WWE RAW Power Rankings: Ready for Mania

March 26, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Void of surprises, this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW did little to bolster the promotion’s biggest event, but that’s not to say it was a terrible show either.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who road into the last turn on the road to Wrestlemania with the perfect amount of momentum.

Honorable Mention: Bray Wyatt: He’s ready and all the talking he’s done has made up for the fact that The Undertaker couldn’t appear once on RAW to further the feud. One of the top young talents in the industry, expect Wyatt to have the match of his life at Mania.

Ladies Night: Nikki Bella: In quite possibly the best match of her career on this week’s RAW, Bella held her own against a much more polished Paige. The classic heel, the charismatic hottie has proven she can do a lot more than shake her hips.

5: Alexander Rusev: Absolutely destroying John Cena just six days before Wrestlemania on RAW this week, Rusev continues to prove he’s a future challenger for WWE World Heavyweight title.

4: Randy Orton: In an almost perfect tease for their Wrestlemania encounter, Orton was unable to get his hands on Seth Rollins, but ultimately got the win over Jamie Noble with the RKO. In one of the most important feuds in his career, Orton may not end up victorious in this one, especially considering all the allies in Rollins’ corner, but he’s found a way to be important again. For now, that’s enough.

3: Sting: If you saw Sting last year in TNA, he looked like he was on his last leg in the ring. In the WWE however, Sting looks better than he’s looked in years and is primed for a big time encounter with Triple H at Wrestlemania. While it’s not the match fans really want to see, seeing Sting in a WWE ring for a Wrestlemania is worth the price of admission alone.

2: Roman Reigns: He’s beaten Daniel Bryan and Mark Henry leading up to his bout with Lesnar and talked a ton. Can he back it up? Essentially shoved down the throat of the WWE Universe, if Reigns doesn’t win the WWE World Heavyweight title at Wrestlemania, the hard of guys like Bryan and countless other more talented performers he’s beaten over the last few months was all in vain.

1: Brock Lesnar: The reigning and defending WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Lesnar is still the most dominant champion in WWE history and regardless of Reigns’ surge of popularity, he’s the man to beat at Wrestlemania.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14267 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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