For the second week in a row, WWE Monday Night RAW was all about the in-ring action, with a massive card fueling the show. But again, for a second consecutive week, the storyline implication was few and far between. Away from the Royal Rumble entry list filling out, little else was done to make the show an entertaining one.
Even with Vince McMahon guest refereeing the main event, the return of Chris Jericho and the new Social Media Outcast faction forming, this week’s RAW was average at best. At least, Brock Lesnar comes back next week.
With the news of AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Shinsuke Nakamura reportedly being signed by the WWE as well, this current batch of nonsense can only last so long. While these guys all still have dates and obligations with other promotions, their debuts cannot come soon enough.
Matches:
Adrian Neville vs. Kevin Owens: Neville was at his high-flying best, but Owens hit a DDT variation from the top-rope that gave him the advantage. Neville wasn’t about to lay down though and after Ownes sent him to the outside again he fought back and hit a 450 from the apron to a prone Owens on the floor. Once the action was back in the ring though Owens countered Neville off the top and hit the Cannonball and followed it up with the Pop-Up Powerbomb for the win. After the match, Owens beat on Neville but Dean Ambrose made the save and eventually put Owens through table with an Elbow Drop.
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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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