5 Hopes for WWE in 2013

With a new year already underway, Review Fix’s resident wrestling guru shares his hopes for the WWE.

5: Give Dolph Ziggler a “real” run with the World Heavyweight Title: Big Show doesn’t need a created title to prove himself, but it would do tons of good for Ziggler, who now paired with AJ Lee, could cause serious problems for anyone with some new-found stroke. An already solid worker, the belt could legitimize him the same way the WWE title helped The Miz.

4: Keep The Shield push going: These guys are too goddamn good to be wasted away. Dean Ambrose has the makings of a great upper mid-card heel and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns could be an excellent tag team. Reigns, too can be a dominant singles performer. They just need more experience against top talent.

3: Develop more stars: Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Kofi Kingston, The Shield, The Usos, Kaitlyn, there’s plenty of guys in the back that could make good after a decent push. It’s up to the WWE to put these young guys over.

2: Make the Tag Team Division mean something again: With The Shield, The Usos, The Primetime Players and Primo and Epico, the WWE needs to have a massive tag team match to get these guys some more attention. Maybe another TLC match? But first, there needs to be quality storyline that pulls it all together. Otherwise, these guys will just be putting themselves in pain for no reason. That’s just not good business.

1: Keep the belt on CM Punk, at least until Wrestlemania:
The Rock and Punk square off at Royal Rumble and a loss by “The Best in the World” would almost be something out of TNA laurels. A guy comes out of nowhere, gets a title shot and then, with no momentum, wins the goddamn thing. It doesn’t matter if it sets up a John Cena/Rock title encounter at Wrestlemania. Even though fans want to see it, taking the strap off Punk is not the smart thing. The Rock/Cena match will be a moneymaker regardless.

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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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