From AJ Styles’ debut and Triple H’s capturing of the WWE World Heavyweight title, the 2016 Royal Rumble was an awesome event thanks to the dominance of the Wyatt Family and four fantastic matches before the Rumble.
Matches:
Kickoff: Four Way Tag: Darren Young and Damien Sandow vs. The Dudley Boys: Bubba Ray and Devon Dudley vs. Jack Swagger and Mark Henry vs. The Ascension: Viktor and Konnor, Winners get into Royal Rumble Match: All four teams had their moments, but after the Dudley Boys had their opportunity to win foiled, thanks to a Patriot Lock from Swagger on Ray, Henry was able to get the pin on Viktor after the 3D.
Last Man Standing Match: Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens: This was a war from the start as Owens and Ambrose went all over the ring and outside. Ambrose had the early advantage, thanks to a Kendo Stick, but Owens hit the Cannonball that sent Ambrose through the barricade on the outside. Owens continued to dominate, thanks to steal chairs, but Ambrose’s signature Clothesline evened things up. Owens then managed to catch Ambrose in a Suicide Dive attempt and then drove him back first into the apron before throwing him into the ring steps. Ambrose fought back again and hit the Dirty Deeds following an Owens Super Kick. Ambrose then hit another Dirty Deeds, this time on a steel chair, but Owens was able to roll out of the ring, onto his feet before the ten-count. Ambrose wasn’t done yet though as he landed a Massive Top Rope Elbow on Owens, who was on a table on the outside. With the action back in the ring, Owens hit his modified Cradle Brainbuster through a table and then followed it up with the Pop-Up Powerbomb, but Ambrose escaped at the count of nine. Owens then propped Ambrose on four chairs and attempted a top rope maneuver, but Ambrose pushed him off the top rope, onto a pair of stacked tables to secure the victory.
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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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