The first Impact Wrestling of 2017 was much like their 2016- average. While the Hardy Boys continue to entertain, the rest of the card is just boring. There’s so much potential in every division, but things just haven’t clicked yet.
Matches:
Impact Grand Champion: Moose vs. Mike Bennett w/Maria Kanellis: These two tried, but this was a boring match. Moose got the win via Split-Decision.
Rockstar Spud vs. Swoggle: Spud taunted Swoggle, but after a German Suplex and a Celtic Cross, Swoggle got the surprise win.
The Helms Dynasty: Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee w/Shane Helms vs. Decay: Abyss and Crazy Steve w/Knockouts Champion Rosemary: Decay got the squash win as Abyss Chokeslammed Everett for the pinfall. After the match, the DCC hit the ring and took them out.
Allie w/Braxton Sutter vs. Sienna w/Maria Kanellis and Laurel Van Ness: Constant distractions from Van Ness allowed Sienna to hit The Silencer for the win.
Impact World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Ethan Carter III: A 10-minute match filled with offense and spots. After a series of counters, Carter hit the TK3, but Lashley kicked out. EC3 then locked in the Sleeper, but Lashley hit a Spear on both of them into an exposed turnbuckle. Ashley then nailed Carter with a Spear on the outside before Edwards took out Lashley with a Suicide Dive. After he threw Lashley back in the ring, Lashley hit a Spear, but Edwards rolled to the outside. Ashley then went to hit Edwards with the title, but the returning Davey Richards took it away and allowed Edwards to hit the Boston Knee Party 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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