WWE RAW Power Rankings: Snore-Inducing

With no real surprises and little to get excited about, the final RAW before Wrestlemania XXX was mediocre at best.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who shined the brightest on a show that did anything but get anyone excited for the company’s most talked about PPV of the year.

Honorable Mention: Alberto Del Rio: A win over Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston isn’t going to win him superstar of the year, but it will give him some serious momentum going into Wrestlemania. Partaking in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, Del Rio could use this match as a way to get his career back on track.

5: Brock Lesnar: Even though it took 15 minutes to develop, Lesnar destroyed Undertaker with an F5 this week on RAW. Easily one of Taker’s biggest challenges to his streak, could Lesnar be the guy that finally ends it? With Paul Heyman on his side and plenty of momentum, Taker is in for a massively stiff fight.

4: The Shield: More organized and focused than they’ve been in months, Kane and The New Age Outlaws will have their hands full this weekend at Wrestlemania XXX.

3: The Wyatt Family: If his dominance over former NWA World Heavyweight Champion R-Truth this week on RAW isn’t enough, Bray Wyatt continues to cut the type of promos that can only be described as “poetic.” John Cena has never quite fought someone like Wyatt, who can beat him on the mic, in the ring and in his own mid. Fully aware of what Cena is, Wyatt is ready to fight tooth and nail to take don legend.

2: Triple H: That promo this week was arrogant, over the top and borderline ridiculous. It was awesome. With the crowd pissed at him and Daniel Bryan off TV for a few weeks, HHH has the fans prepared for an epic bout at Wrestlemania XXX. Could he win the WWE World Heavyweight title? Or is he merely a stop on Bryan’s own road to immortality.

1: John Cena: On a show that lacked any real surprises, Cena’s arrival on RAW in Erick Rowan’s gimmick was enjoyable. Despite being over the top and too drawn out, Cena got the crowd going and after his promo later in the show, did something many of the other superstars forgot to do this week, build intrigue for their Wrestlemania match.

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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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