This week’s RAW was a wacky cavalcade of matches, drama and lie detectors. All that was missing was Maury Povich himself.
Check out our list of who made it out of the creative mess with the most to brag about.
5: AJ Lee: Sure, her match wasn’t fantastic, but the crowd’s response proves that she’s the most over Diva in the company right now. Her solid ability in the ring and current ties to John Cena make her the most powerful woman in the industry right now. But don’t tell Vikki Guerrero that.
4: The Miz: He didn’t even step in the ring, but his comments to CM Punk and Paul Heyman were hilarious. After his short reign as Intercontinental Champion, Miz is ready for bigger and better things, again.
3: John Cena and Sheamus: Two former world champions who had a fun tag match against Dolph Ziggler and Big Show. These two guys don’t need belts right now. They are as over as they’ve ever been.
2: Damien Sandow: His win over Santino Marella wasn’t monumental, but it again proves that he’s a capable singles wrestler that is simply oozing star potential. He needs to be in a program for either the Intercontinental or United States title and soon.
1: Antonio Cesaro: In one of the best matches on RAW this year against three solid workers, Cesaro earned a win and looked incredibly strong doing so. While Ryback and The Shield have gotten the majority of the attention as of late, Cesaro is a true blue chip prospect.
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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