Samoa Joe’s in-ring debut and a card that paved the way for what could be an excellent Fastlane event made sure that this week’s RAW was the best of 2017.
Matches:
Bayley vs. Nia Jax: Bayley was in control throughout until WWE RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair caused a distraction that forced Bayley to walk right into a Samoan Drop that allowed Jax to win.
Braun Strowman vs. Four Jobbers: This was over after Strowman hit the Running Powerslam and stacked his opponents onto one another.
Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak: Tozawa impressed with kicks and won with the Snap German Suplex.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. Sheamus and Cesaro: Sheamus and Cesaro got screwed after Gallows took out Enzo Amore, who was ringside and the match got throw out after Big Cass stood up for his tag team partner.
Primo and Epico vs. The New Day: Xavier Woods and Big E. Langston w/Kofi Kingston: The Shining Stars fought hard, but Woods and Langston won with The Midnight Hour.
Sami Zayn vs. WWE United States Champion Chris Jericho: Thanks to interference from Owens, Jericho won with the Code Breaker.
Six Man Tag: Tony Nese, Noam Dar and WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville vs. jack Gallagher, TJ Perkins and Cedric Alexander:Â Neville walked out of the match and Alexander beat Dar with the Lumbar Check.
Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns:Â Interference from Braun Strowman allowed Joe to win with the Swinging Urinage Suplex. After the match, Strowman nailed Reigns with the Running Powerslam, both inside and outside the ring.
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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