WWE RAW Power Rankings: Fast Counts, Mustaches and Crazy Chicks

While this week’s RAW wasn’t too heavy on the drama, there was a beefy card that offered plenty of solid in-ring action.

Here’s our list of the superstars who dished out more damage than they absorbed.

5: Cody Rhodes: Back just a month after suffering a concussion, Rhodes was his solid self in the ring and won the match for his team with his trademark Crossroads Neckbreaker. Armed with a new mustache, the crowd got a kick out of it, but truth be told, his tag team with Damien Sandow is nothing to laugh at. Easily the best tag team, aside from Hell No, the Road Scholars are the real deal. Their appearance on Miz TV was interesting as well. Funny and witty as a heel, Rhodes may be looked at as the weaker link in the team, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

4: Sheamus: The guy still has plenty of detractors, but he continues to have some of the better matches on RAW every week. His win over Dolph Ziggler and the fact that he sold like crazy for a change, proves his star is on the rise.

3: Brad Maddox: The guy continues to make an impact and provide interesting segments. His fast count for Vikki Guerrero pushed AJ Lee over the edge. As a result, the former GM may have fallen over to the dark side after getting cheated courtesy of Guerrero and Maddox. Regardless, she’s as over as ever.

2: Antonio Cesaro: A huge win over Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston, Cesaro is on his way to earning a title shot very soon. At this point, who else can he beat?

1: The Shield: The trio’s promo proved they are the cool new faction in the company. While this may be an “off” pay per view for the company, but these guys will do their best to make it entertaining. Their interference in John Cena’s match with The Big Show only adds to the cool factor.

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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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