The go-home show before Survivor Series continued the invasion nonsense but had a ton of quality in-ring work to build anticipation.
Matches:
Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch: This ended in a no-contest as NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke hit the ring before Ripley and Lynch fought them off.
Matt Riddle vs. Ricochet: Riddle was expected to fight Kona Reeves, but Ricochet hit the ring and in spite of his dominance, interference from Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro allowed Riddle to get the win.
The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era: Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish: Fish and O’Reilly hit the Total Elimination to gain the win in easily one of the best tag team matches of 2019.
NXT UK Champion Kay Lee Ray vs. Dakota Kai: Ray got the win and after the bell, Smackdown and NXT women stars beat on one another.
RAW Tag Team Champions: The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar vs. The Forgotten Sons: Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake w/Jaxson Ryker: The Raiders got the clean win with The Viking Experience.
Ladder Match: NXT Champion Adam Cole vs. Dominic Dijakovic: DD dominated and hit Feast Your Eyes, but Cole worked on his knee throughout the match which limited the damage. Cole eventually got the win thanks to the briefcase and a few shots to the head before he unhooked it.
After the match, the locker room cleared out as RAW, Smackdown and NXT stars duked it out.
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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