WWE RAW Coverage: Reigns is Back, Happy Birthday Ric

The birthday celebration of Ric Flair felt forced and away from an awesome Finn Balor match and Roman Reigns’ announcement that his cancer is in remission and a Becky Lynch appearance, this week’s RAW was a complete wash.

Wait a second. Batista’s return was an awesome one and a moment that absolutely saved this week’s RAW from being a disaster. If you’re not excited about the thought of a Batista/Triple H match at Wrestlemania, you’re crazy.

Matches:

Aleister Black and Ricochet vs. and WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The Revival: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder: Black dominated (while Ricochet hit a few high flying spots) and got the win with the Black Mass in a mega short encounter.

Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan w/Ruby Riott vs. WWE RAW WOmen’s Champion Ronda Rousey and Natalya Neidhart: This was a no-contest wafter Becky Lynch interfered. After the match, it appeared Rousey relinquished the RAW Women’s Championship after Stephanie MCMahon refused to reinstate Lynch.

Jinder Mahal w/The Singh Bros vs. Kurt Angle: A waste of time as Angle got the quick win with the Ankle Lock.

Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor vs. Lio Rush: Best match of the night, but lengthier then expected. Rush was stellar throughout and worked on Balor’s leg, but the former leader of The Bullet Club won with the 1916, followed by the Coup De Grace.

Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush vs. Braun Strowman: A no-contest as Strowman destroyed Lashley and Lio Rush on the outside.

No DQ: Drew McIntyre vs. Dean Ambrose: Interference from Elias allowed McIntyre to get the win and after the bell, Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Eilias joined McIntyre  before Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns made the save. 

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Bayley w/Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax w/Tamina Snuka: After Banks took out Snuka on the outside, Bayley took advantage and won with the Top Rope Elbow.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 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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