WWE RAW Coverage: Cena and Ambrose Fuel Otherwise Lackluster Show

After way too much wasted time last week on RAW, this week’s edition was extremely heavy on the wrestling action, but didn’t do enough to set up matches for the upcoming Hell in a Cell.

Like a see-saw, the RAW creative team goes back and forth every week, making different mistakes and barely, if ever, finding the type of balance it needs to make for one-of-a-kind TV.

With no Tag-Team, Divas, Intercontinental, United States or WWE World Heavyweight title matches announced for Hell in a Cell, it feels like the promotion is even trying anymore. In a meager effort to develop their young mid-card, they continue to let stars like Sheamus, Randy Orton and even John Cena-himself waste away in favor of Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Rusev. While Rollins and Ambrose are pulling their weight, Rusev has yet to prove himself and much like the WWE Creative team, have yet to make good on

Matches:

John Cena and Dean Ambrose vs. Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. the WWE Tag Team Champions Goldust and Stardust: Cena was in the ring doing most of the heavy lifting for his team, while Goldust and Stardust were barely in the match until things spilled to the outside. With an opportunity to clean up the scraps, the Tag Champs jumped in, but The Usos weren’t about to lay down. After Ambrose and Cena got back into the match, all three teams dealt out signature maneuvers, while Cena took out everyone with a top-rope Splash, followed my Ambrose, who did the same, but with an Elbow. With the Usos out of the match, Ambrose finished off Goldust with the Double-Arm DDT, while Cena got the win on Stardust with the Attitude Adjustment.

Divas Champion AJ Lee and Layla vs. Paige and Alicia Fox: Layla refused to tag in, but Lee got the win on Fox with the Shining Wizard. After the match, Lee beat on Layla.

Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton: Although there was some good back and forth, this was a meaningless match with no storyline implications. Cesaro’s commentary was more entertaining than the match. After Seth Rollins hit the ring, things sped up a bit and Orton eventually got the win with a nice RKO variation from the Powerbomb position. After the match, Rollins hit the Curb Stomp on Ziggler.

Seth Rollins vs. Jack Swagger w/Zeb Colter: A good match for Swagger, but he couldn’t put Rollins away. Rollins eventually got the win with a Rollup and a heart helping of tights and Orton finished off Swagger with the RKO.

The Big Show vs. Alexander Rusev w/Lana: Show was in control for most of the match, but Rusev fought past the massive chops and made it a decent match. Just when Rusev had Show in the Accolade, Mark Henry broke up the submission attempt to get the match thrown out. After the bell, Show nailed Rusev with the Knockout Punch on the outside.

United States Champion Sheamus vs. The Miz w/Damien Sandow: Miz won via count-out after Sheamus was too busy with Sandow on the outside.

Brie Bella, Natalya Niedhart and Naomi w/Rosa Mendez and Nene Lekes vs. Nikki Bella, Summer Rae and Cameron: Brie got the win with the Face Buster.

No Holds Barred Contract on a Pole Match: John Cena vs. Dean Ambrose: Kane, Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon were all ringside and after Cena took out Kane with the Attitude Adjustment, Ambrose was able to climb the ropes and get the contract for his match with Rollins.

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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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