The teases for the Payback matches are complete. This week’s action wasn’t as intense as needed, but it did enough to get you excited for Payback
Matches:
Damian Priest vs. WWE Unified Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn: These two had the ring to themselves, which was refreshing, but JD McDonagh eventually got involved, allowing Priest to win. However, The Archer of Infamy didn’t reciprocate McDonagh’s help and the former Cruiserweight Champion got beat up by the Unified Tag Team Champions.
The New Day: Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston vs. The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar w/Valhalla: Drew McIntyre and Matt Riddle got involved, which turned this into a mess, allowing the Raiders to hit Ragnorok for the win.
Chad Gable w/Otis and Maxxine Dupri vs. Ludvig Kaiser w/Intercontinental Champion Gunther and Giovanni Vinci: Best match of the night. These two have chemistry and it’ll be worth reconnecting with. Vinci got involved to throw this one out and Otis made his presence felt.
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bronson Reed: Mid-card filler. Decent spring with a sloppy pin win from Ciampa.
Falls Count Anywhere: Zoe Stark w/Trish Stratus vs. Becky Lynch: A solid main event that saw The Man fight through every obstacle and win with an outside-the-ring, through a table Manhandle Slam.
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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