WWE RAW Power Rankings: Rollins Still the Man to Beat

August 6, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Thanks to great promo from Paul Heyman and awesome in-ring work from Adrian Neville and Seth Rollins, this week’s RAW had its moments, but were there enough to ensure a decent three-hours of wrestling?

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who starred in the WWE’s flagship program just three weeks before Summerslam.

Honorable Mention: Charlotte Flair: A submission win over Nikki Bella in a tag match continues to build her credibility. Her WWE career may still be relatively young, but she’s beaten several top Divas since her arrival and continues to prove herself every week.

5: Adrian Neville: He doesn’t win many of his matches, but he gives the fans something special every time he steps into the ring. A world-class performer, Neville is the kind of guy that company can build around moving forward, forgetting completely about former high-flyers Evan Bourne and Rey Mystery. Pushing WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins to the limit this week on RAW, Neville continues to prove he belongs on the main roster.

4: Kevin Owens and Cesaro: Their segment on MizTV was one of the better moments on this week’s show and their match at Summerslam has the potential to be the best match on the card. If only it meant a little bit more. With John Cena and Ryback not defending their united States and Intercontinental titles with nearly as much frequency, this would have been a great way to make one of those titles mean more.

3: Rusev: In a statement match, Rusev destroyed former ECW and World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry with a pair of Thrust Kicks. This guy is ready for Dolph Ziggler. The only question is, when does he get him?

2: Paul Heyman: WWE RAW Power Rankings: Rollins Still the Man to Beat His ability to cut promo can revive even the slowest show. Continuing to build up his client Brock Lesnar’s quest to take Undertaker to Suplex City once again, Heyman was masterful once again,

1: Seth Rollins: He’s such a good heel. He may have snuck out a win against Adrian Neville this week on RAW, but he cut some good promo on John Cena and left the show with his WWE World Heavyweight title still around his waist. That’s got to go down as a good week. While it’s scary that he’s opening up shows, even with the title around his waist, he’s been a solid champion thus far.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 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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