The return of Nia Jax, the fun debut of Lio Rush and a slew of solid matches made this a good episode of RAW following a lackluster Hell in a Cell event.
Matches:
Dean Ambrose vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Drew McIntyre: Ambrose bought out some old offense in the form of the Cloverleaf, but McIntyre was a step ahead and won with the Claymore.
Chad Gable w/Bobby Roode vs. Viktor w/Konnor: Gable won with the Missile Dropkick and the Rolling, Bridging German Suplex. After the match, Konnor took out both Roode and Gable.
Bayley w/Sasha Banks vs. Dana Brooke: Bayley won with the Running Knee and Belly-to-Bayley after she countered Brooke’s Fireman Driver.
The Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar w/Drake Maverick vs. Two Local Competitors: AOP got another squash win with the Super Collider.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins: This could have been a main event. Ziggler and Rollins tore the house down as Rollins retained with The Stomp in an immensely tough challenge.
Elias Sampson vs. Bobby Lashley: This match got thrown out after Kevin Owens got involved, but Lio Rush’s involvement definitely added some fun to what could have been a bland confrontation.
Ember Moon and Nia Jax vs. Mickie James and Alicia Fox w/Alexa Bliss: The returning Jax got the win with a Samoan Drop on Mickie James.
Baron Corbin vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns:Â Reigns got the win after Corbin accidentally threw a chair and hit Reigns with it. Corbin then restarted the match as a No DQ, but Reigns hit the Superman Punch but Braun Strowman hit the ring and went on the attack. Corbin then hit the Deep Six for the near-fall, but Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler hit the ring, but Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins evened things up on the outside. Soon enough, Reigns won with the Spear.
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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