This whole mafia stuff going on with LAX on Impact was weird, but the in-ring action was solid, as was the return of Johnny Impact and the show of strength by Austin Aries and company. With Bound for Glory about a month away, there’s plenty of creativity around the brand and there’s no doubt that it’s no longer a waste of two hours every Thursday.
Matches:
Rich Swann vs. Petey Williams: A fun opener with plenty of athleticism. Williams got the win with the Canadian Destroyer with Matt Sydal watching from the stands.
Desi Hit Squad: Gursinder Singh and Rohit Raju w/Gama Singh vs. Grado and Joe Hendry w/Katrina: After Hendry got taken out on the outside the Squad hit the Running Knee/Sky High Combo. After the match, Katarina turned her back on Grado and kissed Hendry, but Hendry stayed loyal to his buddy.
Eli Drake vs. Stone Rockwell: Drake quickly won with the Gravy Train. The interview before the match wasn’t entertaining either.
Impact Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard vs. Su Yung: Blanchard won with the Hammerlock DDT on a counter of Yung’s finisher, but after the match, Yung got the last laugh and hit her finish anyway, but Keira Hogan and Allie made the save before things could get really bad. Blanchard wasn’t too happy for the help however.
Zachary Wentz and Ace Austin and Trey Miguel vs. oVe: Sami Callihan, Jake Crist and Dave Crist: Went and company looked great, but Callihan and Company got the wild win with the Doomsday Cutter. After the match, Callihan hit the Foley Driver and then talked smack about Fenix and Pentagon Jr.
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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