Away from Braun Strowman’s decimation of Roman Reigns, this week’s RAW was a shaken roster of a mess. New faces with no clear narrative to make their arrival interested gave the show a PPV feel, but one that didn’t make RAW any cooler than it could or should have been.
Matches:
The New Day: Big E and Xavier Woods vs. The Revival Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: The New Day did everything right as Woods and Langston hit signature maneuvers and The Midnight Hour, but the Revival used smart tags and teamwork to secure the win.
Austin Aries vs. TJ Perkins: Aries should have won this, but Perkins went heel and won with a Small Package. After the bell, Perkins nailed Aries with the Detonation Kick from the Fireman’s Carry.
Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax: Best match of the night as Flair fell cleanly to the Samoan Drop after hitting Jax with the Moonsault on the outside and her finisher to no avail.
Finn Balor vs. Jinder Mahal: Glorified squash match as Balor won with the Coup de Grace. Afterward, Bray Wyatt appeared and said he was watching.
Sami Zayn vs. the Miz: A decent match as Zayn countered the Skull-Crushing Finale into a Victory Roll.
Cesaro, Sheamus and the WWE Raw Tag Team Champions: The Hardy Boyz Jeff and Matt Hardy vs. Shining Stars Epico and Primo The Club: Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows:Â A boring encounter that saw the Hardy’s win with the Twist of Fate/Senton Bomb combination.
Intercontinental Champions Dean Ambrose vs. United States Kevin Owens: Good back and forth that saw Ambrose win with the Dirty Deeds. After the match, Chris Jericho hit the ring and nailed Owens with the Code 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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