Five solid matches and just enough storytelling mad for an excellent episode of NXT. Why can’t these guys write RAW? While having Pat McAffee take out Adam Cole was bold, at least it was something different.
Matches:
Women’s TitleNo. 1 Contender: Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai: A sneak attack from Mercedes Martinez allowed Kai to win and after the bell, Martinez nailed the bloodied Ripley with the Air Raid Siren.
Bronson Reed vs. Shane Thorne: Reed won with the Tsunami in a year Squash.
NXT North American Championship Qualifier: Damian Priest vs. Oney Lorcan vs. Ridge Holland: Priest beat Lorcan with the Reckoning, but Holland looked great in defeat.
Keith Lee vs. Cameron Grimes: Lee won with The Spirit Bomb and after it all Karrion Kross promised he was coming.
Tegan Nox vs. Indi Hartwell: Nox won with the Shiny Wizard.
NXT Tag Team Champions Imperium: Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner vs. Undisputed Era: Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish w/Adam Cole: Cole and and Pat McAffee got into it and it cost TUE as Aichner and Barthel won with the European Uppercut/Powerbomb. After the match, McAfee took out Cole with a Running Yakuza Kick.
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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