Awesome promo work from Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode and Oney Lorcan and a sweet heel turn from Asuka made for an interesting episode of NXT. Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see starred in a balanced and effective episode.
Honorable Mention: Ember Moon: The NXT Women’s Division continues to get new faces and Ember Moon certainly looks like one that can challenge for the NXT Women’s Championship. If you’ve seen her work in ROH and her Corkscrew Stunner finisher, you know she’s the real deal.
5: The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder’s win over TM 61 proves once again that they are the best tag team in NXT. With Gargano and Ciampa hungry for a shot at the titles, they’ll have to prove it again soon.
4: Asuka: It makes sense for her to be a heel, with those devilish eyes and stiff kicks. Her win over Aliyah this week on NXT makes that transformation a complete one and makes her an even better opponent for Bayley at NXT Takeover Brooklyn.
3: Hideo Itami: His return was an awesome one as Itami, in awesome shape, was athletic and charismatic in a solid win over the Cruiserweight Classic’s Sean Maluta. Now reinvigorated and back on track, Itami is definitely a contender for Samoa Joe’s NXT Championship.
2: Bobby Roode: He was cocky as hell in his first promo in NXT, but what’s not to love? A hell of a worker and a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Roode is destined for huge things in NXT.
1: Samoa Joe: You will not like him when he’s angry. Pissed off at William Regal and his decision to have him face Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT Takeover Brooklyn, Joe made his presence felt this week on NXT, taking out Chris Atkins and Mojo Rawley.
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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