NXT Power Rankings: Like a Knee to the Head

With five matches and a beefy card, this week’s NXT was short but sweet, on a show that probably had more in-ring moments to discuss than this week’s RAW.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see which NXT superstar could be on the Wrestlemania card next year.

Honorable Mention: Tyler Breeze: Although he’s still a bit rough around the edges, Breeze has an awesome gimmick and plenty of athletic ability. He’d be an awesome tag team partner for Fandango.

5: Emma: One of the best young female performers in the business today, Emma took down another excellent youthful performer in Sasha Banks. Stuck at the top of NXT and the bottom of the WWE Divas Division, Emma needs a memorable angle to get her over in the big company because at this point, it’s obvious she’s on another level.

4: The Ascension: These guys have a nice double-team finisher and a good luck, but they never cut any promo and haven’t wrestled an athletic team. Although they have a ton of potential, it would be interesting to see them face-off with a team like Curtis Axel and Ryback that can match up with them in terms of technical ability and pure strength. While they are the best team in NXT, they’d probably be only at the middle of the card in the WWE.

3: Brodus Clay: After he decimated Xavier Woods, Clay told the NXT Universe that he wants Adrian Neville’s NXT Championship. After he lost his valets, tag team partner and credibility on RAW and Smackdown, this more aggressive Clay has nothing left to lose in NXT.

2: Sami Zayn: “The Canadian Sensation” is just that. The most depending and polished worker in the company today, Zayn had another entertaining match with one of NXT’s top heels in Corey Graves, fighting back after a nasty knee to the head. Much like Paige and Emma, Zayn is at another level and needs a one of a kind feud in order to be used to the best of his ability.

1: Adrian Neville: After Clay made his challenge to Neville and the NXT Title, Neville stepped up and told the massive Clay he knows where to find him. One of the most exciting high flyers in the industry today, Neville has been stellar since he beat Bo Dallas for the title at NXT Arrival.

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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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