This week’s RAW dragged. There were title matches, sure. But it just never felt like it mattered.
Matches:
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair: It took an exposed turnbuckle and a handful of tights for Lynch to secure a win over the very game Belair.
Austin Theory vs. Rey Mysterio w/Dominik Mysterio: Theory got the win via DQ after he attacked Dominik behind the referee’s back and Dominik retaliated and got caught, DQing his Dad.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Rhea Ripley and Nikki ASH vs. Carmella and Zelina Vega: Vega and Carmella managed to steal the win thanks to some crafty heel tactics.
Chad Gable w/Otis vs. Finn Balor: A solid back and forth that saw Balor hold on after a Superplex and squeeze out the win.
The Street Profits: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins vs. The Dirty Dogs: Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode: Omos got involved to get this one thrown out.
United States Champion Damian Priest vs. T-Bar: Priest continues to toughen up and got the win with The Reckoning.
WWE Champion Big E vs. Kevin Owens: E won with a Rollup after Seth Rollins got involved. After the match E hit Owens with the big Ending.
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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