Shoddy matches, boring promo and a sluggish pace made this the worst episode of RAW’s new era. Check out the week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who starred in a weak episode of RAW that did did nothing to capitalize off a wonderful episode last week.
Honorable Mention: Bo Dallas: Wow. Dallas got a squash win with the Roll of the Dice. Could a new gimmick make Dallas the dependable mid-carder he should be?
5: Bayley: A non-title win over Charlotte, combined with the injury to Sasha Banks and suspension to Paige, she’s the logical choice to get a push and a shot against Charlotte Flair and the WWE Women’s Championship.
4: Sheamus: You know that Cesaro is going to come back and make their best-of-seven series interesting, but for the time-being Sheamus is on a roll.
3: New Day/Gallows and Anderson: This is the only real feud on RAW right now and thankfully, it’s an enjoyable one. It would be even better if Gallows and Anderson could get a few wins over them.
2: Seth Rollins: Screwed out of the WWE Universal Title last week by Triple H, Rollins dodged a suspension this week on RAW and left the show with a title shot at Clash of the Champions. Although still cocky as hell, can Rollins become a face to battle the brute that is Kevin Owens? A win over Chris Jericho is definitely one way to make you think he can.
1: Kevin Owens: Although Triple H was nowhere to be found to share his motives for helping Owens capture the WWE Universal Title, Owens handled himself like a true heel this week and declared that RAW was now the “Kevin Owens Show.†Big words, but can Owens back them up and hold on to the belt past Clash of the Champions?
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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