When Retribution’s booking is the best thing about an episode of RAW, you know you’re in trouble. The disaster that has become the Randy Orton/Bray Wyatt program and the lack of a WWE Champion on the show in the flesh has turned RAW into an absolute disaster.
The only positive was to see Gillberg healthy again. At this point, RAW feels more like a video game than a fleshed out TV program.
Matches:
WWE RAW Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Peyton Royce: Flair won with the Figure-Eight but Royce held her own.
Xavier Woods vs. Mace w/Mustafa Ali: Mace got the win with a Leg Lariat and a Death Valley Driver variation.
Shayna Baszler w/ Nia Jax vs. Mandy Rose w/ Dana Brooke: Rose was tough, but Baszler won with the Kurifuda Clutch.
Royal Rumble Opportunity on the Line: AJ Styles (w/ Omos) vs. Ricochet: The best match on RAW so far this year as Styles was able to kick out of Ricochet’s best and win with The Styles Clash.
The Hurt Business: United States Champion Bobby Lashley, WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin w/MVP vs. Matt Riddle, Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik: Alexander and Benjamin kept bickering and Lashley got pissed and beat Dorado with the Hurt Lock.
Jaxson Ryker w/Elias vs. Jeff Hardy: Elias got involved to give Hardy the DQ win. After it was over Ryker hit Hardy with the Bossman Slam.
Alexa Bliss vs. RAW Women’s Champion Asuka: Bliss made a statement, easily beating Asuka with Sister Abigail.
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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