WWE RAW Coverage: Lesnar Back Strong, Rollins Looking for Plan B

June 23, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Thanks to the charisma of Paul Heyman, John Cena, Kevin Owens and Bray Wyatt, as well as the in-ring prowess of Adrian Neville, this week’s RAW was a solid one, even if it was more a building block episode for Battleground.

With Seth Rollins’ attempt at mending The Authority’s fence a successful one and Lesnar’s promise to reclaim the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, this week’s RAW was definitely a step in a better direction.

Matches:

Kane vs. Dean Ambrose: A lengthy and boring match. At this point, why would you want to see these guys wrestle at a PPV? Ambrose looked primed to end the match with the Dirty Deeds, but Seth Rollins appeared and distracted Ambrose enough for Kane to hit a miserable-looking Chokeslam from the top rope to earn the win.

WWE Tag Team Champions The Prime Time Players Darren Young and Titus O’Neil vs. The Ascension, Viktor and Konnor: An engaging back and forth that Saw O’Neil and Young hit their signature maneuvers before Young won it with the Spinning Elbow and the Gut Check.

Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus: Another solid, but lengthy match that was often boring. Things eventually got spicy as Sheamus threw Reigns into the time keepers barricade and Reigns fought through the pain of three Irish Curse Backbreakers and the Texas Cloverleaf, but Reigns battled back hard. After a few elbows, Reigns hit the Samoan Drop and a Belly-to-Back Suplex before he nailed Sheamus with some offense, but before he could get the win, Bray Wyatt appeared on the Titantron and Reigns ran out on the match, looking for his new foe.

Adrian Neville vs. Kofi Kingston w/Xavier Woods and Big E. Langston: A quickie as Neville avoided the nonsense of The New Day and beat Kingston with the Red Arrow.

Wade Barrett vs. Zack Ryder: Ryder hit Elbows and a Missile Dropkick, but Barrett fought back and eventually got the win with the Bullhammer Elbow.

Divas Champion Nikki Bella and Brie Bella w/Alicia Fox vs. Tamina Snuka and Naomi: Snuka and Naomi, of course, had problems communicating and Nikki got the win with the Rack Attack.

Intercontinental Champion Ryback vs. Mark Henry: Ryback got the ring with the Top Rope Splash after he hit the Meathook Clothesline and countered the World’s Strongest Slam.

Dolph Ziggler w/Lana vs. Adam Rose w/Rosa Mendes: Rose gets marks for a ton of energy and a wicked Spinebuster, but Ziggler got the win with the Super Kick.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14268 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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