A beefy card and the decimation of Braun Strowman at the hands of Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre, as well as the ongoing feud between Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose fueled a decent week of RAW action.
Matches:
Six-Man Elimination: Finn Balor, Elias Sampson and Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush and Drew McIntyre: This was a super lengthy segment, almost an hour. Balor was the first to be eliminated after McIntyre nailed him with the Claymore. Elias was next after Lashley nailed him with a Spear on the outside. McIntyre then got himself DQed after he nailed Strowman with a chair. Lashley then softened Strowman up with a Spear on the outside.McIntyre then took out Strowman with a Claymore and the onslaught continued before referees and officials stopped the encounter.
Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka: Bayley and Banks never had a chance as they’re outmuscled throughout.
Lucha House Party: Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado vs. The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder: Dorado got the win with a Shooting Star Press.
RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Mickie James: Rousey hit three Spinning Death Valley Drivers and won with the Armbar.
Chad Gable and Bobby Roode vs. RAW Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar w/Drake Maverick: Although AOP was dominant Gable stole the win with a Rollup in the non-title match.
Natalya Neidhart vs. Ruby Riott w/Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan: Even in spite of interference from Morgan and Logan, Neidhart stole the win on a Rollup reversal.
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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