WWE RAW Power Rankings: Hell Yes

This week’s RAW was an undeniable disaster. Few of the matches ended in a clean finish and even the interruptions were boring and lackluster. Away from the matches, the rest of the show was filler. But that doesn’t mean a few guys weren’t worth mentioning.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings and see who stank the least on the WWE’s flagship show.

5: R-Truth: It was only a count-out win, but after being out of action for months, Truth will take it. At one time, Truth was one of the company’s most underrated heels. At another he was a fun face as a tag team champion with Kofi Kingston. Now, the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion has no identity. A solid feud with Damien Sandow can help both of them find their places in the company.

4: Ryback: David Otunga was utterly destroyed by Ryback in a matter of minutes this week on RAW. After the match, Ryback shot a little promo and actually got the fans going. Say what you want about his inability to sell and his apparent lack of being able to protect his ring partner, but Ryback is over with the fans. The announcement of his Wrestlemania match with Mark Henry is a step in the right direction for his character. Ryback will learn more than humility while in the ring with “The World’s Strongest Man.” He’ll understand what it’s like to have a “real” match.

3: Jack Swagger: In a matter of minutes, Swagger and Zeb Colter destroyed World Champion Alberto Del Rio and his valet Ricardo Rodriguez. And no, you weren’t crazy; fans were actually cheering him on. This angle and Swagger’s character, is slowly, but surely, picking up steam.

2: Chris Jericho: Wade Barrett may have won the triple threat match for the Intercontinental title on Monday, but Jericho was by far the bets of the three in the ring. A legend, Jericho was a bit rusty through his first few return matches but is now his old self again.

1: Team Hell No: Daniel Bryan and Kane: Although their match this week against Primo and Epico was far from special, the duo are the backbone of the tag team division and one of the few acts that continually entertain. Their match against Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston at Wrestlemania will be a well-constructed and enjoyable encounter. While Ziggler is one of the best workers in the company, the match lies in the hands of Kane and Bryan.

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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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