How long can Impact continue to deliver? This week was another solid week of matches and plenty of storyline. While the future is unclear for the brand once they run out of footage, just enjoy it while it lasts.
Matches:
Willie Mack vs. Reno Scum: Luster The Legend and Adam Thornstowe: Mack got the win by isolating Reno Scum and winning with the Six-Star Frog Splash.
Chris Bey vs. Daga: Daga did everything but with a Bey Rolled him up and used the Middle Rope for leverage.
Madison Rayne vs. Jessika Havoc: Rayne got squashed with a Tombstone Piledriver.
Dave and Jake Crist w/ Madman Fulton vs. Tommy Dreamer and Rhino: This was a far, but a predictable one as Rhino got the win with the Gore.
Susie vs. Kiera Hogan: Susie couldn’t find her red glove and Hogan won with a sloppy modified Neckbreaker.
Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard and Eddie Edwards vs. Impact Tag Team Champions: The North: Ethan Page and Josh Alexander: Edwards was ready for the hot tag, but Blanchard wouldn’t tag him in and got pinned. After the match, Michael Elgin hit the ring and beat on Blanchard.
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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