A week after one of the most shocking RAWs in years, the mediocre writing and filler cards reared their ugly heads once again in a mediocre RAW before Crown Jewel. Away from the drama between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, this was an entirely passable episode of RAW.
Matches:
Finn Balor vs. Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush: Balor got the win via DQ after Rush threw Balor off the top rope. After the bell, Lashley beat on Balor and put him in the Full Nelson.
Trish Stratus, Lita, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Natalya Neidhart vs. The Rios Squad: Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan and Alicia Fox and Mickie James w/Alexa Bliss: Lots of star power, zero storyline implications. It was a waste. Neidhart got the win with the Sharpshooter on Fox.
Elias Sampson vs. Jinder Mahl w/Sunil Singh: Sampson fought through the early onslaught and won with the Drift Away.
Bobby Roode and Chad Gable vs. The Ascension: Viktor and Konnor vs. The Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar w/Drake Maverick: Gable and Roode beat Viktor with the Rolling German Suplex/Neckbreaker Combination, but Akama and Rezar ended up destroying everyone after the bell.
Nia Jax vs. Ember Moon: Jax got the win with the Leg Drop, but Tamina Snuka hit the ring and looked like she wanted a piece.
The Lucha House Party: Lince Dorado and Kalisto w/Gran Metalik vs. The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder: Kalisto got the surprise win with the Salida Del Sole.
Dolph Ziggler w/Drew McIntyre vs. Apollo Crews: Ziggler got the win after he countered the Frog Splash with his Knees and ended it with the Super Kick.
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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