The exit of Dean Ambrose, the in-ring returns of Alexa Bliss and Sami Zayn and an appearance from The Undertaker, as well as a Winner Take All match for the Universal and WWE Titles could have made for a wonderful episode of RAW, but ultimately, it was all ho-hum.
Matches:
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins vs. The Revival: Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: The Revival Nearly won with a Burning Hammer/Top Rope Knee variation, but Ryder was resilient and Hawkins, after a blind tag, stole the match with a School Boy.
Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley: Bliss made her in-ring return and won with the Snap Spike DDT.
Aleister Black and Ricochet vs. Chad Gable and Bobby Roode: This was probably Black and The One and Only’s worst match since joining RAW, as they won on a counter and nothing special.
Dean Ambrose vs. Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush: This match never got started as Lashley beat on Ambrose to make it a no-contest.
Sami Zayn vs. Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor: Zayn brought the fight, but Balor won with the Coup De Grace.
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. WWE Champion Kofi Kingston: The match got thrown out after The Bar hit the ring and took out both Champions.
The Bar: Cesaro and Sheamus vs. WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston: After a Trouble in Paradise, Rollins beat Cesaro with The Stomp.
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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