Review Fix chats with former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger, who discusses his involvement with WrestleJam 16 and their goal to help a Connecticut-child fight cancer.
About Wrestle Jam 16:
WrestleJam 16 is here to kick cancer’s butt! Wrestler Jack Swagger helps host “A Night for Lynette Ely!†with WrestleJam 16 to honor childhood cancer survivor Lynette Ely at Ferrara Elementary School in East Haven, Connecticut on Saturday, November 4th. In 2016, at only 8 years old, Lynette was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive type of cancer. Family, friends, the Ferrara School, and the local wrestling community knew exactly what Lynette and the Ely family was up against. After an absolutely insane year for their entire family, with many ups and downs, Lynette Ely has been cleared to be cancer free!
Per Lynette’s special wish, WrestleJam 16 will host a fight featuring wrestling superstar, Jack Swagger, with a portion of proceeds benefiting an organization that helped Lynette while in special care, the Mikey’s Way Foundation! Mikey’s Way is a local foundation that was founded purely as a wish by its founder, the late Michael “Mikey” Friedman. As a way to help connect and enrich the lives of children suffering from cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, the organization donates electronic gifts to the children in the units who were forced to leave the outside world behind while under the care of the unit.
Tickets for the big show featuring Jack Swagger and WrestleJam 16 are available through PayPal, with a portion of every ticket sold donated to the Mikey’s Way foundation. All seats are $20, and $10 for kids 12 and under. To purchase tickets, please email [email protected]
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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