WWE RAW Coverage: Boring

This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was a complete waste of time. Lackluster matches and a clear lack of real storytelling were the driving force behind the mediocrity. It just felt like it didn’t matter. The three hours absolutely dragged and by the end, you were just happy it was over.

Matches:

Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt: This was a fun one until Samoa Joe got involved and got the match thrown out. Soon enough Seth Rollins was involved and this match just became a setup for the RAW main event.

Akira Tozawa vs. Ariya Daivari: Tozawa made quick work of Daivari with his modified Senton/Cannonball Splash.

Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Elias Sampson: The Miz took out Sampson, which allowed Sampson to win via DQ. Sampson had a decent debut and eventually took out Ambrose with a nice Swinging Reverse DDT.

Finn Balor vs. Karl Anderson w/Luke Gallows: Anderson hit strikes and his Spinebuster, but Balor won with the Coup De Grace.

Sasha Banks vs. Alicia Fox w/Noam Dar: Banks won with the Double Knees from the second rope, but Fox beat on Banks after the bell.

Apollo Crews w/Titus O’Neill vs. Kalisto: Thanks to some miscommunication with O’Neil, Crews lost to Kalisto via the Salida Del Sole.

Winner Picks Extreme Rules Stipulation: WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus and Cesaro: The best match of the night up until that point, which saw Sheamus and Hardy go through their offensive repertoires. Hardy got the with The Twist of Fate. After the match, Matt announced the Tag Team title match would be a Steel Cage match.

Austin Aries vs. Tony Nese w/Cruiserweight Champion Neville: Aries got the hard-fought win with the Last Chancery and after the match, Neville locked in the Rings of Saturn on Nese as well.

WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James: Bliss was dominant and won with the Spike DDT. After the match, Bliss nailed James with the kendo stick but Bailey made the save.

Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins: Joe got the submission win with the Kokina Clutch after some miscommunication with Reigns.

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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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