WWE RAW Coverage: Stomped Out

Braun Strowman’s “firing” made for a wild night of RAW, but even at that, the show couldn’t hide its weaknesses. The awful booking in the Tag Team, Women’s and Cruiserweight Divisions continued and the mentions of the Mixed Match Challenge nonsense didn’t make anything better.

Not even an appearance from The Club could make it better. Thankfully, there’s no way they can mess up the fun of RAW’s 25th Anniversary show next week.

Matches:

The Bar: Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Titus O’Neil and Apollo Crews w/Dana Brooke: Sheamus and Cesaro looked prime to get the victory, but Jason Jordan’s appearance on the ramp allowed Titus Worldwide to pick up another surprise win.

Cedric Alexander w/Goldust vs. Tony Nese w/Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore: A spirited match that could have gone either way. Alexander got the win with the Lumbar Check after a counter of the Pump-Handle Slam.

Asuka vs. Nia Jax: This was a war that saw Asuka win after Jax was unable to continue after Asuka took out her leg on the outside. However, Jax never gave up and this feud will surely continue in the future.

The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder vs. Ricky Starks and Aaron Solo: A squash as The Revival won with the Shatter Machine over the debuting tag team.

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel w/The Miz vs. Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns: Interference from The Miz wasn’t enough as Reigns beat Axel with the Spear.

Sasha Banks w/Mickie James and Bayley vs. Sonya Deville w/Paige and Mandy Rose: A bore that saw Deville win with a Kick to Banks’ chest as The Boss attempted a top rope maneuverer.

Matt Hardy vs. Heath Slater w/Rhyno: The Woken Warrior got the squash win with the Twist of Fate.

WWE Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins w/WWE Tag Team Champion Jason Jordan vs. Finn Balor w/Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: Balor worked on Rollins’ knee throughout, but The King Slayer nearly won on several occasions thanks to trademark strikes and the Falcon Arrow. Soon enough, The Bar hit the ring and while Balor took them out on the outside, Jordan interfered and allowed Rollins to win with a dangerous version of the Curb Stomp. After the match, Balor looked legitimately injured.

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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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