WWE RAW Coverage: Gearing Up For Fastlane

With just a few weeks before Fastlane, the RAW creative team put together a decent show that began to set the table for the event. However, away from some nice storytelling between Akira Tozawa and Brian Kendrick and dominance from Roman Reigns, the mid-card needs fortification. Kevin Owens and Bayley have done an excellent job leading their title divisions and it’s because of that this week’s RAW was a watchable one.

Matches:

#1 Contender’s Match for RAW Tag Team Titles: Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady vs. Sheamus and Cesaro: Fun opener, with plenty of back and forth that saw Cassady get the win over Cesaro with the East River Plunge. After the match Amore talked smack, but Sheamus took him out with a Brogue Kick.

Brian Kendrick vs. Akira Tozawa: The match never started as Kendrick took out Tozawa before the bell and locked on the Bully Choke before exiting the ring.

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows vs. Roman Reigns: This one got thrown out after Reigns attacked Anderson and Gallows with a chair and hit a beautiful mid-air Spear.

Jinder Mahal and Rusev w/Lana vs. The New Day: Kofi Kingston and Big E. Langston w/Xavier Woods: A waste of time as Kingston and Langston made quick work of Mahal and Rusev, hitting the Midnight Hour and destroying Lana’s iPad.

Sara Pierce vs. Nia Jax: A squash as Jax won with the Samoan Drop.

Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks: Flair dominated, but things fell apart when Dana Brooke hit the ring and Bayley helped out her friend. A few seconds later, Banks hit the Backstabber and finished off Flair with the Bank Statement.

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn: Samoa Joe attacked Zayn before the match and Zayn was destroyed by Owens, who won with the Pop-Up Powerbomb.

The Big Show vs. Braun Strowman: Show hit the KO Punch and Chokeslam on Strowman, but couldn’t put him away. Show fought back and kicked out of a Running Powerslam. However, Strowman hit the maneuver again to get the win. Soon enough, Roman Reigns hit the ring and the two fought to end the show, with Strowman nailing Reigns with the Powerslam as well.

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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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