A new announce team, a new “feel†and plenty of fresh matchups made for an excellent week of Monday Night RAW and one that is absolutely a foundation the brand can build upon.
Matches:
Sasha Banks vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Alexa Bliss: This was a decent back and forth until Banks Rolled Up Bliss and grabbed some tights.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler vs. Heavy Machinery: Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight: Heavy Machinery did everything but win as Roose and Ziggler hit the Super Kick and Glorious DDT when it counted for the win.
Randy Orton vs. WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins: Baron Corbin quickly attacked Rollins to get this match thrown out, but Rusev made the save and took out both Orton and Corbin.
The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar vs. The O.C.: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: The Raiders got another win over the OC, this time with Ivar hitting Gallows with the Top Rope Splash.
Ricochet vs. Cesaro: Ricochet got the win with the Hurricanrana Pinning combination.
Cedric Alexander vs. United States Champion AJ Styles: Styles won with the Styles Clash on a counter of the Lumbar Check in the best match of the night.
Lacey Evans vs. Natalya Neidhart: Evans Rolled up Neidhart and grabbed some tights for the win. After the match, she nailed Nattie with The Woman’s Right.
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. Rusev: A solid back and forth until Bobby Lashley hit the ramp with Lana and felt her up and made out with her, before Bray Wyatt got a hold of Rollins to end the show.
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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