WWE RAW Power Rankings: Powered By Youth and Yes

May 2, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The go-home show before Extreme Rules was an intriguing blend of drama and in-ring action.

With several feuds continuing to build tension, it’s easy to see that this weekend’s PPV, usually considered the weakest of the year, could be surprisingly strong.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who has us the most excited for this weekend’s Extreme Rules pay per view.

Honorable Mention: Jimmy and Jey Uso: The best Tag Team in the world today, The Usos had a pretty solid match with Ryback and Curtis Axel this week and look primed to defend their titles at Extreme Rules. With a lack of competition in the division and their popularity soaring, they don’t appear to be losing the Tag Team titles anytime soon.

5: John Cena: His promo to start this week’s show was an emotional one. His question to the WWE Universe as to why they like Bray Wyatt was also an intriguing one. With his heart literally broke, will Cena finally break bad? Will he become the heel he feels most? Can he take out The Wyatt Family this week at Extreme Rules and save himself? Regardless of what happens this weekend, Cena is an excellent upper-mid carder and one that can play an integral role in getting Wyatt and a host of other young WWE Superstars over.

4: Antonio Cesaro: With his new Perry Saturn-esque theme and in-ring ability and Paul Heyman by his side, Cesaro is obviously a future singles champion. His win over Jack Swagger this week on RAW is proof once again that he is one of the top performers in the company today. He’s quickly developing feud with Rob Van Dam could be a ton of fun to watch.

3: The Shield: Roman Reigns excellent performance against Randy Orton this week and another killer promo from the trio this week on RAW prove the sky is the limit for The Shield. The endorsement from Ric Flair was pretty cool as well. Their matchup against Evolution at Extreme Rules will be one of the highlights of the card.

2: Bray Wyatt: The “little babies” singing in the palm of his hands this week was haunting. Win or lose at Extreme Rules, Wyatt has proven he can work in a feud with John Cena. Can you say future WWE Champion?

1: Daniel Bryan: He’s down, but he’s not out. With the odds stacked against him once again, expect awesome things from the WWE World Heavyweight Champion this week against Kane at Extreme Rules.

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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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