WWE RAW Coverage: One Match Not Enough

Between the sloppy promos and sneak peak at Triple H’s new film, RAW this week was missing something.

Mainly attitude.

In spite of that, quick matches and a lack of interesting banter were at the heart of this week’s RAW and the main reason why it was lackluster overall.

The opening segment, involving CM Punk, Triple H and Kevin Nash was an absolute disaster. Nash used to be more than solid on the microphone, but has lost something. Either that, or WWE creative hasn’t written captivating enough material for him. After 15 minutes of meandering, Nash [who was signed to a guaranteed contract a few weeks ago by John Laurinaitis] was “fired” from the company.

Hopefully, this is the beginning of a bigger storyline, involving Nash, Laurinaitis and Triple H.

If not, it’s just a waste of time.

Sadly, most of this week’s RAW was.

Especially with Alberto Del Rio greeting various superstars throughout the show [and accomplishing next to nothing] and John Cena’s appearance on the show coming during the last segment.

Speaking of the last segment, an Eight-man tag, this week’s RAW did little to entertain.

Matches:

WWE Tag Team Champions Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston vs. Jinder Mahal and The Great Khali [Non-title match]:
A quick match that saw Bourne and Kingston make quick work of Mahal and Khali. Kingston dominated with a variety of aerial maneuvers and clotheslines, while Bourne finished off Mahal with the Shooting Star Press.

Eve Torrez vs. Beth Phoenix w/ Natalya Niedhart: Phoenix made quick work of Torrez with a technically unsound Glam Slam. After the match, Niedhart and Kelly Kelly [who was providing guest color commentary] got into a scuffle, with Kelly getting the worst of it. Well, all of it.

R-Truth vs. CM Punk:
A quality match that saw both competitors break a sweat. R-Truth spent most of this match taking it to Punk [the reverse Michinoku driver he hit on Punk was awesome], until Punk [who has been doing this a lot over the past few weeks] mounted a John Cena-esque comeback, hitting the GTS for the win. After the match, Triple H made it to the ring, where he announced that his match with Punk at Night of Champions would be a no DQ.

Zack Ryder and Jerry Lawler vs. Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga: Ryder hit the Rough-Ryder after Lawler hit the second rope first drop on Otunga for the win. A quick match, that wasn’t extremely note-worthy, but it should be noted that Ryder got a nice pop.

Randy Orton vs. Heath Slater:
Slater never stood a chance. Talk about a job. With no modified version of the RKO either, this match was as no frills as it gets.

John Cena, John Morrison, Alex Riley and Sheamus vs. Christian, Jack Swagger, Wade Barrett and Dolph Ziggler in an eight-man elimination tag team match: This was a fun encounter, but it was more like too little, too late. Morrison was eliminated first via the Swagger Ankle Lock. Riley was next to suffer the same fate. With the odds now 4-2, Sheamus took over the contest and eliminated Barrett with the Bicycle kick to make it 3-2. However, Sheamus and Christian were both DQ’ed when they got counted out, which left Cena to face both Swagger and Ziggler by himself. With the odds against him, Cena took a beating, but the selling of Ziggler and Swagger was what made the match. Like the superhero the WWE makes him to be, Cena delivered a double- five-knuckle shuffle on the two and the Cena was able to take out Ziggler with the Attitude Adjustment. Even though Swagger caught Cena with the Ankle Lock soon after, Cena reversed it into the STF and earned the win via submission. If that wasn’t enough, he also made quick work of Del Rio afterward.

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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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