Hideo Itami’s return and Tye Dillinger’s last match in NXT made for a memorable episode of NXT, even if it would have been nice to see a little bit more actual wrestling. While the first match was a solid one that saw Andrade “Cien†Almas beat Danny Birch, the Women’s Tag match was a weak one and even with Dillinger’s farewell match being an emotional one, it didn’t steal the show the way it could have been. never winning a title in NXT, Dillinger was a beloved mid-carder and not a star. Seeing him go out the way he did, on Kassius Ohno and Roderick Strong’s shoulders just felt weird.
Matches:
Danny Birch vs. Andrade “Cien†Almas: Birch worked Almas over with strikes, but Albas got the win with the Double Knee in the corner and Hammerlock DDT.
Liv Morgan and Aliyah vs. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce: Aliyah got the win with Rollup after corner took out Kay who was helping Royce hold on and avoid the move. A weak match that was saved by the antics of Royce and Kay afterward.
Steel Cage: Tye Dillinger vs. Eric Young: This was a war and a fitting conclusion to Dillinger’s NXT career. Getting help from Kassius Ohno and Roderick Strong, Dillinger was able to escape the wrath of Sanity and escape the cage. Along the way he did it all, jumping the top of the cage and nailing Young with the Tye Breaker.
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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