This was a week for the heels to shine. Well, mostly. Although John Cena continues to build momentum for an eventual encounter with CM Punk, Jerry Lawler’s beating at the hands of the WWE champion and Kane and Daniel Bryan’s appearances in anger management made the show particularly fun for the bad guys.
5: Jack Swagger: Yeah, he lost to Ryback, again, but sometimes you have to hit the bottom of the barrel before you can rise up again. Swagger has all the tools. He just needs a decent angle, a cooler persona and a finisher that doesn’t remind the WWE faithful of Kurt Angle. This may be the last week of the All-American-American and the beginning of a brave new chapter in his career.
4: John Cena: The only face that fared well this week aside from Layla. His win over The Miz didn’t mean as much as his participation in the last segment of the show. He and Punk will have a fantastic match if things continue this way.
3: Daniel Bryan: The best worker in the WWE continues to gain charisma points with a great part in the anger management segment. Although he lost his match on the program, only marks think wins and loses actually mean anything. The fans love him; he makes everyone he works with look fantastic. The average fan may think he’s in a down slope after losing the World Title, but his stock in the company continues to rise.
2: CM Punk: The WWE champion continues to demand respect and in spite of a few big-time beat downs he’s delivered over the past few weeks, it hasn’t changed Cena’s mind. Although Cena continues to play the Boy Scout, Punk is quickly becoming a dangerous force.
1: Kane: His character needed this. After his unsuccessful return and angles with Cena, Zack Ryder and Randy Orton, Kane showed the WWE Universe that he could be just as funny as he is deadly. It’s in this character’s interest and that of the company to have these anger management sessions continue.
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.
This was a week for the heels to shine. Well, mostly. Although John Cena continues to build momentum for an eventual encounter with CM Punk, Jerry Lawler’s beating at the hands of the WWE champion and Kane and Daniel Bryan’s appearances in anger management made the show particularly fun for the bad guys.
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