WWE RAW Coverage: Heyman and Rollins Star in Thin Show

Away from the heartfelt tribute to Roddy Piper to start the show, this week’s Monday Night RAW was largely filler matches. Thanks to a great opening match between WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Adrian Neville, this show started out incredibly strong, but fizzled out slowly throughout. With no John Cena and few other memorable moments, this week’s episode ended up dragging throughout.

Matches:

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins vs. Adrian Neville: This was an offensive showcase and a great way to start the show. Neville hit Rollins with everything from the Dead Lift German Suplex and a variety of kicks and high-flying maneuvers, but he couldn’t put Rollins away. After Neville nearly countered the Pedigree into a pinning combination, Neville got even closer to the title after he hit the Red Arrow, but Rollins got his leg on the rope. Neville went for the move again, but this time he missed and walked right into a Rollins Pedigree for the win.

Eight-Man Tag: The Ascension: Viktor and Konnor and The New Day: Big E. Langston and Kofi Kingston w/Xavier Woods vs. The Lucha Dragons Kalisto and Sin Cara and Los Matadores w/El Torito: Kingston got the win on Kalisto with the top rope Trouble in Paradise.

Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch w/Paige vs. Divas Champion Nikki Bella and Brie Bella w/Alicia Fox: A lengthy encounter that saw Flair get the submission win on Nikki thanks to the Figure Eight. Along the way, the Bellas talked a big game, but Lynch almost got the win earlier with the Disarmer as well.

Rusev w/ Summer Rae vs. Mark Henry: Rusev got the win with the Thrust Kick, no Accolade needed. After the match, Rusev nailed Henry again with the kick.

Zack Ryder vs. Wade Barrett: Ryder hit the Broski Boot, but missed the Rough Ryder, allowing Barret to get the win with the Bullhammer Elbow.

Naomi w/Tamina Snuka and NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Paige w/Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch: A decent match that saw Paige get the win with the PTO.

Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Sheamus: Reigns got the win with the Spear on Sheamus after Prton took out Wyatt with the 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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