WWE RAW Power Rankings: Fandango Makes an Impact

With less than a week before Wrestlemania 29, the WWE teased all of their matches in what was an entertaining, but overall uneventful episode of RAW. With a slew of promo and matches, nearly every member of the RAW roster had an opportunity to flex their muscles. Too bad most of the matches this week were with job outs or pure squashes.

Check out our weekly power rankings to see who has the most momentum going into the company’s biggest event of the year.

5: Wade Barrett: With his challenger at Wrestlemania, The Miz, at ringside, Barrett beat the crap out of Zack Ryder. After he caught the Broski Boot, Barrett came up with a monster Bull Hammer Elbow. Although he spent a bit too much time yapping with The Miz, Barrett looked confident. Although he’s far from the best worker in the company and being the most enigmatic IC champ, Barrett continues to grow as a performer every week.

4: Mark Henry: Poor Santino Marella. Henry made quick work of the former IC and United States champion with The World’s Strongest Slam. While he didn’t have the same luck With Ryback, Henry continues to be one of the most dominant performers in the company.

3: Big E. Langston: While he didn’t wrestle in an actual match, Langston made a big time impact after Dolph Ziggler’s bout with WWE Tag Team Champion Daniel Bryan. In a nice show of strength, Langston slammed Bryan with his finisher and then fought off Kane and nailed him with it too. Not bad for a few minutes work. If Langston can repeat that performance at Wrestlemania, the Tag Team titles may find new owners.

2: Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter: Bring a horse to water and it’ll drink. Put a metal crutch in the hands of Swagger and Colter and they’ll hand you your arse. With Wrestlemania just a few days away, Swagger and his tea party pal have have swayed the momentum even more further their way. Now with an “injury” to deal with, how can Del Rio compete with the All-American American on Sunday?

1: Fandango: Chris Jericho has been on a massive role the past two weeks with wins over both Antonio Cesaro and Dolph Ziggler, but Fandango crushed Y2J with two beautiful Leg Drops from the top rope. Say whatever you want about his silly gimmick, but the guy has a mean streak and Kofi Kingston-esque leaping ability.

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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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