WWE RAW Coverage: Bayley Goes Heel

Away from a shocking end to a RAW that saw Bayley go full heel and take out Becky Lynch with Sasha Banks, the rest of the show was passable. Starting a show with your World Champion in the ring is usually a sign of a weak card and this week’s RAW proved that theory correct-a-mundo once again.

Matches:

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson w/United States Champion AJ Styles: A fun opener with plenty of drama beforehand, but one that left little to sizzle about. After Styles got taken out of the match by Rollins, The Universal Champion Rolled Up Anderson for the win. By the end of it all however, Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziggler join the fray and help the OC beat on the champs.

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode vs. Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins: Roode gets the win with the Glorious DDT in a clear, but tough, enhancement match.

Lacey Evans vs. Natalya Neidhart: Even matchup until Evans hit the Cheapshot and follows it up with the Woman’s Right.

King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match: Baron Corbin vs. Cedric Alexander: Corbin got the win with The End of Days, but Alexander did everything but win.

King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match: Ricochet vs. Samoa Joe: These guys beat the hell out of each other and after they both came off the top rope with Joe positioned over Ricochet in the Kokina Clutch, the match apparently ended in a double pin-fall. After the bell, Samoa Joe beat on Ricochet outside the ring, but The Man and Only evened the odds to end the segment. Later on, it was revealed that both Ricochet and Joe advanced and will face Corbin in a Triple Threat Match.

The Miz vs. Cesaro: The Swedish Cyborg dominated, but The Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale out of nowhere for the win.

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Smackdown Women’s Champion Bayley: This got thrown out after Sasha Banks nailed Becky Lynch with the Bank Statement. After the DQ, Bayley nailed Lynch with a chair a few times as well.

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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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