WWE RAW Power Rankings: The Band is Back Together?

June 25, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music, Professional Wrestling 0

Another beefy card, but more substance and style than in previous weeks ensured that this week’s RAW was far from a waste of time. With plenty of drama in every title division and more time paid to develop each one, RAW, for the first time in a while, felt like it had some purpose.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who has the potential to do some serious damage once the Battleground PPV card is set in a few weeks.

Honorable Mention: Bray Wyatt: His game with Roman Reigns is getting dangerous, but that’s exactly the way Wyatt likes it. A mainstay of the WWE mid-card since his arrival, Wyatt has consistently found a way to make the middle of RAW entertaining. His game of tea with Reigns this week was no exception.

5: Dean Ambrose: His feud with Kane is a bit boring, but Ambrose is still a top young star in the WWE and a guy that will have singles gold around his waist again at some point. You don’t wrestle for the title in the WWE and vanish, ask Jack Swagger. Although he’s come up short a few times, he’s a talent in the ring and on the mic and just like a guy such as Cesaro, it’s hard to keep him down for a long period of time.

4: The Prime Time Players: These guys are solid as a team, but Young continues to be the standout performer of the ground. He’s got singles star written all over him and while O’Neil is a powerhouse and charismatic as hell, the two have yet to show the WWE Universe why they are special together as a team. Regardless, they’re still one of the top teams in the WWE, especially with Cesaro and Tyson Kidd no longer tagging thanks to Kidd’s neck injury and The Lucha Dragons disappearing from TV.

3: Kevin Owens and John Cena: Their little back and forth this week was fun, but seeing them in the ring again is going to be where the real entertainment is going to occur. Make no mistake, with Owens hungry for a shot at Cena’s US title, you can bet they’ll be in the ring again soon.

2: Seth Rollins: He’s beginning to mend the fences he destroyed in The Authority and, as a result, he’ll be in the best place to retain his title against Brock Lesnar at Battleground. But even with the added help of The Authority, can Rollins survive a trip to Suplex City? Either way, this will end up as one of the most important matches in Rollins’ young WWE career.

1: Brock Lesnar: In the first 15 minutes of RAW, Lesnar, with only a few words was able to ensure that the WWE Universe had a reason to be excited this summer. Aided by the silver-tongued devil Paul Heyman, Lesnar is undoubtedly the top face on the WWE roster, in spite of the fact that he hasn’t wrestled in months.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14320 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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