WWE Battleground Power Rankings: Pre-Summerslam Letdown

John Cena is still WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Brock Lesnar and Sting were nowhere to be found in what was ultimately a passable WWE pay per view experience.

Check out our WWE Battleground Power Rankings to see who made it out of the summer pay per view with the most to brag about.

Honorable Mention: AJ Lee: Her win over Paige at Battleground was perhaps the biggest win of her WWE career. But now, with her biggest threat out of the way, where does she go from here?

5: The Usos: Luke Harper and Erik Rowan pushed the Usos to the limit in easily one of the best opening matches on a pay per view in quite some time. Make no mistake, Harper and Rowan will be Tag Team Champions eventually, but The Usos are too damn over as faces for them to lose the straps. With Summerslam next, you can expect another rematch. The only question is, how do you top a two-out-of-three falls match?

4: Chris Jericho: His win over Bray Wyatt is great for Jericho’s short-term future, who, as a result of his performance at Battleground, appears ready to stay with the company for the next few months. With Daniel Bryan’s injury keeping him out of action indefinitely, Jericho will be asked to carry some weight in the middle of the card. With Wyatt in need of a great rebound match, expect Jericho to have his hand’s full once again at Summerslam.

3: The Miz: The new Intercontinental Champion, The Miz needed the win at Battleground terribly. Now with his movie complete, The Miz can now do what he does best, shoot his mouth and develop other performers. The only question is, who does he defend the belt against first?

2: Roman Reigns: Spears for everyone. That was what the main event of Battleground could have been called. Still a youngin’, Reigns will have plenty of opportunities to win the title, but this time out, proved he could hang with three of the best workers in the history of the company.

1: John Cena: It looked like he may lose the belt at a few points, but Cena is still the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. But for how much longer? With Brock Lesnar’s return being written about for months, who will Cena have to defend against?

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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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