NXT Power Rankings: Crows and Rhinos Oh My

It’s kind of hard to top the excitement of NXT Rival, but this week’s NXT was anything but a letdown, featuring a solid card and plenty of storyline development and even a few shocks.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see who surprised the NXT Universe with a surprise appearance and who looks to get a shot at the NXT Tag Team titles.

Honorable Mention: Rhyno: Wow. Talk about a shocker. In his return to the WWE, Rhyno jumped right into the thick of things in NXT by destroying Elias Sampson and quickly inserting himself into the life of NXT #1 contender Finn Balor. One of the most dominant performers to never win the WWE Championship, Rhyno could change the face of NXT entirely.

5: Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore: The best tag team on the mic in NXT, it appears Enzo and Cassady are finally getting their tag team push. With a win over the Vaudevillians this week on NXT as well, their stock has never been higher.

4: Solomon Crow: In another crazy appearance, Crow took out CJ Parker. What role could he have in the company? The crazy rocker NXT has lacked since the departure of Dean Ambrose, Crow has an automatic fancies and plenty of people that could get behind him.

3: Finn Balor: In his first promo as the #1 contender, Balor handled himself well, but he may have his hands full if Rhyno decides to play games with him. Regardless, Balor continues to push himself into an elite position in NXT and is ready to take on Owens at a moments notice.

2: Sasha Banks: In her first defense of the NXT Women’s title, Banks made quick work of Blue Pants. Beautiful, cocky and always prepared in the ring, Banks looks to put another notch of credibility on the increasingly important NXT Women’s Championship.

1: Kevin Owens: He’s not a player, but he crushes- a lot. Owens, is an unmistakable beast, a guy that has the power and skill to take down anyone in his path. However, can he have the same type of success against someone as hot as Finn Balor? After taking down former NXT Champion Adrian Neville this week on NXT as well, it appears, at least for the time being, that Ownes is in a league of his own.

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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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