WWE RAW Coverage: The Price is Wrong, Seth

June 30, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The lengthy opening segment of this week’s Monday night RAW felt more like “The Price is Right,” but the end result was a waste of time. It may have been entertaining, but the fact that it culminated in a weak main event at best ruined the fun entirely.

While the segment between Lana, Summer Rae, Dolph Ziggler and Rusev could get interesting and the John Cena/Cesaro match was top shelf, there weren’t enough decent moments to induce a decent pace. The end result is a show that felt incredibly flat.

Matches:

The Big Show vs. Mark Henry: Show won with the Knockout Punch in a quick and lackluster encounter between two former World Heavyweight Champions.

The Miz vs. Intercontinental Champion Ryback: Another waste of time as Ryback got the win via-count-out after The Miz ran out of the ring after a Ryback Spinebuster.

Alicia Foxx w/Divas Champion Nikki Bella and Brie Bella vs. Paige: A decent Divas match that saw Paige reverse a Foxx Rollup into a pinning combination for the win, despite interference from The Bellas.

United States Champion John Cena vs. Cesaro: A beefier encounter with plenty of offense that once again shows that Cesaro is a guy that needs a bigger role with the company. After Cena hit another sloppy Springboard Stunner, Cena went for the Attitude Adjustment, but Cesaro hit the European Uppercut for the near-fall. After Cena locked in the STF, Cesaro countered into The Sharpshooter, but Cena grabbed the ropes to break up the submission. Cena then scored near-falls with a Tornado DDT and a Swinging Face Buster. After that Cesaro fought back with the Neutralizer and strikes, as well as the Giant Swing, before locking in the Sharpshooter again. But before Cesaro could get the win, Owens interfered and hit the Pop-Up Powerbomb on both Cesaro and Cena.

Sin Cara and Kalisto and WWE Tag Team Champions Darren Young and Titus O’Neil vs. Bo Dallas, Big E. Langston, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods: A lengthy eight-man encounter that entertained thanks to a flurry of offense in the end and a Prime Time Players win after a O’Neil Sit-Down Spinebuster.

Adrian Neville vs. Sheamus: Neville fought hard, but Sheamus got the win with the Brogue Kick.

Jack Swagger vs. Wade Barrett: Swagger latched on the Patriot Lock, but Barrett escaped and won with the Bullhammer.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Kane w/Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury vs. Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose: Rollins got the win on Ambrose thanks to the Pedigree and a Chokeslam from Kane after Bray Wyatt appeared and took out Reigns. After the match, Reigns fought back and beat on Rollins, before Kane Chokeslammed Reigns and Rollins and the rest of The Authority put him through a table. With Reigns down, Wyatt ended the show with the Sister Abigail on him.

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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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