Don’t let the big card fool you. There was little sizzle this week on RAW. Not even a Steel Cage match featuring Lashley at the start of the night could save it. Add in the continued mismanagement of both Finn Balor and AJ Styles and it was another collection of wasted opportunities.
Matches:
Steel Cage Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Omos w/MVP: Cedric Alexander and MVP beat on Omos outside the cage to start the match. Lashley got in some licks on MVP and Alexander but Omos threw him through the cage and ironically Lashley got the win.
United States Champion Theory vs. Mustafa Ali: The Miz was brought in as special guest referee and then Theory brought in Veer Mahan to wrestle in his place. Mahan got challenged a bit, but got the win with the Cervical Clutch. Mahan went for a table, but Rey and Dominik Mysterio made the save.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Riddle vs. WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion Jimmy Uso w/Jey Uso: The Usos tried to play the numbers game, but Riddle was able to sneak out a win.
Finn Balor and AJ Styles w/Liv Morgan vs. Los Lotharios: Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo: The Heels got in some offense but Balor won with the Coup De Grace after a Phenomenal Forearm
Alexa Bliss vs. Sonya Deville: Deville tried to heel her way through the match and nearly won with a Spinebuster, but Bliss won with her DDT variation.
Chad Gable w/Otis and Kevin Owens vs. Ezekiel: Ezekiel got the win with a Rollup and escaped unscathed.
Asuka vs. Becky Lynch: These two obviously have chemistry and this one was solid. Lynch thought she was smart attacking Bianca Belair ringside and then tried to use Asuka’s umbrella, but Asuka was ready with the Green Mist and the Buzzsaw Kick for the win.
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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