Six job outs and little in terms of storyline development made this week’s NXT a weak one. No in-ring work from Finn Balor, Kevin Owens or Blake and Murphy as well made it an episode with an absence of real star power away from the in-ring debut of Samoa Joe.
All in all, it was an experience that did nothing to bolster the NXT brand, but the promise of an Owens Joe match next week could change things quickly.
Matches:
Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley vs. Elias Sampson and Mike Wallace: Ryder and Rawley were in control throughout and won with the assisted Rough Ryder.
Emma vs. Blue Pants: Emma was not messing around. Although Blue Pants got in some offense, Emma got the win with the Emma Lock.
Bull Dempsey vs. Tyler Breeze: A joke of a match as Breeze showed the world Dempsey had no wind before he finished him off with the Beauty Shot.
Becky Lynch vs. Jessie McKay: A sloppy match that saw Lynch win with a modified face-first slam that she bridged beautifully into her trademark Arm-Bar for the submission win.
Baron Corbin vs. Angelo Dawkins: Corbin got the win with the End of Days in another quick job-out.
Samoa Joe vs. Scott Dawson: Joe got the win with the Muscle Buster, but Dawson, unlike the other losers on this episode, at least tried to make it a fight. After the match, Joe and Kevin Owens (who provided commentary during the match) shot some promo to end the show, before NXT General Manager William Regal announced Owens will take on Joe in a non-title match next week..
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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