With Bobby Lashley making his choice to work with Top Team, a new X-Division Champion, Taya Valkyrie’s debut and a new X-Division Champion in Trevor Lee, GFW Wrestling served up one of its best episodes in the new era.
Matches:
Braxton Sutter w/ Allie vs Garza Jr.: Although Allie played a role and Sutter almost won with a Gutwrench Powerbomb, Garza won with the second rope Moonsault after a vicious kick to the head. After the match, it appeared there’s some tension between Sutter and Allie.
Impact Wrestling Grand Champion Ethan Carter III vs. El Hijo de Fantasma: After they split the first two rounds, EC3 wins the match by winning round three thanks to a One Percenter at the bell. After the match, Fantasma and AAA star Pagano hit the ring and beat on EC3 until Eddie Edwards made the save.
GFW Tag Team Champions: LAX: Santana and Ortiz w/Homicide vs. Ultimo Maldito and Hijo de Pirate Morgan vs. Black Diamond vs. Arkangel Davino vs. OVE: Just a clip that showed Homicide helping LAX get the pin.
William Weeks vs. Grado: Grado got the win with his Running Boot. After the match, Joseph Park promised Grado this is just the beginning.
Falls Count Anywhere Match: X-Division Champion: Sonjay Dutt vs. Trevor Lee w/ Caleb Konley: This was a war that sadly ended up in a numbers game that Konley and Lee won, ultimately putting the belt around Lee’s waist once again.
Taya Valkyrie vs. Amber Nova: A squash as Valkyrie toyed with Nova before eventually putting her away With the Double Chicken Wing Facebuster.
Johnny Impact vs. Low-Ki: Impact got the win with the Starship Pain but Chris Adonis and Eli Drake beat on Impact after the match to send a clear message.
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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