With only three matches, it would be easy to write off this week’s episode of NXT, but between the war of Bayley and Alexa Bliss and an epic two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship, this was an episode you shouldn’t have missed.
Matches:
Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss: This was a war as Bliss continues to progress beautifully as an under-sized but ferocious heel. Bailey, however got aggressive too and won with the Belly-to-Bayley Suplex. After the match, Nia Jax hit the ring for a staredown. These two appear ready for another crazy match.
Blake and Murphy vs. The Hype Bros.: Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley: Blake and Murphy couldn’t get along and Rhyno interrupted the match and destroyed everyone except Murphy, who was smart enough to run out of the ring.
Two Out of Three Falls Match: NXT Tag Team Champions Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. American Alpha: Jason Jordan and Chad Gable: This match was paced wonderfully as Dash and Dawson cut the ring off and forced Jordan to watch Gable get wrecked. Once Jordan got into the ring, the place exploded and Jordan was on fire. After a slew of Spears and Duplexes and some help from Gable, Jordan got the first fall via Ankle Lock submission on Dawson. Dawson fought back with an awesome Spike DDT and then capitalized, getting the win with the Reverse Heel Lock on Jordan, who’s leg was injured earlier in the match. After a wild exchange of near-falls and pinning combinations, both teams countered each other’s finishing maneuvers and Jordan locked in the Ankle Lock but Dawson escaped and locked in the Heel Lock before Gable hit the Head Butt to break it up. After Gable went for a German Suplex on the apron, Dawson and Wilder nailed him with the Shatter Machine on the apron for the win.
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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