The return of The Good Brothers, Brock Lesnar and some fan service with DX made for a fun night.
Matches:
Austin Theory vs. Johnny Gargano: Johnny Wrestling was able to get out of his own submission maneuver and won with One Final Beat.
Rey Mysterio vs. Chad Gable w/Otis: Rey was in control until Dominik and Rhea Ripley hit the ring. Mysterio still got the win, but after the match, Dom begged his father to hit him and actually slapped him in the face. While Rey thwarted the attacks of Judgment Day, Dom nailed Rey with a Lariat and continued to beg his father to hit him. Rey actually cried behind Dom hit him again and then had Ripley hold him while he hit his father with a 619.
Candice LeRae vs. Bayley: Bayley, now less confident than ever, LeRae stole a win, but Damage CTRL beat on her and later Bianca Belair to end the segment.
Omos w/MVP vs. Joey Ace and Robert Adams: Pure squash.
United States Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Seth Rollins: Brock Lesnar arrived before the match and completely destroyed Lashley with an F5, a German Suplex and a Kimura Lock. Once the match began, Rollins went on the attack and nearly won a few Tims, but Lashley hit a Spear and was still in it. Rollins then hit The Stomp and took his time before he went for the move again and won the United States title.
Sami Zayn w/Unified Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. Matt Riddle: The Usos refused to get involved and Riddle got 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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