Every match on this week’s Impact mattered. The out of ring segments were fun as well. Simply put, this was a show with purpose, poise and clarity. Simply put, Impact has arrived.
Matches:
Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard vs. Baby Apache: Lots of strikes and power from both competitors. Blanchard got the win with the Buzzsaw/Hammerlock DDT and proclaimed after the match that she was the best in pro wrestling.
Jake Crist w/Dave Crist and Sami Callihan vs. Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion Brian Cage: The Machine won with the Drill Claw, but after the match, oVe beat on him until The Lucha Bros: Pentagon Jr. and Fenix made the save, effectively kidnapping Dave, before Cage beat on Jake and Callihan.
The Desi Hit Squad Rohit Raju and Gurvinder Singh w/Gama Singh vs. Impact Tag Team Champions: LAX: Santana and Ortiz w/Konnan: The Hit Squad proved their worth here, but Santana and Ortiz put them away with the Street Sweeper. After the match, the OGz hit the ramp and talked some trash.
Kiera Hogan and Allie vs. Su Yung and the Undead Maid of Honor: Hogan and Allie worked well together and Hogan won with the Neckbreaker variation.
Eddie Edwards and Johnny Impact vs. Moose and Killer Kross w/Impact World Champion Austin Aries: This was a fun one that broke down in the end, as Impact took out Aries with the Impact Title. Edwards then eliminated Kross with a kendo stick, but Moose got the win with the Spear on Edwards.
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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