WWE RAW Power Rankings: Tag Team Crazy

Although there were more tag-team matches than engaging storylines, there was just enough drama this week on RAW to keep the show enjoyable.

Check out our weekly WWE RAW Power Rankings to see who started the road to Royal Rumble on the right foot.

Honorable Mention: Big Show and Rey Mysterio: They may not be a conventional tag team, but they convincingly beat the WWE Tag Team Champions this week on RAW. Could a title run be in the cards for the team? With their legendary status intact, but little in terms of heat or angles, this could be the best move for both of these veteran stars.

5: The Wyatt Family: Another great promo from Bray Wyatt continues the speculation that Daniel Bryan’s presence in The Family is a welcomed one. This is still interesting and needs to be cultivated further.

4: CM Punk: The thought of a Punk/Shawn Michaels match is too good a thought to pass up on. After dispatching The Shield at TLC, Punk needs a big singles match like this. Otherwise, he’s going to fall into the “talented, but there’s nothing we can do for him right now,” category. That would be a shame.

3: John Cena: The guy didn’t need to wrestle this week to make the list. Using his ability on the microphone and his audacity to get Daniel Bryan a title shot, Cena continues to matter.

2: Daniel Bryan: Sad, but true, this match may prove that Bryan is such a better chaser than Champion. Watching him fight Orton, with his heart on his sleeve, will always be better than seeing him on top of the world as champion. This will never change the fact that he’s still the best worker in the company and will always be, while he’s in the company, the guy you want to be in the ring with if you want to get noticed.

1: Randy Orton: Say what you want about “The Viper,” but he is the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. While he’s not as over as Daniel Bryan and John Cena, the fact that fans want to see him get his ass kicked will only serve him well during the course of his reign.

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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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