With a slew of filler matches and little to no real drama, this week’s RAW did nothing to entice a buy of the company’s upcoming Pay Per View, Battleground. Regardless, there were still a few WWE Superstars who made their presence felt.
Check out our weekly RAW Power Rankings to see who has the most to lose this weekend at Battleground.
5: The Wyatt Family: “Follow the Buzzards” Bray Wyatt proclaimed again this week, but they didn’t destroy anyone. Instead, they set the scene for a feud with Kofi Kingston. How does this help either of them? While Kingston is a huge fan favorite, he lacks the ability to make the Wyatt Family more credible to fans. While the matches between Wyatt and Kingston would be great, most fans could care less what happens in the ring.
4: The Shield: Their match with Cody Rhodes and Goldust at Battleground does nothing for them. Regardless, their decimation of Dusty Rhodes and his sons this week on RAW is a great way to get some heat. This trio is one of the best things going in the WWE today.
3: CM Punk: “The Best in the World” proclaimed he’d put Paul Heyman out of his misery at Battleground, but RAW GM Brad Maddox wanted him to jump through a flaming hoop by the name of Big E. Langston. Although the young Langston mounted a nice amount of offense, Punk ultimately picked up Langston and easily delivered the GTS. With momentum on his side and the need to finish off Heyman and Ryback, Punk looks to get back in the WWE title picture with a win at Battleground.
2: Randy Orton: Another confrontation with Brie Bella and some good promo work with Bryan at the end of the show cement what looks to be the only must-see encounter at Battleground. Orton’s such a good heel and he makes it so easy to hate him.
1:Daniel Bryan: You can’t blame Bryan for not getting booked on RAW this week. His absence from in-ring action was the main reason the show was such a bore. With John Cena on the shelf, Bryan is without a doubt the most dynamic performer in the WWE.
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.
With a slew of filler matches and little to no real drama, this week’s RAW did nothing to entice a buy of the company’s upcoming Pay Per View, Battleground. Regardless, there were still a few WWE Superstars who made their presence felt.
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