WWE RAW Coverage: Stalemate

February 5, 2019 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Just like last week, Becky Lynch stole the show. And just like last week, she starred early. The rest of the show, for the most part, was a snore, away from the in-ring debut of Ethan Carter III. Sure, Bayley and Sasha Banks had an excellent match and Finn Balor starred in an emotional performance, but make no mistake, RAW is broken. It drags. It bores. And the last thing it needed was promo for Paige’s movie. 

Matches:

WWE RAW Women’s Champion: Ronda Rousey vs. Liv Morgan w/Sarah Logan and Ruby Riot: Morgan played games, but Rousey won with the Arm Bar and then challenged Logan.

WWE RAW Women’s Champion: Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Logan w/Liv Morgan and Ruby Riot: Rousey dominates with strikes and won with the Arm Bar. After the match, Riott looked like she wanted a piece of Rousey, but she changed her mind. 

Four Corner Match for Tag Team Title Shot: Heavy Machinery: Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic vs. Lucha House Party: Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado w/Kalisto vs. Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas vs. The Revival: Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson: Heavy Machinery Dominated but Dawson and Wilder got the win with the Shatter Machine on Dallas. 

WWE Women’s Tag Team Qualifier: Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Alicia Fox and Nikki Cross: Bayley got destroyed but stole the win with a Rollup on Fox.

Jeff Jarrett w/Road Dogg vs. Elias: This match took far too long for one where the outcome was obvious. Elias, naturally won with the Drift Away. After the match Road Dogg hit the Shake, Rattle and Roll on Elias and Jarrett finished him off with the guitar shot.

Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush vs. Finn Balor: Lashley told Balor he’d have to fight Rush instead and then attacked him before the bell. Once the match started, Lashley attacked Balor again and got thrown out of the match. Although Rush got some licks in, Balor won with the Coup De Grace.

Ethan Carter III vs. Dean Ambrose: ECIII stole the win with a Jacknife counter of a Piledriver.

Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin vs. Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle: Another lengthy match that was far from exciting. Strowman beat on both Corbin and McIntyre and got his team DQed. However, Corbin and McIntyre attempted to get the last laugh as they took out both Angle and Strowman until the faces fought back. Strowman ended the show with a Chokeslam on Corbin on the ring steps.

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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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