NXT Power Rankings: An Hour Bathroom Break

August 11, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With no Adrian Neville, Ascension, Charlotte Flair this week on NXT and Corey Graves’ concussion issues continuing to keep him out of the ring, this week’s NXT fell into the usual trap- forcing WWE main roster lower mid-carders to fill in the void. The end result was another weak show that failed to impress.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see who advanced in the tournament for a shot at the NXT Tag Team Titles and more.

Honorable Mention: Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore: Their win over the solid team of Jason Jordan and Ty Dillinger doesn’t say much because they didn’t do too much wrestling this week on NXT. Regardless, the fans love them and they have talent on the microphone. It’s hard to deny’s Amore’s charisma and Cassady’s size and for that reason, they have a damn good shot at winning the NXT Tag Team titles.

5: CJ Parker: This guy needs to be cut. He’s downright awful. His match with Woods this week on NXT was watchable only due to a few awesome moves from Woods. His modified Death Valley Driver is cooler than his joke of a Spinning Side Kick, but he still needs a ton of work.

4: Bayley: Like Xavier Woods, Bayley needs better competition. Why WWE Creative put her in the ring with the Jessica Rabbit wannabe in Eva Marie is mind-boggling. One of the best young female wrestlers in the business today, she needs to be in the ring with Charlotte Flair. Anything else for her is a waste of her time.

3: Xavier Woods: This guy is too good for NXT. His match with CJ Parker this week proves it. But with the depth on the WWE roster, Woods is the odd man out. In order for him to survive, he needs a better class of opponents and needs to keep doing what he’s doing. Simply put, that running Downward Spiral on Woods was the best move on NXT in weeks.

2: Tyler Breeze: bHis promo this week on NXT was confusing. He said he’s ready to take on NXT Champion Adrian Neville, but didn’t say when. Either way, the match will be a good one and with Neville’s stock pretty high, there’s a big chance Breeze could win the title, which would allow Neville to jump ship to the WWE main roster.

1: Sami Zayn: The former El Generico did what he does best this week on NXT- wrestle. But like so many other performers on the brand, he’s got no one to work with. Kenta and Devitt’s arrival will change NXT drastically and Zayn could benefit immensely by working with them.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13868 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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