This was the best-in-ring episode of NXT of 2017. Three insane matches and just enough storyline to tease next week and there was plenty of balance and intrigue.
Matches:
NXT Tag Team Champions: Sanity: Killian Dane and Eric Young vs. The Undisputed Era: Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly: This was a war that saw Young get beat down, but show a ton of heart. Fish and O’Reilly were the better team as they kept Dane out of the match for most of it. Once Dane got in the match, he evened things up, but Adam Cole and Nikki Cross got involved and things got nuts. Things fell apart after Young took out Cole on the outside and then walked into the Total Elimination to give Fish and O’Reilly their first NXT Tag Team titles.
#1 Contenders Tournament: Lars Sullivan vs. Roderick Strong: Sullivan got the win thanks to the Freak Accident, but Strong was amazing and made Sullivan look great.
WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunn vs. Tyler Bate: This was a five-star match as Dunn worked on Bates hands and fingers throughout. At the same time, Bate’s speed, heart and strength were on full exhibition. At one point, Bate kicked out of The Bitter End and it felt like he was ready to regain his title. Dunn however, like a classic heel, fought back and kicked out of the Tyler Driver 97 before hitting The Bitter End again to steal 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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