With Money in the Bank less than a week away, RAW Creative delivered promo and a ton of matches that spiced up the mid-card and set up several of this weekend’s encounters. The return of AJ Styles was needed as well and gives the red brand depth at the exact right time. At the same time, it’s next to impossible to get excited for Money in the Bank after a lackluster Wrestlemania.
Matches:
Money in the Bank Qualifier: Gauntlet: Bobby Lashley vs. Titus O’Neil vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Humberto Carrillo vs. Angel Garza and Austin Theory w/Zelina Vega vs. AJ Styles: Lashley destroyed O’Neil, Tozawa and Benjamin with Spears, but got DQed against Carrillo, leaving Garza the scraps. However, Carrillo ended up beating Garza and Theory, but the returning AJ Styles put him away with the Calf Crusher to secure a spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder match.
Cedric Alexander and Ricochet vs. Brendan Vink and Shane Thorne: Vink got the shocking win with the Running Yakuza Kick.
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Street Profits: Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford vs. The War Raiders: Erik and Ivar: Erik and Ivar got the much-needed win to prove who the real best team on RAW is.
NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Liv Morgan: Flair won with the Figure-Eight, but Morgan pushed herself hard.
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre vs. Buddy Murphy: The Champion retained with The Claymore and then avoided a Rollins Stomp.
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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