WWE Smackdown Power Rankings: Not Bad, for a B Show

The first Smackdown of 2014 had plenty of grappling goodness, even if it lacked much in terms of real storytelling. Overall, it was a nice way to catch up with the company if you missed this week’s RAW. Adding a handful of good matches as well 2014’s inaugural Smackdown got it done despite never “wowing” anyone.

Check out our Smackdown Power Rankings to see who got off to a great start in 2014 on the company’s B show.

5: R-Truth: A win is a win, even if it had more to do with Naomi, Cameron and Xavier Woods. Regardless, Truth has been winning far more matches than he’s lost as of late and with the continued angle with Brodus Clay, Truth- and the young Xavier, will continue to fuel the mid-card with a decent combination of fun and solid wrestling.

4: Big E. Langston: WWE Smackdown Power Rankings: Not Bad, for a B Show One of the company’s biggest young stars, Langston decimated former IC Champion Curtis Axel. At this point, you have to think, when is this guy going to get a real angle?

3: The Wyatt Family: From the Gator Roll to the bevy of strikes, both Erik Rowan and Luke Harper had a fantastic match with the WWE Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Goldust. Even without their leader in Bray Wyatt and new acquisition in former WWE and World Champion Daniel Bryan this week, the Family is still one of the best tag teams in the company.

2: The Shield: Win, or lose, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and the increasingly interesting Roman Reigns continue to make their presence felt. Simply put, this one one of the factions WWE creative has done right by. Whether they are in the ring with the Usos or matching wits with CM Punk on the mike, they are rarely out of place and always able to work from their strengths.

1: CM Punk: For a show that lacks real star power, Punk’s appearance this week certainly added an extra element. Tagging with Jimmy and Jey Uso against The Shield, Punk was his usual stellar self in a solid TV main event.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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