WWE RAW Power Rankings: Apple Watches Anyone?

July 2, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Between the short matches, a lackluster main event and zero surprises this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was a weak one at best.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who managed to entertain the crowd in spite of all of the wackiness and filler.

Honorable Mention: Cesaro: The dude just went out and had a wonderful match with John Cena, nearly winning the United States title. A few months ago, Vince McMahon said Cesaro was missing something. Perhaps the leader of the Voodoo Kin Mafia needs glasses.

5: Paige: Week in and week out, Paige continues to prove she’s the best worker in the Divas division. Much like Daniel Bryan’s run to superstardom, eventually expect Paige to rise above the Bellas and any other obstacles that stand in her way to another Divas Championship.

4: Ryback: He’s the Intercontinental Champion and over the last few weeks has firmly established himself as both a fighting champion and a dominant one. In easily the biggest push of his career, Ryback, although still a one-trick powerhouse, is establishing himself as someone dependable in the mid-card.

3: The Prime Time Players: These guys have a ton of potential and with a limited amount of compelling tag teams in the WWE right now, they’re the best of a bad bunch.

2: Kevin Owens and John Cena: This is probably the best feud in all of wrestling right now. Different performers, and equally as polarizing personalities, Owens and Cena represent two different types of fans, who expect two entirely different things when they turn on a wrestling program. Expect their next match at Battleground to be another classic.

1: Seth Rollins: Don’t let the crappy opening segment to this past week’s RAW or the show’s main event fool you. Although he’s had to buy the affection of his Authority teammates, he’s still one of the best workers in the WWE and easily the best young heel in the sport today. With the added support of the reinvigorated Authority as well, Rollins has the support he needs to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship not only against Brock Lesnar, but anybody.

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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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