With Fastlane over, RAW went into full-on Wrestlemania prep mode, as all the major angles got plenty of focus, among them Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton.
Matches:
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley w/MVP and Shelton Benjamin vs. Sheamus: Big Red worked his tail off in this match and pushed the Champion to the limit. Lashley eventually won with the Hurt Lock and Drew McIntyre hit the ring after Benjamin and Cedric Alexander beat on Sheamus after the bell.
Peyton Royce vs. WWE RAW Women’s Champion Asuka: Royce was definitely prepared and looked great. With some new submissions and strikes, she’s more confident than ever. On several occasions, she nearly won the match, but Asuka was a step ahead throughout and eventually won with the Asuka Lock. Regardless, it was a match that proved Royce has potential as a singles performer. After the match, Rhea Ripley hit the ring to confront Asuka.
Jeff Hardy vs. The Miz w/John Morrison: Miz countered the Twist of Fate into The Skull-Crushing Finale, sending a clear message to Bad Bunny, who then hit him with a guitar.
AJ Styles w/Omos vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston w/Xavier Woods: Woods got the win after Woods proved to be enough of a distraction to keep Styles off his game.
Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin vs. Drew McIntyre: Alexander and Benjamin were solid, but McIntyre made statement and won with a pair of Claymores.
Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler w/Reginald: Jax won with a Samoan Drop after nonsense from Reginald.
Braun Strowman vs. Elias w/Jaxson Ryker and Shane McMahon: Strowman won with the Powerslan and after, got his match announced for Mania w/McMahon.
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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