Following the events of a lukewarm Clash of Champions event, this week’s RAW needed to have some “sizzle.†It did not. With no new storylines and very little else besides squash and matches that were predictable, this was a passable RAW at best.
Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who left the first RAW after Clash of Champions with something to brag about.
Honorable Mention: Sheamus and Cesaro: The new tag team is all about power and with their battling egos, they should be a ton of fun to watch.
5: Roman Reigns: The newly-crowned United States Champion left his first RAW with the title, with the title. That’s a good start. The fact that he was selling for Rusev and using maneuvers like Snapmares is also a good step in the right direction.
4: The New Day: With Gallows and Anderson seemingly vanquished for now, the hilarious trio will have to face off with Sheamus and Cesaro. And we know, they ain’t booty.
3: TJ Perkins: He’s got a lot of growing to do on the mic, but in the ring, Perkins has everything you’d want from a cruiserweight champion.
2: Seth Rollins: He’s playing the injured face well and it’s only a matter of time until he gets his hands on Kevin Owens again.
1: Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho: This best friend team is riding high after wins at Clash of Champions and RAW. As of right now, they’re the most entertaining duo in wrestling.
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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