The debut of Sol Rucca is proof NXT isn’t done developing new talent, but it was nice to see UK stars and more experienced wrestlers (and some Steiner Math) get more of the air time as Halloween Havoc draws closer.
Matches:
NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose vs. Fallon Henley: Rose got the win but afterward, Alba Fyre had some words ahead of their match at Halloween Havoc.
Ladder Match Qualifier: Wes Lee vs. Tony D’Angelo w/ Stacks: Lee got the win after referee stoppage after D’Angelo seemed to legit hurt his knee.
Sol Rucca vs. Amani Miller: Rucca got the win with the X-Factor and Standing Flipping Double Leg Drop.
Cameron Grimes vs. Joe Gacy w/Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler: Interference from the Dyad allowed Gacy to win with his Lariat variation.
Nikkita Lyons w/Zoey Stark vs. NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion Kayden Carter w/Katana Chance: Lyons got the win but Carter did the heavy lifting. This was a showcase of a performer that has a great look, but isn’t close to being ready in the ring.
Ilya Dragunov vs. Xyon Quinn: Dragunov got the win in his NXT debut that was a lot harder than anyone expected.
Damon Kemp vs. Brutus Creed: Kemp got himself DQed after he took out Creed with a chair.
Pub Rules: Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen vs. Gallus: Wolfgang and Mark Coffey: This was a rough and tumble affair that saw some belt whipping and glass breaking before Briggs and Jenson won with the High-Low on Coffey who was in a Garbage Can.
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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