WWE Extreme Rules Power Rankings: Through the Fire and Flames

May 6, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a new Intercontinental Champion and huge wins for Bray Wyatt and The Shield, Extreme Rules 2014 was the type of Pay Per View that could mean a lot more down the road that you would have originally thought.

Check out our Extreme Rules Power Rankings to see who made the first pay per view after Wrestlemania XXX a solid one.

Honorable Mention: Alexander Rusev: His win over R-Truth and Xavier Woods was over before it even started. While he needs a few more moves and more time to develop a personality fans that can actually react to, it’s hard to argue with the formula of power and athleticism he represents while in the ring.

5: Wade Barrett: The new Intercontinental Champion has turned his career around completely after languishing for months in 2013. His win at Extreme Rules over Big E. Langston may be the biggest win of his career. Not since his days in The Nexus has Barrett meant so much to the WWE Universe. With the support of fans and the IC Title, the new Barrett looks to finally make good on the potential he’s had for years.

4: Antonio Cesaro: Domination isn’t the word. Cesaro is a physical specimen and one of the best workers in the WWE today. A year ago, everyone in the independent wrestling community knew what Cesaro was capable of, but for the first time, the WWE Universe is now seeing him as the superstar he truly is. Cesaro doesn’t necessarily need Paul Heyman in his corner, but it certainly helps. For all his haters, this is not Curtis Axel. Make no mistake, this is a future WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

3: The Wyatt Family: While the finish to Bray Wyatt’s match with John Cena at Extreme Rules was a disaster, the Wyatt Family are still a force in the WWE. Where they go from here is unclear, but don’t expect them to let up.

2: The Shield: Their win over Evolution is a statement that these guys are real. If you had any doubts before, they have been laid to rest. The Shield may in fact be the best threesome in professional wrestling since The Freebirds. All three of them managed to have amazing spots and once again proved they can hang with elite WWE talents the likes of Orton and Triple H and an established veteran in Batista.

1: Daniel Bryan: This wasn’t Bryan’s best match, but it worked well with the Extreme Rules theme. The people’s champion, Bryan gave the fans what they wanted- he fought through the fire and flames of Kane and left with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 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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