NXT 2.0 continues to find its footing as it tried to remain true to its roots with fun segments thanks to Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis and solid matches between Roderick Strong and Grayson Waller, as well as a main event featuring two of the top females in the industry today. However, in-between that, there were green matches and lacking promo. Simply put, the show’s still a work in progress. That doesn’t mean it isn’t enjoyable, you just have to take it with a grain of salt at times.
Matches:
No Disqualification: B-Fab w/ Hit Row: Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Top Dolla and Ashante Thee Adonis vs. Elektra Lopez w/ Legado del Fantasma: Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza: Lopez made an example of B-Fab, finishing her off with a Powerbomb.
Xyon Quinn vs. Oney Lorcan: Quinn got the surprising win with the Running Forearm.
NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Zoey Stark and Io Shirai vs. Toxic Attraction: Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne: The best match of the night at that point, by far. Shirai got the win with the Moonsault.
Boa vs. Andre Chase: Boa won with the Mist and reverse DDT.
NXT Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong vs. Grayson Waller: Waller held his own, but Strong got the win with the Running Knee.
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Ridge Holland w/Pete Dunne: O’Reilly Rolled Up Holland won ran into Dunne. After the match, O’Reilly was the victim of his foes before Von Wagner made the save.
NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez vs. Franky Monet: Monet did everything but win as she hit her Double Stomp but Gonzalez battled through and won with her signature Powerbomb.
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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