WWE RAW Coverage: Squashed

Away from great promo work from Paul Heyman and some quality in-ring work from Seth Rollins, TJ Perkins and Chris Jericho, this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was an attempt to set up the card for Hell in a Cell, but thanks to a card littered with squash matches, it was more passable than anything else.

Matches:

Cesar w/Sheamus vs. WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston w/WWE Tag Team Champion Big E. Langston and Xavier Woods: Sheamus was too busy on Facebook Live and because Cesaro was distracted, Kingston got the win with a Rollup.

Bailey vs. Cami Fields: A squash as Bayley won with the Belly-To-Belly. After the match, Brooke took out Bayley on the ramp.

Sin Cara and Lince Dorado vs. Drew Gulak and Tony Nese: This was a quick one, but an enjoyable encounter as Cara showed power and Dorado won with the Shooting Star Press.

Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas vs. Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson decimated Amore and Cassady with the Boot of Doom and the Magic Killer before the match started.

Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn: Zayn took out Axel with the Helluva Kick and Neville finished him off with the Red Arrow and Dallas left in disgust.

R-Truth w/Goldust vs. Titus O’Neil: After Goldust distracted O’Neil, Truth stole a win with a School Boy.

Braun Strowman vs. Steven and Clay Splash: Another squash as Strowman destroyed the indie team with a Running Powerslam and the Reverse Chokeslam.

United States Champion Roman Reigns and WWE RAW Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Rusev w/Lana and Charlotte Flair: A decent match that saw Reigns and Rusev cancel themselves out and Banks earning the win over Flair with the Bank Statement after Reigns Speared Rusev.

WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins vs. Ariya Daivari: After Daivari missed the Frog Splash, TJP Locked in the Knee Bar for the win. After the match, Brian Kendrick, who was ringside, stood up and made sure Perkins saw him.

Chris Jericho vs. Seth Rollins: A fun match that saw Rollins get the Rollup victory on Jericho in a nice counter of The Walls of Jericho, in spite of interference from Kevin Owens. After the match, Rollins hit Jericho with the Pedigree as Owens walked away from his “best friend” again.

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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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