WWE RAW Coverage: Moving in the Right Direction

Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns’ first interview, a CM Punk/Kane match and continued development in the John Cena/AJ Lee/Dolph Ziggler and Vikki Guerrero angle.

From this alone, it’s easy to see that this was an episode of Monday Night RAW that had plenty of drama and action.

While the matches were short and none of the plot development overtly telling, this was a good teaser episode leading closer to TLC on Dec. 10.

Matches:

Titus O’Neill w/ Darren Young vs. Ryback: WWE’s hottest rookie made short work of O’Neill. After he hit a massive front powerslam, he nailed the Meat Hook Clothesline before he finished off the 300-pounder with the Shellshock.

Alberto Del Rio w/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. The Great Khali: Del Rio made a joke of the former World Champion with the Cross-Arm-Breaker in a quick bout.

Alicia Foxx vs. Tamina Snuka: Super Fly Splash. That’s all Snuka needed to take out Foxx.

Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Tensai: The big man had his way with Kingston early on, going through his signature offense. Kingston made a comeback with some big time leg work. Tensai blocked the Trouble in Paradise, but Kingston answered quickly with a Cross Body from outside into the ring for the win.

WWE Tag Team Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Rey Mysterio: This was a good match, as it featured a nice combination of technical showcase, submission and spots. This contest was at its best when the two traded counters. Mysterio won with the 619/Dime Drop combination.

John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler: This could have been the main event. These two worked hard and it paid off. The chemistry is there and although the storyline is a bit weak, these two had a great match. Ziggler’s jumping DDT was the highlight of the match. Cena kicked out of the Zig-Zag and although he “hurt” his knee, interference from Lee and Guerrero led to a Cena AA for the win.

Sheamus vs. United States Champion Antonio Cesaro: This was a fantastic match as these two battled back and forth for nearly 15 minutes. Cesaro hit some power moves on Sheamus that no one has dared even try. The count-out win by Sheamus doesn’t hurt Sheamus, but it sure does prove Cesaro is the real deal.

Damien Sandow vs. Zack Ryder: Sandow sent a message to Cena by beating on his buddy. After some back and forth, Sandow won with his signature hanging neckbreaker variation.

WWE Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Tag Team Champion Kane: Pretty routine encounter. Nothing special. Things got fun at the end when Kane hit the Chokeslam and Paul Heyman got involved though. So sad that Punk can’t beat Kane without help. The Shield was also ringside during the match. Punk won with the GTS.

After the match, The Shield took out Kane and Daniel Bryan. Later on, Ryback hit the ring and had some fun with the threesome, but was eventually beat down again too.

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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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