WWE RAW Coverage: A Sleepy Go Home Show Before Night of Champions

The fans wanted WWE World heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, but instead, they got a lot of more of Paul Heyman. Luckily for the WWE Universe, Heyman continues to prove he’s a one-of-a-kind entertainer. Playing more mind games with John Cena, Heyman continues to tease a possible heel turn for the WWE star and make it an even more intriguing notion.

Heyman told Cena he can’t beat Brock Lesnar at Night of Champions unless he goes to the dark side. Seeing Cena so heated up has made for some good television.

Simply put, Cena as a Heyman guy would be a blast, even if it never happens. Just a tease of it has been fun though.

Away from that, the go-home show for Night of Champions was an absolute bore. Closing the show out with the Mark Henry/Alexander Rusev feud? That’s a joke. From predictable teasers to Great Khali’s participation (for lack of a better term) in one of the main segments involving Cena and Heyman, this week’s RAW completely failed to satisfy.

Matches:

Chris Jericho vs. Kane: A lengthy back and forth encounter full of routine spots and maneuvers. Things got spicy however once Kane exposed one of the turnbuckles and eventually ran into it, allowing Jericho to win with a Rollup.

Bo Dallas vs. Jack Swagger: Another bore as Swagger countered the Bo-Dog and finished off Dallas with the Patriot Lock.

AJ Lee and Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella and Divas Champion Paige: After Nikki Bella took out Lee on the outside, Paige nailed Brie Bella with the Rampage for the win. After the bell, Nikki hit the Rack Buster on her helpless sister.

The Big Show vs. Bray Wyatt w/ Luke Harper and Erick Rowan: Show was in control until Harper and Rowan interfered and got the match thrown out.

WWE Tag Team Champions Jimmy and Jey Uso and United States Champion Sheamus vs. Goldust and Stardust and Antonio Cesaro: All six competitors dealt out signature maneuvers in a sneak peak of two title matches for Night of Champions. Although Sheamus stole the show with a Splash to the outside, it was the Usos who got the win with the Top Rope Splash after Cesaro took out Sheamus with The Neutralizer.

Cameron vs. Naomi: A bore that ended with a Naomi Head Scissors-type submission victory.

R-Truth and Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Damien Sandow and The Miz: Ziggler got the win with the Zig-Zag in an otherwise meaningless match.

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins: The match of the night as the two youngsters traded signature moves and near-falls.Reigns ultimately got the win after he countered the Curb Stomp with the Spear.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 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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