Squash matches galore and very little in terms of storyline development made this week’s RAW a lackluster one, but there were a few bright spots.
Check out our RAW Power Rankings to see who else made waves in the second RAW of the promotion’s “New Era.â€
Honorable Mention: Braun Strowman: For the second consecutive week, Strowman destroyed a jobber, but it’s only a matter of time until he started to find more suitable competition. Arguably the biggest force on RAW away from Brock Lesnar, Strowman has the potential to be everything someone like Ryback wasn’t.
5: Rusev: The reigning and defending United States Champion beat former World Champion Mark Henry this week on RAW, but with Roman Reigns’ eyes on the title, Rusev will have to step up or move down the card.
4: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: Even in defeat, Gallows and Anderson continue to prove that The New Day’s days may be numbers as WWE Tag Team Champions.
3: Cesaro: His win over Sheamus this week was a huge one. He’s about to get a huge push.
2: Finn Balor: He’s come a long way on the mic since his days in NXT and it’s the only thing holding him back from being the first ever WWE Universal Champion. Just as good a worker as Seth Rollins, their match is going to be a war at Summerslam, but Balor needs to find a way to hit a few more sweet spots.
1: Seth Rollins: The WWE’s silver-tongued devil got it done in the ring against Sami Zayn and on the mic with Finn Balor. But can he keep the momentum going long enough to win the WWE Universal Championship?
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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