WWE RAW Power Rankings: A Lot of Hot Air

September 4, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music, Professional Wrestling 0

Quick matches and little story development made this week’s RAW an utter bore. Although many of the show’s young faces had moments that show that they have potential, most of the segments felt more like teases than flat out pleases.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who has the most to gain from a memorable performance at Night of Champions.

Honorable Mention: The Big Show and Mark Henry: These guys have done it all in the WWE and too see them get a second life as a capable tag team is a lot of fun to watch. While they will most likely never contend for the WWE title again, it’s cool that they’ve found a way to be more than serviceable members of the roster and can work with a talented, young team like Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.

5: Nikki Bella: The time spent on Bella’s angle with her sister, Brie, better have a payoff. Otherwise, it’s been just a ton of filler. While a Divas title shot for her could be interesting, especially with AJ Lee in the middle of a feud with Divas Champion Paige, Nikki needs to bring her A-game here.

4: Alexander Rusev: After taking care of Jack Swagger, Rusev has picked a fight with Mark Henry. This could get interesting, but if anything, it’s a decent way to build up Rusev and keep the mid-card full of feuds.

3: Bo Dallas: His new feud with Jack Swagger, like Rusev’s angle with Mark Henry will be a decent one in-ring that will fill up the mid-card. However, Dallas, who has far more charisma than Rusev and isn’t a living gimmick, will benefit far more than Rusev will from working with a veteran.

2: John Cena: He’s got an uphill battle to conquer Brock Lesnar, but Cena seems more focused than ever. Add in the disapproval of Triple H and Cena has even more obstacles in his way. If anything however, it’s a good thing. Cena has made a living out of silencing critics.

1: Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman: You don’t have to be on RAW every week when you have a mouthpiece like Heyman. Already one of the most dominant champions in recent WWE history, Lesnar’s stock is even higher thanks to his association with Paul E. Continuing to set up the next battle between Lesnar and Cena, Heyman is one of the best managers in wrestling history.

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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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