WWE RAW Power Rankings: All About Hustle, Loyalty and Respect

After two weeks of disappointing shows, WWE RAW satisfied this week with a solid card and plenty of storyline development in its season premiere.

While the Jerry Springer segment fell a bit flat, the rest of the show was good enough to keep hardcore fans interested for the full three-hours.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who put themselves in a great place just two weeks before Night of Champions.

Honorable Mention: Bray Wyatt: Weeks after feuding unsuccessfully with Chris Jericho, Wyatt got a much-needed win over the WWE legend. Now with Y2J out of his way? Who’s next for the second generation superstar?

5: NXT: Seeing NXT Champion Adrian Neville, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze and even the returning Tyson Kidd was something that should have happened a long time ago. Although Neville was the performer who was showcased more than anyone else, it’s great to see the brand get more attention.

4: AJ Lee and Paige: The best feud in the Divas division in years, Lee and Paige are magnetic on TV together and although they didn’t do much wrestling this week, they continue to push the bar higher for everyone else they work with. Sadly, at this point, however, it’s been hard to find anyone else that can play in the same ring with them.

3: Roman Reigns: Talk about a guy with a target on his back. Unable to fight off Randy Orton, Kane and Seth Rollins this week, Reigns is sure to have his hands full over the next few weeks, but those are odds that will soon make him one of the company’s top baby faces.

2: Paul Heyman/Brock Lesnar: Heyman continues to prove himself as an amazing heel manager. His work this week was simply stellar as he tried his hardest to get John Cena to embrace his old character, the one that didn’t wear wrist bands and believe in hustle, loyalty and respect. Regardless of how the next chapter in the Cena/Lesnar rivalry turns out, Heyman has done his job to build up the drama.

1: John Cena: Will he turn heel and embrace his old attitude? After Paul Heyman told him a heel turn is the only way he’d ever beat Brock Lesnar, Cena has some serious thinking to do. Although it appears he’s already made up his mind, we’re not quite sure he has. Just like Heyman this week, Cena did a great job assuring the crowd he was more than happy being the WWE’s poster boy.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 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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