Six matches and some fun storyline made this week’s Impact serviceable, but it’s a far cry from where it needs to be. Simply put, Impact needs a major shakeup.
Matches:
Ace Austin vs. Cousin Jake Deaner: Austin got the win with The Fold, thanks to an attack from The Desi Hit Squad.
Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary w/ Su Yung: This match got thrown out after James Mitchell hit the ring with Jessica Havoc, who took out everybody.
Madman Fulton w/ Sami Callihan vs. Two Local Competitors: A squash as Fulton won with a Double Chokeslam and The End of Days.
Dave and Jake Crist vs. Fallah Bahh and Scarlett Bordeaux: This was an emotional one and Bordeaux was never out of place. Better communication from the Crists allowed them to win after they isolated Bahh and hit him with a roll of quarters. After the match, Tessa Blanchard hits the ring to protect Bordeaux and takes out both Crist brothers.
Kiera Hogan vs. Jordynne Grace: Hogan fought hard, but Grace won with the Grace Driver.
Impact Tag Team Champions LAX: Santana and Ortiz w/Konna vs. The Rascalz: Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz: Trey Miguel snuck in to get the win, but the call was reversed and LAX kept the titles.
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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