WWE RAW Power Rankings: Slap Happy

The last RAW before Summerslam featured some entertaining matchups and enough storyline to fill the gaps on what appears to be one of the best Summerslam cards in years.

Check out our weekly RAW Power Rankings to find out who has the most to gain this weekend at RAW signature summer pay-per-view.

5: Jimmy and Jey Uso: The matchup between the Usos and Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro proves that Tag Team wrestling in the WWE is not dead. Although it’s on life support, you can see a glimmer of hope when the Usos are out there. The fans have quickly responded t them and behind more strength than you’d expect and plenty of high-flying goodness, the Usos are without a doubt going to be tag team champions one day.

4: Randy Orton: A solid win over another talented worker in Damien Sandow, Orton, much like Daniel Bryan, has more momentum now than he has in years. But unlike Bryan, Orton hasn’t cemented his presence at the top of the card with a promo that establishes his motives and puts him over even more. Until then, he’ll only be halfway across the ring from the WWE title. While Orton has the resume and fan support to warrant another WWE title reign, as it currently stands, Orton doesn’t look primed for a particularly long run.

3: The Shield: The threesome’s promo in the show’s first hour was stellar. Ambrose and Rollins are multi-talented performers who have long careers ahead of them, while Reigns continues to develop as well. Ambrose’s part in the promo, where he shot down CM Punk, John Cena and the ghost of Andre the Giant wasn’t exactly a pipe bomb, but it continues to fuel the notion that Ambrose could belong in the same category as those performers. While it seems almost impossible now, you have to love what Ambrose brings to the microphone and ring.

2: CM Punk: The former WWE Champion made a big time statement, thanks to a camera and a steel chair. The crowd went bonkers. Even though there’s no title on the line and this is a straight-up grudge match, it’ll be a memorable one.

1: Daniel Bryan: Regardless of how much garbage Vince McMahon talks about him or what Brad Maddox does to him, Bryan continues to ride a massive wave of momentum into Summerslam. Behind excellent in-ring work and the support of the fans, Bryan is no longer the underdog to win the WWE Championship this weekend. That’s not to say he’s a shoe-in to dethrone John Cena as champ, but much stranger things have happened than a possible Bryan WWE title reign. A wonderful showing on Miz TV may be the thing that pushes Bryan even closer to the WWE title.

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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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