WWE RAW Coverage: Turning the Paige and Another Heyman Guy

In the wake of one of the most controversial Wrestlemania’s ever, this week’s Monday Night RAW was filled with drama and intrigue.

The fact that Antonio Cesaro is the new Paul Heyman guy would have been cool enough, but there was more. A lot more. Away from Paige’s capturing of the Divas Title and a successful title defense from Daniel Bryan, there was still plenty of other stuff going on. An awesome Heyman promo got the crowd going early on, but the returns of Wade Barrett and Rob Van Dam, the in-ring debut and Alexander Rusev, an eccentric appearance from The Ultimate Warrior as well as a pair of vignettes for NXT star Adam Rose kept them entranced for three hours.

Simply put, this week’s RAW was fun.

Matches:

Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erik Rowan vs. John Cena, Sheamus and Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston: This was a grueling, Main Event type match. All six competitors hit signature moves, but it was Wyatt who the crowd clamored for the most. Singing “He’s Got The Whole World, In His Hands,” while Wyatt beat on Cena, it’s obvious Wyatt is beloved by those who can’t stand Cena. Lucky for them, Cena sold a ton of offense from Wyatt and Harper. Sheamus changed the flow of the match with a Titl-A-Whirl Powerslam on Rowan and a Double Top Rope Shoulder Block on Harper and Rowan. Langston was in fire when he got in as well, but after Harper and Rowan eliminated Sheamus and Cena, Wyatt finished off Langston with the Sister Abigail.

Fandango and Summer Rae vs. Santino Marella and Emma: Marella and Fandango were barely a factor as Emma destroyed Summer Rae with her signature offense and the Emma Lock.

WWE Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. Batista and Randy Orton: The Uso’s were severely out muscled against two former World Heavyweight Champions, but the match was thrown out after both teams were counted out. After the bell, Batista nailed one of the Usos with a Standing Batista Bomb on the ring steps.

Damien Sandow vs. Rob Van Dam: Sandow got in a few licks, but RVD quickly won with the Rolling Thunder and Five-Star Frog Splash.

Rey Mysterio vs. Wade Barrett: Like the last match, Mysterio went through some signature offense, but Barrett got the win with a big time Bullhammer Elbow.

Alexander Rusev w/Lana vs. Zack Ryder: Super Kick, Modified Samoan Drop, Modified Urinage Suplex and a Camel Clutch. Game over Ryder.

NXT Women’s Champion Paige vs. Divas Champion AJ Lee w/Tamina Snuka: Lee got Paige in the Octupus Stretch, but Paige countered into a sloppy version of the Paige Turner. Don’t let this quick match scare you away, this girl is the real deal.

Antonio Cesaro w/Paul Heyman vs. Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Colter: Cesaro nailed Swagger with Elbows and prepared to give him the Giant Swing, but Swagger got himself counted out.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H w/Stephanie McMahon: Before the match, Randy Orton and Batista destroyed Bryan with a RKO and a Batista Bomb. Kane soon hit the ring and followed up the damage with a Chokeslam. Once the bell rung, The Shield joined the party. After Triple H tried to calm things down, Reigns nailed Triple H with a Spear. When it appeared the trio was about to Triple Powerbomb HHH, Bryan hit the Running Knee and the COO left the ring.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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