NXT Power Rankings: A New Flair for the Gold

May 1, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Between the dominance of Charlotte Flair, as well as continued feud between Sami Zayn and Corey Graves, this week’s NXT had plenty of action. An appearance by The Usos, Paige and Tyson Kidd only added to the beefy and solid card.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see what NXY younglings may be more WWE ready than you might think.

Honorable Mention: Mason Ryan: This guy easily has the best physique in professional wrestling today. His match this week with Tyson Kidd also proves he’s a better worker than people give him credit for. He just needs more ring time. No doubt about it, this is a future Intercontinental Champion.

5: Alexander Rusev: Domination isn’t the word. In terms of NXT competition, Rusev is indeed a super athlete, but he hasn’t wrestled the top stars of the company, which makes you wonder how talented he really is. Add in the fact that the fans aren’t exactly enamored with him just yet, it’s easy to be cautious with him. Although he has potential, it’s unknown just how much.

4: Tyler Breeze: The closest thing the WWE has to Gorgeous George, Breeze will definitely have a place on the lower portion of the WWE roster in the near future. His match with Angelo Dawkins this week was’t anything particularly special, but then again, there’s little storyline drama between him and Dawkins.

3: Charlotte Flair: Wins over a performer like Paige aren’t any every day thing and Flair continues to prove she, along with her BFF Sasha Banks, have a plethora of ability and potential. More than just Ric Flair’s daughter, Charlotte is a future WWE Divas Champion and a woman will a budding career. All she needs is more time on the mic and ring time. On NXT, she’s sure to get plenty of both.

2: The Ascension: Viktor and Konnor are the best tag team in NXT, but is there another team in NXT? Facing jobbers most of the time, The Ascension need to be tested more. Thankfully for them, they looked solid against the WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos. Regardless, they still need to be pushed in order to reach their full potential. A few opportunities on the mic would help them immensely as well.

1: Sami Zayn and Corey Graves: Nothings against NXT Champion Adrian Neville, but Zayn and Graves’ feud is the best thing going in NXT right now. This week’s Tag Match was only a bite-sized chunk of what we can expect in the future from them.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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