WWE RAW Coverage: Bad Diva Matches, Slime and Mini Gators

September 30, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

While the antics of Dean Ambrose, John Cena and Seth Rollins have provided the last few episodes of RAW with some decent moments, the rest of the shows have been vapid, a sorry excuse for wrestling, lower-mid-card matches with sloppy finishes, bad gimmicks and boring promo.

Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro, Sheamus and other secondary stars have held their weight well, but with WWE World Heavyweight Champion’s limited role and no CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and smaller roles for The Wyatt Family, RAW has lacked punch the last few weeks.

While a new Luke Harper promo and a new Rusev/Big Show angle are promising, RAW needs more suspense, a surprise return or an unexpected shakeup.

A Bo Dallas win over Mark Henry and a meaningless Hulk Hogan appearance just isn’t going to cut it.

Matches:

Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Cesaro vs. The Miz w/Damien Sandow: Poor Cesaro. Screwed once again after he knocked out Miz with a massive European Uppercut, Ziggler hit a well-placed Superkick on the Swiss Superman to eliminate Cesaro and pin the disabled MIz.

Rosa Mendez w/Natalya Neidhart and Tyson Kidd vs. Layla w/Summer Rae: Kidd was too busy on his iPhone to care about the match, while all four women fought on the outside before Layla got the win with the LayOut.

Bo Dallas vs. Mark Henry: The World’s Strongest Man was in control for most of the match until Dallas dodged a Splash from the second rope and countered with the Bo-Dog for the win. After the match, Henry tracked down Dallas in the back and decimated the young star.

Brie Bella vs. Eva Marie and Cameron: A disaster. With her sister watching on the ramp, Brie got the win with the Rollup after Cameron and Eve got their lines crossed up.

Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil w/Hornswoggle vs. Los Matadores w/El Torito: Another joke that saw Slater get the win after he countered a top tope maneuver from Diego. After the match, O’Neil and Hornswoggle beat on El Torito before Adam Rose and Bunny evened the odds.

Divas Champion AJ Lee vs. Alicia Fox w/Paige: A distraction from Paige allowed Fox to get the win. After the bell, Paige nailed Lee with the Rampage.

Damien Sandow w/The Miz vs. United States Champion Sheamus: This match took entirely too long for filler. Sheamus got the win with the Brogue Kick, but getting to that point was enough to put you to sleep.

John Cena and Dean Ambrose vs. Kane and Randy Orton: An enjoyable match, especially with Ambrose taking out everyone and nearly winning with the Dirty Deeds on Orton. However, more interference from Rollins got the match thrown out, before Cena and Ambrose took turns beating on him until they began to beat on each other. The lack of trust allowed Kane and Orton another opportunity to attack. Soon enough the Authority responded with an RKO and a Chokelsam on the Lunatic Fringe, before Rollins hit the Curb Stomp to put the exclamation point on it. Just when you thought it was all over, the three repeated the slew of finishers on Cena.

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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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