Away from the Scott Hall tribute, there was little worth watching on this week’s RAW. Make no mistake, this is one of the most mediocre Mania builds ever. While there is some moments that will be had at this year’s event there’s virtually zero sense of urgency on RAW right now.
Matches:
United States Champion Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest: Thanks to interference from Austin Theory, Priest won the non-title match with Reckoning.
Omos vs. Commander Azeez w/Apollo Crews: Omos won with a Chokebomb and then took out Crews.
Liv Morgan vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Queen Zelina Vega: Rhea Ripley and Carmella get involved, allowing Morgan to win with Oblivion.
The Hurt Business: Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin vs. The Mysterios Dominik and Rey Mysterio: Dom won with the Frog Splash and after the match, the Mysterios fought with Logan Paul and The Miz.
Bianca Belair vs. Doudrop: Belair won with KOD but Becky Lynch beat on her after the belt.
RAW Tag Team Champion Matt Riddle w/Randy Orton vs. Montez Ford w/Angelo Dawkins: A no-contest after Alpha Academy gets involved.
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins: Enjoyable encounter as Owens got the win with the Stunner on the counter of The Stomp and earned the right to interview Stone Cold at Wrestlemania.
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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