WWE RAW Power Rankings: The Voice of the Voiceless is Back, The Shield Dine on Ryback Soup

January 9, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

It was easily one of the best episodes of the show in quite some time. This week’s WWE RAW had a bountiful list of matches, plenty of storyline development and a long list of superstars that made their case to have a place on Review Fix’s weekly RAW Power Rankings.

But only the best can earn a spot in the top five.

Check out actually had the goods and cracked the top five in Review Fix’s weekly RAW Power Rankings.

5: Kaitlyn: Between her Sideslam and impressive snap reverse DDT, “The Hybrid Diva” had quite a showing on RAW this week. Although she’s still green, the fans respect her work ethic. She also continues to improve every week. Could she be the next Divas Champion? All signs point to yes.

4: John Cena: With AJ Lee and Big E Langston on Ziggler’s side, Cena battled and kicked-out of all of Ziggler’s big time offense. He even kicked out of Langston’s finisher. Cena isn’t renowned for his in-ring work, but this week’s RAW was one of his best showings in quite some time. If he’s going to work like this every week on RAW, 2013 is going to be an amazing year for Cena.

3: Dolph Ziggler: He’s already one of the best workers in the company, but his match with John Cena was epic for a RAW encounter. Using the Super Kick in addition to the Rocker Dropper and Zig-Zag, Ziggler has matured as a performer and is ready for the prime time. At this point, he doesn’t even need AJ Lee or Big E Langston; he can be a star all by his lonesome.

2: CM Punk: After a month on the shelf, Punk was more than capable in his first match back. Although the match was far from a clean one, Punk’s knee looks completely healed. His kicks were crisp, as were all of his high-flying spots. In a tough match, where he also took a bit of punishment, Punk was fast and more than sturdy as well. His microphone work later in the night was also a much needed addition to the show. That’s a great thing for him, but is even better for the WWE with his matchup against The Rock on the horizon.

1: The Shield: What? Rock doesn’t make the list? Not when The Shield absolutely destroyed Ryback and cost him the WWE Heavyweight Championship. This trio is deadly together, but Roman Reigns continues to stand out of the crowd with his brute strength.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 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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