WWE RAW Power Rankings: Teacher’s Pet?

With excellent promo and solid pace, the RAW after Summerslam was an intriguing one that sets the scene for the rest of the year. With John Cena out of action, stars the like of Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan, as well as new WWE Champion Randy Orton seem primed to carry the company in the ring and on the microphone.

Check out our weekly power rankings to see who else has stepped up their game following Summerslam.

5: Cody Rhodes: One of the best workers in the company already, Rhodes earned his second consecutive win over Damien Sandow this week on RAW. With the win, Rhodes is without a doubt due a title shot against Alberto Del Rio. Spicing up a potent offense with the Muscle Buster at Summerslam, Rhodes just needs some time on the microphone.

4: The Shield: After Dean Ambrose barely got past Rob Van Dam at Summerslam, the hounds of justice destroyed Daniel Bryan, former World Champion Dolph Ziggler and The Big Show this week. If that’s not making a statement, then what is?

3: The Prime Time Players: After Darren Young’s headline-garnering announcement, he and Titus O’Neil had a gouge win against a much more experienced team in Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger. The win definitely puts them in a position to challenge The Shield for the Tag Team titles.

2: Daniel Bryan: His work in the opening segment with Stephanie McMahon was stellar. In recent memory, there are few WWE superstars that have been this appreciated by the fans. Add in the fact that former WWE Champion put him over even more by admitting Bryan beat him clean and Stephanie McMahon’s B+ comments endeared him even more to the fans and Bryan is in a league of his own right now.

1: Randy Orton: He told us so, didn’t he? The new WWE Champion got a coronation from the King of Kings this week on RAW that essentially showed- and an RKO on Daniel Bryan later, confirmed to the world where The Viper’s allegiances are moving forward. His current feud with Bryan is going to be blockbuster in and out of the ring.

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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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