WWE RAW Coverage: A Night of Firsts?

July 28, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

This week’s Monday Night RAW was billed as a night of firsts, but it was ultimately a slow-paced mess that did little to keep viewers entertained.

More like a place-setting for Summerslam, the WWE continued to billed what will be a massive card for the event by beginning feuds or developing the larger ones further.

Away from the solid in-ring action of the divas and two good matches to end the show, there was little shock and even less sizzle. Add in the fact that there was no Undertaker or Brock Lesnar and RAW was surprisingly flat.

Matches:

Dean Ambrose vs. The Big Show: Ambrose took a pair of Chokeslams, a Super Kick and a Knockout Punch before he was counted out. After the match, Ambrose got up and Show went for the Spear on the outside and went through the barricade.

Adrian Neville vs. Fandango: Neville got the quick win with the Red Arrow, in spite of some early strikes and submissions from Fandango.

NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks w/Tamina Snuka and Naomi vs. Paige w/Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch: A solid back and forth encounter that got even spicier after Snuka, Naomi, Flair and Lynch were all sent to the back. Although Paige was in control for moments, Banks got the win with the Bank Statement.

For a WWE Tag Team Title Shot: Lucha Dragons: Kalisto and Sin Cara vs, Los Matadores: Fernando and Diego w/El Torito: An enjoyable match that was all about Kalisto’s high-flying offense and of course, more drama from the New Day. While the New Day and the Tag Team Champions Darren Young and Titus O’Neil talked smack on the outside, Kalisto got the pin with the Hurricanrana.

WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox w/Brie Bella vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair w/Paige: A short encounter that saw Fox and Bella sell for Flair and Lynch, who got the win with the Arm-Bar.

Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens: This match was just starting to get interesting before Sheamus hit Orton with the Brogue Kick to get it thrown out. Cesar’s interference led to more drama and ended with Owns hitting the Pop-up Powerbomb on the Swiss Superman.

United States Champion John Cena vs. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins: An entertaining back and forth that saw Rollins bloody and break Cena’s nose with a Knee (his nose was a disaster the rest of the match). Cena nearly won with the Attitude Adjustment, but Rollins stayed alive and fought back with a Superplex/Michinoku Driver combination. After Rollins missed the Phoenix 450, Cena locked in the STF for the win.

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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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