With Christmas just a week and a half away, Review Fix EIC Patrick Hickey Jr. tells the WWE what they could give the fans to make Raw more interesting.
10- Make Melina a heel: The divas division is a joke and it’s a shame. With the incredibly talented Natty Neidhart the champion, there’s no competition for her. Making the sexy Melina a heel and getting her a tan (when and why did she get so pale?) will reinvigorate the division and give the matches on Raw some type of meaning.
9- Give Wade Barrett a real finisher: The wasteland is just that It would suffice as a set up to something bigger, but right now, that isn’t the move that’s going to catapult this kid. How about a capture suplex? You know, the one Tazz made famous? Might work well.
8- Continue pushing Daniel Bryan: The guy is a great talent and deserves every ounce of success he’s had in his career. He’s easily the best pure wrestler on the show and needs to wrestle real matches on Raw. Otherwise the real fans have no reason to watch.
7- Just develop the Tag Teams: The Nexus team of Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel could have been fun to watch had they not been so green. It’s time the WWE started developing teams. Sure it’s a niche, but it’s one that has always brought the company success.
6- Enough of this General Manager mystery nonsense: Tell us who it is. The e-mail system is old now. Get a real face to go on camera and make it fun.
5- No more world title reigns for the youngsters: Make these kids earn their keep; it’s ruining the show.
4- CM Punk’s return: He’s funny as a commentator, but this guy could totally bolster the in-ring product of Raw. Could you imagine Daniel Bryan and CM Punk wrestling for a title?
3- Triple H’s return: This guy could totally be used to push not only Sheamus over, but Wade Barrett too.
2: Have longer, cleaner matches: The tease that Raw has become has saved the bodies of the athletes on-camera, but nearly ruined the show. Take fans back to the days where they could see a 20-minute match on cable.
1- Break up the Nexus: These kids have talent, there’s no doubt, but with Barrett doing most of the talking, it makes you wonder how little some of these guys are actually being used. Breaking up this band or trimming their numbers will give some of the lesser used pieces a chance to flourish on their own.
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 Christmas just a week and a half away, Review Fix EIC Patrick Hickey Jr. tells the WWE what they could give the fans to make Raw more interesting.
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