9 Ups & 4 Downs From Impact Wrestling (2 Feb)

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9. Family Is Everything

Last week's beatdown of Cousin Jake by Violent By Design took a slight twist, in that Eric Young actually stopped the assault before any real damage could be done, and instead offered a spot in the group to Jake.

The beauty of this is that ever since Hard To Kill, Cousin Jake has been posting cryptic tweets that would indicate a heel turn to VBD. "Defeat", "failure", and "broken" have all been put out on Jake's Twitter page since he was left behind by Deaner. Of course, this could all be subtle storytelling, but you can easily take this one step further by assuming this would be him teasing joining forces with the faction.

If you've seen him on the independent circuit, you know he can be quite a brutal competitor. This is what he needs to be in Impact Wrestling, too. Perhaps Violent By Design is what he needs to be part of.