Days before Backlash, RAW delivered an awesome week of wrestling, from killer promo thanks to Paul Heyman and Becky Lynch to even better in-ring work, the RAW Brand is ready for the next PLE following Wrestlemania.
Matches:
Penta vs. JD McDonagh w/Finn Balor and Carlito: Balor, Carlito and even Chad Gable got involved in this one, but Penta still won with the Mexican Destroyer.
Sheamus vs. Austin Theory w/Grayson Waller: Theory tried but Sheamus took him out with the Brogue Kick.
Roxanne Perez vs. Women’s World Champion Iyo Sky: Perez was awesome and worked on Sky’s knee throughout. Although she was unable to hit her Moonsault, after a series of pinfall attempts, Sky got the win. After the match, Perez shook Sky’s hand, but it was a set up as her and Guilia beat on her to end the segment.
Otis w/Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri vs. Rusev: Otis had his moments, but Rusev tapped him out with The Accolade and then destroyed Tozawa after the match.
World Champion Jey Uso vs. Seth Rollins w/Paul Heyman and Bron Breakker: Sami Zayn evened the odds after Breakker got involved several times. Breakker however Speared Uso behind the referees back and Rollins’ hit the Stomp but CM Punk got involved to throw the match out.
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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