WWE RAW Coverage: A Failed Attempt at Retribution

Retribution’s unveiling was almost as bad as the debut of Shockmaster in WCW. Awful, anti-climactic camerawork and the awful rebranding of a few proven NXT and Indie stars limited their debut immensely. While they were solid in the ring in the main event, they did little to elevate the brand before Clash of Champions. Sad, but true. If you needed any more proof that this creative team is finished, look no further.

Things got even worse on the show as Dominik Mysterio and Humberto Carrillo were in a #1 Contender’s match for the Tag Team Titles and the 24/7 Title vignette was a duster. Make no mistake, this show was a mess.

Matches:

Tag Team Title #1 Contender’s Match: Andrade and Angel Garza vs. Seth Rollins and Murphy vs. Humberto Carrillo and Dominik Mysterio: Andrade’s Judas Kiss and the Wing Clipper from Garza gave them the win.

Keith Lee vs. Drew McIntyre: This one got thrown out after Randy Orton got involved and beat on McIntyre with a chair and Punted Lee.

No. 1 Contenders’ Match: Mickie James vs. Zelina Vega: Vega won a sloppy match with a Backstabber.

Apollo Crews w/Ricochet vs. Cedric Alexander w/MVP: Crews got the win with a Rollup, but The Hurt Business destroyed Crews and Ricochet after the bell.

Lana and Natalya vs. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler: Lana got Choked out by Baszler and then Samoan Dropped through the announce table, again.

RAW Women’s Champion Asuka vs. Peyton Royce w/Billie Kay: Vega got involved to throw this one out. 

Retribution: Mase, T-Bar and Slapjack vs. The Hurt Business: United States Champion Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander w/MVP: This one ended with T-Bar hitting Lashley when he wasn’t the legal man. Soon enough the other members of Retribution were in the ring, but Drew McIntyre and the rest of the RAW locker room cleaned house. Soon enough, Orton hit the ring and wiped out the Champion to end the show.

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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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