WWE RAW Coverage: Weak, at Best

April 7, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Lame would be the perfect word to describe this week’s Monday Night RAW. Rather than let Randy Orton get over with the crowd, WWE Creative had Ryback and Roman Reigns get in the mix, creating a mess of a main event and a storyline no one cares about.

With just a few weeks before Extreme Rules, the WWE has an uphill battle if they want to put a decent event together.

While the mid-card looks solid, with a few intriguing additions, thanks to NXT, new WWE Champion Seth Rollins isn’t being allowed to run with the ball, while Orton isn’t even on the field in goal line situations.

Matches:

Kane vs. Randy Orton: Both competitors hit their normal assortment of moves in a decent, but slow-paced match. Kane got DQed after he hit Orton with a chair. After the bell, Kane dodged an RKO.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins w/Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury vs. Adrian Neville: With high-flying maneuvers and plenty of strikes, Neville more than held his own against Rollins and avoided the nonsense of J & J security early on. At the same time, Rollins kept the pressure on with constant offense and pin-fall attempts. Obviously frustrated, Rollins began to slap Nevile around, but after he countered the Turnbuckle Powerbomb, Neville went for the Red Arrow, but Noble interfered, allowing Rollins to hit the Turnbuckle Powerbomb and the Curb Stomp for the win. After the match, Rollins hit the maneuver again on the beaten Neville.

United States Champion John Cena vs. Stardust: A counter-filled match with plenty of near-falls for both competitors. Although Stardust almost won with the Cross-Roads, Cena hit a springboard Stunner and finished off Stardust with the Attitude Adjustment.

Divas Champion Nikki Bella and Brie Bella vs. Paige and Naomi: A songfest that was a poor way to showcase Paige and Naomi as adequate challenger’s to Nikki’s Divas title. After Naomi hit the Rear View on Nikki, Paige took out Brie and allowed Naomi to hit the Head Scissor Spike on Nikki for the win.

Luke Harper vs. Ryback: Harper was tough, but Ryback got the win thanks to the Shell-Shocked after Harper missed a move in the corner.

Roman Reigns vs. The Big Show: The Big Show beat on Reigns, but the youngster fought back with strikes and eventually got the win with the Spear.

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry: Disgusting isn’t the word. In a poorly-paced debacle, Sheamus got the win with the Brogue Kick.

The Miz vs. Damien Sandow: The Miz got the win in a waste of a match that did nothing to advance or end their feud.

For Shot at WWE World Heavyweight Title at Extreme Rules: Roman Reigns vs. Ryback vs. Randy Orton: A good match with plenty of offense until The Authority got involved and made a mess of things. After Ryback and Reigns did most of the damage, Orton hit the RKO for the win. After the win, Rollins nailed Orton with a Curb Stomp.

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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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