WWE RAW Power Rankings: Rollins and Balor Set For Summerslam

Squash matches galore and wedding parties ensured this week’s RAW was the weakest of the new era. Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who’s climbing up the RAW ladder with just two weeks before Summerslam despite the weak card and poor creative decisions.

Honorable Mention: Braun Strowman: Enough with the jobbers already. Over the last three weeks, Strowman has laid waste to three different indie performers. It’s time to get him a real opponent.

Thank You: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson:
With alway solid in-ring work and some witty promo, Gallows and Anderson prove they are the only team that can hold their own with the New Day.

5: Cesaro: Two wins over the last two weeks over former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus have continued to firmly establish Cesaro towards the top of the middle of the card. Make no mistake, Cesaro needs to be in some type of title consideration and soon. Don’t let his loss to Rusev tonight fool you- Cesaro will have gold soon.

4: Brock Lesnar: His match with Randy Orton at Summerslam is going to be a war, even if the vignette this week on RAW didn’t little to add drama to the upcoming battle.

3: Roman Reigns: His attempt to take the United States title away from Rusev and Lana has come at the perfect time. In need of a massive reset, Reigns’ demotion will allow him to get more work in and make sure the WWE Universe supports him when he gets another push for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Universal Championship.

2: Finn Balor: What an awful vignette, this week on RAW, but it wasn’t his fault. Teasing that he’ll go with the body paint at Summerslam, Balor will bring his A-game.

1: Seth Rollins: He continues to cut the best promos on RAW and is without a doubt the face that runs the place- the type of heel you want to see get destroyed, but you know there isn’t a man on the roster that can. Although Balor is a wonderful worker, he doesn’t have the polish of Rollins, who forces the crowd to feel every time he’s in the ring or on the mic.

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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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