WWE RAW Coverage: Punk Steals the Show, Again

Roddy Piper deserves respect. The guy is a legend. Even if John Cen’s antics were a part of the skit, what occurred during the first 17 minutes of RAW was a joke. Supposed to obviously set up the thought of a possible Cena-heel turn, it was ruined.

Why?

Cena couldn’t shut up and let things simply come to him.

In an interview I did with Low-Ki this past summer, the World Warrior said many of the wrestlers in this generation think they have all the answers. While Cena is a made man, he could have benefitted from this situation so much more. All he had to do is keep quiet and let Piper intrigue the audience with the thought that the former WWE Champion could fall apart if he continued with his Boy Scout persona.

The way it stands, it was a waste of the first segment of the show. Considering how generic most of the action was afterward, this was possibly the only moment the show had to truly captivate.

The end result was a week show that wasn’t capable of being saved after a fun match between CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio for the WWE title.

Between the boring antics and promo work of John Laurinaitis, Del Rio and Wade Barrett, RAW, even with the inclusion of select Smackdown superstars such as Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton, is in need of a jolt.

Matches:

John Morrison vs. The Miz, in a falls count anywhere match: Morrison decided to wrestle even though The Miz took out his leg with a steel pipe before the bell rang. However, in spite of a quick flurry and some momentary offense, The Miz continued to work on Morrison’s legs and used a kendo stick and slammed Morrison’s leg against the turnbuckle. Eventually, the battle made its way to the entrance ramp, where The Miz hit Morrison with the Skull-Crushing Finale for the win.

Without a WWE contract, this appears to be Morrison’s last match in the WWE.

The Bella Twins vs. Kelly Kelly and Alicia Fox: Beth Phoeniz and Nattie Niedhart decided to run around the ring during this match and sadly, that made more sense than anything that happened during this encounter. After less than two minutes, Fox hit her flipping leg drop for the win.

Randy Orton vs. WWE United States Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler: An overall lackluster match. Both of these guys are fantastic athletes, but the match just felt overtly routine. The commercial break in the middle didn’t help matters and while the contest sped up towards the end, with a nice exchange of offense, it was nothing we haven’t seen from these two before. Interference from Wade Barrett changed the game though and allowed Ziggler enough time to hit the Zig-Zag for the win.

Jack Swagger vs. Zack Ryder: A decent back and forth encounter that was over way before it started. After a few minutes of mixed offense, Ryder hit the Leg Lariat for the win.

WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio: Del Rio was on the offensive most of the match in what was the best of the night. The two traded aerial maneuvers, as well as high impact offense and near-falls in what was one of the better contests on RAW this year. It ‘s a great sign that these two were capable of having a different type of match than they did at Survivor Series. The hi-jinx that occurred at the end also didn’t take away from the contest overall, as Del Rio’s cheating ended up costing him the match, as Punk hit the Snake Eyes on the turnbuckle Del Rio exposed earlier, for the win.

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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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