WWE Monday Night RAW Power Rankings: Battle Lines Drawn

This new format on RAW, with wrestling coming first and the pandering coming second, the show has been consistently better. To be fair however, a lot of that has to do with fresh new match ups thanks to the pushes of Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, as well as the returning Chris Jericho and The Miz.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who’s setting themselves up for a monster night come Battleground.

Honorable Mention: Alexander Rusev: Well, that was interesting. A week after Rusev stared down Jack Swagger, he went and scored a clean win over Rob Van Dam on RAW. Say what you want about him, but with his wins over WWE fodder an afterthought, Rusev just moved up the mid-card food chain.

5: Randy Orton: He always finds a way to stay relevant. His win over Dean Ambrose this week on RAW isn’t going to earn him any wrestler of the year honors, but it was a good match against one of the company’s top young faces. With Battleground just two weeks away, Orton continues to keep himself in the mix for the WWE World Heavyweight title.

4: The Wyatt Family: Luke Harper and Erik Rowan are easily the most enjoyable tag team in the world today, a crazy combination of raw grit and athleticism. Their win over the WWE Tag Team Champion Usos makes you think that this feud isn’t quite over yet. Now if only Bray could get his act together and get a singles title around his waist- or at least, challenge for one. To be fair though, Wyatt’s feud with Chris Jericho is a pretty good start.

3: Roman Reigns: In perhaps his best promo to date, Reigns set himself up as the anti-hero, the guy the John Cena-haters could “believe” in. With another good match under his belt against Kane this week on RAW, Reigns continues to build momentum and a case that he could very well leave Battleground with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

2: Seth Rollins: He’s come a long way since his days in The Shield. Easily one of the most promising young stars in the company today and in the world, Rollins may not be ready for a run with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship just yet, but he can hold his own with anyone in the ring.

1: John Cena: The WWE World Heavyweight Champion knows he has a target on his back and is ready to leave it all in the ring in order to keep the title. Regardless of how you feel about Cena, you have to admit, that’s when he’s at his best.

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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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