A beefy card, fun vignettes and a good pace, as well as an enjoyable segment between Seth Rollins and AJ Styles made this week’s RAW one of the best of 2019.
Matches:
Ricochet and Braun Strowman vs. Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin: After McIntyre nailed Corbin with a right hand, Strowman and Ricochet combined with the Powerslam/Shooting Star Press
Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: A lengthy match with a predictable outcome as the Usos won with the Double Super Kick and Splash/Suicide Dive.
Bobby Lashley vs. The Miz: After interference from Shane McMahon, Lashley won with the Spear. After the bell, McMahon tried to attack Miz, but Miz got nailed with a Chokeslam by Lashley. In the end, McMahon beat on Miz to end the segment.
Kalisto and Gran Metalik w/Lince Dorado vs. The Viking Experience: Erik and Ivar: A squash as Kalisto got nailed with the Pop-Up Powerslam. After the bell, Dorado got smoked with the modified Hart Attack.
Alexa Bliss vs. Naomi: Bliss had shoe issues throughout and it ultimately cost her as Naomi won with the Rear-View and Split-Legged Moonsault.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins vs. The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder: A good back and forth that Ryder stole with a Backslide.
Rey Mysterio vs. United States Champion Samoa Joe: A fun one that saw Mysterio steal with win with a Sunset Flip following a counter of the Kokina Clutch.
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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