WWE RAW Coverage: Shield or Bust

October 16, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The continued dependence on older stars and vignettes from The Brothers of Destruction and DX prove that RAW has a lot of work ahead of it before it can hold its own with its current generation of stars. Simply put, as cool as The Shield is, it’s not enough to run a three-hour show.

Matches:

Crown Jewel Qualifier: Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Drew McIntyre: Interference from Dolph Ziggler kept McIntyre in the match throughout, but Dean Ambrose eventually evened the odds, which allowed Rollins to hit the Stomp on McIntyre on the outside and get back in the ring and win via count-out.

Ember Moon and Nia Jax vs. Dana Brooke and Tamina Snuka: Moon beat Brooke with the Eclipse, but Snuka returned with a bang and hit Jax with a Samoan Drop and plenty of strikes. After the match, Snuka nailed Jax with a Super Kick and both Moon and Snuka threw Jax over the top rope before Brooke threw both Jax and Moon over the top.

Crown Jewel Qualifier: Dean Ambrose vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Dolph Ziggler: Ambrose pushed Seth Rollins on the outside and that left him open to a Super Kick from Ziggler, who beat him with the maneuver. The jury remains as to if Ambrose knew it was Rollins. After the match though, Ambrose pushed himself away from The Kingslayer.

Finn Balor w/Bayley vs. Jinder Mahal w/Sunil Singh and Alicia Fox: Balor got the win with the Coup De Grace, but after the match, Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush hit the ring to make sure Balor knew they were coming.

Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush vs. Tyler Breeze: This was a glorified squash as Breeze hit some offense, but Lashley won with the modified Dominator.

Kurt Angle vs. The Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar w/Drake Maverick: AOP beat on someone else in The Conquistador outfit and Angle nailed Corbin with an Olympic Slam on the ramp.

Natalya w/Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Ruby Riott w/Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan: This broke down as all three competitors beat on each other, but Natalya and company got the last laugh.

The Shield: WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose vs. Braun Strowman and WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre: Ziggler threw Rollins into Ambrose and then hit the Lunatic with the Zig-Zag but couldn’t win. Although they had issues communicating, they still won with the Triple Powerbomb. After the match, Strowman nailed Ziggler with the Running Powerslam, but McIntyre cut Strowman in half.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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