WWE RAW Coverage: RKO Out of Nowhere

A beefy card did little to elevate the Red Brand this week. Little in terms of storyline building hurt the show- one that had some of its best in-ring action in months.

Matches:

Guitar on a Pole Match: Elias vs. Jeff Hardy: After a Twist of Fate, Hardy nailed Elias with the guitar for the win.

Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler: Lana got involved and turned this into disaster, allowing Baszler to win with the Kurifuda Clutch.

24/7 Champion R-Truth vs. United States Champion Bobby Lashley: R-Truth tried hard, but Lashley put him away with The Hurt Lock. After the match, Drew Gulak tried to sneak in and claim the 24/7 Title, but Lashley eliminated him as well and threw his lifeless body on Truth, allowing him to win the 24/7 Title. 

Tripe Threat: Keith Lee vs. Braun Strowman vs. Sheamus: A war that saw Strowman beat Sheamus with the Running Powerslam after Big Red took out Lee with the Brogue Kick. With the win, Strowman is now a part of Team RAW for Survivor Series.

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Nia Jax w/Shayna Baszler vs. Lana: Jax toyed with her food before she won with the Samoan Drop. After the match, Jax put Lana through the Announce Table, again. 

RAW Tag Team Champions: The New Day: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. The Hurt Business: Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin w/MVP and United States Champion Bobby Lashley: Benjamin won with Pay Dirt in an excellent back and forth that is definitely just the beginning of a new program.

Ricochet vs. Tucker Knight: Ricochet quickly won with Recoil as Mustafa Ali and Retribution beat up both Ricochet and Knight.

Drew McIntyre vs. John Morrison and The Miz: McIntyre won with a Claymore on Miz, but he had to earn it, kicking out of the best Morrison and Miz had. After the match however, Randy Orton snuck in a nailed McIntyre with an RKO.

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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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