On any other show, the first match of this week’s episode of the Cruiserweight Classic would have been an amazing main event, but the Cedric Alexander/Kota Ibushi war was one of the best matches of the year.
If anyone wondered how the WWE was going to top last week’s epic between Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, that notion is a dead one.
If you needed any proof that this show is the best on the WWE Network, the proof is here.
Matches:
Gran Metallik vs. Tajiri: Between Metallic constantly spring boarding and Tajiri’s kicks and submissions, this was like poetry. Although this only lasted about 15 minutes, make no mistake, there was plenty of offense. In spite of a ton of near-falls and counters, Metallic got the win with the Fireman’s Screwdriver after he escaped a near-deadly Tajiri submission.
Kota Ibushi vs. Cedric Alexander: The best match of the tournament thus far, Alexander gave Ibushi everything he had, nearly beating the Golden Star with a Brainbuster. The crowd never wanted the match to end, but after a German Suplex and a Kick, Ibushi finished off Alexander with a wonderful Golden Star Powerbomb.
After the match, Alexander got chants galore, one of them, “Please Sign Cedric.†Soon enough, Triple H came out and shook Alexander’s hand and brought him to the back to end the show.
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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