Three great matches put fans in a weird spot as all three of this week’s losers could have easily won their matches. Simply put, this was another solid week of wrestling action that proves there’s definitely a place for ROH-styled action in the WWE.
Jack Gallagher vs. Akira Tozawa: This was a ton of fun as Gallagher played with Tozawa early in the match with submissions and strikes. Gallagher literally tied Tozawa in a ball at one time and looked like a cat playing with a dead mouse. Tozawa finally got the advantage with a Running Yakuza Kick and followed it up with the Snap German Suplex and the Bridging German Suplex for the win.
Hoho Lun vs. Noam Dar: Although Lun didn’t make it easy, Dar got the win with the Knee Bar in again, was one of the weakest victories of the tournament.
Tony Nese vs. Brian Kendrick: Nese was in control for most of the match, exhibiting a ton of speed and power, but Kendrick was the smarter of the two, using submissions and strikes to slow things down. However, Nese was the star of the match, using his power to score a plethora of near-falls. Kendrick went for the Bully Choke, Nese escaped and hit the Sit-Out Pump-Handle Slam for a near-fall. After the two exchanged strikes, Kendrick hit a Headbutt, Super Kick and a Drop Kick to get an advantage. But after Nese hit three more kicks to Kendrick who was on the top rope, Nese missed the 450 and Kendrick locked in the Bully Choke 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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