WWE RAW Coverage: Banks Gaining Momentum

With Extreme Rules just a few weeks away, the WWE continued to build the card for the show. Although there were some quality matches to be had, why did Ric Flair and Big Show have to be on the program? Why does the WWE continue to kill the push of Andrade and Angel Garza? When will they let Bobby Lashley loose?

At some points int he show, seeing Shotzi Blackheart ringside was the most entertaining part of the show. Simply put, WWE needs to do better.

Matches:

Angel Garza and Andrade w/Zelina Vega vs. The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar: Better teamwork allowed a Back Elbow from Andrade and the Wing Clipper from Garza to put Erik down for the three-count.

24/7 Champion Akira Tozawa vs. R-Truth: And just like that, R-Truth is your new 24/7 Champion.

Seth Rollins and Murphy vs. Aleister Black and Humberto Carrillo: Rollins eventually put Carillo away with a Stomp and then hit the maneuver again on the Mexican star on the ring steps.

Ruby Riott vs. Peyton Royce w/Billie Kay: Kay of course paid dividends and Royce won with the Spinebuster variation.

Big Show vs. Andrade and Angel Garza w/Zelina Vega: Garza walked out on Andrade and Show hit an awful looking Chokeslam for the win.

United States Champion Apollo Crews vs. MVP w/Bobby Lashley: Thanks to Lashley, MVP got the win. But after the match, Lashley destroyed Crews before Cedric Alexander and Ricochet hit the ring to help out their pal.

Ricochet w/Cedric Alexander vs. Bobby Lashley w/MVP: Ricochet certainly didn’t lay down, but Lashley dominated and won with he Full Nelson.

Dolph Ziggler and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks w/WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion and Smackdown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and RAW Women’s Champion Asuka: Everyone got their licks in to try and establish these major matches for Extreme Rules. Banks ended up with the huge win to get some much-needed momentum before Extreme Rules.

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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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