The “wedding†of Braxton Sutter and Laurel Van Ness was this week’s main event on Impact, but the drama between Cody Rhodes and Moose, as well as Josh Barnett’s in-ring debut and the Hardy Boys’ capturing of the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team titles ensured that this show had something for everyone.
However, the quality of the Hardy Boys vignettes and the fun and silliness of the Sutter/Van Ness wedding was a blast, making this easily the best overall Impact of 2017.
Matches:
Tyrus vs. Eli Drake: After Drake tried the finger-poke of doom on Tyrus several times, he knocked out Earl Hebner to get the match thrown out. Drake then offered Tyrus a raise and suddenly, all was forgiven.
Bram w/Eddie Kingston vs. Jessie Godderz: After he eliminated Kingston, Godderz locked on the Adonis Crab and then used the catapult for a boring win.
TNA Tag Team Champions Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions Mathis and Rage: A fun indie match that Rage and Mathis got a few spots in before the Hardys won with the Twist of Fate/Senton Bomb combination.
Josh Barnett vs. Bad Bones: Barnett squashed Bones with a nasty Powerbomb and won with a Northern Lights Suplex beautifully transitioned into a Kimura Lock.
X-Division Champion Trevor Lee w/Shane Helms vs. Zema Ion: Lee won with a School Boy and a handful of tights thanks to help from Helms. After the match, Helms and Lee beat on Ion, but Andrew Everett made the save.
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.
Leave a Reply