It was another wacky week of Monday Night RAW that continued to fuel the angle between John Cena and CM Punk. However there were several other superstars that had big weeks as well. Although the three-hour show hasn’t reaped its benefits just yet, if the superstars below get more time to shine, who knows what could happen.
5: Damien Sandow: An enjoyable promo and a good match with Zack Ryder this week. Both of these guys have so much potential, but Sandow can be something special. Between the mic work, Regal-Cutter-type finisher and cartwheels, what more can you ask for?
4: Kane and Daniel Bryan: The WWE is desperately trying to revitalize the tag team division and these guys had a fantastic match with Kofi Kingston and R-Truth on Monday. With successful singles careers and amazing work ethics, both of these guys can save the WWE tag team division. It’s just a matter of working in other quality teams that they can feud with.
3: Alberto Del Rio: Say what you want about his gimmick, but this guy had a great match on RAW with CM Punk, Sheamus and John Cena. He belongs in the ring with the company’s brightest stars, he just needs to find a gimmick- it’s clear the Mexican aristocrat, albeit snarky and fun at times, it’s as over as the WWE needs it to be.
2: Sheamus: The angle with him and Alberto Del Rio is a blast to watch in the ring. “The Great White†continues to get better on the mic every week as well. Plenty of fans are still sick of him, but it’s hard to fight the fact that he ‘s one of the brightest young stars in the company.
1: John Cena: His pinfall victory over CM Punk continues the best rivalry in sports entertainment today. His in-ring routine is predictable and the PG-13 setting hurts his promo work, but he’s still one of the best in the world at what he does. Plain and simple- he needs to be involved in angles with stars the likes of Punk and The Rock. That’s when you see him at his best. This angle has to continue.
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.
It was another wacky week of Monday Night RAW that continued to fuel the angle between John Cena and CM Punk. However there were several other superstars that had big weeks as well. Although the three-hour show hasn’t reaped its benefits just yet, if the superstars below get more time to shine, who knows what could happen.
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