Don’t let the Slammy Awards nonsense fool you- this was the go home show before the Tables, Ladders and Chairs Pay Per View and as such, it needed to build hype for the event.
Away from the nonsense, the card was thin with no matches doing anything to add drama to this weekend’s show. The end result was an awfully slow-paced that show that was far more passable than watchable.
Matches:
Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins w/Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury: A good match until interference from Mercury knocked Ziggler from the top rope and ring into a Curb Stomp for the Rollins win.
Kofi Kingston w/ Big E. Langston and Xavier Woods vs. Stardust w/Goldust: Nothing special as Kingston got the win with a Frog Splash-styled Cross Body for the win.
Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya Neidhart: A terribly booked match as Neidhart countered the Figure-Four into a School Boy for the win.
Erick Rowan vs. Luke Harper: The match got thrown out after Harper hit Rowan with a Ladder. After the match, Rowan got a few shots in though to even things up.
Ryback and Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. Kane and WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and Damien Sandow: More a sideshow than anything else, The Usos and Kane worked hard in the ring, but Sandow’s antics were hilarious. Ryback eventually got the win with the Shellshock on The Miz.
AJ Lee vs. Summer Rae: A quickie that saw Lee get the win with the Black Widow.
John Cena vs. The Big Show: Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on Show as advertised, but Rollins and company interfered to get the match thrown out. After Ziggler made the save, Show knockout them both out until Rowan and Harper began to brawl on the outside before Show took out “Big Red.†Ryback then made his presence felt and took out Show and Harper until Kane nailed Ryback with a chair. More finishers continued to fly until Rollins put Cena away with a Curb Stomp and then through the announce table with a Powerbomb to end the show.
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.
Don’t let the Slammy Awards nonsense fool you- this was the go home show before the Tables, Ladders and Chairs Pay Per View and as such, it needed to build hype for the event.
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