WWE RAW Coverage: Women Ready to Rumble

This week’s RAW was weird. You just felt like something had to happen. Then, with about a half hour left, Stephanie McMahon showed up.

The Women of the WWE will have their own Royal Rumble match. It’s groundbreaking and it’s well-deserved.

Away from that, there wasn’t a wild match or a monster vignette, although the debut of Hideo Itami and vignettes and spots from Matt Hardy and Elias Sampson were charming. Overall, RAW is moving in a direction- it’s just one that no one can determine. At this point, it feels like WWE Creative as well isn’t sure of what they have.

Matches:

Seth Rollins vs. Jason Jordan: Rollins got the win with the Knee, but Jordan was totally game and nearly won on a few occasions.

Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe: This match never happened as Joe destroyed both Rollins and Jordan before leaving.

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel vs. Finn Balor: This match got thrown out after Axel and Dallas refused to stop beating on Balor. Soon enough, Hideo Itami made the save and a Tag Team match was booked.

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel vs. Finn Balor and Hideo Itami: Balor was beat on for the majority of the match, but Itami got the hot tag and beat Axel with the Go to Sleep.

Winner Gets Cruiserweight Title Shot: Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak: Excellent match where Gulak used strikes and consistently slowed things down, but Alexander got the win with the Lumbar Check.

Asuka vs. Alicia Fox: The Captain put up a fight but Asuka got the win with the Arm Bar.

Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan vs. RAW Tag Team Champions The Bar: Sheamus and Cesaro and Samoa Joe: This was a war but the finish was wonky as Ambrose was apparently injured and Cesaro got the win on Rollins after a Brogue Kick from Sheamus.

The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. Heath Slater and Rhyno: A quickie that saw The Revival win with the Shatter Machine on Slater.

Mickie James, Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Paige, Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose: This match got thrown out after Absolution refused to stop their assault on their opponents. By the end of it all, Nia Jax tried to be the savior, but she got destroyed too. Soon enough, the entire Women’s Division was in the ring, but Stephanie McMahon soon hit the ring to end the brawl and announce that the WOmen’s Division would have its own Royal Rumble match.

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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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