WWE RAW Coverage: Mid-Card Mayhem

There’s so much depth on RAW right now, but with no real Universal Champion, the show just kind of runs around in circles. If it wasn’t for the Women’s and Tag Team Divisions, the show would just be one big mid-card cluster frak.

Matches:

Finn Balor vs. The Miz w/Maryse: After The Mis demanded Balor get DQed, Dean Ambrose hit the ring and restarted the match. Balor won with match with the Coupe De Grace shortly thereafter.

WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James w/Bayley: Bliss got the win with a punch to James’ face while she was punched on the top rope. After the match, Bayley attacked Bliss, while Nia Jax took out James.

Braun Strowman vs. Kalisto: This match went nowhere because Roman Reigns hit the ring and the two behemoths beat the crap out of each other.

Tag Team #1 Contender Match: Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs. Cesaro and Sheamus vs. Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Golden Truth: R-Truth and Goldust: Cesaro eliminated Enzo thanks to a Sharpshooter and then took on Slater and Rhyno. Sheamus then eliminated Slater with a Brogue Kick, which then brough Gallows and Anderson into the match. Sheamus then beat Gallows with another Brogue Kick, which then sent The Golden Truth into the match.Exhausted, Cesaro and Sheamus fought off the fresher team and won with a School Boy on Truth before they beat on the both of them to make a statement.

Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe: Rollins got the win by DQ after Joe refused to listen to the referee. After the match, Joe locked up Rollins in the Kokina Clutch and sent a clear message.

TJ Perkins vs. Jack Gallagher: Perkins got the win with the School Boy and a handful of tights. After the match, Perkins beat on Gallagher and locked in the Knee Bar until Austin Aries made the save.

Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks: Fox was solid. but Banks won with the Double Knees from the second rope.

Bray Wyatt vs. Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose: Miz used the Intercontinental Title on the outside, which allowed Wyatt to hit Sister Abigail and win the non-title match. After the match, Miz beat on Ambrose to end the show.

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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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