Food fights, amnesia and a wonderful match between Eli Drake and Ethan Carter III this week on Impact made sure everyone left the Thanksgiving episode with something to smile ag=bout. Although a bit thin on in-ring action, this week’s episode was a solid one.
Matches:
X-Gold Elimination Match: DJ Z, Braxton Sutter and Mandrews vs. Rockstar Spud. Decay: Abyss and Crazy Steve vs. Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett and Marshee Rocket: Abyss was ejected early as he refused to stop beating on Mandrews, who was then eliminated by Crazy Steve with the Dragon Sleeper w/Scissors. Everett then eliminated Steve with Loonsault, while Z got the pin on Everett with the ZDT. Sutter then eliminated Lee with the Little Jimmy. Rocket then put away Spud with a Rock Bottom, but couldn’t do the same to Sutter, who then hit the Little Jimmy for the win.
Drake’s Voice vs. Title Shot: Eli Drake vs. Ethan Carter III: This was perhaps the best match on Impact this year as EC3 kicked out of the Blunt Force Trauma, while Drake kicked out of the One Perfecter. Both brought it in ways that fans didn’t expect as EC3 used the Frog Splash and Drake was great working the mic. EC3 eventually got the win with the Sleeper w/Scissors.
Al Snow and Mahabali Shera vs. The Tribunal: Baron Dax and Basile Baraka: Shera hit the Sky High and Snow nailed the Snow Plow, but they didn’t get the win, via DQ, until Baraka used a foreign object.
Turkey Suit Match: Robbie E. vs. Grado: A wacky one that saw Robbie get the win on a Counter of a pinning combination into one of his own.
No DQ: DCC: Bram W/James Storm And Eddie Kingston Vs. TNA World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy: Kingston and Storm beat on Hardy on the outside as Bram kept him on his toes inside. But whenever Hardy mounted any offense, the rest of the DCC got involved. Hardy eventually took care of Storm with the Whisper in the Wind and hit Bram with a Twist of Fate and a Twist of Fate, but Storm got involved again, allowing Bram to hit the Brighter Side of Suffering 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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