WWE RAW Power Rankings: The Best in the World

February 6, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With plenty of returns, a big card and plenty of storyline development, Monday Night RAW was solid. As a result, the upcoming Elimination Chamber Pay Per View looks to be more than Road to Wrestlemania filler.

Check out our weekly power rankings to see who’s got the most to lose going into the company’s most important time of the year.

5: Jack Swagger: A new look and a new attitude. Swagger made quick work of the former Intercontinental and United States Champion Santino Marella. Smackdown GM Booker T liked what he saw from Swagger as well. Could this earn him a spot in the Elimination Chamber?

4: Ryback: He’s still a disaster to watch in the ring. Aside from his power moves, everything he does looks forced. His stamina is a huge question mark as well. But simply put, wins over polished workers the likes of United States Champion Antonio Cesaro don’t happen every week. Even with that, Cesaro couldn’t hide the glaring weaknesses in Ryback’s offensive arsenal.

3: Alberto Del Rio: A decent promo that helps his passage to pure face and a good match with Cody Rhodes made for a great week for Del Rio. With Big Show surging as a heel and Del Rio quickly growing as a good guy, they have the best angle on Smackdown and one of the best in the company right now.

2: Mark Henry: Talk about a comeback. Henry took out Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. At one time, Henry was the most dominant heel in the company. Can he reclaim his throne? From the looks of it, he doesn’t appear to be wasting any time. In much better shape than he was at the time of his departure, the lighter (but not much lighter) Henry looks primed to get back in the World Title picture.

1: CM Punk: He may not be the WWE Champion anymore, but his match with Chris Jericho this week on RAW proved he’s still the best in the ring. It’s not often that RAW gets a pay per view quality match, but Punk and Jericho delivered in a big way this week. He’s still the cult of personality. He’s still the best in the world. He doesn’t need a prop to prove it.

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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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