Great in-ring action and just enough storytelling outpaced NXT the entire evening, delivering an epic night of wrestling goodness. Add in the arrival of Alex Shelley and there’s plenty to be excited about.
Matches:
NXT Women’s Champion: Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm and Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray: Shirai left the match and Ripley got the win with Riptide. After the match, it appeared LeRae was way too comfortable holding the NXT Women’s Championship.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic: Forgotten Sons: Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler vs. Imperium: Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel: Blake and Cutler were in it thanks to strikes and solid Tag Team work, but a European Bomb from Aichner on Blake ensured that Imperium advanced.
Austin Theory vs. Joaquin Wilde: Theory got the win with he TKO despite a fast start by Wild.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic: Forgotten Sons: Undisputed ERA: NXT Tag Team Champions: Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly w/North American Champion Roderick Strong and NXT Champion Adam Cole vs. NXT UK Tag Team Champions: Gallus: Wolfgang and Mark Coffey: Interference from Cole allowed O’Reilly and Fish to nail Coffey with the Chasing the Dragon.
Mia Yim vs. Kayden Carter: Yim got the win with Protect Ya Neck on the speedy Carter.
Fatal Four-Way For Shot at North American Title: Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijakovic vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Damian Priest: This was an offensive showcase where every competitor got a moment to shine. Grimes nearly won it all, but Lee got the win with the Spirit Bomb.
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.
Leave a Reply