With John Cena’s last appearance on RAW for the foreseeable future and The Miz capturing the WWE Championship, there was a changing of the guard in the company this past Monday.
Make no mistake about it.
Only time will tell if The Miz is able to bring the company’s entertainment level up a notch. The way it looks from the outside, another youngster has been given the title without putting the same amount of struggle that countless others have. Sure, The Miz has won titles in both singles and tag team competition, but it feels like he’s still finding his way. Just like Sheamus, he has talent, but doesn’t have the polish of a true WWE Champ.
What he does have is charisma and a willingness to cut good promo. His finisher is far from explosive however and it’s going to be tough to make his matches captivating against bigger opponents. All in all, it’s going to be very interesting to see how the WWE handles this title reign.
The way they set it up, with Alex Riley subbing for The Miz in his King of the Ring qualifier and later with the Nexus taking out Randy Orton, you’d have to be pretty feeble not to have seen it coming. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t entertaining, but this writing team has a long way to go before they can get back to where they were a decade ago.
A true shame when this company continues to shoot itself in the foot creatively over and over. They have a real opportunity to build on this situation however, as the camera pans to all the upset children and disgruntled adults means The Miz could have some serious heat next week.
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.
With John Cena’s last appearance on RAW for the foreseeable future and The Miz capturing the WWE Championship, there was a changing of the guard in the company this past Monday.
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