With Takeover just a few weeks away, NXT Creative is beginning to build several key moments. Some interesting storyline developments in Tommaso Ciampa become a credible heel, as well as Candice LeRae’s intent on defending her husband’s honor- and it was a fun night of NXT action. Add in a Pete Dunne match and a rare smile from Aleister Black and there was definitely enough quality moments in the near-hour show.
Matches:
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round Match: SAnitY: Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe vs. Riddick Moss and TinoSabbatelli: Moss and Sabbatelli tried to use their power, but Wolfe and Young are just a much better team. Sanity got the win with the Belly-to-Back Suplex/Neckbreaker combination.
Dakota Kai vs. Lacey Evans: Kai stole the match with a Rollup, but was soon confronted by Shayna Baszler. Soon enough, Ember Moon hit the ring and she and Kai were able to put the bully in her place.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round Match: Street Profits: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins vs. Heavy Machinery: Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight: DDT from Dawkins and a Frog Splash from Ford gave The Profits the win in an unspectacular, but serviceable tag team encounter.
WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne vs. Adam Cole w/NXT Tag Team Champions Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly: Just when Dunne had the match in hand, O’Reilly and Fish stormed the ring to get the match thrown out. Luckily for Dunne, Roderick Strong made the save to end the show.
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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