to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
3: Bobby Lashley: “The Destroyer†will always be a Spear and Dominator away from reclaiming the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
2: Ethan Carter III: His win over Abyss this week puts him in the perfect place to challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The best face in the company, Carter is ready to be the face of the company again.
Don’t Forget: The Hardy Boys: The vignettes this week were hilarious as Matt’s amnesia, like all of their videos, just works.
1: Eddie Edwards: He’s not anyone’s first choice as TNA Champion, but he’s proven himself to be someone who deserves the gold. With the DCC on his tail, how much longer will he have the title?
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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