Best RAW of the Year

Easily the best RAW of the year thus far.

Why?

Who could have expected that Jerry “The King” Lawler would have come so close to winning the world title, to only be robbed by Michael Cole, of all people?

Sure, the tension between the two has been building over the past few weeks, especially after King showed his reverence for Jim Ross on RAW old school, but this? This was pretty nuts. Seeing Lawler get a title shot was interesting enough, but to see him get as close as he did was pure entertainment.

What happens next week should definitely be interesting and worth tuning into.

Aside from that, the matches this week were solid as well in spite of a few clunkers. The angle between Santino Marella and Jimmy Snuka’s daughter is cute, but what happened to her managing the Uso’s? The tag team division in the WWE needs some depth and they could be a great team if pushed. Guess that’s not going to happen soon.

The same thing goes for the Divas. Sure, they’re all cute and athletic, but these six-gal tags do nothing for any of them. There’s no heat at all in the ring there. Natty Neidhart is one of the best female wrestlers today and if the WWE doesn’t find her a suitable dance partner or two, she’s just a waste of a roster spot. In fact, all of them are if this company doesn’t find a way to use them properly.

At the same time the WWE has played it smart by having John Cena on RAW in the role he’s in. With The Miz as champ, the fans need a bonafide babyface and Cena is one of the best ever. His eventual tango with Wade Barrett needs to be played well and as of right now, there’s a nice sinergy going on there.

It was also nice to see a full King of the Ring tournament and on RAW of all places, but the crown doesn’t mean anything anymore. Sheamus already has a few World Title reigns under his belt, what could winning this tournament prove? That the company expects big things from him? Really? This is the problem the WWE has created for itself by pushing talent too quickly. Fans have nothing to be patient or appreciative for anymore. If the WWE was smart, they would have started pushing someone in the summer and had them win, maybe even Barrett, especially if they expect him to be able to hold water in the ring when he finally squares off with Cena when it means something.

But that’s all wishful thinking.

In spite of all of these small problems though, this episode of RAW has us hungry for next week.

When was the last time we said that?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13821 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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