A lengthy and boring main event and minor storytelling for Summerslam did little to make this week’s episode of RAW anything more than mediocre. Away from the RAW debut of Jason Jordan and the ongoing feud between Finn Balor and Bray Wyatt, there wasn’t much of a reason to watch the show.
Matches:
No DQ: Finn Balor vs. Elias Sampson: Balor had the match sewn up with the Coup De Grace, but Bray Wyatt interfered and nailed Balor with the Sister Abigail to give Sampson the win.
Colin Cassady vs. Enzo Amore: Cassady squashed Amore and won with the Big Boot. After the match, Cassady continued the beating until The Big Show hit the ring. Cassady then hit Big Show with the Big Boot and five Empire Elbows.
Emma vs. Nia Jax: Emma got decimated as Jax won with the Standing Senton Backsplash.
#1 Contender for RAW Women’s Championship: Bayley vs. Sasha Banks: Banks seemed like she was in control and hit the Frog Splash, but Bayley countered into a pinfall and stole the win in easily the best match on this week’s RAW.
Jason Jordan vs. Curt Hawkins: Jordan got the squash win with the Belly to Back Neckbreaker.
The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: A distraction from the Hardy Boys allowed Dawson and Wilder to get the win on Anderson with the Shatter Machine. After the pin, the Hardy Boys hit the ring and beat on the winners.
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose vs. Intercontinental Champion The Mis, Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas w/Maryse: Â Miz and his boys fought hard and nearly won but with Rollins in the match selling throughout, Ambrose got the Hot Tag and surged, nailing Mis with the Dirty Deeds for the win.
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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