The debut of The Revial and the returns of Finn Balor, Emma and The Hardy Boys made for a great episode of RAW. Add in WWE Chairman Vince McMahon’s message of a roster shuffle and RAW all of a sudden has a plethora of possibilities.
Matches:
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: The Hardy Boys won with the Twist of Fate/Senton Bomb combination, dominating the former champions with a bevy of signature moves and in-ring savvy.
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville vs. Mustafa Ali: Neville got the win with the Rings of Saturn in a great match that saw Ali hit Neville with everything he had.
The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. The New Day: Big E. Langston and Xavier Woods w/Kofi Kingston: The New Day were dominant for a spell, but the Shatter Machine put the longest-reigning tag team champions away.
Dana Brooke, Sasha Banks and WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Emma, Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax: Banks got the win with the Bank Statement on Flair an after the match, Jax took out Flair to make a statement of her own.
#1 Contender’s Match: Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady vs. Sheamus and Cesaro: Amore and Cassady worked hard but Sheamus and Cesaro hit the Brogue Kick and European Uppercut for the win.
Sami Zayn vs. Jinder Mahal: Zayn got the win with the Helluva Kick in an otherwise forgettable match.
Seth Rollins and Finn Balor vs. United States Champion Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe:Â Rollins got beat on throughout the whole match and Balor finally got the hot tag and looked great. Owens and Balor traded offense but Balor hit the Sling Blade and the Dropkick in the corner before he won with the Double Stomp off the top rope.
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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