WWE Monday Night RAW Coverage: A Night of Talking

Tons of talking and setups for the Summerslam card told the story of last night’s Monday Night RAW. With a new number one contender for the Divas title in Beth Phoenix, Dolph Ziggler now involved in a feud with Alex Riley and the continued drama between CM Punk and John Cena, there was plenty of yammering on the show.

Obviously, with all this focus on story, there wasn’t much in the way of wrestling action.

Luckily, CM Punk’s promo with Triple H was great. While Triple H wasn’t at his best, especially when he told Punk to shut his “Skinny, fat” mouth, it still had its moments. Ultimately, to see these two play cat and mouse with each other made up for the fact that there were only three matches through the first 90 minutes of the show and an ending shoot which lacked the same luster as the opener.

In the end, while this episode may go down as an important RAW, as it helped develop many of the matches for the next pay per view, it wasn’t thoroughly enjoyable.

Matches:

#1 Contenders Battle Royal for the Divas title: The WWE proved their Divas division is a complete joke by having a commercial break during this match. With quick eliminations, every diva in the match was unable to do much of anything. It would be fair to say that the match didn’t feature one wrestling move. Instead, it was punches and kicks. In the end, it was Beth Phoenix who lasted the longest, as she used to strength to eliminate both Bella twins. Afterward, she threw Divas champion Kelly Kelly a bit of a beating as well.

Rey Mysterio and John Morrison vs. R Truth and The Miz:
All four competitors broke a sweat in the ring and it showed. Although there isn’t much drama between the four of them [Yes, Morrison and Truth are feuding, but Mysterio and Miz don’t have any real chemistry.], they delivered a quality match; it was perhaps the only real match on tonight’s card. With some twists and turns in the end, it was nice to see Truth get the win with his jumping complete shot finisher as well.

WWE Tag Team Champions David Otunga and Michael McGillitty vs. Zack Ryder and Santino Marella: This could have been a much better match. Instead, it was filler. Ryder got a nice pop and did his thing, but Otunga and McGillicutty won after a backbreaker/second rope elbow combo. Not the right way to build champs or make the case that Ryder deserves a push. Epic fail.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Evan Bourne: Easily the worst main event on RAW in quite some time. A complete waste of a match that saw Del Rio destroy the talented Bourne and earn the submission victory with his cross-arm breaker.

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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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