A weird opener, a lackluster ending between Tyson Fury and Braun Strowman and no resolution between Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt led to an episode of RAW that was more filler than killer.
Matches:
Rusev vs. Randy Orton: This match never got started as Baron Corbin beat on Rusev. Once Rusev cleared the ring, Lashley went on the Jumbotron and was in bed with Lana. After the segment, Rusev was enraged and beat on both Orton and Corbin.
Last Woman Standing: Lacey Evans vs. Natalya Neidhart: Evans dominated, but Neidhart hit the Snap Suplex on the ramp and then followed it up with a Powerbomb through a table.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode vs. The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar: Roode and Zigger nearly won on several occasions, but The Raiders won with The Viking Experience.
Aleister Black vs. Samir and Sunil Singh: A Black Mass and a sexy Dragon Sleeper variation gave Black the submission win.
The O.C.: United States Champion AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Lucha House Party: Kalisto, Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik: The House Party was valiant, but Styles put Kalisto away with the Phenomenal Forearm. After the match, the beating continuers Dorado got hit with the Magic Killer and then a Top Rope Styles Clash.
RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Smackdown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Women’s Tag Team Champions: The Kabuki Warriors: Asuka and Kairi Sane: This match took entirely too long as Asuka hit the Mist on Lynch, which allowed Sane to get the win. After the bell, Flair fought hard, but the Warriors won the numbers game before Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss made the save.
Ricochet vs. Apollo Crews: Ricochet got the win in the passable encounter.
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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