The Superstar Shake Up set up a ton of new storylines and infused the RAW roster with a ton of new talent, including AJ Styles.
Matches:
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder and Ricochet and Aleister Black vs. The Viking Experience: Ivar and Erik and The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder: Lots of offense but TVE won with the Burning Hammer/Assisted Leg Drop.
WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor vs. Andrade Cien Almas w/Zelina Vega: Balor had the match in hand, but a Hurricanrana from Vega on the outside allowed Almas to win with the Hammerlock DDT.
Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. Bobby Roode and Chad Gable: The Glorious Ones talked some smack before the match, but the Usos won with the Double Super Kick and Splash.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: The Iconics: Peyton Royce and Billie Kay vs. Naomi and Bayley: Naomi got the quick win with the Split-Legged Moonsault.
EC3 vs. Braun Strowman: This got thrown out after Strowman beat on Carter up to the ramp.
WWE RAW and Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Ruby Riot w/Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan: Lynch won with the Disarmor and beat on both Logan and Morgan after the bell.
Winner gets RAW Women’s Title Shot: Lacey Evans vs. Natalya Neidhart: Evans won with the Woman’s Right and a variation of the Greatest Moonsault Ever after she escaped the Sharpshooter.
Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin w/Lio Rush vs. WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and AJ Styles: This was the AJ Styles show, as he finished off Lashley with Phenomenal Forearm after he got hit with the Claymore.
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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