WWE RAW Coverage: Scooby Doo and Diddy Sink New Era RAW

August 9, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With two weeks to go before Summerslam, you would have expected RAW to tighten up their ship and get storylines moving. But with still relatively no heat between Finn Balor and Seath Rollins and a plethora of squash matches and boring encounters, RAW, after a great first week of the new era, has failed to captivate.

Add in the Guest Starring role of P-Diddy and this week’s RAW was a snoozer.

Simply put, something big has to happen next week or else the RAW portion of Summerslam is going to be weak.

Matches:

Chris Jericho w/Kevin Owens vs. Enzo Amore w/Colin Cassidy: A slow opener as neither Jericho or Amore did anything noteworthy for the first ten minutes of the match. Owens made his presence felt though, nailing Amore with a first while the referee’s back was turned. Amore got back in the match with a Running Crossbody and a Modified Facebuster, but he eventually walked right into the Walls of Jericho. Although he escaped, Jericho eventually hit the Codebreaker (thanks to help from Owens) and Cass was forced to interfere and nail Jericho with the Big Boot, to get the match thrown out and give Jericho the DQ win. After the match, Cassady challenged Jericho and Owens to a match at Summerslam, to which they accepted.

Braun Strowman vs. Jorel Nelson: Strowman got the squash win with the Reverse Chokeslam.

Darren Young w/Bob Backlund vs. Titus O’Neil: Young got the win the easy way with the Rollup and a handful of tights, although Backlund didn’t see it.

Cesaro vs. Sheamus: Like last week, this was another war that saw Sheamus hit Cesaro with nearly every move in his arsenal. Ironically, Cesaro got the win with a Rollup.

The Dudley Boys: Bubba Ray and Devon vs. Adrian Neville and Sin Cara: Neville got the surprising win with the Red Arrow over the aging Dudley Boys.

Luke Gallows w/ Karl Anderson vs. The WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston w/ Xavier Woods: Gallows got the surprisingly quick win with the Pancake. After the match, Kingston almost got some Ringpostitis, but Woods made the save.

Impromptu: United States Champion Rusev vs. Cesaro: Rusev worked on Cesaro’s arms and shoulders, but Cesaro still had a ton of energy. Fighting back with strikes and a Tornado DDT, Cesaro pushed Rusev to the limit, but couldn’t put him away. It wasn’t until Rusev latched on the Sharpshooter that it appeared he was ready to win, although Sheamus’ arrival in the match allowed Rusev to hit the Standing Side Kick for a near-fall. Cesar then hit the Neutralizer, but Sheamus played a role again as well as an “injured” referee. Soon enough, Rusev and Sheamus combined on kicks and got the win on Cesaro.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13878 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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