WWE Monday Night RAW Coverage: PPV Main Event Prep

With both CM Punk and John Cena wrestling on RAW last night and a great encounter between Kofi Kingston and The Miz, the show was definitely better than it has been over the past few weeks.

On top of that, the contract signing shoot promo between Punk and Cena continued to build heat for what should be an incredible pay per view bout this Sunday.

But what about the rest of the Summerslam card?

At this point, there’s no Tag Team or United States Heavyweight title match booked and Rey Mysterio, The Miz and Kofi Kingston have yet to be signed for a match either. For a RAW that was supposed to set the scene for Summerslam, this RAW didn’t do much of anything but pay attention to Cena and Punk.

So while it was a solid show, Summerslam, at this point, is going to have a pretty slim card.

Matches:

John Cena vs. Jack Swagger:
A tune-up match for Cena that saw Swagger get in some early offense before Cena hit his usual assortment of moves before eventually delivering the Attitude Adjustment for the win.

The Miz vs. Kofi Kingston:
WWE COO Triple H ordered this match after Miz took out Rey Mysterio before their scheduled bout. Boy, was it a solid one. Both of these guys worked hard and delivered a plethora of high-impact offense, with plenty of near falls. At this point, Kingston continues to prove he is worthy of a bigger spot on RAW, but not with this current boy-scout gimmick. In spite of Kingston’s excellent work here however, The Miz was too much for him, as he hit his Skull-Crushing Finale finisher for the win. Nevertheless, it was the best match on RAW in weeks.

Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk:
A quick match, which saw a nice amount of offense from both combatants. However, like Cena’s encounter, Punk was able to turn it around and hit his Go To Sleep finisher for the win.

Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torrez: A quality divas match that saw Phoenix dominate and hit the Glam Slam for the win.

Alex Riley vs. United States Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler w/ Vicki Guerrero:
A waste of match that ended in a DQ after Guerrero slapped Riley. This doesn’t even build heat for an eventual Ziggler/Riley encounter either, as more attention was paid to Guerrero walking out on Ziggler.

John Morrison vs. R-Truth: These two have such excellent chemistry together. This match wasn’t their best, but between R-Truth’s devastating jumping complete shot finisher and Morrison’s high impact selling and his use of a flipping urinage suplex, this was easily the most technically sound contest of the night.

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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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