WWE RAW Power Rankings: The Hounds of Justice Are Hungry

December 4, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With the matches for TLC beginning to take shape, this RAW had a decent combination of in-ring action and drama. Even if the drama was somewhat stilted and lacked real excitement, several superstars separated themselves from the plethora of competitors on the roster this week.

Check out our WWE RAW Power Rankings to see who made this week’s episode of the WWE’s flagship program watchable in spite of continued lethargic storyline.

5: Damien Sandow: A big win over Dolph Ziggler earns the WWE’s intellectual savior a shot at Big E. Langston’s Intercontinental Championship at TLC. Could this spell the end of Langston’s run or is this merely an attempt to see if Sandow can rekindle some of the momentum he had during his World Title feud with John Cena? At this point, it’s probably a little bit of both.

4: CM Punk: He may be pretty, witty and gay, but Punk is still one of the company’s top stars. Cutting his best promo in months, Punk called Triple H a “douchebag” and got put into a handicap match against the Shield for TLC. While it doesn’t do much in terms of getting him back in the WWE title hunt, it keeps him in a feud with one of the hottest teams in the company.

3: Daniel Bryan: Even though this storyline with The Wyatt Family is a mess creatively, Bryan continues to wrestle his ass off and sell for the talented behemoths in the cult faction. His upcoming handicap match against the Wyatt’s is a bit of creative shot in the dark, but it could lead to new things for his character. Either way, the fans still adore him and regardless of the fact that he has little to work with out of the ring, his “eventual” heel turn that this feud may facilitate could be classic.

2: The Wyatt Family: Bray Wyatt is amazing on the microphone. After the dirt sheets talked smack about this angle all week, Wyatt make it all but obvious that Bryan, in due time, will join the group and be the force he never had an opportunity to be before. Luke Harper and Erik Rowan are special big men and Wyatt has a plethora of talent. If Bryan joins the group, they may become the best stable in industry today.

1: The Shield: Another win over the Big Show and the WWE Tag Team Champions, as well as the announcement of a handicap match against CM Punk at TLC make this one of the best week’s in the history of the group.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 Articles
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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