WWE RAW Coverage: SWAT Team Strippers With Lady Gaga Hair

Thanks to stirring segments with John Cena and Triple H and the announcement of Alundra Blayze being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, as well as awesome Seth Rollins’ encounter with Jon Stewart and AJ Lee’s return, this week’s RAW wasn’t snore-inducing, but it continues to lack the “sizzle,” you’d expect from an episode of RAW so close to Wrestlemania.

As a matter of fact, if it wasn’t for Paul Heyman’s promo before the main event, this week’s RAW would have have been mediocre at best.

Matches:

Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose: A solid opener with plenty of offense. Once again R-Truth stole the Intercontinental title, but this time around former IC Champ Luke Harper took it from him as well. When Barrett saw Harper walk off with his title, he was distracted long enough for Ambrose to hit the Dirty Deeds to get the win.

Mixed Tag: WWE Tag Team Champions Tyson Kidd and Antonio Cesaro and Natalya Neidhart vs. Jimmy and Jey Uso and Naomi: Neidhart was apparently working with an injured knee, but Kidd tagged her in anyway and she was pinned by Naomi.

John Cena vs. Curtis Axel: After Axel got the crowd going with some of his best promo work to date, Cena made quick work of him with the Attitude Adjustment and the STF.

Divas Champion Nikki Bella w/Brie Bella vs. Paige:
Thanks to interference from Brie, Paige lost a great opportunity to win the Divas title after she locked in the PTO. A returning AJ Lee made sure the Bellas got their comeuppance , helping Paige take out the laundry.

Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper: Bryan got bounced around a ton in the match, including a few crazy rough spots, but got the win with the Yes Lock. After the match, Wade Barrett, Dean Ambrose , Harper, Dolph Ziggler and R-Truth all fought over the title, again.

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins w/Kane, The Big Show, Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble: J & J’s interference kept the match much more balanced than it would have been otherwise. Reigns continues to ad new moves to his arsenal, as his School Boy-Seated Powerbomb was solid. Rollins played the part of the heel well, selling hard and distracting the referee so Kane could hit Reigns with a chair on the outside. After Reigns hit the Superman Punch, it appeared the match was over as Reigns set up The Spear. However, Randy Orton grabbed Reigns’ leg, allowing Rollins to win with the School Boy. After the match however, Reigns took out the entire Authority (Except Orton, who walked backstage right after his act of treachery), including Spears on Rollins and Show.

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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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