Vince McMahon returned to Monday Night RAW this week and vowed to shake things up. Triple H also promised new faces and new matchups. This week’s show however, even after a lengthy beat-down of Baron Corbin was just as mediocre as ever.
Matches:
Baron Corbin vs. Kurt Angle, WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, Apollo Crews, Heath Slater Guest Referee: Basically a report ass kicking from TLC as Corbin was decimated and then put through a table with an Angle Slam.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Finn Balor: More fallout from TLC as Drew McIntyre hit the ring and destroyed both combatants.
Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Tyler Breeze: Prince Pretty answered Ambrose’s open challenge and wasn’t nearly as impressive as he was against Ricochet last week on NXT. Although he hit the Beauty Shot, Ambrose nailed him with the Dirty Deeds for the win. After the match, Seth Rollins hit the ring and the two scuffled.
Winner Gets Tag Team Title Shot: AOP: Akam and Rezar vs. The B Team: Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel vs. TheLucha House Party: Linco Dorado and Kalisto vs. The Revival: Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: The Revival finally made good on all their talk, nailing the Shatter Machine and earning a Tag Team Title shot.
Gauntlet Match: Winner Becomes No. 1 Contender to the Raw Women’s Title: Natalya got the tap out win with the Sharpshooter on Sasha Banks to give her a shot against Ronda Rousey.
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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