WWE Legends House Coverage: Patterson Comes Out, Things Get Corny

The finale for WWE Legends House was an emotional experience, with Pat Patterson finally coming out and announcing his homosexuality, but with sloppy editing and a unexciting final task, the conclusion of the series, despite its heart-warming appeal, missed the mark.

Listening to every superstar tell a personal story was amazing, but the way it was all edited, it felt like things were missing. There weren’t enough details or context. It just felt like everyone was crying and telling stories. This could have been the episode that set the show apart from the plethora of other reality shows. Instead, it felt forced and rushed- an attempt to tie the series up in a nice little bow just in time for the finale.

For “Mean” Gene Okerlund and Pat Patterson however, there was no need for context or forced emotions. The fact that Okerlund’s wife gave him a kidney to save his life and Patterson, after a half century, announced his sexuality to his peers- that was heavy. His courage the last few episodes was great as he forced his housemates to shed their gimmicks and share a piece of themselves was great. To see all the other legends in tears without a doubt cemented the emotional weight of the series.

Although it was often hilarious, this episode and the last two before it, had the show move into a more serious tone that it was surprisingly able to contain and roll with. Each character was able to grow in one way or another (Well, except Howard Finkel,who’s “personal” story was nothing any average person has gone through) throughout the show, to the point where they were extremely different by the end of the show.

For that reason alone, the finale of Legends House can be looked at as a success, but thanks to poor editing, it was a rather small win, rather than the squash it could have been,

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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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