WWE RAW Coverage: A Slow Show Before Super Showdown

The WWE was so busy trying to promote their Australian Super Showdown that they forgot to book a decent episode of RAW. Mainly used to develop the war between The Shield and Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre, the rest of the show was all filler. Not even a Shawn Michaels promo and appearance by Kane and The Undertaker at the end of the show could save the sub-par show.

Matches:

Dean Ambrose vs. Braun Strowman: This match got thrown out and Strowman won via DQ when Roman Reigns hit Strowman with the Superman Punch and Seth Rollins hit the Flying Knee.

Non-Title: Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Dolph Ziggler: Reigns won with a massive Spear, but Ziggler nearly stole it with heel tactics and plenty of offense.

WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey w/Nikki and Brie Bella vs. Ruby Riott w/Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan: Riott more than held her own here. Riott almost won on a few occasions as well before Rousey won with the Spinning Death Valley Driver and the Armbar.

Bobby Roode w/Chad Gable vs. Konnor w/Viktor: Roode hit the Blockbuster, but interference from Viktor allowed Konnor to hit the Dominator Side Slam for the win.

The B-Team: Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas vs. The Revival: Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: Dallas won with a surprise Rollup, but after the bell, The Authors of Pain destroyed them with the Super Collider.

Drew McIntyre vs. Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins: Ziggler interfered enough to allow McIntyre to hit the Claymore for the win. After the match, Reigns hit the ring to even things out, but so did Braun Strowman. While Ambrose took out McIntyre and Ziggler with an Ax Handle, Strowman and company were too much.

Kevin Owens w/Elias Sampson vs. Bobby Lashley w/ Lio Rush: Owens got the win and after Elias and Owens beat on Rush.

Bayley w/Finn Balor vs. Alicia Foxx w/Jinder Mahal: Bayley got the win with the Belly-to Bayley in an average encounter.

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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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