WWE RAW Power Rankings: One for the Workers

May 29, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

This was a week for the real ponies, the workhorses who never get the rightful credit they deserve. With a lack of compelling drama, this episode of RAW survived mainly on the backs of the shooters and performers that go out and break a sweat every week and not the juiced up body builders or jokesters who think they’re athletes.

Check out this week’s power rankings to see who made this week of RAW worth watching.

5: Alberto Del Rio: The former WWE and World heavyweight champion avenged his loss last week to Big E. Langston by using AJ Lee’s trickery against her and her client. Still smooth as butter in the ring and slowly but surely becoming accepted as a top face in the company, Del Rio’s stock continues to rise. He just needs a real angle. Although Langston is huge and has potential, this isn’t a perfect feud.

4: Curtis Axel: A much better showing than last week’s match against Triple H, Axel was dominant at times. While John Cena’s superman comeback spoiled the effort, Axel showcased a beautiful dropkick, impressive stamina and of course, his father Cut Hennig’s finishing maneuver, The Perfect Plex.

3: Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns: These guys continue to hide their inexperience and work fantastic matches with an experienced and dominant team in Hell No. Smart and focused, Rollins and Reigns get better every week. If you think this angle with Hell No is something now, just wait until Rollins and Reigns develop more.

2: Daniel Bryan and Kane: Their angle with The Shield is simply put, money. Bryan is the workhorse in the group, but Kane is the legend that stirs the drink. Despite his advancing age, he’s still a fantastic worker. Their chemistry is evident on the microphone and in the ring. Even though they don’t own the Tag Team titles, they are the best tag team in the world today.

1: Dean Ambrose: A win over Kofi Kingston may not account for too much to the average fan, but Kingston is the standard for solid in the company. One of the WWE’s top performers, Ambrose was dominant in one of his best matches in the WWE to date. His finisher alone makes sure he’ll get a following shortly, but his ability on the microphone and momentum of his stable is sure to get him a title shot eventually.

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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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