WWE RAW Coverage: Cena’s Choice?

Between the drama of Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee, developing angles involving The Shield and Mark Henry, as well as CM Punk and Paul Heyman and another chilling appearance from the Wyatt Family, WWE’s flagship show fired on all cylinders in its Brooklyn debut.

It also helped that the in-ring work was some of the best so far this year.

The week’s show, was also the first in the Brad Maddox era as general manager. It started off with a bang as Maddox allowed WWE Heavyweight Champion John Cena to pick his own opponent for Summerslam.

Money in the Bank winner Randy Orton figured that was the perfect time to tell Cena to watch his back. But just when things started to heat up, Fandango hit the ring with Summer Rae. Orton and Fandango soon got physical and viewers were forced to wait until the end of the show for Cena’s decision.

After a long, annoying delay in the show’s last segment, Cena finally gave the fans what they wanted and selected Daniel Bryan as his opponent for the WWE’s summer pay per view extravaganza.

Matches:

Randy Orton vs. Fandango w/Summer Rae: Fandango was tougher than Orton expected, using kicks and the ringside steps to get an advantage. Fandango’s ability to counter Orton’s signature offense kept him in control for a while as well. A T-Bone Suplex from Orton evened things up quickly and after a massive Superplex, Orton was ready to finish things up. A few clotheslines and a Powerslam later from Orton, Fandango hit a well placed kick, but Orton countered and hit a wonderful second rope Turnbuckle DDT before the RKO and the win.

World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler: Another excellent match with a ton of back and forth moments. After Ziggler hit a second rope Fame-Asser, it appeared Ziggler would win the World Title, but AJ Lee distracted Ziggler by ringing the bell before the three-count. With Ziggler staring at Lee, Del Rio hit the Monster Kick for the win. After the match, Lee assaulted Ziggler and Big E. Langston finished him off with the Drive By.

Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro w/Zeb Colter vs. Jimmy and Jey Uso: In spite of lacking in size and skill to Swagger and Cesaro, the Usos won with a quick rollup counter.

Christian vs. Damien Sandow: Captain Charisma appeared in control for the majority of the match and when Sandown hit the Russian Leg Sweep and then went for his signature Elbow, Christian rolled him up for the win. After the bell, Cody Rhodes beat on his former tag team partner for a bit.

Brie Bella w/Nikki Bella vs. Naomi w/Cameron: Naomi has a ton of potential. She can kick; she can flip and she’s beautiful. Bella played the angry heel well and allowed the crowd to feel for Naomi. Although Bella got her licks in, Naomi was always a step ahead and eventually won with a beautiful Cross-Body from the top rope.

Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam: A quality match between two living legends. Jericho was the aggressor most of the match and actually looked like a heel, using the ring ropes to gain an advantage. RVD nearly won with a nasty Super Kick and followed it up with a body scissors submission maneuver, but Jericho countered it into a Powerbomb. Soon enough, the fans were chanting “This is awesome.” They weren’t half wrong. RVD later nearly won with the Rolling Thunder, but Jericho countered with textbook DDT. Jericho then went for The Walls of Jericho again, but RVD got out of it and nailed a Lionsault after RVD missed the Split-Legged Moonsault. Back and forth was an understatement here. RVD then went for the Five-Star Frog Splash, but Jericho countered him on the top rope. RVD fought back and hit a battering-ram type Senton to get the advantage. But Jericho wasn’t done yet as he got RVD in the Walls again. However, RVD wasn’t done yet either. After his signature Spinning Heel Kick, RVD nailed the Five-Star for the win.

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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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