WWE RAW Power Rankings: The New Face That’s Already the Face

February 10, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With no CM Punk, Brock Lesnar or John Cena on this week’s show, RAW was lacking in star power, but thanks to an entertaining main event, the stink from the rest of the show didn’t ruin the fun.

Check Out This Week’s WWE RAW Power Rankings to see who else is gaining some momentum leading up to Elimination Chamber.

Honorable Mention: New Age Outlaws: Don’t let their long and boring Steel Cage encounter with Goldust and Cody Rhodes fool you- these guys still got it. With the Rhodes Bros now out of their way, it’ll be interesting to see what the WWE Creative Team throws at them next.

5: CM Punk: Two minutes into this week’s Monday Night RAW, Punk’s name was chanted. Simply put, if his “departure” is a ploy by the WWE, it’s working. Punk’s stock continues to rise during his absence from the show. If it’s not, the WWE needs to do everything in their power to get him back into the fold. One of the best performers in the ring and on the microphone in the company, the loss of Punk would be huge.

4: The Shield: These guys are about to explode. With the inner tensions running high, the last thing the trio needs is a feud with Bray Wyatt and the Family, but that’s what they got. With gold around Ambrose’s waist and Reigns’ surging popularity and Rollins’ potential, don’t let their communication problems fool you, The Shield is still crazy dangerous.

3: The Wyatt Family: These guys are so big and strong it’s going to take an excellent effort from The Shield to overtake them at the Elimination Chamber. Fresh off a dismantling of R-Truth, Xavier Woods and former World Champion Dolph Ziggler, these guys are on the same page for the first time in a while and appear to put the whole Daniel Bryan saga behind them.

2: Randy Orton: The guy’s a world-class competitor and a solid heel, but his constant bitching and moaning isn’t his strong point. At any rate, this isn’t his fault. WWE Creative needs to find a way to bring out his finer qualities outside of the ring.

1: Daniel Bryan: Away from Punk, no one has been as over as Bryan over the past five years. His win this week on RAW over Orton only adds to his credibility. Bryan has yet to be cleanly pinned by Orton and chances are, he never will be. As far as this generation goes, Bryan may be one of the best to lace up the boots. Unlike many of his peers, he has no problem proving it every single week.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 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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