WWE RAW Power Rankings: The Yes Movement Just Got Even Louder

February 27, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The battle lines have been drawn. The road to Wrestlemania XXX is a straight and narrow one from here on it. With plenty of storyline development and a good card, this week’s RAW, coupled with the birth of the WWE Network, made for one of the best week’s in company history.

Check out our weekly RAW Power Rankings to see who got themselves on the road to Wrestlemania XXX the right way.

Honorable Mention: Hulk Hogan: Sure he’s old and can’t do much on the mic and in the ring anymore, but he’s still immortal. Hogan got a nice pop on RAW this week and his announcement that he’ll be the host of this year’s Wrestlemania is big news. The Hulkster is home- where he belongs.

5: CM Punk: The chants during the Batista/Orton rant this week on RAW were epic. “The Best in the World” is needed back- in a big way. It about time the WWE either stops the angle and brings him back into the fold or makes amends with him and gives the fans what they want.

4: Antonio Cesaro: Already one of the best workers in the company, Cesaro had a dominating match this week on RAW with Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston and appeared close to winning the title before his Real American teammate Jack Swagger got the match thrown out. Make no mistake, Cesaro is a future WWE Champion. With his relationship with Swagger now in question, Cesaro has even more potential.

3: John Cena: Calling out Bray Wyatt not only keeps Cena pertinent and builds up one of the company’s top young stars, it’s also pretty damn cool. A Cena feud with The Wyatt Family in time for Wrestlemania is going to be a blast. Everyone is happy here- the people who want to see Cena get his tail kicked and the people who want to see him fight, with all his heart, in an almost impossible battle.

2: Roman Reigns: His match with Bray Wyatt this week on RAW was an encounter of two future WWE World Heavyweight Champions. Much like Antonio Cesaro and Daniel Bryan, Reigns has a plethora of momentum and regardless of who he fights at Wrestlemania, fans will care.

1: Daniel Bryan: The hottest performer in the company today, Bryan’s challenge to Triple H for a match at Wrestlemania is huge. With his surging popularity and in-ring resume, the thought of a match the the WWE COO would be enough to serve as a possible co-main event at the WWE’s biggest PPV.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13858 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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