WWE RAW Coverage: The Rock Returns, But Katie Lee, Hoda, and Mini-Gators Nearly Spoil the Show

October 7, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Kathy Lee and Hoda’s appearance may have been for a good cause, the Susan G. Komen for the cure, but it ultimately deflated this week’s episode of RAW to the point of no return.

Well, that was until The Rock made his return and absolutely decimated Rusev both physically and on the stick.

Away from an awesome appearance from The Rock, the show was essentially a slew of filler matches and absolutely no suspense. With no Brock Lesnar, the WWE is void of drama, a roster full of upper-mid-carders and no humpers, no difference makers, no one to captivate, besides John Cena.

Matches:

Jimmy and Jey Uso and Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Cesaro and WWE Tag Team Champions Goldust and Stardust: A fun back and forth encounter that ended after Ziggler and the Uso’s triple Super Kicked Stardust and Jimmy finished him off with the top rope Splash.

Bo Dallas vs. Mark Henry: “The World’s Strongest Man” was once again in control, but Dallas was able to get the win via count out after Henry beat on the youngster and Dallas countered the World’s Strongest Slam and got back in the ring before the ten count.

Brie Bella vs. Summer Rae w/Layla: Bella’s arm was tied behind her back, but after a vicious knee, she got the win.

Jack Swagger w/Zeb Colter vs. Tyson Kidd w/Nattie Niedhart: Kidd used his wife as a distraction every time he could, but Swagger was able to get the win via The Patriot Lock.

El Torito w/Los Matadores vs. Hornwoggle w/Heath Slater and Titus O’Neil: The crowd booed and for good reason, this was a mess. El Torito got the win after the two rolled around the ring for a few minutes.

Paige and Alicia Fox vs. Divas Champion AJ Lee and Emma: Lee got tired of Emma’s dancing and walked out on the match, allowing Paige to finish off Emma with the Rampage.

The Miz w/Damien Sandow vs. United States Champion Sheamus: The Celtic Warrior was in control throughout, until interference from Sandow allowed Miz to steal the win with a Rollup and grab of the tights.

Dean Ambrose and John Cena vs. Seth Rollins, Kane and Randy Orton: After Ambrose left the arena earlier in the show, Cena was left all by him lonesome against the Authority trio. After Kane and Orton jumped in and took out Cena, the match got thrown out. After a Kane Chokeslam, Ambrose hit the ring with a Hot Dog cart. After spraying mustard and ketchup on Kane and Orton, he focused his attack on Rollins, which allowed Cena to Attitude Adjustment on both Kane and Orton while Ambrose threw various condiments and even hit Rollins to the groin with tongs.

Soon after, Triple H made the announcement that Cena and Ambrose would fight at Hell in a Cell for an opportunity to face Rollins. With the match made and Cena’s back turned, Ambrose took the first shot, nailing Cena with a Double-Arm DDT to end the show.

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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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