Although there was a hearty helping of filler and promo, the in-ring action was solid and with the crowning of a new Cruiserweight Champion, the RAW creative team can begin to start a new after Summerslam and try and save this brand from sinking any further.
Matches:
Winner Faces WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at Summerslam: Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax: Banks fought hard, but Jax was dominant, hitting two Samoan Drops. However, she couldn’t put the crafty Banks away. Eventually, Banks hit a DDT and locked in the Banks Statement (For the second time) in the middle of the ring for the submission victory.
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville vs. Akira Tozawa: Neville was solid, but Tozawa was able to escape the Rings of Saturn and Red Arrow and win the title with the Senton.
Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt: Wyatt got the win with Sister Abigail in a lengthy encounter. After the match, Wyatt hit his finisher again and threw blood on Balor. Is this where we finally see the Demon?
Mickie James vs. Emma: James won this won with an interesting Side Kick to the head.
Jason Jordan vs. Intercontinental Champion The Miz w/Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel and Maryse: Jordan was in control until Axel and Dallas beat on Jordan to get the match thrown out. Soon enough the Hardy Boys hit the ring to even the odds.
The Hardy Boys and Jason Jordan vs. Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel w/Maryse: Lots of offense and back and forth, but after Jordan went on a duplex spree and Matt hit the Twist of Fate on Dallas, Jeff got the win with the Swanton Bomb.
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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