RAW turns XXX next week, but this week the Red Brand did a solid job of being sexy. A slew of good in-ring matches and some solid promo for the future made sure Royal Rumble continues to get teased properly.
Matches:
Mustafa Ali vs. Solo Sikoa with Jimmy and Jey Uso: Kevin Owens came to his aid after the match, but Sikoa won with the Spike after Ali took him to his limit. An excellent opener for RAW.
The Street Profits: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins vs. Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin w/MVP: The Profits got the hard-fought win in spite of interference from MVP.
Elias vs. Omos w/MVP: Omos dominated and won with the Two-Handed Chokebomb.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Iyo Sky w/Dakota Kai vs. Mia Yim w/Candice LaRae: Yim got a surprise win with the Eat Defeat.
Judgement Day: Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest w/Finn Balor and Rhea Ripley: Best match of the night as Gable was at his best and crowd wanted as much Otis as they could get.
Bronson Reed vs. Akira Tozawa: Tozawa tried but Reed won with a Tsunami.
Winner Gets US Title Shot: Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin w/JBL vs. Bobby Lashley vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balor w/Rhea Ripley: The appearance of MVP and Omos helped Lashley, but he did it pretty much by himself, beating Rollins with a Spear after everyone else was eliminated.
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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