WWE RAW Power Rankings: Filler and Fodder Before Summerslam

July 30, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With two good matches to end the show, Luke Harper’s rejoining the Wyatt Family and two enjoyable Divas matches, you’d think this week’s Monday Night RAW would be a special one, but you’d be wrong.

Thanks to mainly filler matches and more preliminary feud-making booking, this week’s RAW was more a letdown than anything else, in spite of a few cool moments.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who else made the best of a weak episode of the WWE’s flagship program.

Honorable Mention: Dean Ambrose: In spite of losing to The Big Show this week on RAW, Ambrose showed a ton of fortitude and got the best of The Giant by the end of it all. Once of the most popular performers in the promotion, Ambrose is on the fringe of getting back in the hunt for a singles title.

5: Adrian Neville: His win over Fandango was a quick one, but his current feud with Stardust has a ton of potential for both of them. This generation’s Evan Bourne or Billy Kidman, Neville is a star in the making- as long as he keeps the Red Arrows coming.

4: The Divas Division: For the third week in a row, the Divas did more than hold their own- they had some of the best moments of the show. Although the storyline they are all featured in is a poorly-written joke and proving that some of these ladies have zero charisma (Naomi and Tamina Snuka especially), they have proven that they can work and entertain in the ring.

3: Kevin Owens: How many guys are in the WWE for less than six months and can say they’ve beaten and/or shared the ring with Sheamus, Rusev, John Cena, Cesaro and Randy Orton. Win, lose or draw, you know you’re going to get a great match out of Owens and probably some truthful and cocky promo. How can you argue with that?

2: John Cena: He’s going to get a shot against Seth Rollins at Summerslam and is probably going to lose the United States title along the way but that doesn’t mean Cena has a reason to worry. He’s still the WWE’s guy and still the living legend that sells a ton of merch. Simply put, he’s going to make Rollins a star and give his haters even more of a reason to despise him.

1: Seth Rollins: He’s arrogant, but he’s also convinced. Able to keep the title in spite of being beaten to a pulp by Brock Lesnar at Battleground, Rollins has his hands full with John Cena, but with The Authority behind him, it’s even easier for him to be the most hated man in the WWE. Don’t let the submission loss fool you, Rollins is still in the driver’s seat.

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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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