WWE RAW Coverage: The Whole World in His Hands

The opening segment of this week’s Monday Night RAW was awesome.

John Cena is a broken man and that has everything to do with the gospel of Bray Wyatt. As a children’s choir sang “He’s Got the Whole World, In His Hands,” Cena’s future as the “face” of the company was and will be in serious jeopardy.

Will Cena turn heel?

Speaking of questions, can Daniel Bryan shrug off injury and defend his WWE World Heavyweight title against Kane?

While the storyline work since Wrestlemania XXX wasn’t amazing, the card for Extreme Rules will feature some damn good in-ring work. For a PPV that’s perennially one of the worst of the year, that’s saying something.

In terms of this week’s RAW, it was a fun and eventful show. Add in another promo from Adam Rose. a rare appearance from Ric Flair and more drama between Evolution and The Shield and there’s was plenty to think about moving forward.

Matches:

WWE Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel: The Uso’s were up to their typical High-Flying antics, but after Jey apparently injured his ankle, Rybaxel turned it up on Jimmy. Fighting off both Axel and Ryback, Jey tagged on and went through his signature offense on both Ryback and Axel, but was noticeably injured. Despite a few near falls, Jey couldn’t get the win. Soon enough Ryback and Axel hit a few moves. When Ryback went for the Meat Hook Clothesline, Jimmy hit a last ditch Dropkick. Jimmy then countered Ryback’s finisher and made a tag to Jey that Axel didn’t see. After Axel nailed the PerfectPlex on Jimmy, Jey hit the Splash on the unsuspecting Axel for the win.

Sheamus vs. Titus O’Neil: Whoa. O’Neil wasted no time, ambushing Sheamus during his entrance, from behind. O’Neil continued to dominate until Sheamus pulled a Brogue Kick out of his rear to earn the win.

Jack Swagger w/Zeb Colter vs. Antonio Cesaro w/Paul Heyman: Power and technique vs. power and technique. Back and forth this match went as both Cesaro and Swagger traded offense. After Heyman grabbed Colter’s mustache and distracted Swagger, Cesaro won with the German Suplex pinning combination.

Cody Rhodes w/Goldust vs. Alberto Del Rio: The Mexican aristocrat made quick work of Rhodes with a Super Kick and Armbreaker submission for the win. Goldust was not a happy camper after the loss.

Alexander Rusev w/Lana vs. Xavier Woods w/ R-Truth: Rusev hit his Urinage variation and went for the Accolade, but Truth interfered to get the match thrown out. After the bell, the team worked over Rusev to get some momentum leading into Extreme Rules.

Drew MacIntyre and Heath Slater w/Jinder Mahal and Hornswoggle vs. Los Matadores w/ El Torito: Slater won with his Impaler DDT variation after the Matadores were preoccupied with Hornswoggle and El Torito on the outside.

Divas Champion Paige vs. Brie Bella w/WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan: Paige was in control for most of the match and hit the Superplex when Kane came through the ring and hit Bryan with the Chokeslam.

#1 Contender’s Match for Intercontinental Title: Rob Van Dam vs. Wade Barrett: A good back and forth match with plenty of near-falls. Barrett nearly won with a nasty Rude Awakening-like Neckbreaker and then followed up with some submission work, but RVD still had some gas left. After a Superkick, RVD used the Clothesline a few times. After Cesaro and Swagger fought on the outside, RVD used the Rolling Thunder, but Barrett took advantage of Cesaro interference and put his knees up on the Five-Star Frog Splash and finished off RVD with the Bull Hammer Elbow. After the bell, Cesaro, RVD and Swagger all battled.

Roman Reigns w/United States Champion Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton w/Triple H and Batista: After Ric Flair gave The Shield a surprising endorsement, Reigns had the upper hand until the match fell apart and got thrown out. After the bell, Evolution beat on The Shield on the outside until The Shield rallied back. By the time the show was over, Reigns Speared Triple H and nearly gave him the Triple Powerbomb before Batista and Orton made the save.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13818 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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