The WWE is a work of fiction, but the line has to be drawn sometimes. While the setup for No Mercy worked as several title matches and angles were set up solidly, the Roman Reigns/John Cena match is a disaster. Why was Cena not on RAW? Why is Corey Graves calling Reigns an Icon? Why is Reigns continually force-fed down viewers throats? Where is Samoa Joe? Why is this show still so goddamn mediocre?
Matches:
RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax: Bliss was dominated as Jax won with the Samoan Drop, while Sasha Banks provided a distraction. After the match, Bayley returned and Banks, Bliss and Bayley took Jax out before Bliss was nailed with the Belly-to-Bayley.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins vs. The Bar: Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: Ambrose and Rollins did all the work, as Ambrose hit Anderson with the Dirty Deeds, but Sheamus was smart enough to steal the win.
Apollo Crews w/Titus O’Neil vs. Curt Hawkins: Crews squashed Hawkins with his Powerbomb variation.
Dustin Rhodes vs. Bray Wyatt: Although Rhodes hit the Shattered Dreams, Wyatt eventually won with the Sister Abigail. Finn Balor soon hit the screen so these two could have one more visual bout before No Mercy.
Gran Metalik vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville: Toying with Metalik, Neville got the win with the Rings of Saturn.
Six-Pack Challenge for Intercontinental Title Shot: Jason Jordan vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy vs. Elias Sampson vs. Bo Dallas vs. Curtis Axel: Although Jordan got the win with his Modified Neckbreaker finish on Axel, The Mis and company got the last laugh as they destroyed Jordan after the bell.
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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