WWE RAW Power Rankings: Believe

May 23, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

A huge card and a raucous card led the stage for a nifty episode of Monday Night RAW that in spite of mixed results, managed to incorporate a large number of the WWE roster in the action.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who kept us entertained with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan out of action.

Honorable Mention: Antonio Cesaro: A win over Sheamus may be one of Cesaro’s biggest wins of his WWE career. Although it took interference from Paul Heyman for Cesaro to get the win, he more than held his own with the Celtic Warrior. Make no mistake, expect Cesaro to have the United States title around his waist by Summerslam.

5: Alicia Fox: You know it was a weak show if Fox made the list, but lets be fair. Fox’s win over Paige is one of the biggest of her career and keeps her feud with the new Divas Champion a decent one. With no AJ Lee, Fox has been a better heel than you might expect. Regardless, she still has a ton of work ahead of herself.

4: The Wyatt Family: Bray Wyatt’s promos continue to turn into sermons. Not since Jake Roberts has someone been so damn good on the microphone. Even CM Punk would find it difficult to hold his own against Wyatt on the stick. Although John Cena had a few moments of strength against the Family, Luke Harper had a fantastic match against him, continuing to validate the trio’s screen time.

3: John Cena: With the help of The Usos, Cena continues to stand toe-to-toe with The Wyatt Family. Although he’s nowhere near being the WWE World Heavyweight title contender he was last year at this time, Cena’s work at getting the Wyatt Family over is just as important to the future of the company.

2: Evolution: WWE Creative has done a good job of making Evolution beatable, but they’ve also given the three veterans plenty of opportunities to show their wit and tenacity. Batista, often referred to as the weak link of the group, had one of his strongest matches since his return this past week against The Shield’s Seth Rollins. With tempers continuing to run hot, Evolution will continue to wreak havoc on The Shield.

1: The Shield: The battle with The Evolution is the biggest feud in the company right now and because of that, The Shield is hotter than ever. Seth Rollins match with Batista proved once again that the former NXT Champion is one heck of a singles performer. Dean Ambrose’s witty banter on color commentary was cool as well. Simply put, with Daniel Bryan still out of action, The Shield is helping keep the WWE ship afloat.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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