With plenty of promo and three great matches this week on ROH TV, there were plenty of faces that stood out. Check out this week’s ROH Power Rankings to see what new tag teams thrived and what new faces may find a place to shine.
Honorable Mention: Jason Kincaid: If you haven’t seen him wrestle, he’s a treat. With a cool backstory and plenty of strikes and counters in his arsenal, he’s definitely a guy to keep an eye on.
5: Donovan Dijak: He’s proven in the past he’s one of ROH’s top prospects and with a finisher that can end a match at any time and Prince Nana by his side, he may have gold around his waist soon.
4: The Beer City Bruiser and Silas Young: After his feud with Dalton Castle, Young was in need of something different and his work with Bruiser is hard-hitting and enjoyable. These guys although not your prototypical tag team, have a ton of potential.
3: The Addiction: Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian aren’t nice guys, but they always find a way to win. Outsized this week on ROH TV, they found a way to beat Silas Young and the Beer City Bruiser to hold on to the ROH Tag Team titles.
2: Mark Briscoe: With ACH vanquished this week on ROH TV, Briscoe has an opportunity to face Bobby Fish for the ROH TV title at Death Before Dishonor. A fan favorite and incredible worker, Briscoe will push Fish to the limit.
1: Jay Lethal and Kyle O’Reilly: These two are set to lock it up one more time for the ROH title at Death Before Dishonor and while he’s got some work to do on the mic (Why does he always scream?) O’Reilly can get it done in the ring and is a formidable opponent for Lethal. On one of the most dominant runs as champion ROH has ever seen, Lethal is at his best.
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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