WWE is scared. Before Extreme Rules and fresh off a few losses in the Demo Ratings to AEW, RAW continued to feature stars from both RAW and Smackdown to bolster the show’s ratings and to send fans home happy before Extreme Rules.
The end result was one of the best RAWs in months, but one that didn’t have any real impact.
Matches:
The Bloodline: Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Smackdown Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jay Uso w/Paul Heyman vs. The New Day: WWE Champion Big E., Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods: Interference from Lashley allowed Reigns to cut Woods down with a Spear.
DouDrop vs. Eva Marie: DouDrop won again. Who cares.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles: Solid encounter. RKO for the win that continues to build the feud.
Shayna Baszler vs. NiÄ… Jax: Baszler made the statement, getting the tap-out win and then stomped out her former tag team partner.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Tamina and Nattie Neidhart vs. Nikki ASH and Rhea Ripley: ASH stole another one with a Rollup to win her team the straps. It’ll be interesting to see where they go from here.
Mustafa Ali and Mansoor vs. Humberto Carrillo and Angel Garza: Carillo and Garza shined and got the squash win.
Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy: In spite of hitting Sheamus’ knees following a Swanton, Hardy was able to Rollup Sheamus to get a shot at the United States Title at Extreme Rules.
Triple Threat: WWE Champion Big E. vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns w/Paul Heyman vs. Bobby Lashley w/MVP: Tons of offense as all three competitors hit a ton of offense and displayed their offensive prowess. Lashley changed the match entirely however after Lashley hit the Front Spinebuster through the announce table. Although Big E. Got back in the match, he continued to sacrifice his body. Lashley then started on E with a steel chair before Reigns got the win with the Spear.
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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