Six matches in an hour and plenty of promo and development for the future ensured a solid episode of NXT this week.
Just three weeks away from NXT Takeover Brooklyn, NXT continues to gain positive momentum.
Matches:
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady w/Carmella: Cassady dominated, but Wilder and Dawson were the better team, as they took out Amore and got the win with the Shatter Machine Flapjack/Code Breaker combination.
Baron Corbin vs. Jessie Sorensen: Corbin got the win over the former TNA performer with the End of Days in a matter of seconds.
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable vs. Elias Sampson and Lennox Valenzuela Jr.: This match lasted longer than expected, but Jordan and Gable got the win wit The Grand Amplitude.
Dana Brooke vs. Charlotte Flair: Brooke got in some strikes, but Flair got the relatively easy win with the Natural Selection.
Kevin Owens vs. Martin Stone: After the Cannonball in the corner and Senton from the top, Owens got the win with the Pop-Up Powerbomb. After the match, Owens hit Stone with a Powerbomb on the ring apron.
The Vaudevillians Aiden English and Simon Gotch vs. the NXT Tag Team Champions Blake and Murphy w/Alexa Bliss: The Vaudevillians had this match in hand until Bliss grabbed English’s leg, allowing Murphy to get the Rollup win. After the match, the Vaudevillians hit their Double Team Neckbreaker finish.
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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