The drama between Bron Breakker and Joe Gacy and the Women’s Breakout Tournament fueled this week’s NXT action.
Matches:
Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams vs. Solo Sikoa and NXT North American Champion Cameron Grimes: Williams and Hayes talked a lot and hung in there, but Sikoa beat Hayes with the Flying Solo and Splash after Grimes nailed Williams with the Cave In.
Women’s Breakout Tournament First Round: Lash Legend vs. Tatum Paxley: Legend won over a tough Paxley with a blah Brogue Kick variation.
The Creed Brothers: Julius and Brutus w/Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp vs. The Viking Raiders Erik and Ivar: These two teams tore down the house. Strong got involved and it backfired as Julius intercepted him and soon enough Julius got crushed with a Double Chokeslam.
Andre Chase w/Bodhi Hayward vs. Grayson Waller: Chase was solid but Waller picked his spot and won with a Stunner.
Women’s Breakout Tournament First Round: Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James: Perez won with the Corner Code Red after James held her own for most of the match.
Nathan Frazier vs. Wes Lee: Best match of the Night as these two had serious Impact 2005 X-Division vibes with all the speed and counters. Von Wagner interrupted the match however and destroyed both competitors.
Tony D’Angelo vs. Santos Escobar: Lots of back and forth here. Escobar dominated the longest before D’Angelo evened things up with three Belly-to-Belly Suplexes. Escobar hit a beautiful top rope Hurricanrana but soon enough everyone got involved and Escobar won with the Loaded Fist.
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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