WWE RAW Power Rankings: A New Beginning

The Brock Lesnar era has begun after a wild match with John Cena at Summerslam, but why was this week’s RAW such a bore?

With a huge card, but no real storyline development, there wasn’t much to get excited about.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who excited us the most in a lackluster episode of RAW following Summerslam.

Honorable Mention: Antonio Cesaro: He may have done it the dirty way, but Cesaro’s win over Jack Swagger was a much-needed one. With some momentum on his side, can Cesaro get back in the Intercontinental or United States title picture?

5: Rob Van Dam: Two wins in a row for the high-flying legend put RVD on our Power Rankings for the first time in months. Although he’s not the guy he once was, Van Dam still has the full support of the fans and can be a more than serviceable talent in the middle of the card.

4: Goldust and Stardust: These guys appear to finally be getting their push in a tag team division that’s severely lacking personality. An abundance of weirdness and charisma, all the brothers in paint need is a cool double-team finisher and there’s nothing stopping them from winning the WWE Tag Team titles.

3: AJ Lee/Paige: This is probably the best feud in the company right now, especially with Brock Lesnar beginning his reign of dominance in the WWE World Heavyweight title devision. Equally matched and focused on being champion, these two Divas are both something special.

2: Seth Rollins/Dean Ambrose: Make no mistake, this is a battle between two future WWE World Heavyweight Champions. Taking their feud to the next level this week on RAW, the two got hardcore. How do they top it next week?

1: Brock Lesnar: The new WWE World Heavyweight Champion didn’t say a word when he was given the newly-designed title- he didn’t have to. With Paul Heyman by his side, the industry’s most devious and charismatic manager, did plenty of it. With The Undertaker and John Cena vanquished at the hands of Lesnar. Heyman and his client can do whatever they please. While his title defenses will most likely be sparser than Cena’s, Lesnar appears ready to begin his own era of dominance.

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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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