Backlash is right around the corner and the Red Brand was settling up the card. At the same time, the amount fo fluff this week, from Roses down pants to lengthy unnecessary promos made the show drag.
Matches:
WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: AJ Styles and Omos vs. The New Day: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods: Styles beat Woods ( was was on Omos’ shoulders)with the Phenomenal Forearm.
Charlotte Flair vs. Dana Brooke with Mandy Rose: Flair won with the Figure-Eight and after the match, Rose got involved. Flair soon cut a promo and before you knew it, Sonya Deville was in the ring and Flair was added to the RAW Women’s title match at Backlash.
John Morrison w/The Miz vs. Damian Priest: Morrison was more than solid but Priest picked up the win. This feud isn’t over yet.
Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado vs. Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin: Benjamin got pinned with the Elbow after Dorado took out Alexander on the outside.
Drew Gulak vs. Angel Garza: Garza got the win with the Wing Clipper. After the match, Garza shoved his rose down Gulak’s pants.
Randy Orton and Riddle vs. Elias and Jaxson Ryker: After an RKO to Ryker, Riddle won with the Floating Bro.
United States Champion Sheamus vs. Mansoor: Sheamus got the win via DQ after Humberto Carillo got involved but he ended the segment delivering the Brogue Kick to the both of them.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler w/Reginald vs. Naomi and Lana: Reginald played dividends and Baszler won with the Clutch.
Braun Strowman vs. WWE Champion Bobby Lashley w/MVP: Drew McIntyre’s presence was felt ringside as Lashley won with a Spear. However after the match McIntyre hit both his Backlash opponents with the Claymore.
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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