Four matches in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic dominated this week’s episode of NXT. Without Asuka, Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura, there was little star power, but the in-ring action was stellar.
Matches:
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic: TM61: Nick Miller and Shane Thorne vs. Roderick Strong and Austin Aries: After Aries announced he could not fight, NXT General Manager William Regal announced that Roderick Strong would face off against Shane Thorne instead, with the winner advancing in the tournament.
Roderick Strong w/Austin Aries vs. Shane Thorne w/Nick Miller: This was a wild match that saw Strong dominate with a variety of strikes and Backbreakers, but the agile and wild Thorne got the win with a Rollup (thanks to his taking advantage of Strong’s need to pay more attention to Aries), after a modified Falcon Arrow, Sit-out Powerbomb.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic: DIY: Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival: Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: Due to Dawson’s injury, The Revival was forced to forfeit the match and eliminate themselves from the tournament.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic: No Way Jose and Rich Swann vs. The Authors of Pain w/Paul Ellering: Plenty of spots as Jose took to the top rope and nearly won with a TKO. But once TAOP took out Swann on the outside, Akum and Razar hit The Last Chapter for the win.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic: TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi vs. Sanity: Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton w/Eric Young and Nikki Cross: Ibushi and Perkins hit a ton of high-flying spots but Sanity utilized quick tags and power maneuvers to keep the advantage. Ibushi hit the Golden Star Powerbomb but Young and Cross distracted the referee, allowing Wolfe and Fulton to hit the Powerslam/Reverse DDT 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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