Building drama in every Championship Division, this RAW was a fun one that continued to build the card for King of the Ring.
Matches:
Queen of the Ring Tournament Match: Shayna Baszler vs. Iyo Sky: Sky won with her Moonsault, but Baszler made her earn it. This was a banger.
King of the Ring Tournament Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Gunther: Gunther got the win with the Powerbomb and the Boston Crab. This was another excellent showing for both competitors.
Akira Tozawa vs. Bronson Reed: The Tsunami gave Reed the squash win.
Queen of the Ring Tournament Match: Lyra Valkyria vs. Zoey Stark: A savvy counter of the Z360 into the Night Wing gave Valkyria a huge win.
Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn vs. Otis Dozovic: Chad Gable’s big mouth allowed Zayn to connect with the Helluva Kick and win.
WWE Women’s World Champion Becky Lynch vs. Dakota Kai: Liv Morgan spoiled this one, attacking Lynch and ending the match in DQ.
Tag Team Title #1 Contender’s Match: New Catch Republic: Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne vs. The Judgment Day: Finn Balor and JD McDonagh vs. The Creed Brothers: Julius and Brutus Creed vs. The Authors of Pain: Adam and Rezar: An assist from Carlito allowed Judgement Day to get the win.
King of the Ring Tournament Match: Jey Uso vs. Ilja Dragunov: Uso won with the Splash in an epic encounter that The Mad Ragon looked amazing in.
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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