WWE RAW Power Rankings: Heyman and Beast Talk Their Way to Greatness

Thanks to a crappy crap and a waste of time segment with Wiz Khalifa, this week’s RAW was passable, at best. With less than three weeks before Wrestlemania, the company is running out of time to build up intrigue for their biggest show of the year.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings who managed to shine in an otherwise weak episode of RAW.

Honorable Mention: Daniel Bryan: His win over Wade Barrett this week sets up Bryan as a participant in the upcoming Intercontinental Title ladder match at Wrestlemania. While there are plenty of better uses for Bryan at Wrestlemania, seeing him a match for the IC Title is better than not seeing him at all.

Tap All Night, Baby: John Cena’s escapades this week on RAW not only earned him a United States title rematch with Rusev at Wrestlemania, it got him one of his biggest pops in months. Angry and motivated, it should be interesting to see how Cena does in his next encounter with the Bulgarian Brute.

5: Bray Wyatt: His promos this week on RAW continue to build the drama for his encounter with The Undertaker. No one knows how the two will match up once they get in the ring, but with Wyatt on the mic playing games for the next couple of weeks, the feud has a lot more potential than you think.

4: Seth Rollins: The best heel the WWE has right now, it’s a shame Rollins isn’t in the main event of this year’s Wrestlemania. Regardless, he’ll find a way to get involved and keep things spicy.

3: Roman Reigns: His continued dominance in the ring is proof that the WWE will do almost anything to get him over before Wrestlemania. While he continues to add more moves to his arsenal and has shown more stamina, he hasn’t proven that he can sell enough to make Lesnar look dominant and have enough gas to mount a serious enough attack to take down the Beast.

2: Randy Orton: Although it’s taking entirely too long for the Viper to strike against the Authority, that has little to do with him and more to do with the horrid writing of his character. In awesome shape and obviously rejuvenated from his time off, Orton’s character is one that is beloved by the WWE Universe and one that will always be in a major storyline. Once Orton and Seth Rollins finally get in the ring, it’ll be special.

1: Brock Lesnar: Thanks once again to brilliant mic work from the one and only Paul Heyman, Lesnar’s never been this over as WWE World Heavyweight Champion. While no one knows if he’ll leave Wrestlemania with the title, there’s no shortage of intrigue surrounding the WWE World Heavyweight Title.

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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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