Check out this week’s AEW Dynamite Power Rankings to see how the brand did in their last episode of 2019.
Honorable Mention: Pac: He continues to get under Kenny Omega’s skin.
10: Shawn Spears: He wants a Tag Team partner.
9: Kenny Omega: The leader of The Elite has his hands full with Pac and Adam Page.
8: Jungle Boy: He hung in the ring with Chris Jericho for 10 minutes and then some.
7: Kris Statlander: The new #1 contender for the AEW Women’s Title doesn’t mess around in the ring at all.
6: Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr.: Their win over Kenny Omega and Hangman Page and then subsequent beating of Omega ensure that they are a tag team not to be messed with in AEW.
5: Awesome Kong: It’s only a matter of time until she owns the AEW Women’s Title.
4: Cody: A win over The Butcher and The Blade with Darby Allin by his side made for one of the best matches on this week’s episode of Impact.
3: SCU: Their successful title defense against The Young Bucks was a thing of beauty.
2: Chris Jericho: The AEW Champion nearly lost his title to Jungle Boy, but left no worse for wear.
1: The Dark Order: Just when you think they’re a fringe tag team with some personality, they go and take out The Elite.
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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