Goodbye matches for American Alpha and Nia Jax set the scene for a new landscape in NXT. With Samoa Joe, Bayley, Shinsuke Nakamura and Austin Aries the new elder statesmen, it’s going to be a much different show.
Matches:
NXT Champion Samoa Joe vs. Rhyno: Joe took his time, but Rhyno hit the Belly-to-Belly and appeared ready to hit the Gore. Joe, even when in trouble, was still a step ahead. After the Urinage in the corner, Joe wrapped things up with the Kokina Clutch.
American Alpha: Chad Gable and Jason Jordan vs. The Authors of Pain: Gzim Selmani and Sunny Dhinsa w/Paul Ellering: AOP was dominant with strikes and double-teams, but the brute strength of Jordan got his team over after he duplexed both Selmani and Dhinsa. Once a refreshed Gable got back in the match, he, too, began to Suplex his heart out. After the AOP nearly won with an attempt at their double team, Jordan got involved again, little a dive over the top rope. Gable was soon sent into the LED board under the apron however and Jordan got sent head first back into the rail. With Jordan out of the ring, AOP then hit the Clothesline/Russian Leg Sweep Combination for the win.
Patrick Clark vs. Austin Aries: A-Double completely decimated the former Tough Enough performer with The Shin Breaker/Last Chancery combination. After the match, No Way Jose and Aries fought on the ramp.
Bailey vs. Nia Jax: This was redemption from Bayley, who was more aggressive than ever. Regardless, Jax was tough as well. But with vicious knees and strikes, Bayley turned up to a gear NXT hasn’t seen yet. After she kicked out of a Jackhammer and hit a Belly-to-Bayley from the second rope, Bayley earned the win and made a statement that she should have been the NXT Diva to be called up instead of Jax.
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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