More new faces set the scene a solid episode of Impact that will only get better with a pair of title matches next week in Mexico. Although it still has a long way to go, GFW is hitting a stride thanks to respectable in-ring action and a nice assortment of faces.
They also get bonus points for mentioning the Sexy Star/Rosemary incident.
Matches:
Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley vs. X-Division Champion Sonjay Dutt and Petey Williams: A fun encounter, but the storytelling was lacking. Regardless it was awesome to see Williams set up the Dust Splash for the win with the Canadian Destroyer.
GFW Tag Team Champions LAX: Ortiz & Santana w/ Konnan and Diamante vs. John Boland and Zachary Wentz: This was a squash that saw the Champions retain with the Street Sweeper. After the match, oVe hit the ring and demand a title shot, which they got.
GFW Knockouts Champion Sienna and Taryn Terrell w/KM vs. Gail Kim and Allie w/ Braxton Sutter: Thanks to interference from KM, Allie got Rolled Up by Sienna. After the match, Rosemary hit the ring to save Allie and Kim, but the debuting Taya Valkyrie hit the ring and nailed Rosemary with the Sit-Out Straight Jacket Slam.
GFW Champion Eli Drake w/Chris Adonis vs. Many Sydal: Lots of back and forth, but Adonis set up the referee which set up a Drake shot with the title on Sydal, which he followed up with the Gravy Train 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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