Check out this week’s WWE RAW Power Rankings to see who left the first RAW of 2017 with some much-needed momentum before Royal Rumble.
Honorable Mention: Bayley: Her win over Nia Jax gives her a shot at Charlotte Flair at the Royal Rumble. She deserves it.
5: Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows: Anderson’s win over Cesaro this week on RAW helps establish The Club’s dominance once again. It’s only a matter of time until these guys have the RAW Tag Team titles around their waists.
4: Roman Reigns: His win over Chris Jericho made sure he held onto the United States Championship for at least another week. Does he have what it takes to beat Kevin Owns at Royal Rumble?
3: Braun Strowman: His decimation of Sami Zayn this week was a huge step in the right direction for Strowman, who looks primed for a United States title opportunity.
2: Seth Rollins: He’s got momentum on his side, thanks to a DQ win over Kevin Owens this week on RAW, but don’t expect him to get a Universal Championship match until after he faces Triple H at Wrestlemania.
1: Goldberg: In even a short segment this week on RAW, Goldberg proved he can still put asses in seats.
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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