Four Championship matches but a complete lack of sizzle made the Genesis event feel just like another week of Impact.
Matches:
Impact Grand Champion Ethan Carter III vs. Matt Sydal: After a counter of a Super TKO, Sydal hit the Powerbomb and Shooting Star to win the title that has long eluded him.
GFW Knockouts Champion Laurel Van Ness vs. Allie: Van Ness got the win in the highly contested match after she nailed Allie with the title behind the referees back. A sad way to see such a solid match end, especially in GFW’s “PPV†setting.
Moose vs. Lashley w/Dan Lambert: KM tried to get involved by bringing in a table, but Lashley wanted no part and Moose took advantage, kicking out of a Spear and winning after a pair of Game-Changers. After the match, Lambert put his hands on Lashley and Lashley responded by Spearing him and KM. Moose then set up the table in the corner and Lashley Speared him through it before the two shook hands.
Andrew Everett vs. GFW X-Division Champion Taiji Ishimori: Everett had a few opportunities, but Ishimori won with the 450.
GFW Champion Eli Drake w/Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact vs. Alberto El Patron: Impact could have escaped, but instead he chose to take out El Patron and Drake from the top of the cage with a Splash. Drake then hit Patron with the Gravy Train, but Impact broke it up. El Patron could have won on a few occasions as well, but came up short. The match ended after Adonis threw the cage door in Patron’s face and then caught Impact so he couldn’t touch the ground, allowing Drake to escape and retain his title.
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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