A plethora of squash matches almost ruined this week’s episode of NXT, but with the announcement of another Dusty Rhodes tag team classic, a great main event and more dominance from Samoa Joe and NXT is making the most of a thinner than usual roster.
Matches:
Tye Dillinger vs. Angelo Dawkins: A glorified squash as Dillinger got the easy win with the Tye-Breaker.
The Ealy Brothers: Gabriel and Uriel vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder: This match never happened as Samoa Joe hit the ring and destroyed the Twin team before they match started.
Ember Moon vs. Mandy Rose: The debuting Rose had a solid first match, thanks to sharp strikes and an awesome Wheelbarrow Facebuster, but Moon was dominant and won with her Top Rope Stunner.
The Authors of Pain w/Paul Ellering vs. Jesus Vermette and Jonathan Cruz: Another squash as Akum and Razar got the win with the Lariat/Russian Leg Sweep Combination.
Liv Morgan vs. NXT Women’s Champion Asuka: Another squash that Asuka won with a modified Abdominal Stretch. Who can beat her?
Lince Dorado vs. Hideo Itami:Â Tons of counters and spots ensured this was a fun one. Although it was obvious Itami was going to win, Dorado made you think otherwise at times. After Dorado missed a Shooting Star Press, Itami hit the Big Boot and a Drop Kick in the corner, before the Helluva Kick in the Corner and the GTS for the win. After the match, Austin Aries hit the ring and beat on Itami 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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