The continued mix of Lucha Underground Stars and the surging Impact roster continues to give the show an unmistakable aura of excitement. This is a show on the rise. Simple as that. Even with a bevy of Tag matches, there was still drama to be had.
Matches:
Impact Knockouts Champion: Su Yung and The Undead Maid of Honor vs. Allie and Kiera Hogan: An interesting bout that saw Yung take out Hogan with the Panic Switch but Allie hit a surprise Code Breaker for the win. After the match however, Tessa Blanchard hit Allie with the Hammerlock DDT.
The OGz: Hernandez and Homicide w/ King vs. Ray Steele and Nathan Smokes: Squash that Homicide ended with the Gringo Killer after Hernandez did plenty of damage on his own.
The Desi Hit Squad: Rohit Raju and Gursinder Singh w/Gama Singh vs. KM and Fallah Bahh: After an Eye Poke, Bahh has the referee distracted but a Leaping Complete Shot from Raju gave the DHS the win.
Grado and Joe Hendry w/ Katarina vs Eli Drake and The Cult of Lee: Caleb Conley w/Trevor Lee: Grado got distracted from Hendry holding Katarina, which allowed Drake to win with The Gravy Train.
Impact World Champion:Austin Aries vs. Dustin Cameron w/Anthony Carelli: Aries destroyed the rookie and Carley three in the towel. After the match, Edwards took out Aries with a Kendo Stick. Later in the night, Killer Cross took out Carelli.
Fenix and Pentagón Jr. vs. oVe w/Sami Callihan: A wild match that was absolutely PPV quality. This feud isn’t going to stop. Fenix and Pentagon won with the Double Pentagon Driver combination.
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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