With Adam Cole’s continued threats to Kyle O’Reilly, Jay White’s debut and a Kevin Sullivan appearance this week’s ROH TV was a solid one. Check out this week’s ROH TV Power Rankings to see who else starred in and out of the ring:
Honorable Mention: Jay White: Win two matches with your finisher in your debut? Kind of hard to ask for anything better than that.
5: Roderick Strong: One of ROH’s best workers, ever, Strong has left the company to pursue other opportunities. That doesn’t mean he won’t be back at some point, but for now, it’s goodbye. His match with Dalton Castle this week on ROH TV was a good way to go out as Strong put in another tremendous effort.
4: Shane Taylor and Keith Lee: These guys are monsters. But they are more than that. Lee has everything you’d want from a singles performer- the look and the moves. Add in Taylor’s comparable size and these guys have a great future.
3: Motor City Machine Guns: They want a piece of The Addiction and with the help of the debuting Jay White, they got it. Away from The Addiction and The Young Bucks, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley are one of ROH’s best tag teams. They just need something big. They need another moment. If that doesn’t happen, they’ll be stuck in the mid-card forever.
2: Kyle O’Reilly: He’s got an hour next week on ROH TV to prove himself to the world and make no mistake, he will. Just don’t expect him to leave with the ROH Championship and you’ll end up a happy camper.
1: Jay Lethal: He’s easily the most polished in-ring performer that ROH has. That’s the reason why he’s been champion so long. O’Reilly has a ton of potential, but Lethal is a one-of-a-kind talent destined for bigger things.
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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