The Wrestlemania build continues on RAW. They’re trying. But there’s virtually zero buzz going into this year’s showcase of the immortals- especially with no Brock Lesnar on the show and the injury to Bianca Belair.
Matches:
The Dirty Dawgz: NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode vs. Dominik and Rey Mysterio: Rey and Dom got the win after. Dom Frog Splash, but after the match, The Miz hit the ring and ripped Rey’s mask off.
Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez vs. Omos: Omos got the squash win over Crews with the Choke Bomb.
Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley vs. Natalya and Shayna Baszler: Natalya and Baszler won with the Hart Attack but after the match, the Women’s Tag Team Champions beat on Ripley and Morgan.
Austin Theory vs. United States Champion Finn Balor: Pat McAfee was ringside and distracted Theiry enough to allow Balor to win with a Small Package.
Alpha Academy: Chad Gable and Otis Dozovic vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champions RK-BRO Matt Riddle and Randy Orton: The Street Proifrs got involved after the match, one Riddle won with his Pileddiver Pancake variation.
Akira Tozawa and Tamina vs. 24/7 Champion Dana Brooke and Reggie: Snore. Wasted segment as Reggie pinned Tozawa.
Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles: Great match until Edge took out Styles with a chair to get Rollins DQed.
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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