WWE RAW Power Rankings: You Can’t Bury a Goat

One of the best cards on RAW this year made for a highly engaging episode of the WWE’s flagship show this week.

Check out our weekly RAW Power Rankings to see who dominated their respective competition.

Honorable Mention: Ryback: He’s green, but he continues to destroy whoever gets in his way. Well, except John Cena or anyone else who is a legitimate WWE superstar. Much like Bryan Clark, AKA Wrath from mid-90s WCW, Ryback is a nice distraction from the entertaining portions of the show, but it remains to be seen if he’ll ever be a WWE Champion, or a World Champio, or hold any title. Regardless, his beat-down of a WWE stagehand on RAW this week was pretty cool.

5: The Shield: Sure, the threesome is not the same team when they’re not in the ring with Daniel Bryan, but then again, what team is? With in-ring maturity beyond their years, they continue to plow their way through the WWE mid-card. Their encounter with The Usos and Mark Henry will be an awesome opening match at Summerslam.

4: Dolph Ziggler: His feud with AJ Lee and Big E. Langston may be a side-step for a guy who deserves to be in the WWE title picture, but his current run as a face has gotten him more support from the fans than he’s ever had in his career. After Summerslam, it’s fair to say Ziggler deserves another real push at the World Title. After that he’ll be out of distractions.

3: The Wyatt Family: Bray Wyatt is awesome. His Knox-Out Finisher and way with words make him a legitimate up and coming star, but the pure destruction of the Buzzards make The Wyatt Family the most devastating force in the company today.

2: Christian: A few weeks ago, it looked like Captain Charisma was going to be a veteran body on the roster, but the former World Champion has proved he’s still wonderful performer. An excellent come from behind win over World Champion Alberto Del Rio proves it. Christian is back.

1: Daniel Bryan: Another good week for Bryan who continued to dominate in the ring with a solid win over Kane and budding tensions with WWE Heavyweight Champion John Cena. Even with a possible “Corporate makeover” looming, Summerslam is going to be epic, thanks in large part to what Bryan brings to the microphone and the squared circle.

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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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