A new RAW Women’s Champion, the RAW in-ring debut of Karrion Kross, the return of Goldberg and a John Cena appearance made RAW interesting for the first time in months. With Summerslam around the corner, the Red Brand is starting off strong.
Matches:
The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar and Riddle vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Omos and John Morrison w/The Miz: Shenanigans from Riddle allowed The Raiders to hit The Viking Experience for the win.
Symphony of Destruction Match: Elias vs. Jaxson Ryker: Ryker got the win with a Superplex through two tables.
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler w/Reginald vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina: A distraction from Reginald cost Jax and Baszler, but after Reginald was head butted by Jax, effectively ending their relationship, Reginald pinned Akira Tozawa to become the new 24/7 Champion.
United States Champion Sheamus vs. Humberto Carillo: Sheamus got his ass kicked here for a bit, but The Celtic Warrior got the win with the Brogue Kick after Carillo punched Sheamus in the face (his Nose Guard is still apparently)
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley w/MVP vs. Keith Lee: Lashley got the win with the Spear in a hard-fought win. After the match, Goldberg returned to challenge Lashley for the title at Summerslam.
NXT Champion Karrion Kross vs. Jeff Hardy: Hardy got the surprise win- making sure this could be the beginning of a fun angle.
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley: Flair ended up retaining via DQ after she took out Ripley with her title on the outside. However, after the match, Ripley and Flair beat on one another and Nikki ASH cashed in the Money in the Bank to win the RAW Women’s Title.
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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