King of the Ring Coverage: The Barrett Era Begins?

Wade Barrett’s King of the Ring win could mean two things: a real push for the five-time former Intercontinental Champion, or a waste of time.

What Barrett’s win gets him, as a result, is still unclear, but it does begin to cast him in a better light than he has been in recently.

Bottom line, three good matches in an hour, on a Tuesday, on a show not named Main Event, is a good thing.

Semifinals:

Sheamus vs. Adrian Neville: Sheamus was in control throughout the match, hitting nearly every move in his arsenal, but once Dolph Ziggler hit the ring, Neville took advantage and got the win with the Red Arrow. After the match, Sheamus and Ziggler beat on each other until officials were forced to break it up. It looks like this feud is just beginning.

R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett: A good back and forth until Barrett hit Truth with a thumb in the eye and followed it up with the Bullhammer Elbow for the win.

Finals:

Adrian Neville vs. Wade Barrett: Neville and Barrett went through their normal assortment of moves in a solid, but unspectacular match. Just when it appeared Neville had the win in hand, he was unable to hit the Red Arrow (Although he was able to land on his feet.) and then walked right into a Bullhammer Elbow, allowing Barrett to get the win.

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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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