WWE RAW Power Rankings: New IC Champ

The last WWE RAW of 2012 was all about fun, with several wacky, once in a lifetime moments, but don’t let the buzz confuse you. In spite of the special guest appearances of Vince McMahon, Sgt. Slaughter and Mae Young, several of 2012’s best made their marks once again and look primed for a breakout 2013.

5: The Miz: Once the company’s top heel, The Miz is beginning to develop into a nice upper-mid-card face. His match with John Cena vs. The Rhodes Scholars was entertaining. The fact that he got the Cena stamp of approval at the end was even more important for him. Be interesting to see him get a shot at Antonio Cesaro’s United States Heavyweight Title.

4: Daniel Bryan and Kane: They’ve had a couple of lukewarm weeks, but to see them back on their game, taking out three hungry mid-carders in 3MB was a lot of fun. Poised, consistent and thorough, they are the best tag team the WWE has had in easily over a year.

3: Antonio Cesaro: Hit a WWE Hall of Famer with your finisher twice? Yeah, that’ll get you some attention. Simply put, Cesaro is in a league of his own right now.

2: Wade Barrett: Huge win for him over Kofi Kingston for the Intercontinental Title. It was easily the best match on RAW this week. All Barrett has to do now is make sure Creative doesn’t change the name of his finisher again.

1: The Shield: Roman Reigns has a wicked spear. Seth Rollins is cat-like quick and is a better performer than most WWE fans think and Dean Ambrose is devious. This week, they turned the Celtic Warrior into just another victim. Ryback, too had more than his hands full with the trio. If not for Sheamus and Randy Orton, their handicap match against Ryback could have turned out very differently. By themselves, they are talented youngsters with bright futures ahead. But together, they can be a damn good faction that can not only be a thorn in the side of every face in the company, but who knows, they may even pose a problem for The Rock.

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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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