WWE RAW Coverage: Eliminating Creativity Before the Chamber

May 26, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

What was supposed to be a go-home show before Elimination Chamber was another three-hour snooze fest.

While pretty much every match on the card was teased, there just wasn’t anything out of left field to get you excited and while the guest appearance of the cast of “The Entourage” was cool, it wasn’t enough to get the show over.

Sad, but true, the WWE is in some serious need of star power, whether it be Brock Lesnar, Sting, The Rock, anyone, at this point to get the show into some level of unpredictability. With no Daniel Bryan either, the in-ring product isn’t nearly as energetic either.

Matches:

Kane and WWE Champion Seth Rollins w/Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble vs. Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose: A lengthy encounter, but one that was ultimately pretty flat. Sure, all four competitors hit a nice amount of moves, but it didn’t mean much. Although Reigns and Ambrose were the better team, J & J security paid dividends as usual to keep the match close. However, after Rollins hit the Flying Knee, Ambrose played smart and countered a Rollins pinning combination, stacking up Rollins for the win.

Rusev vs. R-Truth: Rusev got the quick with with The Accolade. After the match, Rusev called out Lana and asked her to admit that she was wrong, but she wouldn’t, instead continuing to say that Rusev did in fact quit in his last match with John Cena before she lip-locked with Dolph Ziggler, again.

Ryback vs. Wade Barrett: Despite favoring his ribs, Ryback got the win over Barrett with The Shell-Shocked.

Stardust vs. Adrian Neville: Neville, got the win, but Bo Dallas got the last laugh in the end, working over Neville’s knee.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus: These two fought all over the ring area, but it wasn’t until Rusev stole Ziggler’s attention that Sheamus was able to steal the win with the Brogue Kick. After the match, Rusev beat on Ziggler some more.

United States Champion John Cena vs. Zack Ryder: Thanks to interference from the cast of The Entourage, Ryder nearly got the pinfall on several occasions after The Impaler, Broski Boot and the Rough Ryder. But after Ryder missed the Splash from the top, Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment for the win. After the match, Kevin Owens hit the ring and again, took out Cena with the Powerbomb.

Paige vs. Tamina w/Naomi: A sloppy match that saw Tamina get the win with the Samoan Drop following interference from Naomi.

WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods w/Big E. Langston vs. Kalisto and Sin Cara, Darren Young, Titus O’Neill, Los Matadores, Viktor and Konnor, Tyson Kidd and Antonio Cesaro w/Natalia Neidhart: The match got thrown out after all the other teams decided to beat on the Tag Champs. After the bell, Kidd and Cesaro got the last laugh.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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