A slow, plodding RAW did little to get the brand over after a wonderful NXT Takeover Portland event.
Matches:
Erick Rowan vs. Aleister Black: Rowan hit the Powerbomb and some strikes, but Black was able to put him away with the Black Mass.
Riddick Moss vs. R-Truth vs. Mojo Rawley: Moss retained with a Rollup, but Truth hit Rawley with the Scissor Kick after the match.
MVP vs. Drew McIntyre: MVP started off strong, but McIntyre won with he Future Shot DDT and the Claymore.
Angel Garza w/Zelina Vega and Bobby Lashley w/Lana vs. Rusev and Humberto Carrillo: Garza got the win with a handful of tights.
Natalya vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Kairi Sane w/Asuka: The Empress of Tomorrow took out Natalya on the outside, behind the referee’s back, to give her partner the win via DQ.
Karl Anderson w/Luke Gallows and AJ Styles vs. Ricochet: Styles and Gallows got sent to the back by the referee and Anderson got beat with the Recoil.
Kevin Owens and The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Buddy Murphy: This was just heating up until Seth Rollins got involved to get the match thrown out. Soon enough, Rollins and company beat on Owens until The Street Profits made the save.
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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