If it wasn’t apparent that NXT needed Kenta and Prince Devitt, it is now. With a plethora of squash matches and all the same faces in the NXT title picture, NXT needs a major shake up.
Matches:
The Ascension: Konnor and Viktor vs. Unnamed Jobbers: Viktor played with one of them for a few seconds before he brought in the other member of the team and a Fall of Man later and you have another joke of a match. After the decimation, the team delivered a cliche-ridden promo that did nothing to add more to their upcoming title match.
Sasha Banks vs. Bayley: Whoa. Banks was in complete control until Bayley hit the Belly-to-Baily Suplex for the win.
Bull Dempsey vs. Angelo Dawkins: Dempsey hit a ton of strikes and finished off Dawkins with the Bulldozer for the win.
Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze vs. Sami Zayn and NXT Champion Adrian Neville: Zayn and Neville worked well together, while Breeze and Kidd couldn’t get along until later in the match. After Breeze and Kidd got rolling, they took it hard to Neville especially, cutting off the ring and using quick tags. Zayn eventually got the tag and changed the momentum, but Kidd evened things out with an awesome Swinging Three-Handled Credenza. After an Exploder Suplex in the corner, Zayn tagged in Neville as things began to break down. After Breeze took out Neville on the top rope, Breeze dodged a Zayn Big Boot, which caused Zayn to inadvertently hit his partner. Although he hit the Blue Thunder on Breeze, Kidd eliminated Zayn and rolled up Neville to get the win. After the match, Zayn was pissed and nailed Kidd with the running Yakuza Kick.
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.
If it wasn’t apparent that NXT needed Kenta and Prince Devitt, it is now. With a plethora of squash matches and all the same faces in the NXT title picture, NXT needs a major shake up. 
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