RAW Unpower Rankings: No Respect

The first show after Summerslam, the WWE dropped the ball big time, burying two of their top stars and writing in the departure of Brock Lesnar. So now what? John Cena vs. a clearly beleaguered and unimportant CM Punk? The WWE will have to scramble now to put something decent together for Night of Champions and we’re not talking about the card. There’s no drama right now, no reason to stay tuned.

Here’s our list of five superstars getting the shaft in the company right now.

5: Tensai: When was the last time this guy did anything memorable on TV? With all his success in Japan, the WWE thought he’d be a great upper-mid-card heel. Instead, he’s a good worker that simply bores American audiences. Much like Dr. Death Steve Williams, he’s got all the talent in the world for a big guy, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to success in the states.

4: Nattie Niedhart: Best female worker in wrestling today, but she can’t get a goddamn push if Tensai was leaning on her bumper. Makes zero sense that the WWE would want her in the Divas mix when she can sell and is decent on the mic. Instead, they push lookers and greenies that they think will attract an audience.

3: Brock Lesnar: Monday night should have been the beginning of a huge angle for Lesnar. Instead, creative has written him out of the show for some reason. Makes zero sense. It’s understandable that he only has a limited amount of appearances until his contract is up, but damn, stop the teasing. Get the guy in a real program and not this one and done nonsense.

2: Dolph Ziggler: The WWE continues to drop the ball with Ziggler. Instead of having him beat Chris Jericho at the pay per view and start some buzz, they have him lose and then get a clean win on RAW in a match that was far from memorable. The beating Ziggler received from Jericho after the match continues the Rodney Dangerfield trend that poor kid has. No with zero momentum, his angle with Jericho is finished and he is worse for the wear. Now with no angle and an annoying manager that doesn’t help his gimmick, Ziggler is running out of options.

1: CM Punk: There was nothing wrong with his character before, but the WWE had to play around. This guy can make a great heel, but not the way the WWE is envisioning him. Punk should never have to force people to respect him. He does that in the ring. Punk should never have to be a bully. Where have the pipe bombs been this summer? John Cena’s promo this week was leagues better than anything Punk has done on the microphone this summer. A complete shame that the WWE can’t think of a cooler way to make a wiseass a bad guy.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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