WWE RAW Power Rankings: Money in the Bank Ready

June 27, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

To say this was a beefy episode of Monday Night RAW would be an understatement. With ten matches on the card and plenty of promo, it was a damn near perfect go-home show before Money in the Bank.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who left this week’s RAW all but ready for the Money in the Bank PPV.

Honorable Mention: Naomi Knight: Ready to cast away the remnants of the Brodus Clay gimmick, Knight, armed with a nice Reverse DDT variation as her new finisher, along with WWE Divas Champion Paige, look to spice up a Divas Division desperate for some competition.

5: The Usos: The fans love them and they continue to bump and sell for Luke Harper and Erik Rowan every week on RAW and Smackdown. At the same time, they’ve never looked out of pale and could easily win what will be the toughest match of their WWE careers at Money in the Bank. All they need is more time on the microphones to develop their personas more and they could easily become one of the better tag teams the WWE has seen in years.

4: The Wyatt Family: Luke Harper and Erik Rowan dominated the Usos in singles action this week on RAW, in spite of Rowan’s loss to Jey. With plenty of momentum, a plethora of athletic ability and the charisma of Harper, as well as Rowan’s brutal strike first offense, the Family tag team looks poised to take home Tag Team gold at Money in the Bank. As far as Bray Wyatt is concerned, he, too, is hungry for an opportunity to wear the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. With another solid promo this week on RAW, he continues to entrain in and out of the ring.

3: Dean Ambrose: With no CM Punk on RAW and Corey Graves absent from NXT, Ambrose is the baddest rebel in the company. Vowing to play a role in the (traditional) Money in the Bank ladder match whether the Authority likes it or not, Ambrose is over with the fans and ready to make a big time impact.

2: Wade Barrett: His win over Dolph Ziggler this week on RAW was one of the best performances of his young career. Although the gimmick wasn’t a hit at first, Barrett is easily one of the best Intercontinental Champions in years. It would make a lot of sense to see him get the Money in the Bank briefcase this year.

1: John Cena: The odds-on favorite to come home with the title at Money in the Bank, Cena will have his hands-full, but he’s certainly been in bigger jams before.

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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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