Away from the silly segments and wasteful promo, there was some solid wrestling action this week on Monday Night RAW.
Check out our weekly RAW Power Rankings to see who wasn’t throwing terrible hip tosses or wasting the audience’s time participating in Survivor Series rematches that no one cared about in the first place.
5: The Shield: After Roman Reigns’ performance at Survivor Series and the team’s big win over the Tag Team Champions and Rey Mysterio this week on RAW, you have to think they have a little bit more gas in their tanks. While Ambrose and Rollins are in desperate need of some competition, Reigns has carved himself a nice role as a young bruiser.
4: The Wyatt Family: The trio continues to hang with the best workers in the company, the Family made sure they made an impact on RAW, taking Daniel Bryan hostage at the end of their match.
3: CM Punk/Daniel Bryan: The modern day Rock and Sock connection, “The Beard and The Best†had another great TV match with The Wyatt Family this week. This angle is money right now, even if there is very little story. It’s in the company’s best interest to continue to develop the emotional side of this budding war.
2: Randy Orton: Fresh from his title defense at Survivor Series over The Big Show, Orton showed some courage when he stood up to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon this week. Still a heel, it’s nice to see him being more a cocky heel and less a weasel. His “nobody can take that way from me†rant this week was one of his stronger shoots in recent memory. The John Cena/Orton feud gives “The Viper†even more momentum. Make no mistake, Orton has rekindled his star power.
1: John Cena: This dude came back from serious elbow surgery and absolutely provided a spark. The thought of a unification bout between Cena and Orton quickly became a reality when Triple H announced a unification TLC match at TLC and immediately puts Cena back at the top of the card. The thought of Cena being the sole champion again is an interesting one and despite the fact that he’s doing more talking in the ring lately, Cena looks poised to become the company’s top face again.
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.
Away from the silly segments and wasteful promo, there was some solid wrestling action this week on Monday Night RAW.
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