After weeks of less than mediocre shows, this past week’s episode of NXT was serviceable because it took the focus away from WWE stars looking to steal the spotlight from the green kids we showed up to watch.
With a few surprise wins and drama between Tyler Breeze and NXT Champion Adrian Neville, the next few weeks of the show should serve as solid-build-up for their eventual encounter.
Matches:
The Ascension: Viktor and Konnor vs. “Two Local Competitorsâ€: A joke as the NXT commentators didn’t even reveal the name of the team fighting The Ascension. After they toyed with the team for a few minutes, they finished one of them off with the Fall of Man.
Tyler Breeze vs. Mojo Rawley: Breeze made quick work of Rawley, giving him only his second clean loss, in under a minute, thanks to the Beauty Shot.
Summer Rae vs. NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair: Rae hit her Standing Side Kick o Flair, but couldn’t put her away. Flair had much better luck with her running sitting Cutter, Bow Down to the Queen though, which earned her the win.
The Vaudivillians Simon Gotch and Aiden English vs. Calisto and Sin Cara: Sure. Gotch and English didn’t lay down easy, but Calisto got the surprising win with his Ultimo Dragon Flipping Reverse DDT.
Alexander Rusev w/Lana vs. NXT Champion Adrian Neville: A pretty even encounter as Rusev used strikes and Suplexes to get an advantage while Neville used a variety of kicks and high-flying offense to stay in the match. Just when it appeared Neville was ready to go for the Red Arrow, Tyler Breeze interfered to get the match thrown out. After the bell, Rusev latched on The Accolade to make matters worse.
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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