WWE RAW Power Rankings: Heatin’ Up Before Hell in a Cell?

October 24, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a slew of matches and plenty of promo, this week’s Monday Night RAW tried to set up this weekend’s Hell in a Cell and even if it was a lukewarm effort, there was plenty of things left to think about.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who left this week’s RAW with the most momentum before Hell in a Cell.

Honorable Mention: Damien Sandow: It’s only a matter of time until Sandow outgrows The Miz. Think of it as what should have happened with Alex Riley, but better. The Miz doesn’t need a sideshow and eventually Sandow is going to overstep his bounds or hurt The Miz more than he helps. Once that happens, it’ll be a war. A solid worker with plenty of charisma, Sandow is just a few lucky breaks away from being the dependable mid-carder he should been already.

5: The Wyatt Family: The promos are getting tiresome. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper are monsters that need to be in the ring- and soon. Otherwise, this is all just a big waste of time. After their failed attempts at Tag Team gold, Rowan and Harper need “Special” returns. If not, it’ll be hard to reestablish their credibility. The same thing goes for Bray Wyatt, who just a few months after his win over Chris Jericho, has zero momentum and is in desperate need of something wild and crazyin order to give his faction and reason to move back up the card.

4: Randy Orton: He continues to tease an anti-hero face turn and his RKO on both John Cena and Paul Heyman this week on RAW continue to make him relevant. Can he beat Cena at Hell in a Cell? If he does, does he stand a chance against Brock Lesnar?

3: Dean Ambrose: With his opportunity to get his hands on Seth Rollins assured, expect the wild and crazy Ambrose to bring his A-game this weekend. Continuing to gain momentum, like Rollins, Ambrose is primed for run with a mid-card title.

2: Seth Rollins: Everyone wants to see him get his ass kicked and he just might at Hell in a Cell. Cocky and arrogant to his core, Rollins is easily one of the best young heels in the business and is absolutely ready for a run with the Intercontinental or United States title. Where he goes after this battle with Dean Ambrose is anyone’s guess, but make no mistake, he’ll continue to stay in the middle of the promotion’s biggest feuds.

1: John Cena: Randy Orton has his number right now, but Cena wants to get his hands on WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. Hungry to get his title back, Cena will do whatever it takes to once again be the face of the company.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13857 Articles
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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