WWE RAW Power Rankings: Superman is Back

November 3, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The fallout from Hell in a Cell was certainly entertaining. With new feuds beginning and old ones heating up, the WWE bounced back wonderfully after a string of poor episodes of RAW.

Check out our weekly RAW Power Rankings to see who helped play the biggest roles in one of the best RAWs in months.

Honorable Mention: Damien Sandow: While he’s not in CM Punk’s league, Sandow can easily get over as a heel that despises John Cena. Their match this week on RAW was easily one of the top five matches on the show this year. His promo before the match was witty and got where it needed to quickly. Simply put, Sandow to a top-tier talent that deserves to be in the mix for the World Title. For him to go back to mid-card feuds after this is just a waste of his time.

5: The Wyatt Family: The trio took out CM Punk and Daniel Bryan in one night. It looks like after months of feeding on mid-carders, the Family has finally begun to feast on the WWE’s elite.

4: CM Punk: He says what he means and means what he says. His win over Ryback ends one chapter in his career, while his new battle with The Wyatt Family starts a brand new one. With Daniel Bryan a victim of the trio, can the two former WWE Champions team up and take them down?

3: Randy Orton: “The Viper” is the face of the company and in spite of not having a real angle currently, figures to be a huge part of the company’s creative plans moving forward. If The Big Show gets a clean path at Orton, things can get interesting.

2: Daniel Bryan: The look on his face during his segment with Shawn Michaels was a lesson in psychology. Bryan is due a WWE title shot again, for the simple fact that no one else has the type of in-ring chemistry with Orton that Bryan does. For the time being though, wouldn’t it be awesome to see Bryan take on Michaels? When Bryan looked in the Yes Lock on RAW,the fans went nuts and for good reason. Even if Michaels is out of shape, these two could have a wonderful match. Talk about a Wrestlemania moment. For the time being however, it appears Bryan will have his hands full with The Wyatt Family.

1: John Cena: Say what you want, but RAW is a better show when Cena is on it. If you needed any proof of that Working with “one-arm,” Cena had one of his best matches on RAW in months. His promo to start the show added a much-needed legitimacy and passion to the World Title, one that wasn’t there during Alberto Del Rio’s title reign.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13872 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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