WWE RAW Power Rankings: No More Fringing for the Lunatic

May 8, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

With a ton of drama, a beefy card and the promise of an awesome Main Event at Payback, this week’s episode of RAW was a more than solid one.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see what the wild and crazy WWE World Heavyweight title picture looks like and who’s proving they don’t need a title to be relevant.

The Real Tag Team Champions: Tyson Kidd and Antonio Cesaro: These guys aren’t the Tag Team Champions, but they are by far the best team in the promotion. Fresh off a solid win against The Ascension, Kidd and Cesaro need a title match- and soon.

Honorable Mention: Ryback: In one of his most intriguing promos of his young career, “The Big Guy” challenged Bray Wyatt to do his worst, claiming that he is indeed not afraid of anything. While the jury is still out if Ryback can handle the “New Face of Fear,” he’s certainly going to get a shot at him.

5: The New Day: Say what you want about this trio, that the division is better off with Tyson Kidd and Antonio Cesaro as champions, or even that the Lucha Dragons deserve a shot, but the New Day managed to use quick tags and strikes to get a win over Randy Orton and Roman Reigns. While they may just be transitional champions, it’ll be interesting to see what they do to the now weak Tag Team scene in the WWE.

4: Seth Rollins: His loss to Dean Ambrose this week on RAW sets up a massive Fatal Four-Way at Payback and stacks the deck against Rollins. For those that thought this PPV was going to be a passable one, things just definitely got spicy.

3: Roman Reigns: He’s been talking a ton of smack the past few weeks and after his loss at Wrestlemania, Reigns’ stock continues to drop. However, it’s hard to ignore the possibilities his character has and with another shot at the title, he’s got another chance to prove what he’s capable of.

2: Randy Orton: He wants to get Seth Rollins alone and it’s not going to happen. Regardless, he’s still in the mix and he’s more relevant than ever.

1: Dean Ambrose: His win over Seth Rollins moves him up the card to a spot many people believed he belonged to be in quite a while ago. A true fan favorite, Ambrose is the coolest rebel in the company since CM Punk and someone who definitely adds some much needed freshness to the WWE World Heavyweight title picture.

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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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