NXT Power Rankings: Can Anyone Beat Neville?

June 9, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

A thin card and lack of storyline development, thanks to a Bo Dallas montage and Tyler Breeze’s music video limited the overall peal of this week’s NXT, although a solid Main Event saved the show for being passable.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see who else stood out on a rather lukewarm edition of NXT.

Honorable Mention: Bo Dallas: Not even on the show this week or for the past few weeks, Dallas still found a way to make an impact on NXT. The former champion was honored with a montage which showcased his illustrious NXT career.

5: Mojo Rawley: Still a glorified jobber, Rawley continues to win meaningless matches. Like Bryan Clark during his WCW days, Rawley rarely loses, but isn’t in a situation where he can position himself to get in a title situation. Although he has a good gimmick and a ton of energy, Rawley needs to begin to assert himself more in the ring. The sideshow wins are boring now.

4: Tye Dillinger and Jason Jordan: A solid new team, these guys have a nice combination of strength and technical ability. While they are a bit rough around the edges in term of promo ability, if they let their ring ability do most of the talking, they should be able to challenge The Ascension for the NXT Tag Team titles.

3: Charlotte Flair: Her win over Bayley and the reformation of the BFFs make Flair more dangerous than ever. One of the brightest lights on NXT, Flair must continue to polish her game and work every week. Much like her father, her legacy will be defined by what she does in the ring. Complimented by solid mic work, she can be more than effective if she gets the necessary promo time. This whole BFF faction may be cute now, but in the end, it’s more a distraction.

2: Tyler Breeze: Although he didn’t wrestle this week on NXT, Breeze cut some solid promo and debuted his new “music video.” The #1 contender for the NXT Title, Breeze will get to pick when he gets his shot. Until that time comes, Breeze is sure to make things interesting.

1: Adrian Neville: In defeating Justin Gabriel, Neville added another notch to his belt this week on NXT. While his performance was another solid one, Neville needs to be fed opponents that can grow by being in the ring with him as much as he can make a statement by defeating them. Forgive us for not getting excited to see another WWE lower mid-carder get beat. Bring on Tyler Breeze already.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13872 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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