With three more wonderful matches, it’s hard to deny that the WWE Cruiserweight Classic is currently featuring the best in-ring performances in wrestling. Now with only eight competitors left, the action is about to get even more amazing.
Matches:
Lince Dorado vs. Rich Swann: This match was entertaining as Swann and Dorado danced a bit, but the action was fierce as well. From awesome submissions to pure speed and strikes, this match had a little bit of everything. Simply put, these guys chopped the crap out of each other. Dorado blocked Swann’s standing 450 and hit a Reverse Hurricanrana for a near-fall. However, Dorado missed the Shooting Star Press and hit the Phoenix Splash for the win.
Drew Gulak vs. Zack Sabre Jr.: This was an amazing match with strikes galore and submissions and counters that got the fans going. Gulag looked like he had the match won with he Dragon Sleeper with Scissors but Sabre Jr. countered into a beautiful pinning combination for the win.
Johnny Gargano vs. TJ Perkins: This was another war as it was obvious from early on that these two were evenly-matched. After Gargano took out Perkins on the outside, Perkins fought back with a beautiful inverted Wheelbarrow Codebreaker for a near-fall. After the two escaped each other’s submissions, Perkins almost won with a Mahistrol Cradle. After Gargano countered a Perkins top rope maneuver, Gargano hit the Lawn Dart for a near-fall and the two then traded Super Kicks before Perkins locked in the Knee Bar for the win.
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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