Big wins from The Wyatt Family, Sasha Banks and Neville, as well as the return of Jack Swagger and Rusev made things abundantly clear: the WWE is in full youth movement mode and it couldn’t have happened at a better time. With Randy Orton, John Cena and a host of other WWE vets on the shelf, the young guns of the promotion are ready to take over.
Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who else starred in the first RAW on the road to TLC.
Honorable Mention: Sasha Banks: Although she had to get help from Naomi and Tamina Snuka in order to beat Becky Lynch this week on RAW, the fans love her regardless of if she’s a heel or not. One of the best workers in all of female wrestling, Banks can and will be a future WWE Divas Champion.
Don’t Forget: Paige: She’s not the Divas Champion, but she is controlled chaos in the ring and one of the best female talkers the WWE has had in years. While Charlotte Flair is champion, she’s still developing-Paige’s growth as a performer has not only been good the WWE, but also for her opponents.
5: The Tag Team Division: The Usos, The Dudley Boys, The New Day, The Ascension and The Lucha Dragons, as well as The Prime Time Players combine in what is easily one of the deepest Tag Team divisions the WWE has had in years. Add in the four or five teams that have potential in NXT and it makes sense for the WWE to start to feature more duo action.
Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com
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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