It’s hard to argue with four enjoyable matches this week on ROH TV, even if they were all tag or six-man tag encounters. With Jay Lethal and Adam Cole promos and the return of Steve Corino on color commentary, ROH TV had the type of multi-faceted show they need more of.
With TNA for sale and ROH in the mix, the promotion has to prove on a consistent basis that they can entertain outside the ring as much as they do in the ring.
Matches:
The Cabinet: Rhett Titus and Kenny King w/Caprice Coleman vs. Guerrillas of Destiny: Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa: The All Night Express held their own against the Bullet Club’s up and coming tag team. Using high-flying antics and some trademark power, King and Titus were surprisingly in control until Tonga went nuts and took over. After they nearly won with a Powerbomb/Neckbreaker combination, the Tongans went on the defensive as Coleman interfered, but after the Guerrilla Warfare, the Tongans got the win.
Keith Lee and Shane Taylor vs. Ken Phoenix and Ricardo Rojas: A complete squash as Lee hit the Last Ride and Taylor finished off Phenix with a second rope Splash. After the match, Taylor called out War Machine. Rowe and Hanson then joined the party and shot some promo. Soon enough, a match was underway.
War Machine: Hanson and Rowe vs. Shane Taylor and Keith Lee: This was all physicality as the four of these guys just beat on one another. After a wild exchange of power moves, Rowe hit the Judo Throw and a wicked Knee on Lee, but Taylor nailed Rowe with a chair to throw the match out. Taylor and Lee then Powerbombed Rowe through a pair of chairs to end the segment.
ROH Tag Team Champions The Addiction: Christopher Daniels and Frank Kazarian and Kamaitachi vs. Roppongi Vice: Trent Barretta and Rocky Romero and IWGP World Champion Kazuchika Okada:Â Lots of back and forth action as Roppongi Vice and The Addiction utilized quick tags and Okada and Kamaitachi had their own little mini feud going on during the match. But after Daniels hit Barretta with the Angels Wings, The Addiction hit the best Piledriver ever 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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