WWE Raw Power Rankings: You Broke His Arm!

A great primer episode of Monday Night RAW this week exposed a few clear favorites for Summerslam this weekend.

With that, Review Fix shares their thoughts on who made the biggest impressions going into one of the promotion’s biggest pay per views.

5: Prime Time Players: With Kofi Kingston overseas, Darren Young and Titus O’Neil took advantage of an opportunity to take out R-Truth and they did. Then they danced a bit. Are they the new Hardy Boys or Dudley Boys? Of course not, but at least they’re a real team. That’s enough for now.

4: Chris Jericho: He lost his match on Monday, but his segment in Piper’s Pit was vintage Jericho. Even during the match he was solid and the fans cheered. Yes, the same guy they booed for months after the creative debacle that was his last comeback was getting cheered. At this moment, Dolph Ziggler, Jericho’s opponent for Summerslam, is hated, while Jericho is loved. This could be a great opportunity for Jericho to put over Ziggler, giving the company another reputable heel.

3: Sin Cara: After a year of wasting away in the mid-card, this may have been the biggest win of Cara’s WWE career. Tensai is a veteran performer, but it’s apparent the WWE Universe is bored of his antics. And poor Sakamoto, that guys sells more than anyone in the company right now. With his feud with Cody Rhodes and this win, Cara is riding as high as he ever has with the company.

2: CM Punk: His feud with John Cena appeared over, well, boring, but by the end of RAW, it was apparent it was heating up again. Cena’s refusing to shake Punk’s hand makes it that much easier for Punk to continue his heel turn. Regardless, the fans love him, evidenced by the cheers during the opening match of RAW this week.

1: Brock Lesnar: What an amazing segment. Paul Heyman worked it even more, repeating “Oh my god, you broke his arm.” The look on Lesnar’s face, the tension in the air, Shawn Michaels’ wailing, Triple H’s mannerisms, this segment was put together beautifully. This should be the main event for the pay per view, regardless of the WWE championship match. It has the drama, intrigue and matchup every pay per view needs in order to sell.

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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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