WWE RAW Coverage: Heyman vs. HHH and the Battle for Legitimacy

“Brock Lesnar offends me”- Triple H

When Triple H has something to say, you listen. His shoot on Lesnar was so borderline based on reality that it was scary. You know it’s fake, but goddamn, it’s so grounded in reality that it’s so goddamn sexy. There’s a reason marks and dedicated fans alike love this angle. It’s got a bit of everything.

So yeah, when Triple H’s shoots about Lesnar’s attitude, you listen. You listen hard.

But when Paul Heyman has something to say, you DVR it.

The shoot between these two was pretty damn solid. Heyman’s hubris is what makes him so solid on the microphone and last night, he was undeniably charismatic.

Between the big words, snarky attitude and evil facial expressions, Heyman was on top of his game last night. This angle has nowhere to go but up.

The same thing can’t be said for the angle between Big Show and RAW and Smackdown GM John Laurinaitis. What a bore. Yeah, it was emotional, but the segment was way too long. Johnny Ace is beyond long-winded and artificial on the mic, the main reason he could never get over as a performer in the United States. With Big Show kayfabe fired, something has to happen there in the future. The problem is no one really cares what happens.

And John Cena may earn some laughs making fun of Johnny Ace, but that match is nothing to go crazy about either.

Matches:

WWE Champion CM Punk and US Champion Santino Marella vs. Daniel Bryan and Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes: A decent opener, but it was more to hype the crowd than set up or further any angles. The face was back and forth and all four combatants put on a bit of a show for the fans. Marella did sell like crazy, which opened the door for a Punk hot tag. Once the champ got in the ring, it was all signature offense. He’d hit the GTS on Rhodes soon after and earn the win.

Alicia Fox vs. Beth Phoenix: A quick squash with a few botches. Phoenix won with the Glamslam.

Big Show vs. Kane: Two big men= a slow, tedious pace. This was torture. They did try though. Between the cross body from Kane and the second rope splash from Show, this was as athletic an encounter as it could be. Kane’s chokeslam, which earned him the win and came after John Laurinaitis’ verbal interference, was one of the worst in wrestling history.

Brodus Clay and WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth vs. The Miz, Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler w/ Vikki Guerrero: Clay did his three maneuvers and the tag champs more than held their own with Swagger and Ziggler. After Kingston hit the Trouble in Paradise on Miz, Clay delivered his trademark Splash for the win.

Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho: World Champion Sheamus was ringside on commentary for a rather ordinary match. Orton and Jericho traded routine offense for most of the predictable encounter. Jericho spiced things up when he threw Orton into Sheamus on the outside. Once he got back up, Sheamus pulled Jericho out of the ring and nailed him with a clothesline, earning Jericho the win via DQ.

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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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