With TLC over and done with a Survivor Series on the way, this week’s Monday Night RAW began the beef between the RAW and Smackdown. While the first two hours and 50 minutes were your standard wrestling fare, the last ten minutes were awesome as Team Smackdown absolutely laid waste to RAW. This was easily the most exciting RAW has been in over a year. Brock Lesnar’s acceptance of Jinder Mahal’s challenge and the rebirth of Kane were also some memorable moments that may prove to be important ones before the card to Survivor Series is finished.
Matches:
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles vs. Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus: This match was entirely too long. Over a half hour and what did it do to build this story further? Styles eventually got the win with the Phenomenal Forearm on Cesaro after Ambrose and Rollins took out Sheamus and Miz on the outside. After the match, Kane hit the ring and Chokeslammed Seth Rollins.
Finn Balor vs. Kane: Balor was impressive, but Kane got the win after three Chokeslams.
Asuka vs. Emma: Asuka got the win with the Asuka Lock, but Emma was far more impressive than she was at TLC.
Jason Jordan vs. Elias Sampson: Jordan got the win via DQ after Sampson took him out with a guitar shot on the outside.
The Winner is Leader of RAW Women’s Survivor Series Team: Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley: Lots of near-falls and antics from Fox in a highly-contested match. Fox managed to nail Bayley with a Belly-to-Belly and then took out Banks and covered Bayley for the win.
Ten-Man Tag: Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali, Gran Metalik and Kalisto vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore, Drew Gulak, Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari and Noam Dar: Lots of action and near-falls. Kalisto got the win on Amore with the Salida Del Sole.
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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