Another awful segment of WWE Underground, but some solid mid-card action and setting up for the next PPV made RAW decent this week, even if the WWE continues to drag out the Retribution angle.
Matches:
No. 1 Contender Qualifier: Keith Lee vs. Dolph Ziggler: Lee Kicked out of the Zig-Zag and put Ziggler away with The Spirit Bomb.
Mickie James vs. Lana: James got the quick win with the Mick Kick.
No. 1 Contender Qualifier: Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens: Aleister Black hit the Black Mass on Owens and Orton finished him off with the RKO.
The Hurt Business: United States Champion: Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and MVP vs. Cedric Alexander and The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar: Lots of back and forth but Alexander won with the Rollup on MVP, which impressed The Hurt Business. Later in the night, Alexander got beat on by the trio.
No. 1 Contender, Loser DIsbands: The IIconics: Billie Kay and Peyton Royce vs. The Riott Squad: Liv Morgan and Ruby Riot: Riot Rolled up Kay to end the IIconic Era.
No. 1 Contender Qualifier: Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio: Mysterio was sound, but Rollings won with a Stomp and hit another one after the bell.
No. 1 Contender’s Match: Randy Orton vs. Keith Lee vs. Seth Rollins: Orton stole a win with an RKO on Lee.
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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