The fallout from Royal Rumble and first turn on the road to Wrestlemania was a flat one, one filled with mediocre matches, squashes and away from Sheamus’ expected turn on Drew McIntyre, was largely mediocre. In order for Wrestlemania 2021 to not be a disaster, something needs to change creatively and fast.
Matches:
United States Champion Bobby Lashley w/MVP vs. Matt Riddle: Lashley got a much faster than expected win over Riddle with The Hurt Lock.
Xavier Woods vs. Mustafa Ali: Kofi Kingston returned and gave Woods the end, who won with a Discus Lariat.
Damian Priest vs. The Miz w/John Morrison: Bad Bunny and Morrison got involved and Priest got the win with The Reckoning.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Hurt Business: Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin w/MVP vs. The Lucha House Party: Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado: The House Party did everything but win as Metalik and Dorado were dominant for large spells of the match. It wasn’t until a Benjamin blind tag and (ugly) Pay Dirt that the Champions were able to successfully retain.
Winner gets Women’s Tag Team Title Shot: Naomi and Lana vs. Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose vs. RAW Women’s Champion Asuka and Charlotte Flair: Ric Flair and Lacey Evans got involved, which allowed Naomi to win with Rear View.
Carlito and Jeff Hardy vs. Jaxson Ryker and Elias: Hardy won with the Swanton after Carliot hit Elias with the Backstabber.
Nikki Cross vs. Alexa Bliss: Cross was tortured emotionally throughout and Bliss won with her version of Sister Abigail.
Randy Orton vs. Edge: These two beat the crap out of each other before Alexa Bliss got involved, which allowed Edge to win with the Spear.
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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