With Braun Strowman out as the challenger to Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble and Finn Balor in, as well as th debuts of Heavy Machinery, Ethan Carter III and Nikki Cross, this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was certainly more dicey than usual.
Matches:
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka: While Rousey and Banks got along in the ring as Banks won via Submission with the Bank Statement, they argued after the match.
The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. The Lucha House Party: Kalisto and Gran Metalik w/Lince Dorado: Payback for last week as Dawson got the win with the DDT, although Metalik’s leg was under the ropes.
Bayley, Nattie Neidhart and Nikki Cross vs. The Riott Squad: Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan: This match was entirely too long, but Cross starred before Bayley won with the Top Rope Elbow.
Jinder Mahal w/Sunil Singh vs. Finn Balor: Another lengthy encounter, but a gutsy match that saw Balor fought adversity and win with the Coup De Grace.
Intercontinental Champion: Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley w/ Lio Rush: Thanks to help from Lio Rush, Lashley won the IC Title with a Spear on Ambrose.
Winner Gets Universal Title Shot at Royal Rumble: Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin vs. John Cena vs. Drew McIntyre: In a wild match with plenty of offense, Balor was able to hit the Coup De Grace on Cena to get the win and the shot at Brock Lesnar’s Universal Championship at Royal Rumble.
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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