Big wins by Bobby Fish and Jay Lethal capped off an uneven episode of ROH TV this week. Check out this week’s ROH TV Power Rankings to see who else starred in a wonderful in-ring episode.
Honorable Mention: Michael Elgin: His return to ROH and support of Jay Lethal changes the World Title picture drastically. With a win over Adam Cole under his belt already, don’t count out the strongman. He is, in fact, hunting for the strap again. With his title shot confirmed for All-Star Extravaganza, Elgin’s stock is definitely on the rise.
5: Los Ingobernables: Tetsuya Naito and Evil: Their desertion of Jay Lethal came at the worst time for the former ROH Champion. Could vengeance be paid? Lets hope so. Naito is one of the most charismatic stars in NJPW and is a master of ring psychology.
4: Kyle O’Reilly: His appearance on this week’s ROH TV was awesome and helped Jay Lethal take out the Bullet Club. His fierce rivalry with Adam Cole is far from over. Expect O’Reilly to take a title shot again soon.
3: Bobby Fish: His win over Shibata ensures he’ll defend the ROH TV Title against Donovan Dijak at All-Star Extravaganza. Defending his belt against anyone in NJPW and ROH, Fish has certainly made a smooth transition into singles action.
2: Jay Lethal: His win this week in the six-man tag match against the Bullet Club wasn’t exactly retribution, but it’s a step in the right direction for a man once considered the most dominant world champion ROH has ever had. Now embroiled in a feud with NJPW star Tetsuya Naito, Lethal has to jump through a few hoops to get his gold back.
1: Adam Cole: He was able to escape this week’s six-man tag without a scratch, but Cole can only tell stories for so long. He’s eventually going to have to get in the ring with Michael Elgin, Kyle O’Reilly and Jay Lethal. if he makes it out with the strap, he’ll be the man. If not, he’ll be a transitional champion.
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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